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Farouk Adams UMARU

lives,USA

Summary

  • Over 20 years’ experience leading and delivering global health projects, including 10 years as team leader for a cross-functional group of senior specialists, country directors, and financial planners. Successfully oversaw more than ten multilateral and bilateral programs on behalf of USAID, Global Funds, Australia Department of Trade (DFAT), US CDC and the United Nations, with annual operational budgets ranging from $300,000 to $20 million. Self-starting critical thinker with exceptional communication skills, inter-personal qualities, and expertise leading multi-functional high-performing teams. Highly collaborative, strategic, and meticulous individual dedicated to quality, efficiency, and effectiveness. Thought leader in public health, global health supply chain, infectious diseases (HIV, TB, Malaria, COVID-19), laboratory quality management systems, and program management. Successfully communicated complex subjects to a wide and diverse audience in a straightforward and brief manner. Developed, executed, and monitored annual work plans to ensure project deliverables are completed on time and within budget. Received multiple performance awards year-after-year achieving project's financial targets, hitting 50% more new business targets, and bringing in more than $15 million in additional finance. Successfully engaged with senior USAID/Washington Contracting/Agreement Officer's Representative (COR/AOR), Health Element Representative (PMI), USAID-country missions, Chiefs of Parties (COPs), and senior government officials to coordinate strategies, policies, and contract performance. Experience, Skills, and Competencies
  • Program Management and Leadership
  • High-performing visionary leader with considerable program management experience at national, regional, and headquarters levels, directing HIV, TB, malaria, maternal and child health (MNCH), and neglected tropical diseases (NTD)programs.
  • Independent, self-motivated senior-level strategic leader with strong data-driven critical thinking skills, capable of leading and managing senior subject matter experts, consultants, Chiefs of Party, and Country Directors to efficiently plan, design, implement, monitor, and course-correct to achieve project goals, save money, and execute on time.
  • Hired and retained staff, consultants, and subcontractors to achieve program goals, successfully onboarding employees, communicating performance expectations, creating goal alignment, integrating project and change management, providing coaching, mentorship, and holding people accountable, supporting employee development, and recognizing achievement and lessons learned.
  • Technical and Consulting Skills:
  • Technical thought leader who is well-liked by colleagues at the WHO, CDC, USAID, and GFATM. Coordinated and collaborated with regional organizations such as Africa CDC, AUDA-NEPAD, and WHO AFRO. Led subject matter expert on the PEPFAR Diagnostics Technical Working Group, the Africa Medical Devices Forum (AMDF), the Africa Medicine Quality Forum (AMQF), and the WHO Procurement and Supply Planning Working Group.
  • Provided technical advisory services in health policy, health programs, and health innovations to more than 30 countries in Africa, Middle East, and Asia. Led the development of national health programs and functional plans, investments, and advocacy, which resulted in improvements in health and development indices across Africa.
  • Communication and Interpersonal Skills:
  • Effectively communicated complex subjects to a wide and diverse audience in a clear and transparent manner. Extensively developed and analysed multiple countries work plans, as well as communicating project deliverables and budget through monthly, quarterly, and annual reports, lessons learned and technical briefs.
  • Strong interpersonal and people abilities – led and interacted with multicultural teams and organizations to emphasize accomplishments and lessons learned via scientific forums, workshops, webinars, blogs, and publications. Comfortable in a wide range of cultural, geographic, and operational contexts, exhibiting culturally aware conduct with a large spectrum of people; diverse international working experience

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Director

Amentum/Pacific Architecture and Engineering Inc
Arlington, VA
11.2021 - Current
  • Roles and Achievements successfully developed practice area strategy, standard operating procedures, partnerships, and performance framework to advance Amentum’s entry into global public health practice domain
  • Strategically applied lessons learned and synergies from Amentum’s current offerings in large volume DoD/DoS certified procurement systems to create opportunities into global health business development plans
  • Developed global health outreach and campaign plan to position Amentum’s capabilities in logistics and global supply chain management to global practice leaders and clients such as USAID, CDC, Africa CDC, and Global Funds and to drive new business opportunities in international development and diplomacy
  • Led the technical designs of several proposals to develop cost-effective and innovative approaches to public health challenges in lower- and middle-income countries (LMIC)., Global Health Programs responsible for the strategic advancement of the public health practice domain to accelerate Amentum’s expansion into the health supply chain and public health practice areas
  • Leads a team of senior subject matter experts, consultants, business developers, and administrative staff to scan for business opportunities and design operating procedures to reduce entry barriers while creating synergies with existing practice areas.

Director

07.2021 - 10.2021
  • Technical Operation and Continuous Improvement developed technical operation strategies to successfully implement country operational work plans; allocated and managed over 10-million-dollar operational budgets; and successfully implemented continuous quality monitoring and improvements for the PQM+ project.

United States Pharmacopeia (USP)
Rockville, USA
05.2016 - 10.2021
  • Promoting Quality of Medicines Project (PQM/PQM+, Roles and Achievements
  • Received multiple awards for successfully chaperoning the development and revision of the division’s technical approaches and offerings, leading to the completion of project work plans for Africa, the Middle East, and North Africa projects on budget and for collaboration with national governments, missions, and COR/AOR teams
  • My efforts resulted in the successful closeout of PQM Africa portfolios, the competition of project proposals, their award, and the transition from PQM to PQM+
  • My team produced the most outstanding project deliverables by engaging with ministries of health, regulatory agencies, national disease control programs, and other stakeholders to customize project offerings aligned with national strategies, USAID’s Country Development Corporation strategies, and Universal Health Care goals
  • By deploying a collaborative learning model and continuous quality improvement framework, we effectively monitored implementation bottlenecks, were able to anticipate project management risks, and adapted mitigation measures to address those risks
  • Guided technical business design and development of multiple donor-funded projects to facilitate diversification raised more than $10 million in additional funding
  • Worked with external stakeholders—senior government officials, donor groups, and civil society—to collaborate and expeditiously optimize country, regional, and global public health programs
  • Managed relations with USAID/Washington AOR, country USAID missions, and the broader stakeholders at the country, regional, and global levels to monitor the program budget
  • I supervised work plan development and implementation and worked with senior program managers, country program managers, and HQ-based staff to ensure prudent use of PMI, HIV, TB, and MNCH funds to build resilient and sustainable quality assurance health systems
  • Prudently manage financial resources (approximately $15 million annually), human capital, and materials to assure compliance with the USAID contractual agreement, including sub-awards, subcontractors, and consultants
  • Directly supervising country directors for Ethiopia, Nigeria, Indonesia, and Bangladesh, and senior program managers at the Project Management Office (PMO)
  • Served as the principal liaison for the implementation of technical strategies for monitoring and evaluation of projects for data-driven decisions, technical policies, and lessons learned
  • Developed strategic policies and guidelines for quality assurance and quality control of the medicine supply chain, including manufacturing, national quality control laboratories, and medical sciences projects.

Director

07.2019 - 06.2021
  • Global Public Health Laboratory Programs
  • Facilitated the development of a laboratory program strategic plan and led a team of 10 regionally located consultants and staff to expand and diversify USP’s technical offerings into clinical laboratory system strengthening; successfully identified and built the capacities of four regional laboratories in Nigeria, Ghana, and Ethiopia towards ISO 15189 accreditation
  • Effectively managed additional funding of $5 million annual budget projects in Africa and Asia, including WHO projects in Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Indonesia; UNCA’s AFTA project to develop a framework on local manufacturing in SIDS; DFAT Laboratory Support Projects in Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, and Papua New Guinea; and PQM+'s $10 million laboratory technical operation in 15 countries.

Director and Principal Program Manager

02.2018 - 06.2019
  • Africa and Middle East Region
  • Oversaw the development, implementation, and performance management of PQM’s $11 million annual work plans for 10 countries in South Africa, the Middle East, and North Africa (MENA) for the PQM project
  • Supervising teams of program managers, chiefs of parties (COPs), finance and administrative staff, and consultants to execute contractual obligations on time and on budget for USAID/Washington and the mission’s satisfaction
  • Coordinated and liaised with the contracting officer’s representative (COR) or agreement officer’s representative (AOR) for portfolio reviews, budget appropriation, the project’s key performance indicators (KPI), and intermediate results monitoring.

Director and Principal Technical Manager

05.2017 - 01.2018
  • Together with a team of 20 technical subject matter experts, they supervised the overall quality implementation of PQM technical operations, including quality control of pharmaceutical products, and the adoption of Quality Management Systems (QMS) towards ISO 17025 in 34 countries in Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe
  • Collaborated with the WHO prequalification program to strengthen the capacities of laboratories in lower- and middle-income countries to achieve WHO prequalification of laboratories in Ghana, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Nigeria.

Manager

PQM Analytical Laboratory
05.2016 - 04.2017
  • Services managed the operation and standardization of PQM’s quality control laboratories for the detection and surveillance of substandard and falsified HIV, TB, malaria, and MNCH products circulating on the markets in the United States and developing countries
  • In collaboration with experts from academia, we developed the first-ever guidance for the implementation of post-market surveillance in developing countries.

Senior Laboratory Technical Advisor

John Snow Inc
Arlington, USA
07.2012 - 05.2016
  • Partnership for Supply Chain Management (PFSCM) on the Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) Project, Roles and Achievements provided managerial and technical assistance to ensure cost-effective, secure, and sustainable supply chains for public health laboratory services in 34 PEPFAR-supported countries
  • Developed sustainable laboratory logistics systems for Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Cote d’Ivoire, Rwanda, and Nigeria, providing critical public health commodities to deprived communities, improving health, and saving millions of lives
  • Assisted developing country governments in developing diagnostic approaches for strengthening their health systems, including test profile standardization and harmonization, quality assurance, tiered diagnostic network optimization, and an effective sample referral network for faster turnaround times
  • Following the Maputo Declaration of 2008, I served as a consultant to multiple countries in Africa to assess and implement diagnostic landscape analysis for long-term strategic plans
  • Served as a technical consultant to Tanzania, Malawi, Nigeria, Botswana, Burundi, Rwanda, the Dominican Republic, Zambia, and Zimbabwe to implement standardization of laboratory services, forecasting and quantification, procurement planning, cost-benefit analysis of new technologies, reduce wastage, and save the United States government more than 500,000 dollars annually., co-led the strategic implementation of SCMS procurement services contracts for the technical assistance portfolio at HQ and field offices buy-ins of the Procurement Service Agency mechanism for the US Government’s PEPFAR program
  • Together with the Principal Lab Technical Advisor, we successfully supervised the design and execution of SCMS laboratory approaches in all 34 countries and regions under our portfolio
  • We developed manuals, checklists, and technical offerings for laboratory services, procurement and supply chain management, and technical system strengthening
  • We collaboratively worked with USAID COR teams, PEPFAR Diagnostics Working Groups, the CDC, FDA, NIH, and DoD to standardize product offerings, design policies, and lead the rollout of the US Government’s International Development and Global Health Security package continuum of care and system strengthening in lower- and middle-income countries
  • We also led the implementation of standardization and harmonization of tiered levels of services across 10 countries to optimize HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria commodities and technology procurements, saving the USG over 25 million dollars annually in procurement of laboratory supplies
  • Led national, regional, and global quantification, forecasting, and supply planning to support long-term planning and strategic sourcing of essential supplies at service delivery points
  • We also led the development of the first ever Laboratory Quantification Tool, For Lab, the laboratory equipment optimization tool, Labe QUIP, and conducted over 500 capacity building trainings, including the training of trainers, capacitating over 5000 health professionals across the world
  • Working with my team, we directly engaged countries to deploy interventions and delivery models and, by building the partner architecture, replicate successful interventions and models across multiple countries.

Senior Laboratory Logistics Advisor

John Snow Inc
Lusaka
04.2007 - 06.2012
  • Partnership for Supply Chain Management (PFSCM) on the Supply Chain Management System (SCMS), Roles and Achievements
  • Recipient of the Best Leader Award for chaperoning and mentoring my team to achieve set targets, perform optimally year after year, and strengthen their capacity to independently work and achieve individual and corporate goals
  • Developed and implemented a national strategic plan for HIV/AIDS laboratory system strengthening interventions, developing guidelines, policies, and tools to improve program implementation, and improving country operational plans in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Medical Stores Ltd., and other stakeholders
  • Planned, designed, piloted, reviewed, rolled out, and evaluated Zambia's first-of-its-kind National Laboratory Logistics System, which reduced stock outs of key indicator products from 70% at baseline to 2% after two years of successful implementation
  • The success of which led to the laboratory planning model adopted as the PEPFAR laboratory approach and subsequently rolled out in more than thirty countries, saving on operational delivery costs, and improving access to lifesaving commodities
  • This is one of my most notable single achievements in my career, for which I have been well-known in the industry and practice area., As the first laboratory logistics specialist under the SCMS field office program, I designed the overall approach to implement the first ever laboratory logistics system in Zambia
  • Acting as the lead technical expert and deputy country director on the SCMS project, I led the collaboration with the senior ministry of health, the CDC, USAID, and other implementing partners to accelerate the delivery of quality and affordable diagnostics and treatment for HIV, TB, malaria, and other infectious diseases in Zambia
  • I set up and supervised a high-performing team of technical experts, administrative and financial staff, and human resources to identify, attract, retain, and mentor teams to achieve national performance targets
  • Supported the Country Director in expanding field offices from three to ten in two years, taking over management and operation of provincial and capital city project implementation, achieving strong performance, and increasing access to quality-assured health commodities and diagnostics in difficult-to-reach areas
  • The country director in the planning, execution, and evaluation of country operational work plans, managing a budget of more than 20 million dollars in annual burn rate for procurement and technical assistance to the Ministry of Health of Zambia.

Managing Director

04.2005 - 03.2012
  • National Quality Assurance Laboratory managed the day-to-day operations, resource planning, performance improvement, and staff wellbeing for Namibia’s National Quality Control Laboratory
  • Conducted routine and emergency analytical and diagnostic testing of chemical, food, pharmaceutical, and blood specimens to assure quality and detect falsified and substandard health products on the market
  • HIV CD4 and viral load testing, malaria parasitology, TB microscopy, haematological and chemical analysis were all performed.

Windhoek
04.2005 - 03.2007
  • And Achievements
  • Single handed managed the day-to-day activities of the national laboratory and conducted quality control analyses of pharmaceutical, chemical, and food products moving in international commerce
  • Conducted over 2000 analyses of pharmaceutical, chemical, food, and cosmetic finished products and raw materials using state-of-the-art instruments, including AAS, HPLC, GC, FTIR, and UV/Visible, to determine compliance with national and international standards
  • Determined fake, substandard, and counterfeit drugs on the market, saving the lives of millions of consumers in Ghana, Namibia, and Zambia
  • Standard operating procedures for clinical laboratory operations such as HIV viral load, CD4 chemistry, haematology, molecular testing, assays, and rest results

Food and Drugs Authority
Accra
12.2000 - 03.2005
  • Roles and Achievements provided strategic leadership and direction to technical staff and supported senior management in the implementation and monitoring of work plans and government budgets
  • Served as the head of the physical-chemical unit, overseeing more than 20 technical staff, interns, and students, developing individual plans and project plans, and monitoring progress toward goals
  • Assessed laboratories and pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities in Ghana, India, Malaysia, and the United Kingdom using the WHO and ISO guidelines of good manufacturing practices (GMP) inspection schemes to ensure compliance with standards and to eliminate substandard and fake products from the market
  • Developed a laboratory quality assurance manual as part of the quality management scheme for the National Quality Laboratory to attain WHO and Southern Africa (SANAS) accreditations towards ISO 17025 and ISO 15189 quality management systems (QMS).

Senior Regulatory Officer

National Quality
12.2000 - 03.2005
  • Laboratory
  • I supervised a team of 15 laboratory analysts to conduct day-to-day analysis of chemical, food, pharmaceutical, and biological specimens for quality control
  • Lead the design, participation, and accreditation of the laboratory according to ISO 17025 and WHO prequalification.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD - Public Health

Walden University

Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Leadership

Management College of Southern Africa (MACOSA)

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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Dominican Republic, DRC - undefined

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Master of Science (M.Sc - Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Control

1973

Bachelor of Science - Chemistry

1973

Skills

  • Issues resolution
  • Script review and revision
  • Story Pitching
  • Cast and Crew Supervision
  • Budgeting
  • Strategic planning
  • Staff Development
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Staff Management
  • Project Management
  • Contract Management
  • Negotiation
  • Financial Management
  • Business Development

Accomplishments

  • Umaru, F., Global Public Health Thought Leadership Blog: https://faroukumaru.blogspot.com/
  • Umaru, Farouk
  • Five Ways Africa Can Respond to COVID-19: https://www.cfr.org/blog/beating-covid-19-africa-begins-national-labs
  • Umaru, F., (2020)
  • Scaling up testing for COVID-19 in Africa: Responding to the pandemic in ways that strengthen health systems
  • AJLM
  • Https://ajlmonline.org/index.php/ajlm/article/view/1244/1493
  • Willaims J., Umaru, F., Edjil D., Kuritsky J
  • (2016)
  • Progress in Harmonizing Tiered Laboratory Network; Progress in 8 African Countries
  • Global Health Science and Practice Journal
  • Vol
  • 4 (3)
  • Https://www.ghspjournal.org/content/4/3/467
  • Umaru, F., (2016)
  • Assessment of clinical laboratory capacity and sample referral network for the implementation of PEPFAR 2.0 in Ghana
  • Technical Report for CDC Country Operational Plan
  • Copies available on request
  • Umaru, F., (2015)
  • Supply chain epidemiology; concepts and practices – Parts I & II
  • The Pulse, LinkedIn
  • Https://www.linkedin.com/in/farouk-umaru-phd-a4a05636/
  • Umaru, F., PhD dissertation
  • The Impact of Supply Chain Logistics Performance Index on the Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Lower and Middle-Income Countries
  • Walden University
  • Umaru, F., (2014)
  • Zimbabwe Laboratory Commodities Quantification and Supply Plan (2014 – 2015)
  • Technical Report for PEPFAR and GFATM Country Report
  • Copies available on request
  • Umaru, F., Williams J., Zimbabwe Laboratory Commodities Distribution Systems (ZILACODS)
  • Technical Report for the Design of National Laboratory Supply Chain Systems
  • Copies available on request

References

  • References
  • Mr. Dabren Wills. Vice President, International Development and Capacity Building (ID&CB). Amentum/PAE. wills.dabren@amentum.com. Cell: +1-571-425-5806
  • Dr. Lawrence Evans III, Director, PQM Project, LE@usp.org; Cell: +1-301-881-0666
  • Mr. Jason Williams. Laboratory Supply Chain Advisor, USAID/Washington. JWilliams@usaid.gov Cell: +1-703-862-1460
  • Dr. Dianna Edgil. Chief Laboratory Advisor, USAID/Washinton. DEdgil@usaid.gov Tell: 202.257.4866

Affiliations

  • Project Management Institute
  • APICS – Association for Supply Chain Management

Certification

  • Certified PMP, Gold Standard Certifcation - 2022

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Quote

There’s no reality except the one contained within us. That’s why so many people live an unreal life. They take images outside them for reality and never allow the world within them to assert itself.
Hermann Hesse

Timeline

Director

Amentum/Pacific Architecture and Engineering Inc
11.2021 - Current

Director

07.2021 - 10.2021

Director

07.2019 - 06.2021

Director and Principal Program Manager

02.2018 - 06.2019

Director and Principal Technical Manager

05.2017 - 01.2018

United States Pharmacopeia (USP)
05.2016 - 10.2021

Manager

PQM Analytical Laboratory
05.2016 - 04.2017

Senior Laboratory Technical Advisor

John Snow Inc
07.2012 - 05.2016

Senior Laboratory Logistics Advisor

John Snow Inc
04.2007 - 06.2012

Managing Director

04.2005 - 03.2012

04.2005 - 03.2007

Food and Drugs Authority
12.2000 - 03.2005

Senior Regulatory Officer

National Quality
12.2000 - 03.2005

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD - Public Health

Walden University

Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Leadership

Management College of Southern Africa (MACOSA)

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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Dominican Republic, DRC - undefined

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Master of Science (M.Sc - Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Control

Bachelor of Science - Chemistry

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