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Development Alternatives Inc.’s TAMIS team has more than 10 years of experience in developing and managing the highly customized and proprietary project management systems, based upon Lotus Notes, for over 100 projects world-wide. The TAMIS project management system was developed by Dr. Susan Exo in 1995 to address work plan and management issues for the Indonesia ADP Project. Since that time, TAMIS has been expanded to incorporate ideas from project field staff who use the system and, by the MST who implement the system in new projects.

Currently, the Management Systems and Technology (MST) Team is made up of 6 specialists with diverse academic backgrounds and practical experience in international development who are located in the United States, Romania, and the Philippines. MST is part of DAI’s Management Operations and Systems Technology Group.

Tami_fries@dai.com
301-771-7728

Tami Fries
Manager & Senior Management Information Specialist

Joined DAI: 1989

MPIA, Economic and Social Development
M.S.W., Community Organization, University of Pittsburgh

Tami joined DAI in 1989 and currently serves as the Management Systems Team Leader. In this role, she manages a six-member team dedicated to developing effective technical and administrative management information systems for DAI’s field project and home office personnel. Her career at DAI has given her experience in all aspects of project management, from proposal preparation, recruitment, and budgeting to project mobilization and financial management. She has worked with project staff throughout Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe.

Pavla_Cornejo@dai.com
301-771-7692

Pavla Cornejo
Management Information Specialist
Joined DAI: July 2001

M.A., International Relations and European Studies, The Central European University, Hungary, 1998
M.A., Economics and Business Administration, Masaryk University, Czech Republic,1997

In her career with DAI, Pavla has specialized in project management, working as a project associate, and later an associate business manager of a portfolio of agriculture and economics projects. Before joining DAI, Pavla served as a Manager of the Czech branch of Transparency International, an international anti-corruption organization. She also worked in managing finance and operations of a family-run business from its start-up phase to an 80-employee company.

Oana_tudor@dai.com

Oana Tudor
Management Information Specialist
Joined DAI: February 2003

M.A. International Relations, University of Bucharest, 2002

Oana is based in Romania and she provides regional support in the customization and implementation of TAMIS for DAI development projects. In this role, she works with Chiefs of Party, project technical and administrative staff, as well as USAID staff to understand project information needs and develop TAMIS to address those needs. Prior to joining the MST team, Oana worked as a project coordinator with the DAI GRASP project in Romania.

Damon_job@dai.com
301-771-7776

Damon Job
Management Information & Systems Specialist
Joined DAI: June 2005

M.S. Conservation Biology and Marine Mammalogy, University of Maryland 1992
M.S. Bioinformatics, Biotechnology Program, Johns Hopkins University 2004

Damon has over 20 years of experience working both nationally and internationally in various fields, including computer programming, agriculture, conservation biology, geology, and medicine. Prior to joining DAI, Damon was an independent web development and programming consultant. Damon has been a director, environmental research manager, and information systems manager for two USAID Environment Indefinite Quantity Contracts.
Tanja Lumba
Management Information Specialist, Asia Representative
Joined DAI: March 2006

B.S. Economics, University of the Philippines 1995
M.A. Economics, University of the Philippines 2001

Tanja has 11 years of experience in the following fields: investment banking, economics and project management. Prior to joining DAI, Tanja was an investment banker and corporate account manager. She also served as senior economist and program manager for an NGO in the Philippines and taught microeconomics for a while. She was also the Performance Monitoring and TAMIS manager for a DAI project in Manila before joining MST as their Asia regional representative. She is based in Philippines and is currently assisting DAI projects in Manila and Indonesia.

Sonja_Wolfe@dai.com
301-771-7915

Sonja Wolfe
Management Information Specialist

Joined DAI: April 2003

M.A., International Development, American University 1996

Sonja joined DAI as an Associate Business Manager for the Agriculture and Economics Group, and most recently worked as an Operations Specialist with the Management and Operations Services Team (MOST). As Operations Specialist, she was responsible for a wide-range of project management topics, including providing support & training for project closedown, drafting security management tools, process, and policy, finance procedures, designing project management audit tools, and coordinating policy & process with other DAI support offices. Prior to joining DAI, Sonja worked at the National Academies of Science and has also lived and worked in Cairo, Egypt.


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