Michael A. Cohen

Experience

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  JP Morgan

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2000

  Money Market Analyst
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  Cambodia

  Jan 2002 - Nov 2003

  Education & Development Consultant

  Clients included:• Royal University of Phnom Penh• UNFPA • The World Bank

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  Cambodia National AIDS Authority

  Nov 2003 - Jun 2004

  Director, GIPA

  GIPA Program is: Greater Involvement for People Living With HIV/AIDS. This program was supported by UNV & UNAIDS and was an advocacy vehicle that supported HIV+ people. Through GIPA, staff contributed to various areas of society, and the program provided them with tools and support to do so.

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  American Evaluation Association

  Jan 2004 - now

  Contributing Member

  Improve professional evaluators' quantitative analysis skills through interactive workshops.

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  PSI - Cambodia

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2005

  Senior Management Advisor (M&E)

  • Supervised all local and International professionals working in Research, MIS, and IT• Significant development of research program: GIS, surveys (KAP/KPC), mystery patients• Management of IT services, including 4 field offices• National staff capacity building, including: language, research skills, computer literacy

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  American Red Cross - Thailand

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2009

  Sr. M&E Advisor (Tsunami Recovery Program)

  Based in Bangkok with significant travel, including Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Maldives, USA and India.$600 million of implemented activities in portfolio; responsibilities included all aspects of M&E.• Technical advisor in the design, implementation and evaluation across all tsunami response programs, including: Health, nutrition, water & sanitation, disaster planning, organizational development and psychosocial support Management and mentoring of national and international field M&E Managers Multi-year Strategic Planning Hiring and managing local and international M&E professionals across the globe Joint evaluations with UN, IFRC and NGOs Development of logframes, M&E plans and monitoring tools• Principal Investigator for major concurrent studies; designed and managed:o Over 20 major research studies for American Red Cross – including: Comprehensive large-scale surveys of household, school, and Displaced-Persons Camps (IDP) across 5 countries and multiple sectors Implementation of GIS-based systems management Show less

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  RTI International

  Jun 2009 - Jul 2011

  Sr. Monitoring & Evaluation Expert

  Based in the USA, with significant travel to Africa, Afghanistan and Asia. Responsibilities include:• Technical advisor in the design, implementation and evaluation across all international programming (primarily USAID), including:• Sectors: Health, water & sanitation, governance, education and ICT• Development of USAID PMP and results frameworks for large programs• RFP/RFA responses to various donors, including USAID, EU, World Bank• Technical Expertise and mentoring for national and international field M&E Managers• Proposal development• Recipient of Internal R&D grant; responsible for organization’s Behavior Change Framework Show less

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  Management Sciences for Health (MSH)

  Aug 2011 - Feb 2017

  Deputy Director, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research

  Provide project development, results-based management and impact evaluation leadership to for Pharmaceuticals & Health Technologies Group with a strong focus on measuring Health Systems Strengthening.

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  SPIDER, LLC

  May 2016 - now

  Executive Director

  SPIDER,LLC provides monitoring, evaluation, research and security solutions for organizations working across the globe. As primary consultant for SPIDER, assignments have included: » Developing the Performance Management Plan (PMP) for USAID/Somalia » Constructing a complex survey for the National Supply Chain Assessment (NSCA v.2). The NSCA is a comprehensive tool kit that assesses the capability and performance at all levels of a health supply chain.

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  Twisty Systems, LLC

  May 2017 - now

  Founding Partner and COO

  Twisty Systems, LLC develops state of the art AI-based navigation systems

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  USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management

  Sept 2017 - now

  Monitoring & Evaluation Director
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  Chemonics International

  Sept 2017 - now

  Monitoring and Evaluation Director

  Leading the M&E efforts for the multi-billion dollar Global Health Supply Chain - Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) program. GHSC provides HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Mother Child Health medicines to prevent suffering, save lives, and create a brighter future for families around the world in over 55 countries.