Strenghtening Career Pathways
I led the design of a $17 million grant program that found solutions for students in middle and high school chart clear, fulfilling paths from classroom to career.
Hey, I'm Ian.
It's nice to meet you.
I design strategies, implement projects, and build solutions for social impact organizations, nonprofits, and grassroots organizations. I specialize in driving growth and deepening impact through data management and analysis, internal capacity-building, social innovation design, and privacy and cybersecurity.
I currently train surgeons 🩺 across Africa and Asia and teach machine learning at MIT 🤖 to learners from conflict zones across the world.
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About Me
Over the last 10 years, I've worked on a number of projects and teams that solve complex problems at local level and a global scale. I've been a part of a variety of projects and teams, such as improving the cybersecurity infrastructure of a human rights archive in Yemen and Syria; designing and launching a community advocacy solution in Peru; creating Connecticut's first digital tool to understand policy issues for people facing homelessness; and many others.
I got my start helping organizations use technology and data to better support their communities, which eventually took me to SEWA in India, where I helped lead their Digital Initiatives program. We worked to expand access to social security and digital literacy for thousands of women. That experience got me thinking bigger about systems-level change, which led me to MIT, where I built the impact evaluation team at MIT Solve. Since then, I’ve focused more on career readiness and healthcare by designing the $17 million Catalyze Challenge, supporting mentoring programs like Conexión in Boston, and now working at SELF, where I help train surgeons and nurses in low-resource settings with practical, procedure-based education. I also teach displaced students through MIT Emerging Talent, helping them build skills and confidence to pursue meaningful careers in tech and science.
I am a graduate of Berkeley's School of Information Masters of Information Management Systems program. I received a graduate certificate in Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICTD) and I am an inaugral member of the Digital Transformation of Development (DToD) Fellowship, an NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program. I am also proud graduate from The Ohio State University with degrees in International Development, Economics, and French.
Current Work
SELF Peer Review App
Tissues Database
Atlas
MIT Emerging Talent
Past Work
Driving Innovation in Traditional Craft
I created India's first innovation competition in the craft sector, Kula Innovate.
Technology for Social Impact Toolkit
An open source resource for anyone working in technology and social impact.
Accelerating Indigenous Advocacy in Peru
I built the initial design and community-organizing strategy for a start-up in Peru supporting Indigenous advocacy.
Improving Cybersecurity for a Human Rights Archive
I worked with a human rights digital archive working in several conflict regions, including Syria, Yemen, and Sudan to build a strong cybersecurity infrastructure against attacks.
Community-led Impact and Evaluation in India
I worked with community organizers in India to develop an inferential impact measurement tool.
Combatting Homelessness Through Data Driven Policy
I created a tool that supported housing collective advocacy efforts to reduce homelessness.
Democratizing Resources for Impact Entrepreneurs
I developed recommender tools to improve partnership making between donors and social impact entrepreneurs.