Ashira Khera

Experience

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  University of California, Berkeley

  Jun 2007 - Aug 2007

  Summer Research Intern

  Participated in a summer undergraduate research program, performing research on hybrid and embedded systems, while focusing on dynamic programming.- Dynamic Graph Analysis and Optimal Control: The focus of this research project was on solving the optimal control problems over a dynamical graph structure using Dynamic Programming. In this project, I studied how the solution to the above-mentioned problem changed when we used a multiplicative or an additive function as the optimization criterion. The experience provided exposure to a rigorous academic environment and led to co-authoring a paper on this topic. Show less

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  Intel

  Apr 2008 - May 2009

  Intern at Intel

  Worked on staffing applications in HR that was used for recruiting college graduates and interns.

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  Intel

  Jul 2015 - Jun 2016

  - Led and managed a diverse team of developers, in the US and Costa Rica, to deliver a new technological platform for Finance. Delivered training in Costa Rica to developers and support personnel to sustain the new tool.- Built strong customer relationships as part of sales rotation to become Intel’s internal voice of the customer. Simultaneously provided technical expertise to the customer to build trust as Intel’s point of contact.- Business Intelligence: Gathered and analyzed business data to help end-users make informed business decisions about management of Intel assets. The results of this deep data analysis helped drive bothtactical and strategic organization and business engagements to align on the company’sgoals. - Agile: Introduced, motivated and led a development team to adopt agile methodology. Single handedly demonstrated and convinced management to show how agile development could fit in with the current Project Management model. Completed Scrum master certification in July 2012.- Direct communication with Intel HR, Legal and IT customers to gather requirements, resolve issues and provide support for tools used by them.- M&A: Owned and improved a tool for the HR Mergers & Acquisitions team to support the acquisition of Infineon. The tool eliminated manual processing in the task of uploading data to HR systems. Show less

  • Software Engineer/Application Developer

    Jul 2009 - Jun 2016

  • Sales Rotation

    Jul 2015 - Sept 2015
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  Harvard University

  Sept 2016 - Dec 2016

  Graduate Research Assistant

  Researched the impact of Circular Economy, including the impact of food waste on Small-Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in a case study format.

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  The Hans Foundation

  May 2017 - Aug 2017

  Research And Development Intern

  - Conducted Qualitative research across a rural communities in remote parts of North East India to understand the viability of a market chain for farmers produce. The goal was to find the current state of interventions and to find novel ways to create a sustainable supply chain. - Developed a strategy by creating a monitoring and evaluation process which focused on community needs and suggested conceptual frameworks that could help the foundation not only achieve its food and economic security goal but also ensure that it is carried out in a sustainable manner. - Authored a report which outlined practical steps in resolving some of the most pressing issues hindering the connection of farmers to markets. Show less

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  Harvard University

  Feb 2018 - May 2018

  Graduate Research Associate

  Built Theory Of Change and supported impact evaluation system for nonprofit, Fine Cacao and Chocolate Institute (FCCI), to generate evaluation evidence on the effectiveness of FCCI’s intervention in the cacao supply chain.

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  Net Impact NYC

  Feb 2019 - Aug 2019

  NetImpact Volunteer Consultant

  - As part of NetImpact Consultant Team, worked on aligning LearnServe International’s (a non profit based in Washington, DC) evaluation tools with their revised theory of change- Developed a comprehensive baseline and post evaluation survey to measure the success of their programming and allow the organization to better communicate its impact.

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  Rural India Supporting Trust (RIST)

  May 2019 - now

  - Leading monitoring and evaluation efforts to set up a MEL framework to strengthen partnerships, encourage collaboration and understand impact.- Assisting in the development of plans, grant making activities, projects and partnerships to advance RIST's strategic and philanthropic goals.- Ensuring effective grant making by streamlining workflows and internal processes, building knowledge database for effective knowledge management, and improving branding and design to increase awareness and visibility of the Foundations' philanthropic activities internally and externally. - Institutionalizing systems and processes to capture growth and learning across strategic focus areas. Show less

  • Senior Program Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation Lead

    Feb 2023 - now

  • Program Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation Lead

    Feb 2021 - now

  • Program Officer

    May 2019 - Feb 2021