Municipal solid waste management
Training in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and in public policy. Experience managing multiple concurrent projects from the requirements gathering stage through completion. Expertise in waste management technologies, in supporting community-based resource recovery enterprises, and in fostering the creation and growth of public/private partnerships for municipal solid waste management. Track record of working with formal and informal waste collector organizations to improve materials recovery and reuse in cities around the world.
Data collection and analysis
Experience working in the IT industry as programmer, Linux systems administrator, SQL and NoSQL database administrator, Java, R, SAS, Matlab, and Python programmer. Training in machine learning algorithms and mathematical modeling, and experience publishing and presenting research about the application of machine learning techniques to noisy and sparse data. Expertise in managing grants and contracts for data collection in support of global health and development efforts.
Green energy and climate change
Expert in green energy, waste-to-energy technologies, and in climate change mitigation and adaptation funding modalities. With a fundamental understanding of the technologies involved and experience managing grants around the world, can help define and navigate the regulatory policies and budgeting that make green technologies feasible. Also experienced managing a portfolio of grants that leveraged carbon finance dollars to augment the sustainability of green energy programs in the Global South.