Experience

The University of Kansas

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  I provide professional level support related to research in Cyber Security and creative activities that contribute to the mission of the university, under direct supervision of Dr. Alex Bardas. I provide professional level support related to research in Cyber Security and creative activities that contribute to the mission of the university, under direct supervision of Dr. Alex Bardas.



Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan

• Director of Information Communication Technology

  • Aug 2019 - Aug 2021

  • As an IT Director, I brought several changes to positively improve the information management systems and for the first time in the history of Afghanistan Election implemented successfully Biometrics Voter Verification System and deployed security procedures to protect in-house systems against any cyber attack. Summary of my responsibilities are: • Develop monthly, quarterly and annual department plan in accordance to IEC mission and budget. • Overall administration, monitoring and evaluation of IEC IT infrastructures in order to provide effective IT Services. • Connecting 34 provincial offices to the main office in order to have video conference call • Managing and supervising more than 800 employees in IT department • Creating new information system in order to analyze the electoral data and provide services to other departments • Participating in Chief Information Technology Commission (CIO) in order to produce ideas to improve role of IT country-wise. • Liaison with donors and other international stakeholders to attract investment for standardization of IT at IEC • Achieve the goals and policy of Afghanistan peace strategic and anti-corruption policy programs in the IT department • Providing capacity building programs to the key staff • Proposing strategic solutions and recommending new systems and software Show less



FHI 360

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Data Manager

  • Feb 2021 - Apr 2021

  • Develop and maintain M&E data management information system in Kabul main office and university Student Service Centers. Work closely with the M&E team and remain responsible for the overall database management and reporting • Maintain and bring required changes to AHEAD online M&E database and ensure appropriate and regular back-up of information; design appropriate queries to retrieve required data from the M&E database. • Develop data collection tools against each MELP indicator • Oversee the implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems and tools including the collection and analysis of data for feedback into project planning and management. • Assist in reviewing and improvement of AHEAD Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning plan including indicator, target and baseline setting. • Develop data flow diagrams for each M&E database modules to be used as guideline to the users • Work closely with the team to improve the M&E information management system from security, productivity and modularity perspective. • Assist the team in conducting surveys, interviews and trainings to collect proper data Show less

• M&E and Database Manager

  • Jan 2019 - Aug 2019

  • Assist in development of Performance Management Plan (PMP), including developing targets, instruments for data collection, timeline of M&E activities, staff training in data collection use, analysis, and reporting. • Develop and maintain M&E data management information system in Kabul main office and university Career Centers. Work closely with the M&E team and remain responsible for the overall database management and reporting• Maintain and bring required changes to USWDP online M&E database and ensure appropriate and regular back-up of information; design appropriate queries to retrieve required data from the M&E database.• Regularly monitor the implementation of the project PMP and Workplan against established performance indicators to ensure that the project meeting its output and outcome indicators, and overall goals and objectives. • Oversee the implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems and tools including the collection and analysis of data for feedback into project planning and management.• Assist in designing and conducting surveys to measure improvement in instructors’ practices, instructors’ content knowledge, and university processes.• Coordinate the preparation and written presentation of M&E information, with all necessary supporting documentation, for review by project auditors to highlight the project’s progress against the indicators. • Regularly monitor and administer all incoming data and supporting documents of the streams.• Develop procedures to ensure quality data is in place.• Coordinate in producing project quarterly and any other ad hoc M&E reports including briefs, brochures, factsheets etc. with tight deadlines. • Prepare and input data into Afghan Info and TraiNet on a regular basis. Show less

• Senior M&E and Information Management Officer

  • Aug 2017 - Aug 2019

  • I have developed an online M&E portal (uswdp-me.org) within first two months of my assignment to improve data management and ensuring the data is of the best quality. I also have organized and implemented a modern approach for hard filing of the documents. I am currently developing new M&E procedures for betterment of data collection. Also, I am involved in producing a clean and neat M&E reports.• Redevelop data management System of USWDP• solely responsible for data management of M&E department.• Migrated old data (from M.S Access platform) to the new art of technology database (SQL Server 2015). • Developing new online data collection tools using pure web programming.• Lunched new online M&E portal (http://www.uswdp-me.org) • Train field and office staffs to access the online database and enter data.• Use data validation procedure to ensure quality data is collected. • Taking security measurement on the database to ensure safety of data.• Creating user and grant proper access to M&E field staff, Main office and other stakeholders.• Backup data regularly. • Enhancing the system with advanced search and generating dynamic reports.• Collection, Cleaning, Analyzing and compiling data for quarterly reports.• Assist M&E Director in developing new data collection tools.• Collect and Analyze qualitative and quantitative data per demand of the donors. • Supervise field Staff to ensure that clean data is collected.• Ensure data quality using data validation and verification.• Verification of data using phone call and interview.• Provide technical support to dedicated project staff in the field, through regular telephone/skype.• Conducting monitoring visit and producing reports • Assist the M&E team on visiting site activities. • Coordinate with stakeholders and other involved persons to interview.• Produce reports to include challenges and findings from the monitoring visits. Show less



IESC - International Executive Service Corps

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Monitoring & Evaluation Coordinator

  • Jul 2016 - Jul 2017

  • Supporting M&E team in monitoring, data analyzing and evaluating the project. 1. Supervise the project staff on completing registration forms for all activities. 2. Coordinate with M&E regional staff and Central staff on completing and accurately entering registration form data for all activities into database (TAMIS). 3. Provide technical support to dedicated project staff in the field, through regular telephone/skype. 4. Perform surveys according to the developed data collection methods to feed the indicators. 5. Cleaning and preparing data for analysis using SPSS and MS. EXCEL to have accurate and complete quarterly reports. 6. Ensure that collected data is updated regularly in IESC Result-based Management System including TAMIS. 7. Organize and facilitate meeting with board members & donors on M&E progress, challenges and way forward. 8. Regular field visit and interact with primary partners • Assisting standardize M&E system and ensure the project has robust monitoring plan in place. 1. Coordinate data collection, analysis and reporting on performance indicators by project team members and project counterparts. 2. Formulate, implement, and enforce proper data collection policies and procedures. 3. Assist with quarterly/annual M&E report process and ensure the accurate and time-bound data is given to feed a strong report. 4. Identifying the problems in the old M&E system based on the collected data through quarterly survey and trying to solve them with suggesting new indicators and data collection tools. • Contributing the team in completing clean & strong ad-hoc / quarterly / annual report by 1. Cleaning, analyzing collected data and update the key finding and challenges. 2. Manage project monitoring information system to ensure efficient and effective collection, entry, analysis and amalgamation of project data (both quantitative and qualitative) and proper reporting of the outcomes and impacts of all projects. Show less



The American University of Afghanistan

• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• IT Lab Technician and Teaching Assistant

  • Jul 2014 - Jun 2016

  • During my assignment with Computer Science Faculty of AUAF, I taught all the practical parts of the subjects. I have supervised many projects for students including Database Development, Software Implementation, Android. During my supervision, students got the first position in ACM National Level Programming Contest. 1. Taught many practical courses including database development and administration in PDI. 2. Surveying the market and update the curriculum of the ITCS faculty based on market demand. 3. Supervised all the practical projects in database development and software development. 4. Introduced new market-oriented IT concepts to students who are now at the very top positions in Market. 5. Developed and maintained an online IT Evaluation database for ITCS fresh students using Moodle. Show less



University of IBNE SINA/ Faculty of Computer Science

• Adjunct Assistant Professor

  • Jul 2013 - Jun 2016

  University of Ibne Sina is the first non-profit university which claims to deliver best educational quality to Afghanistan. • Taught lecture and lab to 10 upper division Computer science majors; was solely responsible for course content including MIS, Data Management, database development and administration. • Evaluated highly by students and motivate them towards the future of IT career • Creating industry-based projects for students. • Monitoring students activities during class • Make sure to deliver unique and interesting lecture to students • Work with dean of the faculty to redesign the curriculum to suit the challenges of industry. • Proctoring students in the exams • Help with registrar to attract the best students into the CS faculty. • Attend to the monthly department meeting and deliver monthly report to the board. Show less



Independent Electoral Complaints Commission

• Web Specialist

  • Aug 2013 - Jun 2014

  I have developed an online complaint receiving system for the first time in the history of Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) to ensure data quality and transparency. I also introduced and trained staff on innovative approaches of data analysis using SPSS. some highlights of my responsibilities include: ✓ Writing efficient code using Content Management System (Joomla) ✓ Create web modules using PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, jQuery and JavaScript ✓ Working closely with the team to get the IECC requirement to update the website and the web components accordingly ✓ Publish the website and update its content regularly. ✓ Constant communication with other colleagues in the organization to develop and deploy their content – and ensuring there is a clear establishment of what can be created within what timeframe Researching different software programs, maintaining software documentation ✓ Implementing contingency plans in case the website goes down ✓ Maintaining and expanding enhancing the website once built ✓ Managing a team might also be part of the job role Show less



CH2M

• France
• Railroad Equipment Manufacturing

• IT and Database Officer

  • Jul 2010 - Jun 2011

  • Designs and maintain database systems for subordinate projects • Preparing daily, weekly, monthly and annually reports and analyzes those, using SPSS according to instructions and guidance of project manager. • Accomplishing short term training for the intern staff of BKBMC • Develops new system and application implementation plans, custom scripts and testing procedures to ensure operational reliability. • Ensure that verifiable, quantitative data is routinely collected and analyzed. • Assist in documentation of best practices and lessons learnt in project implementation; • Submit regular M&E activity reports, providing monthly information for dissemination and feedback, documenting lessons learned and best practices. Show less