Mission Statement

To apply my specialist knowledge of international security and project management skills to post-conflict reconstruction and peace-building work, specifically Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration.

Education

Kings College London 09/2004 – 09/2005

MA War Studies Thesis, Countering Nuclear Proliferation

University of York & University of Hull 09/2001 – 06/2004

BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics Chris Ayers Philosophy Award

Publication

IAEA Verification of Military Research and Development, James Acton with Carter Newman, VERTIC Brief, July 2006.

Employment

FREELANCE COMMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT 08/2007 – present

TRIUMPH LEARNING, New York, USA

• Freelance Quantitative Marketing Consultant at Triumph Learning: quantitative analysis on marketing campaigns, budget and sales forecasting and outreach strategies.

• Communications and Publicity: designing marketing materials, producing online publicity campaign, websites, customer operations, client outreach.

PROJECT COORDINATOR 09/2006 – 07/2007

EAST RIVER MEDIA New York, USA

• Azerbaijan Development Society (ADS)

Worked with organization’s directors to establish ADS in the US, UK and Azerbaijan:

• Created democracy-building initiatives including the initiative to promote independent media in Azerbaijan through a targeted campaign raising awareness of the unlawful incarceration of political and media opposition.

• Coordinated and implemented campaigns, including producing and distributing materials aimed at raising awareness in the foreign policy communities of both Europe and the United States.

• Set up and headed meetings and briefings with US congressmen, members of the British Parliament, leading Washington think-tanks and funding organizations, and independent media.

• Initiating contact on behalf of ADS and planned events with political, media and academic contacts.

• Created a successful funding strategy and producing grant applications including securing an initial grant of $25,000 from the National Endowment for Democracy.

• Developed the organization to become a go-to organization for democracy-building in Azerbaijan, working with networks of civil society organizations in the United States, Europe and the Caucasus.

• Legal Momentum

Assisted with research and production of the book Women a Celebration of Strength.

Contributed to development and implementation of the sales strategy for the book,

Coordinated overall publicity campaign to increase name recognition and funds for Legal Momentum.

• Joseph Biden for President

Aided in devising and researching direct mail campaign for Senator Joseph Biden’s presidential bid.

DISARMAMENT RESEARCH ASSISTANT 01/2006 – 04/2006

VERTIC (Verification Research Training and Information Centre) London, UK

• Co-authored briefing paper with science fellow James Acton: ‘IAEA Verification of Military Research and Development.’

• Orchestrated and participated in a discussion seminar on the briefing paper with international nuclear experts.

• Wrote reviews and briefings for senior researchers, and articles for VERTIC’s regular publication ‘Trust and Verify.’

• Conducted interviews and wrote a questionnaire for UNIDIR, assessing how civil society monitoring organizations carry out monitoring and verification of treaties.

• Organized the logistics of VERTIC seminar held at the UN.

OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR 04/2006 – 09/2006, 08/2005 – 12/2005

GORDON YATES London, UK

• Walter Capital Management: Collated data and created compliance summaries for 2006 trading. Coordinated charity event for Hedge Fund Trust; helped to organize event logistics, and produced press releases. Worked with operations team updating and transferring broker databases.

CORPORATE AFFAIRS ASSISTANT 09/2000 – 1/2001

ENERGY SAVING TRUST London, UK

• Organized representation in political party conferences.

• Convened meetings with members of parliament.

• Assisted with research and new website creation.

• Managed customer complaints regarding energy saving promotions.

• Established an electronic client database of members of parliament.