Gregory Sanders

Experience

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  Independent

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2004

  Web and Database Contractor

  League of Women Voters of Montgomery County, MD: paid and volunteer, Rockville, MD (2003-2004)Waldo's Magic Ink, Silver Spring, MD (2003-2004) International Communication and Negotiation Simulation, College Park, MD (2001) International Information Program, Dept. of State: intern, Washington, D.C. (2000)• Conducted database and web-based projects for a variety of clients, including for the Department of State as a technical intern and for the League of Women Voters of Montgomery County in multiple capacities• Provided websites and comprehensive database solutions specifically tailored to customer requirements Show less

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  Center for International Security Policy Research

  Apr 2005 - Aug 2005

  Research Assistant

  • Analyzed marketplace econometric software and provided recommendations for contracting decisions

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  Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

  Sept 2006 - now

  • Assembled panels from a diverse range of experts to present at CSIS and an acquisition research conference• Authored reports on what works in government contracting and on trends in agency acquisition and federal assistance • Presented research and methodology at acquisition research and foreign policy conferences • Supervised successful grant and contract proposals, over multiple years totally more than a million dollars• Led the creation of a reproducible research repository and a graph and data micro-site, using charts procedurally created in R• Consolidated and refined millions of rows of data and multiple sources in a SQL server database • Interviewed U.S. and Coalition officials and Afghan vendors during a research trip to Afghanistan• Studied overseas contracting records by creating a database for regional and industrial sector analyses• Developed a list of Afghan and Iraqi firms for interviews and a groundbreaking survey• Managed and trained staff researcher teams while continuing personal research responsibilities listed in next section Show less

  • Senior Fellow, ISP and Deputy Director for Research, DIIG

    Aug 2024 - now

  • Deputy Director for Research, DIIG, and Fellow, ISP

    Oct 2015 - Aug 2024

  • Fellow, DIIG

    Oct 2010 - Sept 2015

  • Research Associate, DIIG

    Sept 2006 - Oct 2010
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  Renaissance Strategic Advisors

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

  Freelance Analyst

  • Collected and analyzed programmatic budget and federal contracting data from multiple sources