Andrew E Goldbaum, MBA, MPH

WORK EXPERIENCE

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USAID, Bureau for Global Health; Washington, DC, 2021 to 2025

Senior Data Systems Advisor (3 years) | Directed a $30M AI-powered data integration project spanning 23 countries and 300+ health databases. Led digital initiatives across 6 countries with fiscal and technical oversight.

• Engineered an innovative data model that enabled use of AI to standardize health data across disparate systems, reducing data processing time by 50% and eliminating 90% of manual data collection activities.
• Influenced the strategic direction of USAID’s Office of Infectious Disease, producing business case and technology blueprint addressing the needs of technical staff and Congress, securing $10M in funding.
• Resolved critical issues related to a complex data integration project by redesigning the existing system, preventing $2-3M in excess cost and 6 months of development time.
• Progressed an innovative technology through a risk adverse environment by partnering with the CIO to align with federal security frameworks (FISMA, NIST, FIPS).

Private Sector Engagement Advisor (8 months) | Headed a Malaria Division project focused on strengthening public/private collaboration with businesses and community organizations involved in malaria control.

• Developed a toolkit to help community organizations and businesses collaborate with USAID, advancing partnerships with 2 international NGOs and dozens of local Rotary clubs.
• Prototyped a tool to record and evaluate private sector partnerships, enabling a shared understanding of objectives, successes, and outcomes across USAID's 26-country malaria program.
• Created a framework for PMI to begin evaluating the potential of new partnerships using indicators, in alignment with its strategy and USAID’s approach to tracking partnerships.
• Presented project use-cases at an interagency workshop with staff from USAID, CDC and President Biden's Global Malaria Coordinator.

Intel Corporation; Portland, OR, 2016 to 2017

Technical Project Manager | Streamlined post-implementation testing of an enterprise health and benefits information system covering 100,000+ Intel employees. Departed on excellent terms to attend graduate school.

• Negotiated resource commitments from internal teams by promoting business importance and strategic relevance of project. Enabling systems testing using existing headcount.
• Reduced testing time by 35% by automating workflows and standardizing procedures across departments.
• Engineered a database application for users and IT to report, track, prioritize issues, accelerating error resolution by 3 days.

Steelcase Asia Pacific; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2015

Operations Manager | Stabilized the Asia business during a period of heavy staff turnover. Improved business processes, strengthened local capacity and informed strategic decision-making.

• Led a multi-national team of 5 analysts in Kuala Lumpur while onboarding and training 3 new managers in India, China and Malaysia.
• Designed and implemented new business practices and policies modified for local conditions, which stabilized operations and improved working capital by 15%.
• Co-authored an operations strategy with McKinsey in India that supported growth in South Asia. Presented recommendations to executives at an annual leadership conference in Hong Kong.
• Managed ambiguity and pressure with a calm, rational and productive demeanor, providing accurate assessments of business conditions and local operations on the ground.

Steelcase Inc; Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2008 to 2014

Senior Business Analyst (3 years) | Consulted Supply Chain Management during an aggressive three-year logistics restructuring initiative, resulting in savings of $21M.

• Identified and directed service contract negotiations by converting qualitative and unstructured data into actionable insight, enabling savings of $2.5M.
• Built models to rapidly evaluate scenarios, supporting decision-making that incentivized efficiency and service quality, reducing lead times by 7 days.
• Boosted business literacy by linking high-level strategic objectives to management activities, incorporating new performance measures into existing metrics.
• Earned influence as a business partner by demonstrating insightfulness, curiosity and a strong analytical capacity.

Business Analyst (1 year) | Business partner to Supply Chain Management. Reviewed projects, scrutinized assumptions and monitored performance. Subject matter expert on $1+ billion annual procurement budget.

Financial Analyst (3 years) | Financial planning, reporting and analysis for 8 manufacturing sites located in Canada, Mexico and the US. Provided ad-hoc support including developing and improving metrics and dashboards, expense and capex budgeting and cost accounting.