ENGLAND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, Scholarships for Disadvantaged, BOARD MEMBER/VICE CHAIR, NAUSHAWNG DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE, Education for Youth, 2013 –
PRESENT
- SENIOR MEMBER, MAJOI DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISE, Socially responsible business that sources, produce
and sell Putao cliff honey and coffee from remote areas in Kachin state.
GENERAL MANAGER
PROXIMITY DESIGNS, MYANMAR
10.2018 - 07.2020
Oversaw a US $2.6 million budget with full P&L responsibility selling micro-irrigation products, including drips,
sprayers, and misters to farmers in the dry zone, Shan State, and Ayeyarwady Division.
Managed 175 team members for sales, marketing, supply chain, product management, operations, finance,
and data analytics.
Key achievements:.
Led a business turnaround increasing revenues pre-Covid 19 by 68% and customers over twofold in one year,
representing the highest growth since the company’s founding in 2012.
We achieved this milestone by
focusing on 4 key strategic initiatives:
- reinventing dealer, direct, agent, and digital sales channels,
- upgrading products and services to better meet customers’ needs,
- improving operational efficiency, and
- introducing installment payment options including digital money payments.
Increased dealer sales by 400% by integrating direct and dealer sales channels, providing the channel-fit
product and building strong partnerships with 227 dealers.
Upgraded our products and introduced the pre-punched pipes mister, which became the most popular micro-
irrigation product in the market and in Proximity history, resulting in record sales, and making Proximity’s
Yetagon brand the most popular among farmers.
Improved the cash cycle from ~200 days to ~100 days by improving field inventory, account receivables, and
payables.
HEAD
PROXIMITY DESIGNS, MYANMAR
02.2016 - 09.2018
Boosted productivity and financial efficiency by redesigning the incentive system, pricing, key performance
indicators, standard operating procedures, purchasing and sales channels strategy.
Responsible for quality of hire, establishing the first ever performance management system, and overseeing
the training and development, pay-roll, and the building of a strong culture embedded in the company’s core
values of empathy, leading by example, accountability, and customer responsiveness.
Key achievements:.
Designed and implemented the company’s first performance management system for over 900 staff.
Managed a successful team of over 20 members through trust-building, coaching, and training.
Improved the quality of hire by redesigning the robust recruitment process and system.
Presented a talk on innovative social enterprises at the Social Enterprise World Forum in Hong Kong in 2016.
FIELD CONSULTANT
THE NEXUS FUND, MYANMAR
08.2015 - 01.2016
Trained ten civil society groups on project cycle management and financial management.
COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVE
AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE, MYANMAR
04.2012 - 07.2015
Managed a US $800,000 annual grant for 31 civil society organizations in Myanmar by identifying organizations
to support, helping them to develop their proposals and reports, bridging the gaps in organizational
development, and building the technical capacities of community based organizations working in human rights,
women rights, natural resource rights, LGBTIQ and youth empowerment movements.
Key achievements:.
Bridged the cultural and knowledge gaps between fast paced New York based colleagues and slow-moving
community-based organization in remote areas of Burma such as Kachin, Karen, and Shan states.
Campaigned successfully for field consultants’ maternity rights and other benefits, in addition to organizing and
leading one of the best donors’ study trips to Burma.
Awarded a merit bonus for stellar performance, and represented AJWS staff in Asia at their annual board
meeting.
PROJECT COORDINATOR
INSTITUTE FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, THAILAND
09.2010 - 03.2012
TRANSLATOR
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, THAILAND
06.2006 - 03.2012
TRANSLATOR
AEGIS TRUST FOUNDATION
08.2010 - 11.2010
PSYCHO-SOCIAL COUNSELOR, MEDECINS DU MONDE, MYANMAR
01.2005 - 05.2005
ENGLISH TEACHER
MOGAUNG CHURCH YOUTH, MYANMAR
08.2004 - 12.2004
REPORTER/JOURNALIST, THE KACHIN POST, THAILAND
07.2004 - 08.2004
RADIO BROADCASTER/INTERN, 2XX COMMUNITY RADIO STATION
Canberra, Australia
02.2004 - 05.2004
INTERN
01.1998 - 01.1999
OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE, THAILAND, Oversea University Scholarships for Burmese Students Application
Project, MAR-MAY 2003
- COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER, MOGAUNG BAPTIST CHURCH, MYANMAR.
Education
M.A - INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY
B.A - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
WEBSTER UNIVERSITY
LEADERSHIP IN A CHANGING WORLD - undefined
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
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Certification
KACHIN COLLEGE, valedictorian, Myanmar, FEB 2001—MAY 2002
Timeline
BUSINESS CONSULTANT/RESEARCHER
ACUITY LLC
11.2020 - Current
PAST
01.2020 - Current
GENERAL MANAGER
PROXIMITY DESIGNS, MYANMAR
10.2018 - 07.2020
HEAD
PROXIMITY DESIGNS, MYANMAR
02.2016 - 09.2018
FIELD CONSULTANT
THE NEXUS FUND, MYANMAR
08.2015 - 01.2016
FORD MOTOR COMPANY INTERNATIONAL FELLOW
06.2014
COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVE
AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE, MYANMAR
04.2012 - 07.2015
PROJECT LEAD/PRESIDENT
01.2011 - Current
PROJECT COORDINATOR
INSTITUTE FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, THAILAND
09.2010 - 03.2012
TRANSLATOR
AEGIS TRUST FOUNDATION
08.2010 - 11.2010
COACH
WEBSTER UNIVERSITY THAILAND
01.2008
TRANSLATOR
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, THAILAND
06.2006 - 03.2012
PSYCHO-SOCIAL COUNSELOR, MEDECINS DU MONDE, MYANMAR
01.2005 - 05.2005
ENGLISH TEACHER
MOGAUNG CHURCH YOUTH, MYANMAR
08.2004 - 12.2004
REPORTER/JOURNALIST, THE KACHIN POST, THAILAND
07.2004 - 08.2004
RADIO BROADCASTER/INTERN, 2XX COMMUNITY RADIO STATION
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