Sandra Keller
Summary
Adept at cross-cultural program management and strategic communications, I leveraged my expertise at Deloitte to drive impactful business solutions and foster international relations. My work has consistently delivered operational efficiency and meaningful content, achieving significant advancements in global initiatives.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Head of Strategy
Keller Consulting
New York, USA
01.2023 - Current
- Craft and implement strategic communication plans, creating tailored messaging and content to engage diverse audiences and amplify organizational goals
- Provide data-driven solutions to optimize program performance and implement effective capacity-building strategies for long-term success
- Develop eco-accountability frameworks and provide sustainability solutions
- Produce thematic content and comprehensive communications strategies to support high-profile international initiatives and events
- Advise on successful management of government and donor-financed projects, emplacing measures to ensure compliance, operational efficiency and impactful outcomes
Management Consulting, Finance & Performance (F&P)
Deloitte
Los Angeles, USA
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Honed-in on key clients’ business challenges, working to understand and assess their needs while using validating analysis to develop recommendations for tackling their respective business obstacles
- Clients hail from the Pharmaceutical, IT/Technology, Hospitality, Services, Financial and Banking sectors
- Supported F&P projects and pursuits by researching and developing appropriate materials that articulated the strategy, problem-solving design and implementation approach for select Global Business Services clients
- Lead communications & activities for integral Deloitte Initiatives (Lights Out Finance, Smart Factory, Hlx) leading communications and ideas for increasing engagement, inclusive of developing process solutions and work products
- Strategized with Deloitte’s Communications Team on best avenues to capture, report and engage internal audience on trending Sustainability business avenues, pursuits, and topics, while coordinating with other Deloitte practice teams on formulating dedicated activities that highlight Deloitte’s Sustainability best practices
Principal
Ecometrix
Los Angeles, USA
01.2021 - 01.2022
- Created a data-driven application designed to capture, process & evaluate a user’s eco behaviors and habits that would translate to an ‘eco-metric’ for each unique user that could also be tracked and used as an educational tool
- Built key partnerships, studied evolving facets of mobile technology applications and worked to realize the product
Program Manager, The Global Infrastructure Initiative (GII)
McKinsey & Company
Los Angeles, USA
01.2021 - 12.2021
- Performed research on prevalent challenges in infrastructure while simultaneously seeking out the world’s most senior leaders and experts for capturing their specialized insights for internal & external McK GII publications
- Co-created cutting-edge GII content for a global audience, designed agendas and regional roundtable discussion points for select C-suite and McKinsey leadership participants for arriving at possible solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges in infrastructure, synthesizing resulting findings in various mediums on multiple platforms
- Developed thematic content for upcoming GII global events and activities, tailored messaging for different mediums and channels, collaborated with McKinsey’s Communications Team for gaining optimal alignment with other internal initiatives for disseminating updates on GII’s upcoming hosted events and publications
Senior Consultant, Independent Evaluation Group (IEG)
World Bank Group (WBG)
Washington, USA
01.2020 - 12.2020
- Company Overview: International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- Evaluated the IFC’s and the World Bank’s Global Value Chain (GVC)-financed projects to inform the all-encompassing WBG World Development annual report which provided an analysis of completed GVC projects to inform better practices for future Global Value Chain investment projects
- Provided recommendations on which indices to include when arriving at an overall assessment of both private (IFC) companies and government operated (WBG) GVC projects
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Senior Consultant, Multi-Tier Framework (MTF) under the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP)
World Bank Group (WBG)
Washington, USA
01.2015 - 12.2020
- Company Overview: International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- Provided on-site and select in-country programmatic support to the MTF – an initiative designed to capture and statistically analyze countrywide level of energy access for its 17 program countries in South America, Africa and Asia
- Operated as the WBG MTF’s communications point-person for in-house and external reporting on program activities while providing guidance to technical teams to realize MTF’s data-driven website that launched in early 2020
- Wrote, edited and designed content including animated storyboards that conveyed the complexity of the MTF initiative to a global audience; drafted speeches and talking points that were used at widely attended international conferences
- Engaged with country governments in support of World Bank MTF activities, which included: evaluation and hiring of firms to execute on-the-ground ESMAP-MTF activities in its 17 energy-deficit-country programs
- Co-authored a Policy Brief that advised governments on ways to incorporate initiatives for improving their grid access
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Senior Program Manager
Partners for Development (PFD)
Silver Spring, USA
01.2014 - 12.2015
- Served as key manager for PFD programs
- Collaborated with field staff to submit external reports and assessments
- Developed manuals and annual operating plans and budgets; created content for the PDF website for all platforms
- Provided operational solutions for HQ and field offices, that ranged from managing supply chains to adopting frameworks to support more efficiently run programs, and to ensure that field programs met targeted goals
Consultant, Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE)
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Washington, USA
01.2013 - 12.2013
- Performed an audit of IDB OVE’s Second Independent Evaluation of Japanese Trust Funds’ 'internal projects' in Latin American and Caribbean countries from 2006 through 2012
- Managed data collection and analysis, research, explorative interviews, thematic categorizations and strengths/ weaknesses identification in order to write and then submit this critical segment of the report
- Analyzed underlying reasons for program weaknesses and made recommendations for future improvements
Project Manager (MBA Internship)
KPO Lab
Paris, France
01.2012 - 12.2013
- In French and English, revised all communication, content and marketing plans for KPO Lab’s four venture capital projects, including a fashion line, mobile app, translation service, and B2B and B2C security technology services
- Created accounts, marketing materials and scripted videos on crowdsourcing sites for KPO Lab projects and products
- Studied U.S
- And French markets for best entry and funding opportunities; also approached prospective investors
Program Officer, Horn and East Africa (HEA)
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
New York, USA
01.2011 - 12.2012
- Managed programs and program activities communications in a fast-paced environment, for seven IRC Horn and East Africa (HEA) countries: South Sudan, Somalia, Chad, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Kenya, and Ethiopia
- Developed multimillion-dollar contracts, budgets, grants, and Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for all U.S., World Bank, Stichting Vluchteling, OFD, DFID, ECHO, USAID and United Nations-sourced (UNHCR, UNICEF) donor grants
- Supported operations to ensure compliance with international and US regulatory requirements while providing emergency stopgap in-country support for IRC’s South Sudan and Kenya field offices and emergency relief programs
- Liaised with European Affiliates, Technical, Development, and Business Development Units for funding HEA initiatives
Program Manager, Sustainable Immunization Financing (SIF)
Sabin Vaccine Institute
Washington, USA
01.2010 - 12.2011
- Managed programs in 15 pilot countries (12 African, 3 Asian); organized regional and international meetings that brought together members of ministries of health & finance and parliamentarians for discourses on SIF
- Carried out strategic planning and budget implementation, and produced internal and external reports on activities, for this Washington DC operations-based, $9M Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) funded, 6-year program
- Organized SIF’s first international colloquium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia that coincided with the program’s first evaluation to assess its impact
- Its success resulted in continued funding by BMGF for another 5 years
Business Development Specialist/Proposal Manager
CAMRIS International
Bethesda, USA
01.2009 - 12.2010
- Cultivated business relationships; researched, identified, and monitored prime projects that matched each of CAMRIS’ division capabilities
- Created and executed work plans to meet the needs of changing project requirements
- Oversaw multiple government contracts, including: $5M USSTRATCOM, $20M OMNIBUS II Department of Defense (DOD), USAID, VA $9M; and $20M USDHHS-CIMS Program (IDIQ contract)
Lead Consultant
Coxswain Social Investment Plus (CSI+)
Washington, USA
01.2008 - 12.2008
- Developed web, marketing, conference and fundraising content/materials dedicated to raising awareness of World Health Organization’s Africa Regional Office (WHO/AFRO) inoculation programs and immunization strategies while also identifying important partnerships to achieve WHO funding goals
- Overhauled materials on health programs, disease burden, targeted diseases, health topics and partnerships that resulted in updated data for WHO/AFRO operations that were featured on multiple media platforms
Education
MBA - Business Administration And Management
I.E. Business School
Madrid, SpainBachelor of Arts - Cultural Studies and Film
The New School
New York, NY, USASkills
- Cross-Cultural Program Management
- Strong Verbal and Written Communication
- Project Execution Management
- Business Solutions Design
- Strategic Communications Planning
- Content Planning and Execution
- ACT, AVID, DAMS
- Asana, Slack, LexisNexis
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Operational efficiency
- Fluent in French & Spanish
- Management Consulting
- Research & Evaluations
- International Relations
Notables
- Co-wrote and produced a short film for the Sundance Film Channel
- Filmed the Nepal segment of the #loveisproject for the Seeker Network
- Fluent in French and Spanish
- U.S. Citizen
Publications
‘Beyond Connections: Energy Access Diagnostic Report Based on the Multi-Tier Framework’, 2018-2019, Rwanda, https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/30101, Cambodia, https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/29512, Ethiopia, https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/30102, Myanmar, https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/32381
Otherexpertise
- ACT
- AVID
- DAMS
- LexisNexis
- Asana
- Slack
- Microsoft Office Suite
- OAS experience
Timeline
Head of Strategy
Keller Consulting
01.2023 - Current
Management Consulting, Finance & Performance (F&P)
Deloitte
01.2022 - 01.2023
Principal
Ecometrix
01.2021 - 01.2022
Program Manager, The Global Infrastructure Initiative (GII)
McKinsey & Company
01.2021 - 12.2021
Senior Consultant, Independent Evaluation Group (IEG)
World Bank Group (WBG)
01.2020 - 12.2020
Senior Consultant, Multi-Tier Framework (MTF) under the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP)
World Bank Group (WBG)
01.2015 - 12.2020
Senior Program Manager
Partners for Development (PFD)
01.2014 - 12.2015
Consultant, Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE)
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
01.2013 - 12.2013
Project Manager (MBA Internship)
KPO Lab
01.2012 - 12.2013
Program Officer, Horn and East Africa (HEA)
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
01.2011 - 12.2012
Program Manager, Sustainable Immunization Financing (SIF)
Sabin Vaccine Institute
01.2010 - 12.2011
Business Development Specialist/Proposal Manager
CAMRIS International
01.2009 - 12.2010
Lead Consultant
Coxswain Social Investment Plus (CSI+)
01.2008 - 12.2008
MBA - Business Administration And Management
I.E. Business School
Bachelor of Arts - Cultural Studies and Film
The New School
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