Education:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT), Cambridge MA
School
of Architecture + Planning Department
of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP)
Master
of City Planning (MCP), Candidate 2012 International
Development Group (IDG)
Howard University, Washington D.C.
Bachelor’s
in Business Administration Summa Cum Laude in 2004
Major:
Insurance Concentration:
Actuarial Science
Honours:
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Prince Edward
Fellowship, Lloyd and Nadine Rodwin Fellowship, UJAMAA Scholarship Recipient,
DUSP Graduate Assistantship
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Honorable
Mentions: DUSP Contribution to the Intellectual Life of the Department Award
and DUSP Student Departmental Service Award
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Howard University:
School of Business Executive Leadership Honors Program, Founders Scholarship
Field Research:
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Delhi, India –
Conducted two weeks of intense site analysis of the Barapullah Nallah and the
Nizamuddin Basti community
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Abuja, Nigeria –
Interviewed government officials on the role of foreign direct investment
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Cambridge, MA –
Conducted site analysis and interviewed people participating in the informal
economy
Team Projects:
International
Development Strategies, Economic Analysis and Social Empowerment
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Conducted a
quantitative economic analysis of the rapid growth of Chongqing municipality in
China
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Created
socio-eco-interventions for a community in Delhi India, by conducting a
stakeholder/institutional analysis, devising a change campaign and designing a
community garden with links to the Qur’an
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Conducted a
program appraisal of the Indigenous
Housing Scheme for the Aborigines in Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory,
Australia
Resilience, Security,
Crime, and Conflict
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Conducted a preliminary
GIS based supply chain analysis of counterfeit medicines in Haiti after the
earthquake
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Researched how
the rapid growth in crime is stunting development in the Caribbean
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Analyzed crime
and resilience in Johannesburg, South Africa
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Created an
interactive Excel model to evaluate the security level of the post-earthquake
settlements in Haiti through an actionable security index using Haiti survey
data
Computer/Technical Skills:
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Microsoft Office:
Excel, Access, Word, Power Point, Publisher
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ArcGIS, Visio,
EASI demographic tools
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System Dynamics
Modeling, Input-Output Modeling
Work Experience:
Research Assistant
Socio-Economic
Development
§ Researched the challenges facing the UN Least
Developed Countries (LDCs) and the barriers preventing them from improving for
the host of the 4th UN Conference on LDCs
§ Reviewed and edited the LDC conference memo
GIS,
Quantitative Data Analysis and Modeling
§ Collected and analyzed disaster data for Central and
South Asian countries
§ Analyzed and mapped tertiary education and development
indicators for Islamic countries, for the Aga Khan program
§ Created an interactive Excel model to analyze
waterways and canals in Pakistan
§ Analyzed and mapped US minority demographic and
electoral data, for the Community Innovators Lab
Event
Planning
§ Logistics Lead for the IDG Conference 2012 on
“Reframing International Development”
Design
and Marketing
§ Created the IDG brochure which will be used for
advertising the program
§ Designed the display and represented IDG at the
International Development Fair at MIT
Actuarial Analyst
Strategic Quantitative
Business Analysis/ Risk Analysis
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Performed
detailed US labor market demographic analysis to help global bank determine
optimum locations for non-customer facing resources
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Utilized
credibility and ratemaking calculations to conduct competitive analysis for
companies with Business Owners Policies
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Analyzed claims
business processes and staffing using process mapping and computer simulation
as part of project to redesign the claims function of a property/casualty
insurer
Risk Analysis, Data
Analysis and Database Management
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Worked
extensively in Excel and Access to do funding studies and reserve analyses for
hospitals and companies with self-insured retentions for Workers’ Compensation,
Auto Liability and General Liability
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Trained to handle
secure and sensitive information such as personal biographic identifiers
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Documented
process steps for a company that merged so that the new employees could
replicate past procedures
Event Planning
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Organized
Washington Office End-Of-Year Holiday party, annually
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Helped plan
social and business events for the DC office; including the all-employee
quarterly meetings
Community Service:
Horn of Africa
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Conceived of and
organized a DUSP Fundraiser Talent Show to raise funds for the people suffering
from famine in the Horn of Africa and to improve community fellowship (11)
Haiti - Our Lady Queen of Peace Haiti Committee
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Member of an
8-person delegation that travelled to Medor, Haiti after the earthquake (10)
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Participated in
meetings with the community leaders to ascertain the conditions of the
community, the state of the water purification project and impact of the
earthquake on the community
·
Inspected damaged
infrastructure and reported back to the Haiti committee in the US
New Orleans - Hurricane Katrina
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Led a team of
about 20 students to engage with those who experienced loss and gut homes in
New Orleans after hurricane Katrina with the Howard University community (06)
Leadership
Positions:
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MIT Graduate
Student Council Athletic and Performance Activities Grant Committee; Activities
Committee
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MIT DUSP Students
of Color Committee, Peer Application Support Service, Co-coordinator
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MIT Geospatial
Data Center-U of Wales, Geospatial Cyber-Physical Supply Chain Summit, Logistics
Lead
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International
Association of Black Actuaries (IABA) (04-10)
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Secretary of the
IABA Foundation (05-08), Annual Meeting Organizing Committee (05-07)
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Howard University
Alumni Association of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) (06-12)
·
Co-Founder,
President (06-12)
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Spearheaded a
committee of alumni to re-establish the T&T branch of the HUAA
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Co-organized a
panel forum on crime and the devastation to the environment in T&T, at HU
(08)