INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS PERFORMED
Don Rudisuhle has many years of experience working on projects designed to improve the quality of life in developing countries. His work for corporations, non-profits and the major multilateral and bilateral development agencies covers more than 100 projects in 48 countries in Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia. These assignments have been carried out in a number of areas, such agriculture, health, public finance, public investment and decentralization. The common threads for these assignments have been audit, accounting, budgeting, financial reporting, internal control, economic sustainability, training and anticorruption.
| Armenia |
| Armenia: Evaluator, Competitive Armenian Private Sector Project (CAPS). USAID, Evaluation of the performance of three cluster-based initiatives in information technology, tourism and pharmaceutical manufacturing. Met with university administrators, students, trade associations, government officials and private sector executives. Traveled to regional centers in Gyumri and Vayk to conduct focus groups at IT facilities and organizations promoting Armenia as a tourist destination. |
| Bangladesh |
| Bangladesh: Public Institution Specialist, PROGATI Project, USAID. Meet with partner ministries and external stakeholders to discuss existing mechanisms to promote transparency and accountability. Identify areas of strategic importance where technical assistance can be provided to the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management and the Local Government Division. |
| Barbados |
| Barbados: Pharmaceutical Procurement/Distribution Specialist, Dominica Revolving Drug Fund, USAID. Planning exercise for USAID health officials regarding Dominica Revolving Drug Fund project. Reported on financial status of the fund and progress on computerization of pharmaceutical inventories. |
| Belgium |
| Belgium: Internal Auditor, Review of order processing system and procedures governing foreign institutional sales at regional distribution facility in Brussels. |
| Bolivia |
| Bolivia: Budget and Investment Specialist, Technical Assistance to PROSALUD on the Endowment Fund Management, USAID. Formulate budget for investment program for new health services and assist in selection of a financial institution to manage the organization’s endowment fund. Assist in writing hardware and software specifications for new nationwide real-time ERP/MIS system. (Six trips over a 21-month period.) |
| Bolivia: Project Manager, CORDEP IMIS Project, USAID. Cochabamba Regional Development IMIS Project, a Ministry of Agriculture effort to improve collection and analysis of agricultural planting and production data. Project manager responsible for creating MIS system and coordinating large-scale agricultural survey effort involving 400 local contract personnel. Supervised field data collection efforts to inventory crops and animals at 7,500 farms. Established software specifications and database definitions. Assisted with UNIX-based 4GL bilingual software application to manage and analyze data and project future yields. Wrote Spanish language user manual and help screens. |
| Bolivia: MIS Specialist, CORDEP Project, USAID. The Cochabamba Regional Development Project, a Ministry of Agriculture integrated agricultural research, production and extension project. Reviewed and summarized project achievements. Analyzed financial and operational indicators. Interviewed potential users of new data. Wrote preliminary specifications. Outlined methodology for implementing new integrated MIS system. |
| Bolivia: Accounting Specialist, CORDEP Financial Management Project, USAID. The Cochabamba Regional Development Project, a Ministry of Agriculture integrated agricultural research, production and extension project. Reviewed financial statements and project accounting records. Visited project field locations and interviewed farmers and small agro-industry processors. Created financial models for small scale value-added producers. |
| Bolivia: Health Budgeting Specialist, Polio Eradication in the Americas Program, Pan American Health Organization. A Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) effort to eradicate polio in North and South America. Evaluated financial management and internal controls for immunization program. Reviewed budgets, accounting procedures, physical records. |
| Brazil |
| Brazil: Internal Auditor, Review standard cost and variance reporting system at manufacturer of bulk pharmaceutical intermediates in São Paolo (Santo Amaro). |
| Burundi |
| Burundi: Budget Adviser, REAP Budget Support Project, UK Department for International Development (DFID). Develop budget and calculate costs for the action plan at a newly formed ministry supporting Burundi’s integration into the emerging East African Community that is creating a political and economic union with Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. Create a human resources management database and a monitoring and evaluation system for activities under the ministry’s strategic plan. |
| Burundi: Health Economist, Burundi Combating Childhood Communicable Diseases, USAID. Ministry of Health budget exercise for CCCD 5-year bilateral child health project. Visited Ministry of Health facilities. Reviewed budgets, created financial model of cold chain. Coordinated contribution budgets between donors. |
| Cameroon |
| Cameroon: Project Evaluator, Recurrent Cost Study for the University Center of Dschang, USAID. Recurrent cost study and review of the financial management system at the University of Dschang, a rural agricultural institution funded by the US government. Examined budgets, accounting records and document financial processes. Identified bottlenecks in the disbursement cycle. Recommended sustainability measures. |
| Canada |
| Canada: Internal Auditor, Review of order processing system and accounts receivable at manufacturing plant in Montreal (Candiac). |
| Colombia |
| Colombia: Internal Auditor, Review of disbursement system, accounts payable and collection procedures at plant in Bogota. |
| Commonwealth of Dominica |
| Commonwealth of Dominica: Pharmaceutical Procurement/Distribution Specialist, Design and Implementation of a Revolving Drug Fund, USAID. Creation of a Revolving Drug Fund at the Ministry of Health to budget, procure, warehouse and distribute Dominica’s medical supplies at this pilot site for the new East Caribbean Regional Pharmaceuticals Management Project. Prepared operational flowcharts, interviewed staff at field health centers, hospitals and clinics. Installed accounting system for revolving drug fund. Designed computerized inventory management system. Prepared usage forecasts. Implemented large-scale overseas tendering procedures. Installed microcomputer and trained personnel in software use. |
| Costa Rica |
| Costa Rica: Financial Director, General review of budgets and financial statements at sales and distribution facility in San José. |
| Costa Rica: Financial Director, Discussion of audit report with local management and corporate staff in San José. Implement auditors’ recommendations. |
| Costa Rica: Internal Auditor, Review of disbursement system and cash management procedures in San José. |
| Dominican Republic |
| Dominican Republic: Privatization Specialist, CORDE Privatization Study, USAID. Assess the potential for privatization of four state-owned manufacturing companies operated by the Corporación de Desarrollo (CORDE). Evaluated four companies engaged in the production of plastic bags, shoes, edible oils, nails and barbed wire, respectively. Interviewed management and factory personnel. Review financial statements. Created financial models covering various privatization scenarios. Presented report to officials at the Center for Privatization in Washington, D.C. |
| Dominican Republic:Computerized Accounting Systems Specialist, IPPF Population Project, USAID. Study to determine optimal method to computerize accounting system for non-profit multidonor population project. Reviewed and documented operating procedures. Analyzed fee collection mechanism. Prepared specifications for new accounting system that is compliant with the financial reporting requirements of 13 separate donors. Evaluated existing commercial packages. |
| Dominican Republic: Financial Management/Accounting Specialist, Proyecto Nizao-Valdesia, World Bank. Designed accounting, budgeting and financial management procedures for the Nizao-Valdesia Irrigation Project operated by the National Institute for Hydraulic Resources (INDRHI).Met with INDRHI officials and water user groups. Developed plan to balance hydropower generation with demand for irrigation water. Created database of water users. Designed systems to calculate and collect user fees and budget canal maintenance and repair costs. |
| East Timor |
| East Timor: Financial Management Specialist, Emergency Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project, United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). Project to upgrade East Timor’s roads, maritime and aviation sectors. Prepared annual budgets for the Dili Port and the Comoro International Airport. Reviewed transport subsector accounting systems and identified issues regarding integration with the centralized treasury system. Assisted the vehicle registration unit prepare to initiate operations. Trained counterparts in basic budget preparation processes. |
| Ecuador |
| Ecuador: Health Budgeting Specialist, Polio Eradication in the Americas Program, Pan American Health Organization. A Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) effort to eradicate polio in North and South America. Reviewed 5-year budget for the bilateral Extended Program for Immunization (EPI). Analyzed budget line item allocations. Participated in meetings with international donors and Health Ministry officials. |
| El Salvador |
| El Salvador: Procurement Specialist, Millennium Challenge Corporation. Perform due diligence on the government’s proposed procurement system, agents, controls and procedures to be used under a potential compact for funding of infrastructure and public works projects. |
| El Salvador: Financial Specialist, FUNTER Self-Sufficiency Project, USAID. Project to help establish financial self-sufficiency for the Fundación Teletón Pro-Rehabilitación (FUNTER), a non-profit organization that builds prosthetic appliances for people injured during the civil war. Reviewed financial records and budgets. Visited factory and rehabilitation clinics. Investigated opportunities for import substitution of raw materials. Evaluated computerized accounting system. Recommended improvements in record maintenance and financial reporting. |
| El Salvador: Trainer/Advisor, Action Plan for the Internal Audit System, USAID. Prepared plan for upgrading the internal audit function at the Ministry of Public Works. Met with audit managers and seniors. Visited audit locations. Conducted seminars and workshops on internal audit topics. Developed new audit programs, procedures and training curriculum. Assisted in selection of outside educational organizations. |
| El Salvador: Financial Director, Devise strategy for risk management and protection of assets. Evaluate third-party manufacturing contract in San Salvador |
| El Salvador: Financial Director, Supervise physical inventory at third party manufacturing facility in San Salvador. |
| El Salvador: Financial Services Analyst, Review third-party manufacturing agreement. Redesign intercompany accounting at distribution facility in San Salvador. |
| France |
| France: Internal Auditor, Review of disbursement system and controls over banking transactions at manufacturing plant in Paris (Nogent-sur-Marne). |
| Guatemala |
| Guatemala: Financial Management Expert, Ministry of Health Malaria Program USAID/GMS. Assist the principal recipient to prepare the 5-year budget, develop financial management systems, operating procedures and reporting mechanisms that are compliant with requirements established by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Write the new Code of Conduct Manual. |
| Guatemala: Administrative Analyst/Process Re-engineering Specialist, AGEXPORT RAISE Plus Project, USAID. Review accounting, human resources, procurement, information technology, infrastructure and internal and external communications systems at private non-profit association that promotes non-traditional exports. Identify areas for improvements that could increase efficiency and effectiveness and ensure proper use of resources. |
| Guatemala: Project Evaluator, Evaluation of the Latin American Agribusiness Development Corp., USAID. Financial review of LAAD – Central America, an agricultural credit institution that provides financing for the promotion of non-traditional exports. Reviewed financial records. Interviewed local staff and active borrowers. Met with LAAD management at Miami headquarters. Examined loan portfolio. Created computer model to project future fund capitalization requirements. Recommended future financing strategy. |
| Guatemala: Financial Director. General review of budgets and financial statements at sales and distribution facility in Guatemala City. |
| Guatemala Financial Director, Assist with year-end closing and preparation of financial statements in Guatemala City. |
| Guatemala: Financial Director, General financial review of company operations in Guatemala City. |
| Home Office |
| Home Office: Document Author, USAID EPIQ II Policy Reform Lessons Learned. Wrote case study on Bolivian health NGO on the topic of identifying financing sources for short-term and long-term project implementation for inclusion in a series of publications on the topic of Economic Growth Related Policy Reform Activities in Developing Countries |
| Home Office: Financial Analyst, Mongolia Public Expenditure Review, The World Bank, Washington DC. Prepare sections on contingent liabilities and vulnerabilities of state-owned enterprises to local and international economic events, focusing on the impact on the government budget, particularly with respect to employment, subsidies and tax revenues. Convert spreadsheets containing financial statistics on the portfolio of SOEs in Mongolia to relational database format. Create queries and analytical tables for the purpose of assessing the performance of 118 public and joint-venture enterprises. Edit various sections of the PER draft document. Assist with study examining the issues associated with revitalizing the cashmere industry. |
| Honduras |
| Honduras: Anticorruption Specialist, Monitoring and Evaluation of the Fiscal and Tax Administration Project. Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA). Interview Tax and Customs Department officials, donor representatives and civil society organizations to evaluate progress of efforts funded under Swedish grant complementing an IDB loan for institutional strengthening of public financial management. |
| Honduras: Financial Management/Accounting Specialist, Land Use and Productivity Enhancement (LUPE), USAID. A Ministry of Natural Resources agricultural extension project stressing environmental preservation and soil conservation. Reviewed financial management system. Visited potential warehouse locations and evaluate for adequacy and security. Designed inventory accounting system. Wrote procedures for warehouse management and personnel processing. |
| Honduras: Financial Management/Accounting Specialist, Land Use and Productivity Enhancement (LUPE), USAID. A Ministry of Natural Resources agricultural extension project stressing environmental preservation and soil conservation. Reviewed accounting records and financial statements. Recommended improvements to the accounting system. Trained accountants in use of the manual system. Design new automated system components. |
| Honduras: Pharmaceutical Logistics Expert, Task Force for Central America Rural Medical Assistance, USAID. U.S. government project designed to help victims of the civil conflict by providing access to essential health care services. Evaluated management procedures. Visited rural warehouses. Created database of pharmaceuticals and surgical supplies and forecasted requirements. Designed controls over shipments and product storage. Trained users in spreadsheet, database and word processing software. |
| Honduras: Financial Management Specialist, Honduras Land Titling Project, USAID. Project to improve management, organizational and financial functions at the National Agrarian Institute, the Honduran government organization responsible for agrarian reform land titling activities. Reviewed accounting system and financial records. Visited the Instituto Nacional Agrario’s office sites and documented the flow of cases through the various stages of processing. Recommended computer hardware. |
| Honduras: Financial Director, General review of budgets and financial statements at sales and distribution facility in Tegucigalpa. |
| Honduras: Financial Director, Discussion of audit report with local management in Tegucigalpa. Implement auditors’ recommendations. |
| India |
| India: Fiscal Reform Specialist and Team Leader, Budget Procedure Reform, Computerization and Expenditure Management (Assam), Asian Development Bank. Project to assist the Government of Assam’s Finance Department to strengthen the state government’s budgeting and planning processes and improve the state’s expenditure management. Responsibilities include coordinating the activities of a group of local and international consultants working on fiscal reform, financial management, treasury, procurement and civil service reform. |
| Indonesia |
| Indonesia: Health Economist, Indonesia Health Sector Transition Project, USAID. Ministry of Health project designed to emphasize preventive health care over curative care. Reviewed financial and epidemiological data. Evaluated data integrity, institutional linkages and proposed structure for new pilot project. Designed information collection and evaluation system. Recommended guidelines for hardware and software procurement. |
| Iran |
| Iran: Internal Auditor, Review of order processing procedures at company in Tehran. Evaluation of data processing system |
| Jamaica |
| Jamaica: Financial Specialist, Evaluation of the Grantees of People’s Action for Community Transformation (PACT) and Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture (MOEY&C), USAID. Assess the financial systems of NGOs and government grantees and review controls over procurement and disbursements, as well as the timing of the liquidation of funds. |
| Jamaica: Evaluator, Evaluation of the Jamaica Agricultural Development Foundation, USAID. Financial evaluation of the Jamaica Agricultural Development Foundation, a credit institution supporting small and medium size farmers. Interviewed management and directors. Reviewed financial records. Evaluated loan portfolio for delinquencies and rescheduled loans. Met with borrowers and visited loan sites. Recommended capitalization levels and measures to improve operational efficiency. |
| Jamaica: Project Evaluator, Evaluation of the Jamaica Food Stamp Program, USAID. Evaluation of accounting and financial management procedures and controls for the Food Stamp Program operated by the Ministry of Social Security. Reviewed financial records. Created flowcharts of system operation, including beneficiary eligibility, stamp distribution and reconciliation of benefits paid. Visited Ministry regional offices throughout the country, interviewed officials and beneficiaries. |
| Laos |
| Laos: Budget and Planning Advisor, Strengthening Economic and Financial Management, Asian Development Bank. Project to Improve infrastructure planning and budgeting at the Committee for Planning and Cooperation (CPC). Set up database of all capital investment projects for the Public Investment Program. Created Lao language computer application for projecting capital expenditures and recurrent costs. Developed manuals and tutorial. Trained staff in software use. |
| Laos: Privatization Specialist, Establishment of a Privatization Coordination Unit, Asian Development Bank. Project to create a Privatization Coordination Unit at the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Finance for the purpose of providing accurate information about the number, size and character of state-owned enterprises. Equipped and staffed the new Privatization Coordination Unit. Installed computer system and software. Created database of state-owned enterprises. Trained staff in financial analysis and spreadsheet use. Assisted with privatization strategies and attended numerous public tenders. Created a resource center for privatization. |
| Macedonia |
| Macedonia: Anticorruption Specialist, Macedonia Financial Sector Assessment Project, USAID. Evaluate internal and external audit functions and fraud prevention capabilities at central government institutions and local municipalities. Review IT capacity and software requirements. Consolidate consultant inputs into final report. |
| Malawi |
| Malawi: Health Economist/Finance Specialist, Malawi 10-Year Health Plan, World Bank. Preparation of the 10-Year Health Plan for the Ministry of Health. Prepared the financial aspects of the long-term health budget. Evaluated accounting systems and performed study of the Health Ministry’s operating costs. Installed microcomputer and trained staff in software use. |
| Malaysia |
| Malaysia: Privatization Specialist, Privatization Study for the Government Pharmaceutical Labs, United Engineers Malaysia. Study to determine financial feasibility of privatization of several government owned pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities. Created financial models using varying assumptions concerning capitalization, debt, interest rates, exchange rates, sales and operating expenses. Performed sensitivity analysis to determine potential profitability under a variety of operating circumstances. |
| Mali |
| Mali: Financial Management Specialist, Farming Systems Agricultural Research Project, USAID. A proposed new agricultural research project under the Ministry of Agriculture. Prepared financial management section of project paper for new agricultural research project. Interviewed Ministry staff. Made financial projections. Designed internal controls. Recommended an accounting system. |
| Mali: Financial Management Specialist, Farming Systems Research and Extension, USAID. Project supporting the Institute of Rural Economy (IER) to expand and increase the effectiveness of its farming system programs. Performed evaluation of financial management system. Met with project staff and Ministry representatives. Reviewed accounting and financial records. Evaluated internal controls. Issued report with recommendations for strengthening the financial system. |
| Mali: Financial Management/Accounting Specialist, Operation Mils-Mopti, USAID. Financial management improvement effort for a Ministry of Agriculture integrated rural development project in the 5th Region of Mali. Designed and implemented accounting and internal control system for rural agricultural project based in Mopti. Set up management reporting guidelines and wrote procedures manuals. Evaluated progress of road building improvements and grain warehouse construction. |
| Mauritania |
| Mauritania: Health Economist/Evaluator, Evaluation of the Rural Medical Assistance Project, USAID, Evaluation of Project Trarza, a Ministry of Health village primary health care education and extension project. (Official name: Projet d’Assistance Medicale Rurale). Interviewed village health workers, patients and families in rural Sahara locations. Performed economic analysis of operating expenses and evaluated cost-effectiveness of activities. Recommended activities for follow-on project. |
| Mexico |
| Mexico: Financial Services Analyst, Financial review of clinical research operation and documentation of new drug trials in Mexico City. |
| Mexico: Internal Auditor, Financial review of an infant formula factory. Evaluation of cost accounting system at milk dehydration plant in Ciudad Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico |
| Mexico: Internal Auditor, Review of costing system and payroll procedures at pharmaceutical plant in Mexico City. |
| Mexico: Internal Auditor, Review of financial statements at nutritional products plant in Mexico City. |
| Mongolia |
| Mongolia: Project Economist, Mongolia Compact Health Project, Millennium Challenge Corporation. Visit hospitals, Ministry of Health administrative offices and international stakeholders in Ulaanbaatar. Visit rural health care facilities in Ovrkhangai Province. Prepare budget models to support an effort to reduce the incidence of cervical cancer and cardiovascular diseases. |
| Mongolia: Contingent Liability Specialist, Public Expenditure Management Reform, Asian Development Bank. TA to assist the Ministry of Finance establish an outcome-based public expenditure management system to support public administration reform efforts. Assisted the Ministry of Finance to design a system for monitoring the contingent liabilities of the government. Performed search for contingent liabilities at five pilot organizations and wrote budget directives for risk management and reserve calculations. Conducted workshops on issues involving contingent liability identification and recording. Evaluated software used for preparation of the Public Investment Program (PIP). |
| Nepal |
| Nepal: Global Health Financial Management Expert, The Capacity Project. Conduct a review and assessment of the budgets, financial systems and controls at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria operating units at the Ministry of Health, provide recommendations to build on current system strengths and correct identified weaknesses. Designed future technical assistance plan. |
| Nepal: Computerized Personnel Information Specialist, Institutional Support for Governance Reform, Asian Development Bank. Project to assist the Government of Nepal improve efficiency, reduce corruption, strengthen personnel management and enhance performance management. (TA 3622-NEP) Worked with a Nepalese local consultant to deploy an Oracle-based personnel information system at the Ministry of General Administration (MOGA). Developed work plan for collection and verification of data for stakeholder organizations and future transformation of the software into a post management system for the purpose of tracking transfers, promotions, retirements and other benefits. |
| Netherlands |
| Netherlands: Internal Auditor, Review of inventory management procedures at warehousing and distribution facility in Weesp and Utrecht. |
| Nicaragua |
| Nicaragua: Economist/Financial Analyst, Study on the Potential for Substitution of Generic Pharmaceutical Products, World Bank. Pharmaceutical industry study commissioned by the Ministry of Health to investigate the feasibility of increasing the use of low-cost generic medicines. Met with private sector pharmaceutical distributors and officials of the Ministries of Health and Finance. Visited pharmaceutical factories and government regional distribution centers. Created financial models of import and distribution cycles as a basis for the recommended strategy. |
| Nicaragua: Financial Director, General review of budgets and financial statements at sales and distribution facility in Managua. |
| Nicaragua: Financial Director, Perform year-end closing and prepare Nicaragua subsidiary’s financial statements in Managua. |
| Nicaragua: Financial Director, Set up accounting system for network of distributors of pharmaceutical and consumer products in Managua. |
| Nicaragua: Financial Director, Identification of potential third-party contract manufacturers and distributors of consumer goods in Managua. |
| Nicaragua: Financial Director, Reconstruction of company accounting records destroyed during the civil war in Nicaragua during 1978-79 |
| Panama |
| Panama and Nicaragua: Proposal Writer, USAID/Central America and Mexico (CAM) Anti-Corruption, Transparency & Accountability Program. Traveled to Central America on behalf of a leading consulting firm to interview short and long-term candidates and identify potential collaborating local firms. Wrote and edited several sections of the proposal. |
| Panama: Financial Director, Review of transhipment costs at manufacturing and warehousing facility in Colon Free Zone in Panama |
| Panama: Financial Director, Analysis of cost build up and pricing structure at distribution facility in Panama City. |
| Panama: Financial Director, Financial review of prior years’ operating results at subsidiary in Panama City. |
| Peru |
| Peru: Budget Expert, World Bank/IMF Fiscal and Budgetary Reform Project, World Bank. Design and implement new zero-base budgeting system at the Ministry of Finance. Coordinated preparation of 1984 fiscal budgets for the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education. Calculated operating expense and capital requirements. Verified justification for expenditures, including personnel staffing levels. Made presentations to Ministry staffs. |
| Peru: Internal Auditor, Review of inventory management system and manufacturing costs at pharmaceutical plant in Lima. Assisted with computerizing the manual accounting system. |
| Peru: Internal Auditor, General financial review of manufacturing and distribution activities at pharmaceutical plant in Lima. |
| Philippines |
| Philippines: Sectoral Finance Expert, Strengthening Public Finance and Planning of LGUs, Asian Development Bank. Project under the direction of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to explore the feasibility of establishing a Local Government Development Facility. (LGU-DF). Performed financial analysis of devolved activities in social sector and rural development sector for local government finance and decentralization project. Travelled to the provinces to meet with national agency and local government officials. Evaluated Oracle web-based infrastructure monitoring software. |
| Portugal |
| Portugal: Internal Auditor, General financial review of sales and warehousing facility in Lisbon. |
| Puerto Rico |
| Puerto Rico: Financial Director, Presented budget at Latin America Controller’s Conference in San Juan. Visited pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities. |
| Senegal |
| Senegal: Health Economist, Sine-Saloum Rural Health Care Project, USAID. Budgeting and recurrent cost study for rural primary health care project operated by the Ministry of Health. Determined the ability of the Ministry of Health to absorb the operating costs after the conclusion of project activities by the donor. Traveled to regional project headquarters in Kaolack to interview staff and review expense records. |
| South Africa |
| South Africa: Internal Auditor, Review standard cost accounting system at a consumer products factory in Johannesburg (Germiston). |
| Spain |
| Spain: Delegate, SpainAmerica 92 Trade Conference, ICEX/McDonnell Douglas, Madrid. Member of a delegation from the US to the SpainAmerica 92 trade conference, an effort to increase Spain’s exports to the United States, particularly gourmet food products and wine. |
| Spain: Internal Auditor, General financial review of manufacturing facility in Madrid (Fuencarral), Spain. |
| Spain: Internal Auditor, Review of disbursement system and banking transactions at manufacturing plant in Madrid (Fuencarral). |
| Thailand |
| Thailand: Internal Auditor, Review of inventory control and distribution at manufacturer of pharmaceutical and consumer goods in Bangkok. |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
| Trinidad and Tobago: MIS Consultant, National Human Resource Management Information System, InterAmerican Development Bank. Project to create a labor market information system and manpower planning model at the Ministry of Labour. Studied the requirements for upgrading the Ministry’s capabilities for data collection, processing and dissemination. Evaluated network and file server specifications. Recommended hardware and software configurations. Interviewed stakeholders and Ministry staff. Gathered information regarding data flows from outside organizations. Designed database and created software prototype for system documenting outputs from the country’s educational system. |
| Trinidad & Tobago: Internal Auditor, Financial review of distribution and warehousing operation in Port of Spain. |
| Venezuela |
| Venezuela: Financial Director, Attended Latin American Controllers conference in Venezuela and presented budget for Central American operations |
| Venezuela: Internal Auditor, Review of purchasing and procurement system at manufacturer of consumer goods in Caracas. |
| Washington DC |
| Washington DC/Home Office: Senior Technical Manager, USAID Programming Resources Toolbox, USAID. Project using Agile methodology to create a web-based application that catalogs and provides links to all the tools and international development resources created using USAID funding. Perform the quality control function and test the application using multiple browser platforms. Participate in weekly scrum teleconferences between USAID officials and the software development team to discuss progress towards milestones. |