Aug 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos · Paris, Île-de-France, France

Oct 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 7 mos · Washington, District of Columbia, United States

• Global Economy and Development, AI policy

Jun 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 11 mos · Basel, Switzerland

May 2021 – Present · 5 yrs · Berkeley, California, United States

Sep 2020 – Dec 2020 · 3 mos

Jan 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 4 mos

Jul 2019 – Mar 2020 · 8 mos · Berkeley, California · On-site

• Goldman School of Public Policy

Jul 2019 – Jan 2020 · 6 mos · San Francisco, California

• Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Strategy

Apr 2019 – Mar 2020 · 11 mos · Stanford, California

Jan 2019 – Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• The AI Index grounds the conversation about AI in data. It aspires to be a comprehensive resource of data and analysis for policymakers, researchers, executives, journalists and the general public to develop intuitions about the complex field of AI. The AI Index is hosted at Stanford's Human-Centered AI Institute (HAI). The AI index was conceived within the One Hundred Year Study on AI (AI100).

Feb 2016 – Nov 2018 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Country Engagement and Growth Analytics Unit
• Led work on corporate finance, equity capital markets and strategic diversification opportunities for IFC investments. Identified investment opportunities for hi-tech service companies in India and China. Assessed product & service upgrade and geographic expansion strategy by innovative methodology of combining corporate financial analysis and data analytics based on global trade data and product network
• Management consulting and deal structuring in various sectors including Robotics, Electric Vehicle, AI industries in China ; Green Affordable Housing, Logistics, Frontier States in India ; Investor Networks and Early stage venture growth companies in Asian economies / Silicon Valley

May 2012 – Jan 2016 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Research Department
• Led the launch of the Jobs and Growth agenda to introduce macro-critical nature of labor, trade, technology, inequality to IMF operations and surveillance
• Africa Department (Consultant, 2011)
• Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa on the growing sophistication of production and growth potential of Sub-Saharan African countries

Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 · 1 yr · Greater Paris Metropolitan Region

Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 · 2 yrs

• Probability and Statistics for Civil Engineers

Sep 2008 – Jan 2014 · 5 yrs 4 mos · Washington, DC

• Served on versatile project-financing operations, including:
• hydro-dam power distribution development lending for Uttarakhand, India
• post-conflict advisory services and portfolio management of lending in Sri Lanka from 2009 to 11,
• managed macro-monitoring across South Asia and East Asia countries
• helped launch the open data and open government initiatives
• innovation, trade and competitiveness projects
• consulted with various departments including International Trade Department, Open Government Initiative, Chief Economist’ Office, Europe and Central Asia, South Asia Economic Policy Unit, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) Network, Macro and Fiscal Management

Jun 2007 – Feb 2008 · 8 mos · Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

• Agriculture & Commodities Division
• Doha Development Round
• built the first comprehensive global database on agricultural subsidies
• advisory services to trade negotiators at the WTO Secretariat

Sep 2006 – Jun 2008 · 1 yr 9 mos · Santa Cruz, California

• Taught Introduction to Microeconomics, Department of Economics
• Taught two quarters of course on History and Consequences of Globalization