Tory Pratt

Experience

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  Outside the Box

  Feb 2007 - Jul 2007

  Sales Associate and Store Manager

  · Prepared location-specific marketing tools · Maintained sales, inventory, regular customers, and overall efficiency of operation

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  Alchimie-Forever, LLC

  Feb 2009 - May 2009

  Intern

  · Conducted competitive analysis on the local and national level · Provided priority services for preferred clients

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  Chestnut Grill

  May 2009 - Jun 2009

  Hostess

  · Regulated and allocated patrons for equal-opportunity and quality service · Proposed changes to schedule and station distribution to improve efficiency · Trained new hosts in aforementioned duties

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  U.S. Department of Energy

  Oct 2009 - May 2010

  Intern

  · Planned Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas ministerial meeting with top officals · Developed DOE initiatives for Haiti energy infrastructure reconstruction · Employed Chinese and Spanish language skills to research policy options and conduct implementation analysis on international scale

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  Baker Donelson

  Jun 2010 - Jun 2011

  Consultant to The Howard Baker Forum

  - Formulated short and long term strategy for the Forum- Performed theoretical website design and planning- Conducted cultural research for product implementation optimization

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  American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative

  Jun 2011 - Apr 2015

  -Collaborate with Asia Director to manage programmatic and financial aspects of 3 programs(USAID, AusAID) in the Philippines, and one program in PNG (DoS Bureau ofDemocracy, Human Rights, and Labor)-Oversee budgeting and compliance for U.S. and Australian government-funded country programswith a combined yearly budget totaling approximately $6,000,000-Develop proposals for new business development, including program design, technical writing,logic models, monitoring and evaluation plans, creating and finalizing proposal budgets, andcoordinating proposal submission processes (including a proposal for Internet freedom fundingfrom DRL)-Communicate with field personnel, and assist with programmatic, logistical, and financial requests-Draft formal grant requests and reporting for donors, such as quarterly reports, cost and no-costextensions, and other approvals-Oversee programmatic, financial, and administrative aspects of PNG program closeout-Draft contracts and scopes of work related to expert travel, subgrants, consultants, and subcontracts Show less -Spearheaded the budget process and assisted with the successful proposal development for a $20Million USAID Partnership for Growth (PFG) cooperative agreement to spur economicdevelopment in the Philippines-Assisted in launch of abovementioned program, including development of monitoring and evaluationplan, gender mainstreaming, and annual implementation plan-Liaised directly with Chief of Party to provide programmatic troubleshooting, research, and report writing support-Developed human resources, financial, and management tools and policies for compliant officeoperations in 18-person field office-Drafted and oversaw project subgrants, including financial reports, budgeting, and activity reporting-Assisted in indentifying, recruiting, and hiring technical experts through appropriate contractingmechanisms-Met and liaised with donors, including the development and submission of cost and no-costextension requests-Managed project spending projections and develop tools for effective field budgeting procedures-Served as sole program point of contact for internal coordination and troubleshooting withfinancial and managerial entities-Traveled to field office for program oversight and assistance Show less -Compiled and completed expense reporting in accordance with relevant rules and regulations-Provided administrative and financial support, including contract development and handling consultant invoices, to ten on-site staff and forty international staff-Backstopped for 20 US Government-funded programs in 15 Asian countries, with a budget of approximately $8,000,000 a year-Liaised with high-level experts and board members to coordinate contracts, travel, expense reporting, and in-kind contributions-Organized logistical arrangements for experts, programmatic study tours, and staff travel Show less

  • Program Officer, Asia

    Jun 2013 - Apr 2015

  • Program Associate, Asia

    Jun 2012 - Jun 2013

  • Administrative Assistant, Asia

    Jun 2011 - Jun 2012
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  Leafless, LLC

  Oct 2013 - Jan 2014

  Operations Consultant, Leafless LLC

  -Developed financial model for start-up business-Developed roll out plan for app-Worked with developer to fix bugs/errors in app

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  Pratt Standard Cocktail Company

  Sept 2014 - now

  -Develop and implement overall business growth strategy and company vision-Recipe development, scaling, and COGS management-Raise investment, maintain investor relations, coordinate business financing-Encourage the growth of our team members and the development of a cohesive, supportive, and fulfilling team culture-Develop new jobs as business growth permits, hire to fill those needs-Assist team to create systems to automate work and produce efficiencies-Oversee 5 full time staff, 8 part-time staff, and occasional interns Show less

  • Founder and CEO

    Nov 2014 - now

  • Founder

    Nov 2014 - now

  • Founder

    Sept 2014 - now