Andrea Ulrich

Experience

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  Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano

  May 2009 - Jul 2009

  Project Intern

  - Designed a screening kit for community health workers by reviewing user needs, community context, and iterating and adjusting several prototypes over the course of a year- Field tested the device to over 200 indigenous patients in rural Ecuador- Recommended modifications based on usage and doctors’ feedback - Demonstrated prototypes in Spanish to Ecuador’s Ministry of Health

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  Rice University

  May 2010 - Aug 2010

  Research Assistant

  - Prototyped novel method to detect intestinal parasites that requires no electricity and costs less than $.02 per test to manufacture- Identified method effectiveness through modifications in substrate concentration and microfluid dimensions - Presented successful proof-of-concept results in formal technical settings

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  University of Chicago Medical Center

  May 2011 - Aug 2011

  Research Assistant

  - Conducted a spatial analysis on the social networks of individuals at high-risk for HIV in Hyderabad, India using ArcGIS software- Performed data cleaning and data analysis on large dataset of sensitive health information of more than 8,000 individuals

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  Accenture

  Aug 2012 - Jul 2014

  Senior Strategy Analyst

  - Worked with three Fortune 500 clients across biopharmaceutical, mining, and chemicals industries- Led client workshops and interviews to gather key information among four major stakeholders- Developed over one hundred user and functional requirements for a cloud-based clinical data repository for a pharmaceutical firm- Interfaced with domestic and international clinical writers and physicians to fill in missing data for over 1000 clinical studies

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  Inter-American Development Bank

  Jul 2014 - Mar 2019

  Health Consultant

  - Researched and wrote white paper on IDB’s application of the Digital Development Principles to define strategy of IDB’s investments in digital health projects- Coordinated four events on innovative practices in social protection and healthcare for high-level government officials from over 27 countries- Managed multi-disciplinary team in $5 million private-public partnership to combat malnutrition and obesity in more than 4,000 children in Latin America- Created key project elements in collaboration with government officials, technical specialists, and nonprofit managers to manufacture nutrient supplements and design behavior change strategies in Guatemala, Colombia and Mexico- Created educational tools for non-technical audiences to understand technical concepts when designing and adopting electronic health records- Managed three $100,000 budgets for several events, including planning, scoping, and managing required tasks- Researched, wrote and edited chapters in a book discussing health reforms in the Dominican Republic- Wrote $450,000 grant proposal on knowledge exchange program between South Korea, Chile and Colombia Show less

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  Development Gateway

  May 2019 - now

  Deputy Director Of Programs

  - Manages a team of 30+ individuals across 20 countries who specialize in project management, stakeholder engagement, and requirements gathering to create websites that display policy-relevant insights - Led a 4-year, $6 million project and a team of 24 to create six country-specific websites that display data on nationally representative tobacco control data in the DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zambia- Conducts oversight of four programs across climate, health, and education sectors- Proposes and implements new organization-wide policies in collaboration with the management team to streamline Development Gateway's internal processes, such as DG's AI policy- Manages a wide range of consultants and staff, including other supervisors - Identifies and develops new business opportunities, leading to $10.3 million in wins to date Show less