Matias Grande

Bachelor's

Health and Society

Physics

Nakupuna Solutions

Strategic Information Advisor Data Analyst

- Washington D.C - Strategic Information Advisor / Data Analyst - June 2022 - Present - Contractor under the Program Results and Impact Monitoring for Epidemic Control (PRIME) team in the Office of the U.S. Global Health Security and Diplomacy (GHSD), with experience in conducting epidemiologic and financial analyses to maximize the impact of United States funding to combat HIV/AIDS. Skilled in developing and maintaining an advanced understanding of trends in the HIV epidemic within countries and regions. Diplomatic and collaborative team player who can liaise effectively with stakeholders from diverse backgrounds - Professional Experience - Conceptualized and developed the "Implementing Partner Performance Analysis, " a comprehensive tool that triangulates data from Budget and Expenditures, Financial Outlays, and Epidemiological targets. This initiative resulted in furnishing a holistic assessment of each implementing partner's performance throughout the entire PEPFAR program for the past three years. Successfully disseminated the corresponding workbook to 28 operating units, interagency staff, and GHSD leadership for enhanced organizational understanding of high and low-performing partners - Assisted in developing and maintaining a "Programmatic Scorecard" that summarizes OU performance across pertinent KPIs delivered to the Ambassador-At-Large. (Received Certificate of Appreciation - Responsible for the development of data visualizations used in PEPFAR'S Annual Report to Congress - Represented GSHD/PEPFAR as an SI advisor at three international meetings to strategize and agree upon key policies and programmatic shifts for the next financial year to maximize US funding to combat HIV/AIDS (Johannesburg, South Africa, Manila, Philippines, and Bangkok, Thailand - Advanced understanding of trends in the HIV epidemic within countries and regions to support countries' capacity to respond to political and geographic contextual issues - Analyzes routine programmatic data, survey data, surveillance data, cost data, and quality data to inform PEPFAR programmatic and policy decisions for 14 different country programs - Collaborated with epidemiologists and technical advisors across multiple US Government Agencies to achieve programmatic targets across five distinct programs (Testing, Treatment, Lab, Prevention, TB - Contributed to preparing policy, strategy documents, and public affairs materials for planning, implementation, and results to inform effective operations consistent with US State Department objectives - Participated in developing and maintaining guidance documents pertaining to various dimensions of data collection, analysis, and use, incorporating input from headquarters and country stakeholders