Experience

NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Director of Research and Programs

  • Jan 2020 - Present

• Senior Research Fellow

  • Sep 2016 - Present

  Manage Litmus program, promoting innovation in the public sector.



Pepperdine University School of Public Policy

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Project Manager

  • Sep 2011 - Aug 2016

  Direct research, evaluation, and implementation programs in criminal justice and international security. Direct research, evaluation, and implementation programs in criminal justice and international security.



State Ministry of Georgia for Reintegration

• Senior Advisor

  • May 2010 - Jul 2012

  Advised Ministry on strategy development and communications. Advised Ministry on strategy development and communications.



BOTEC Analysis

• International Security Analyst

  • Jan 2009 - Apr 2010

  Conducted study of counternarcotics-policy options for US in Afghanistan. Conducted study of counternarcotics-policy options for US in Afghanistan.



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• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Studies

  • Oct 2006 - Nov 2008

  Directed research and professional training at the leading think tank in the South Caucasus. Covered national security, international relations, economic development, trade, national integration, and energy/infrastructure. Directed research and professional training at the leading think tank in the South Caucasus. Covered national security, international relations, economic development, trade, national integration, and energy/infrastructure.



RAND Corporation

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Policy Analyst

  • Sep 1998 - Oct 2006

  Conducted research in operational decisionmaking, energy, transportation, environment, and critical infrastructure. Conducted research in operational decisionmaking, energy, transportation, environment, and critical infrastructure.



IBM

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Staff Member

  • 1996 - 1998

  Conducted research on storage-device mechanics (air flow, vibration, and contamination). Conducted research on storage-device mechanics (air flow, vibration, and contamination).



Atcor: Educating, Training, Consulting

• South Africa
• Accounting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • 1994 - 1996

  Managed design and manufacturing of custom precision-cleaning tools, for microcontamination-sensitive industries (semiconductor, disk drive, optics, medical device, and aerospace). Managed design and manufacturing of custom precision-cleaning tools, for microcontamination-sensitive industries (semiconductor, disk drive, optics, medical device, and aerospace).



The Johns Hopkins University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Precalculus Instructor

  • 1983 - 1988

  Taught precalculus to gifted pre-adolescents. Taught precalculus to gifted pre-adolescents.