My journey has taken me from Michigan State University, where I earned my Ph.D. in International Development, to fieldwork across Sub-Saharan Africa, Pakistan, Haiti, and Laos. Over nine years, I’ve worked with governments, communities, and global agencies, always asking: how do we make gender perspectives central to policies and programs?

 

At MAP, I bring that global perspective and my training as an ILO-certified Gender Audit Facilitator to ensure every audit is rigorous, participatory, and deeply contextual. For me, evidence and empathy go hand in hand.

For more than 15 years, I’ve led gender, equity, and inclusion initiatives across five countries, in academia, civil society, and international development. Today, I serve as Director of Development and Global Gender Research at Michigan State University’s Research Institute for Structural Change. My Ph.D. in Gender Studies from the University of Stirling, UK, shaped my passion for feminist decolonial methods and intersectional frameworks.

 

At MAP, my role is to ensure our audits push beyond surface-level fixes. I want them to dismantle inequities and build systems that are inclusive, sustainable, and transformative.

I bring nearly three decades of experience across IT, electronics, robotics, and automation, building technology solutions for companies including Intel, Samsung, Sony, and Philips. Over the years, I have co-founded ventures, built and scaled technology teams of more than 150 people, and currently lead Ekaart Digital Systems, where we develop end-to-end digital platforms.

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At MAP Impacts, I bring this experience to one central question: how can technology make impact more meaningful, measurable, and accessible?

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As CTO, I lead the technology vision behind our digital platforms, monitoring systems, and audit tools, ensuring that innovation supports rather than complicates the work of inclusion.

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For me, technology is not the end goal. It is an enabler—one that can help us understand organizations better, uncover gaps that may otherwise remain invisible, and build smarter, more inclusive systems that leave no one behind.

My journey in technology has taken me through more than a decade at Apple in Silicon Valley, where I had the opportunity to lead engineering teams working on products including iPod Video and Apple Watch Health. My work across AI, machine learning, and biomedical technologies has shown me the extraordinary possibilities of innovation—but also the importance of asking who that innovation is designed for.

At MAP Impacts, I bring that perspective to the intersection of technology, data, and equity.

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As Strategic Advisor for Technology & Innovation, I contribute to the development of data-driven audit tools and responsible technology frameworks that can make equity more measurable, scalable, and actionable.

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I believe the future of gender audits will increasingly be shaped by technology. My role is to help ensure that as these tools evolve, inclusion remains at the heart of how they are imagined, designed, and used.

For over five years, I’ve worked across visual design, UI/UX, branding, and digital experiences, helping ideas take shape through design. My work has taught me that good design is not simply about making things look better, but about making complex ideas clearer, more accessible, and more meaningful to the people they are meant to serve.

 

At MAP, I bring that perspective to the way we communicate ideas, data, and impact, translating research and insights into visual experiences that people can understand and engage with. I’m interested in the space where design, technology, and social impact meet, and in using design to make important ideas impossible to overlook.