Experience

The Boulder Institute of Microfinance

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founding President

  • 1995 - Present

  Founded the Boulder Microfinance Training Program and subsequently, the Institute which manages the , the leading professional training program in field of microfinance. We have graduated more than 7,000 alumni from more than 150 countries. Most occupy important leadership positions in their institutions and have led the development of this sector in their respective countries. The Boulder Institute of Microfinance has worked with more than 200 senior faculty members, who lead their respective practice areas globally. Show less



Banco Compartamos

• Mexico
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Deputy Director General

  • 2017 - 2020

  Managing the areas of products, clients, and change processes in the leading microfinance bank in Latin America with 2.6 million clients and 16,000 staff, assisting the bank through the initial stages of its process for digital transformation. Managing the areas of products, clients, and change processes in the leading microfinance bank in Latin America with 2.6 million clients and 16,000 staff, assisting the bank through the initial stages of its process for digital transformation.



Syracuse University - Maxwell School

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Professor of Practice

  • 2012 - 2017

  Full-time professor teaching courses on Development Finance, Managing International Institutions and Projects, Financial Management of Non-profits to graduates in the Masters of Public Administration program. Full-time professor teaching courses on Development Finance, Managing International Institutions and Projects, Financial Management of Non-profits to graduates in the Masters of Public Administration program.



Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director Of Financial Services for the Poor

  • 2007 - 2011

  Built and led the financial inclusion area of the Foundation. We focused on advancing digital finance for the bottom of the pyramid and promoting people's ability to save in small amounts to reduce their vulnerability to life's shocks and build assets. Built and led the financial inclusion area of the Foundation. We focused on advancing digital finance for the bottom of the pyramid and promoting people's ability to save in small amounts to reduce their vulnerability to life's shocks and build assets.



CGAP World Bank

• District of Columbia, United States

• Senior Advisor

  • 1998 - 2004

  Worked to develop tools for benchmarking performance and promoting microfinance institutions' capability in the areas of financial sustainability, the regulation and supervision of Microfinance, and government policy for promoting financial inclusion more broadly. Worked to develop tools for benchmarking performance and promoting microfinance institutions' capability in the areas of financial sustainability, the regulation and supervision of Microfinance, and government policy for promoting financial inclusion more broadly.



Accion

• United States
• Financial Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Director Technical Asistance

  • 1985 - 1991

  Country Director in Bolivia, DR. Costa Rica and Chile in addition to being the Director of Technical Assistance for a network that at that time consisted of about 40 programs throughout 15 countries. I focused on financial performance and sustainability in the early years of the microcredit movement when those concepts were not fully established. Country Director in Bolivia, DR. Costa Rica and Chile in addition to being the Director of Technical Assistance for a network that at that time consisted of about 40 programs throughout 15 countries. I focused on financial performance and sustainability in the early years of the microcredit movement when those concepts were not fully established.