About
I live in Berlin, where I helped start Hikaya. Before that, I was based in Beirut, Kabul, Bishkek, and Hanoi.
Outside of work, I'm usually on a trail. I've hiked the Pacific Crest Trail, the GR20, and the Tour du Mont Blanc, and more recently I've taken up ultrarunning in the mountains. I also make some of my own gear and bake sourdough.
How I got here.
I trained as an economist and statistician, and my first jobs were in economic research. Early on, I saw how much that analysis depended on clean and complete data. That gap pulled me into monitoring and evaluation, where I handled program data from collection through analysis. From there, it was a short step to building the tools themselves, which is what I do at Hikaya.
Graduate Certificate in Applied Statistics
Portland State University
MSc Development Management
London School of Economics (LSE)
Thesis: The Returning Diaspora: Analyzing Overseas Vietnamese Contributions Toward Vietnam’s Economic Growth. Advisor: Robert Wade
Finance and Economics, The General Course
London School of Economics (LSE)
John C. Phelan Scholarship recipient
BS Economics
Portland State University
2008 Carl Campbell Economics Award recipient