The expert boasts a robust portfolio with eighteen years in international development, skillfully navigating both local and international development landscapes. Notably, they have been instrumental in the design, conduct, and management of performance evaluations, playing a pivotal role in fostering strategic plans and performance management systems. With a solid track record, their consultancy has been sought by prestigious organizations such as USAID, World Bank, and other U.S. Government agencies.

Having spearheaded interventions that focus on Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) and Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA), the expert ensures rigorous methodologies that impart actionable insights and amplify stakeholders' voices, particularly among vulnerable communities. Their contributions have yielded significant results across diverse sectors including agriculture, food security, health, economic growth, education, and governance.

The expert has opened collaboration channels with donor agencies and has administered projects globally, executing multiple assignments across more than twenty countries in regions like sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Their proficiency in integrated development and humanitarian assistance frameworks has improved the reach and efficacy of these collaborations.

Leadership roles include acting as a Senior Learning Specialist for USAID Office of Food for Peace, where they pioneered best practices in CLA for enhanced food security, and their tenure as Technical Director at Social Impact, Inc. provided a platform for aligning strategy with performance management to achieve corporate goals, culminating in noteworthy improvements in service delivery and organizational capacity building.

Other notable achievements include spearheading the Ethiopia Productive Safety Net Program's CLA workshop, leading to the creation of innovative joint project-level CLA plans, and providing strategic inputs into national policies, such as Ghana's National Education Action Plan 2030.

With a robust educational foundation—Master of Public Administration from Syracuse University's Maxwell School with a specialization in international development—the expert couples academic knowledge with real-world application, consistently prompting successful venture outcomes within international development initiatives.