an international development consultant with 18 years of ICT for development experience serving with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) based in Washington, DC. He has served on short-term assignments in more than 25 countries in Africa, Latin America, AME, SEA, Eastern Europe, and has 28 years of hands-on lead networking, Internet technology, systems engineering, software development experience. With 20+ years experience at a management/team lead/supervisory level, his project management expertise includes working with military-civilian/USAID-State inter-agency initiatives and with academia. He has extensive experience communicating technical information to peers and non-technical staff alike, senior agency leadership and foreign government partners. Specialties: Information Communications Technologies for Development (ICT4D) Volunteer Technology Communities (VTCs) Data Mapping and Visualization Serious Games Certified Wireless Professional