Carter Draper

Experience

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  House of Representative, Government of Liberia

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2011

  Information Technology Technician

  Coordinating both Senate and Legislative wings of the Capitol Building installing, maintaining, repairing Computers and all related devices, including establishing local area network between offices.

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  Stella Maris Polytechnic IT Department

  Jan 2006 - Feb 2008

  Instructional Coordinator

  Coordinating all instructional aspect of the Information Technology Department, trainings: Cisco Networking Academy, Cisco Hardware Essential, Database Management, Basic Computer Literacy incorporating guest trainers in other applications like Unix system Administration.

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  Stella Maris Polytechnic

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2011

  IT Specialist

  Manging Campus Network using Cisco Systems

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  Ushahidi Liberia / *iLab_ Liberia

  Feb 2011 - Aug 2014

  Supervising computer laboratories, creating interactive online maps, managing networks (WAN & LAN, Wireless ), developing websites, system maintenance, using technology to monitor Liberia 2011 elections, offering variety of technology and entrepreneurship training institutions while working with a network of CSOs monitoring crime, natural disaster, land disputes and rape, tribal conflicts. Other aspect of my work was to provide ICT support to local/International NGOs, developing ICT courses curriculum, providing ICT trainings in Open Source platforms. Show less

  • IT Director

    Jan 2011 - Aug 2014

  • Deputy IT Director

    Feb 2011 - Jun 2011
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  Web Gathering

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2012

  Africa Technology Innovation Hubs Conference

  On 3rd May 2012 we held the first Web Gathering to share experience and insight about establishing and growing technology innovation hubs across Africa

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  Africa Gathering

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2012

  Africa Gathering London 2012 Conference

  The Africa Gathering in collaboration with the Indigo Trust Foundation annual conference - an amazing event which provided an opportunity to delegates and speakers to share their ideas, discuss the start-up culture across Africa and to showcase just some of the great start-up ideas that have emerged in recent times in the continent.The Conference sought to reframe the debate around Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Africa. It demonstrated how the creative African cheetahs are currently moving fast and taking the lead in developing amazing technology solutions currently changing and improving lives. Show less

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  ILab Liberia

  Jan 2015 - Jun 2021

  Working to support and promote the peace, citizen empowerment, Rule of Law and public service delivery. Directing the affairs of iLab Liberia. As Interim Country Director, I was tasked with running the affairs of the INGO.

  • Country Director

    Jul 2019 - Jun 2021

  • Programs Director

    Jul 2015 - Jul 2019

  • Interim Country Director

    Jan 2015 - Jun 2015
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  Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

  Jun 2021 - now

  I am an ICT4D Changemaker working with innovative teams to support humanitarian and International development programs. My experience includes using technology to empower communities, governments, private sectors, and development actors across a variety of initiatives involving open data, tech for social good, geospatial and participatory mapping, gender equality, sustainable cities and communities, safe migration, public health, disaster resilience, early warning and response, elections, peace-building, entrepreneurship, and Open Governance.In the past years, I've worked on numerous Sustainable Development Goals projects across Indonesia, Zambia, Liberia, Senegal, Libya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Niger, Vietnam, Cameroon, Togo, Morocco, Cote D'Ivoire among other countries, in collaboration with central and local authorities, communities and partnership with the World Bank, USAID, Microsoft, Meta, Google, humanitarian organizations and many donor partners. Show less

  • Senior Manager, Program

    Aug 2023 - now

  • Regional Projects Manager

    Jun 2022 - Aug 2023

  • Global Projects Manager

    Jun 2021 - Jun 2022