U.S. Peace Corps
Served as Senior Foreign Service (SFS) level policy advisor to the Director of the Peace Corps on matters related to agency planning, congressional appropriations, budget strategizing, and directed all the information technology functions for the organization’s worldwide operations. As CIO, provided leadership and oversight for the agency’s worldwide IT operations and modernization of systems in support of agency’s mission. As CFO, led the implementation of a new, integrated, highly complex financial management system, with ORACLE at the backend, for the agency’s domestic offices and overseas operations in 72 countries, thereby providing a scalable platform to support the organization’s growth in the 21st century and fulfilling congressionally mandated financial reporting requirements, including submission to the United States Congress on November 15, 2004 the first set of audited financial statements in agency’s 43-year history. ( The Peace Corps Performance and Accountability Report)
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