Professional Experience:
SENIOR CONSULTANT, POINT B CONSULTING FIRM, PORTLAND, OR., AUGUST 2022 – AUGUST 2023
Global Retailer, Beaverton, OR. Senior Program Lead
As part of the Strategic Enterprise Capability program, lead the scoping and design work for a set of data and reporting products that support marketplace supply chain, order management and data products & reporting.
LIAISON/OPERATIONS OFFICER & TASK TEAM LEAD, THE WORLD BANK (EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC) SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA JANUARY 2016 – JULY 2022
• Manage the operations of a portfolio of over USD $350M across three countries with projects in energy, digital communications, health, education, public finance management, fisheries, transportation (maritime & roads) and COVID response.
• Liaise with government counterparts, development partners, Diplomatic Corp, communities, donor partners private sector and other stakeholders.
• Work with donor partners including Asian Development Bank, USAID, US Department of Interior, Global Environment Fund, Global Climate Fund, GIZ, Australian Aid, Japan International Cooperation Agency, New Zealand Agency for International Development.
• Ensure project/program designs incorporate appropriate environmental, social and governance arrangements and that implementation plans (labor management, stakeholder engagement, grievance redress etc.) meet WB and local government standards.
• Monitor compliance in areas of financial management, procurement and safeguards across portfolio.
• Draft project/program management documents and tools.
• Provide oversight, support and training to government counterparts and implementing agencies.
• Task Team Lead for Central Implementation Units.
• Task Team Lead for Programmatic Project Preparation Advances.
• Co-Task Team Lead for Digital Communications Projects.
• Co-Task Team Lead for Maritime Investment Projects.
• Provide socioeconomic and sociopolitical advice to project teams, practice managers, WB Advisory Services and Analytics (ASA), International Monetary Fund (IMF) Article IV missions.
SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER, DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE (DFAT), AUSTRALIA OCTOBER 2012 - OCTOBER 2015
• Managed a portfolio of over AUD $20M.
• Liaised with foreign affairs departments to develop and implement Partnership for Development with Australia.
• Supervised program assistants in implementation of grants, scholarships and volunteer scheme.
• Monitored ESG compliance across portfolio including child protection, gender inclusion, labor management and environmental sustainability.
• Provided oversight in the selection, placement and performance evaluations of high-level advisors under the Pacific Technical Advisory Mechanism (PACTAM).
• Gender focal point for Australia’s North Pacific aid program.
• Member of Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development design team.
• Provided high-level briefing to Ambassadors, Ministers and other representatives.
OPERATIONS LEAD, DFAT, AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY, FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA (FSM) OCTOBER 2011 - OCTOBER 2012
• Managed operational, logistical and administrative duties including accounting, reporting, staff and property management.
• Generated financial reports.
• Managed Embassy and diplomatic residence assets and leases.
WEATHER SERVICE SPECIALIST, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, FSM 2002 – 2007
• Fully certified weather service specialist (surface, upper-air, and atmospheric).
• Provided weather observations to US Federal Aviation Administration and US National Climatic Data Center (NCDC).
• Climate focal point; representing National Weather Service Office in the FSM Vice President’s Sustainable Development Council.
• Updated two volumes of Station Duty Manuals.
• Trained new specialist.