Sandra Keller

Sandra Keller

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Experienced Engagement & Program Manager
New York, United States
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  • Deloitte
    Management Consulting, Finance & Performance (F&P)
    Deloitte
    Jan 2022 - Current (4 years 5 months)
    • Hone-in on key clients' business challenges, working to understand and assess their needs while using validating analysis to develop recommendations for tackling their respective business obstacles. Clients hail from the Pharmaceutical, IT/Technology, Hospitality, Services, Financial and Banking sectors. • Support F&P projects and pursuits by researching and developing appropriate materials that articulated the strategy, problem-solving design and implementation approach for select Global Business Services clients. • Lead communications & activities for integral Deloitte Initiatives (Lights Out Finance, Smart Factory, Hlx) leading communications and ideas for increasing engagement, inclusive of developing process solutions and work pro
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    Principal - managed a primary account and could not succeed without impactful messaging
    Ecometrix,
    Jan 2021 - Jan 2022 (1 year 1 month)
    • Created a data-driven application designed to capture, process & evaluate a user's eco behaviors and habits that would translate to an 'eco-metric' for each unique user that could also be tracked and used as an educational tool. • Built key partnerships, studied evolving facets of mobile technology applications and worked to realize the product.
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    Senior Consultant, Multi-Tier Framework (MTF) - managed portfolio of country projects that required meeting standards
    World Bank Group (WBG)
    Jan 2015 - Jan 2020 (5 years 1 month)
    • Provided on-site and select in-country programmatic support to the MTF – an initiative designed to capture and statistically analyze countrywide level of energy access for its 17 program countries in South America, Africa and Asia. • Operated as the WBG MTF's communications point-person for in-house and external reporting on program activities while providing guidance to technical teams to realize MTF's data-driven website that launched in early 2020. • Wrote, edited and designed content including animated storyboards that conveyed the complexity of the MTF initiative to a global audience; drafted speeches and talking points that were used at widely attended international conferences. • Engaged with country governments in support of W
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    Senior Program Manager (managed portfolio of projects/accounts - all required client satisfaction))
    Partners for Development (PFD),
    Jan 2014 - Jan 2015 (1 year 1 month)
    • Served as key manager for PFD programs. Collaborated with field staff to submit external reports and assessments. • Developed manuals and annual operating plans and budgets; created content for the PDF website for all platforms. • Provided operational solutions for HQ and field offices, that ranged from managing supply chains to adopting frameworks to support more efficiently run programs, and to ensure that field programs met targeted goals.
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    Consultant, Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE)
    Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Washington, DC
    Jan 2013 - Dec 2013 (1 year)
    • Performed an audit of IDB OVE's Second Independent Evaluation of Japanese Trust Funds' "internal projects" in Latin American and Caribbean countries from 2006 through 2012. • Managed data collection and analysis, research, explorative interviews, thematic categorizations and strengths/ weaknesses identification in order to write and then submit this critical segment of the report. • Analyzed underlying reasons for program weaknesses and made recommendations for future improvements.
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    Project Manager (MBA Internship)
    KPO Lab,
    Jan 2012 - Jan 2013 (1 year 1 month)
    • In French and English, revised all communication, content and marketing plans for KPO Lab's four venture capital projects, including a fashion line, mobile app, translation service, and B2B and B2C security technology services. • Created accounts, marketing materials and scripted videos on crowdsourcing sites for KPO Lab projects and products. • Studied U.S. and French markets for best entry and funding opportunities; also approached prospective investors.
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    Program Officer (responsible for managing a portfolio of projects/accounts - required meeting client's standards)
    (HEA), International Rescue Committee (IRC),
    Jan 2011 - Jan 2012 (1 year 1 month)
    • Managed programs and program activities communications in a fast-paced environment, for seven IRC Horn and East Africa (HEA) countries: South Sudan, Somalia, Chad, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Kenya, and Ethiopia. • Developed multimillion-dollar contracts, budgets, grants, and Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for all U.S., World Bank, Stichting Vluchteling, OFD, DFID, ECHO, USAID and United Nations-sourced (UNHCR, UNICEF) donor grants. • Supported operations to ensure compliance with international and US regulatory requirements while providing emergency stopgap in-country support for IRC's South Sudan and Kenya field offices and emergency relief programs. • Liaised with European Affiliates, Technical, Development, and Business Development Units for
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    Program Manager - A successful PM requires the ability to effectivly communicate the program's impact
    Sustainable Immunization Financing (SIF), Sabin Vaccine Institute,
    Jan 2010 - Jan 2011 (1 year 1 month)
    • Managed programs in 15 pilot countries (12 African, 3 Asian); organized regional and international meetings that brought together members of ministries of health & finance and parliamentarians for discourses on SIF. • Carried out strategic planning and budget implementation, and produced internal and external reports on activities, for this Washington DC operations-based, $9M Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) funded, 6-year program. • Organized SIF's first international colloquium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia that coincided with the program's first evaluation to assess its impact. Its success resulted in continued funding by BMGF for another 5 years.
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    Business Development Specialist/Proposal Manager
    Camris International
    Jan 2009 - Jan 2010 (1 year 1 month)
    • Cultivated business relationships; researched, identified, and monitored prime projects that matched each of CAMRIS' division capabilities. Created and executed work plans to meet the needs of changing project requirements. • Oversaw multiple government contracts, including: $5M USSTRATCOM, $20M OMNIBUS II Department of Defense (DOD), USAID, VA $9M; and $20M USDHHS-CIMS Program (IDIQ contract).
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    Program Manager
    The Global Infrastructure Initiative (GII), McKinsey & Company,
    • Performed research on prevalent challenges in infrastructure while simultaneously seeking out the world's most senior leaders and experts for capturing their specialized insights for internal & external McK GII publications. • Co-created cutting-edge GII content for a global audience, designed agendas and regional roundtable discussion points for select C-suite and McKinsey leadership participants for arriving at possible solutions to some of the world's biggest challenges in infrastructure, synthesizing resulting findings in various mediums on multiple platforms. • Developed thematic content for upcoming GII global events and activities, tailored messaging for different mediums and channels, collaborated with McKinsey's Communications
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    Lead Consultant
    Coxswain Social Investment Plus (CSI+),
    Jan 2008 - May 2009 (1 year 5 months)
    • Developed web, marketing, conference and fundraising content/materials dedicated to raising awareness of World Health Organization's Africa Regional Office (WHO/AFRO) inoculation programs and immunization strategies while also identifying important partnerships to achieve WHO funding goals. • Overhauled materials on health programs, disease burden, targeted diseases, health topics and partnerships that resulted in updated data for WHO/AFRO operations that were featured on multiple media platforms.
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  • The New School
    Bachelor of Arts
    The New School
  • I.E. Business School
    International Master of
    I.E. Business School
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    'Beyond Connections: Energy Access Diagnostic Report Based on the Multi-Tier Framework'