My Work In Mali
	On leave-of-absence from IBM, provide expertise in sustainable business development, project management, and information system development to small and medium business in Mali, Africa . This includes integrating into life in Mali, the 4th poorest country on earth. Learn safe sources of food, secure housing, general health and safety, culturally appropriate dress,  important customs and religious celebrations, and how to conduct business. To-date, my projects include: • Mentor senior managers at the ‘Ministry of Economics & Finance’ in the development of a microfinance strategic information system. • Flesh out a strategy with senior managers of the UN Millennium Development Program to implement accountable and transparent government information systems in Mali. • Initiate a project to install the first commercial solar oven in Mali. Coordinate conceptual design and funding between the President of SunOvens in the USA, Rotary International USA, Rotary International Bamako, and a Bamako based womens group and NGO.. • Direct the formulation of the strategic plan for the newly formed Junior Achievement of Mali • Develop market analysis strategy for a microfinance institution. • Manage the installation of a business information network at the newly created government bureau of foreign investment. • Co-develop strategic approaches for the enhancement of projects throughout Africa with the International Development Special Interest Group of the Project Management Institute (PMI) • In coordination with the US Department of State, monitor the development of an $850 million sugar plantation project. Learn about the funding, management and cultural processes associated with such large projects in Mali. • Develop an application for NGO financing to enhance regional social development • Coach a Malian entrepreneur in the development of his business plan • Develop computer training for a village cybercafé • Learn how a wildlife conservation project in Kenya is managed. Participate in data gathering and reporting for elephant populations. • Create an exchange program between groups of people with disabilities, enabling the cultural exchange between Malian and American groups, and providing direct funding to the Malian group • Facilitate business partnerships between a micro-entrepreneur in Kibera, Kenya (Africa's 2nd biggest slum) and buyers in New York.