John weeks CV 2013 REEP
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CURRICULUM VITAE John Weeks #169 E1, Street 19, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Phone: (012) 526 840 Email: [email protected] • DOB: April 13 th , 1968 • Place of birth: Cambridge, MA, USA / Nationality: USA Main Areas of Expertise • Organizational capacity building for nonprofits & socially responsible enterprises • Extensive web design and IT oversight experience • Creation of multinational multimedia outreach campaigns • Management/leadership of multinational/multilingual project teams • Proven grant, report and technical writing experience Professional Experience Open Development Cambodia, Project Manager, June 2011 – February 2013 Design and implementation of Southeast Asia’s first ‘Open Data’ web platform, sourced, hired and managed a team of 7 coders, mappers and designers (and part-time consultants) to achieve project targets in a multilingual environment. Oversight of branding, outreach and strategy. Currently moving to advisory role as project incorporates into a local nonprofit. Initiated by East-West Management Institute, funded by USAID, Spider Foundation, Open Society Foundation. www.OpenDevCam.net House32 Web Design, Project Manager, January 2007 – Present: Oversight of socially responsible web site organization with international/local team (5 staff) for diverse clients. Notable projects have included ‘Urban Voice’ (Ushahidi localization), The UN in Cambodia, PACT Cambodia (‘Clean Hand’ campaign evaluation), Java Arts, Indigenous Cultural Support Organization, Cambodian Living Arts, The Center for Khmer Studies. Programs utilized include Ushahidi, Wordpress, CSS, Javascript, PHP, MySQL, Geoserver, Khmer Unicode, varied database and social media platforms. Portfolio: House32.com Our Books Illustration and Design: Managing Editor, January 2006 – Present: Advisory role for income-generating social enterprise. • January and April, 2011: Pre-testing and design of multilingual comic for MicroEnsure India / 17 Triggers in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, India • January 2009 – October 2011 : Coordinator: four Khmer-language children’s comics in collaboration with radio outreach organization Equal Access • Production of outreach illustrations for local publications, companies and nonprofits Domrei Research and Consulting, Media Advisor, May 2008 – March 2010: Consultancy for design and planning of multimedia Khmer language health outreach campaign targeted for rural women, in coordination with the Cambodian Ministry of Health and KFW. Sang Salapak, Founding Member, arts/media consultancy June 2005 – June 2007:
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CURRICULUM VITAE
John Weeks #169 E1, Street 19, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Phone: (012) 526 840 Email: [email protected]
• DOB: April 13th, 1968 • Place of birth: Cambridge, MA, USA / Nationality: USA
Main Areas of Expertise • Organizational capacity building for nonprofits & socially responsible enterprises • Extensive web design and IT oversight experience • Creation of multinational multimedia outreach campaigns • Management/leadership of multinational/multilingual project teams • Proven grant, report and technical writing experience
Professional Experience Open Development Cambodia, Project Manager, June 2011 – February 2013 Design and implementation of Southeast Asia’s first ‘Open Data’ web platform, sourced, hired and managed a team of 7 coders, mappers and designers (and part-time consultants) to achieve project targets in a multilingual environment. Oversight of branding, outreach and strategy. Currently moving to advisory role as project incorporates into a local nonprofit. Initiated by East-West Management Institute, funded by USAID, Spider Foundation, Open Society Foundation. www.OpenDevCam.net House32 Web Design, Project Manager, January 2007 – Present: Oversight of socially responsible web site organization with international/local team (5 staff) for diverse clients. Notable projects have included ‘Urban Voice’ (Ushahidi localization), The UN in Cambodia, PACT Cambodia (‘Clean Hand’ campaign evaluation), Java Arts, Indigenous Cultural Support Organization, Cambodian Living Arts, The Center for Khmer Studies. Programs utilized include Ushahidi, Wordpress, CSS, Javascript, PHP, MySQL, Geoserver, Khmer Unicode, varied database and social media platforms. Portfolio: House32.com Our Books Illustration and Design: Managing Editor, January 2006 – Present: Advisory role for income-generating social enterprise.
• January and April, 2011: Pre-testing and design of multilingual comic for MicroEnsure India / 17 Triggers in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, India
• January 2009 – October 2011 : Coordinator: four Khmer-language children’s comics in collaboration with radio outreach organization Equal Access
• Production of outreach illustrations for local publications, companies and nonprofits
Domrei Research and Consulting, Media Advisor, May 2008 – March 2010: Consultancy for design and planning of multimedia Khmer language health outreach campaign targeted for rural women, in coordination with the Cambodian Ministry of Health and KFW. Sang Salapak, Founding Member, arts/media consultancy June 2005 – June 2007:
• Work with UNESCO, Friends of Khmer Culture, Phnom Penh Arts Festival, UNDP, Heritage Watch, Cambodia Book Federation
Cambodian Living Arts / World Education, December 2003 – October 2005: Part time consultant for management and program development
• Managed hiring process for Program Coordinator and support staff, infrastructure development including grant writing, annual report
Design Group, Consultancy June-July 2003: • Content support for Asia Foundation Khmer language election web site
Center for Khmer Studies, March 2001- February 2003: March 2001 - December 2002: Assistant Director (Human Resources/ Operations)
• Oversight of daily Center operations and oversight of support staff • Project management, grant/report writing, development of annual budget,
outreach to donors, infrastructure development • Research resource facilitation for graduate researchers (local / international)
United Cambodian Community, Grant Writer 1998: Long Beach, California
• Team leader for successful 3.8 million dollar job training grant Dark Horse Comics, Editor 1992-1994: Portland, Oregon
• Oversight of magazines, comics, graphic novels, posters and children’s books • Editor for licensed projects, planning and oversight of associated marketing
Education
• Monash University, Clayton, Australia, 1996-1998 M.A. Asian Studies (High Distinction) • The Grantsmanship Centre, Los Angeles, California, USA. (April 1999) Certification: Grant Writing Training. • University of California, Santa Cruz, USA.
-- B.A. Literature, B.A. Modern Society and Social Thought (1986 – 1991) Volunteer Work: Mekong ICT Camp, TechCamp Phnom Penh, ICT4D Cambodia network (with Spider Center), Phnom Penh Mapping Meetup, Cambodia Book Federation, Nou Hach Literary Journal References 1. Ms. Terry Parnell, Grassroots Networking and Advocacy Specialist, East-West Management Institute Phone: 023 222 501 [email protected] 2. Ian Ramage (Domrei Research) Phone: 012 388 461. Email: [email protected] 3. Ms. Joyce Clark, (Friends of Khmer Culture / former Board Member, Center for Khmer Studies) Phone: 415 775-3531 Email: [email protected]
