Allison Blajda

Experience

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  Institute for Training & Development

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2009

  Program Assistant
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  Population Services International

  Jan 2009 - Aug 2014

  Served as a Program Manager for a pilot program funded by Nike Foundation, targeting adolescent girls with health, social and economic assets. Oversaw field implementation, managed donor relations, and was responsible for the program’s $600,000 budget. Led the successful implementation and coordinated analysis of the program’s quantitative and qualitative monitoring components.Facilitated PSI/Rwanda's annual marketing planning process, coordinated an organizational MIS assessment and action plan, led the development of technical and cost proposals to various donors. Show less

  • Associate Program Manager, East Africa

    Sept 2013 - Aug 2014

  • PSI International Fellow / 12+ Program Manager

    Sept 2011 - Sept 2013

  • Senior Program Assistant, East Africa Region

    May 2009 - Aug 2011

  • People Department Intern

    Jan 2009 - May 2009
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  Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care

  Feb 2015 - May 2016

  Agents of Change Challenge Grant Recipient

  Recipient of a $20,000 grant, in collaboration with four other graduate students, to create a project that promotes innovations in health care delivery. We are partnering with Dimock Community Health Center and Harvard Medical School to match students with pregnant women to provide longitudinal social support throughout pregnancy, labor and delivery, and the initial post-partum period.

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  Vera Solutions

  Aug 2016 - Sept 2021

  • Associate Partner / Project Management Lead

    Jan 2020 - Sept 2021

  • Lead Consultant

    Jan 2019 - Sept 2021

  • Senior Consultant

    Jun 2017 - Dec 2018

  • Consultant

    Aug 2016 - Jun 2017
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  Triggerise

  Nov 2021 - Dec 2022

  Director of Platform Operations

  Oversaw operations and technical implementations for 5 Triggerise country teams across Africa; managed an 8-person team of Country Leads, and led process and project management standardization efforts across Triggerise’s technology and operations teams.

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  VentureWell

  Feb 2023 - Jan 2024

  Information Systems Delivery Lead

  Technical project management and business analysis for Salesforce-related projects; led Discovery workshops, documented business processes and user stories, and designed and implemented configurable solutions on the Salesforce platform with a user base of over 100 internal staff.Product ownership and management for VentureWell’s full-stack custom Proposal Management solution; responsibilities included developing a product roadmap, overseeing a regular agile release cycle, managing external developers, and owning all documentation and user support. Show less

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  Open Philanthropy

  Jan 2024 - now

  Technical Project Manager & Salesforce Administrator