One Global EconomyProgram Manager
May. 2012 - Jun. 2015Washington D.C. Metro AreaSupervised 8 in-country managers and built partnerships and collaborated with over 10 local NGOs to manage operations, identify community development priorities and localize training programs to underserved populations to improve their access to information and digital tools and increase their livelihood opportunities Managed the $1.6 million USAID initiative, "Employment through Innovation" that connected 23,000 Egyptian youth to job opportunities at more than 5,000 employers via SMS job search engine Launched competition in partnership with Cisco for Egyptian computer science social entrepreneurs to develop applications for 50 traditional Egyptian micro-enterprise owners that provide solutions to their business challenges Developed SMS-based mentoring tool in partnership with Citi Foundation to disseminate information and tips on business planning, financial literacy and entrepreneurship to support the development of over 1,700 aspiring entrepreneurs, street vendors and small business owners in rural townships in Johannesburg Forged partnership with major public University in Mexico and Symantec CSR team to train over 600 youth and first-time Internet users in digital literacy and Internet safety Delivered management training to develop sustainable cybercafé businesses, establishing programming and services focused on promoting technology adoption and digital literacy in three previously unconnected villages in rural Guanajuato, Mexico in collaboration with Cisco, local community leaders and a local NGO: http://csr.cisco.com/casestudy/impact-mexico-ckc Oversaw the development and launch of six local-language, digital platforms featuring community development best practice content in Haitian-Creole, Arabic and Spanish Designed impact evaluation toolkit to train NGOs in four countries on Monitoring and Evaluation strategy