Matthew MacCalla M.Sc. M.A.
London, UK
OBJECTIVE & SKILLS
To improve international health and well-being through high quality and results-based development projects that integrate the best elements of the public, private and/or non-profit sectors.
International Public Health & Development
3rd Sector, Business (CSR) and Government Policy & Management
WORK EXPERIENCE
International Program Officer - Direct Relief International - Santa Barbara, California - 8/06-9/12
International program manager and consultant for the non-profit, non-governmental, humanitarian-aid organization Direct Relief International. As manager for Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe, I was responsible for delivering medical supplies and financial assistance to more than 100 charitable health care organizations in more than 25 countries. Additional responsibilities included: managing and reporting on results-based projects and grants; managing our tsunami response, which included a $16 million in cash and hundreds of millions of dollars in products; 3rd party logistics management; disaster response.
Project Manager – GlaxoSmithKline - London, UK - 3/12 – Present
Hired to oversee and manage multiple CSR projects, including the Access to Medicine (ATM) Index and a multi-dimensional health, sanitation and education project presented to the Argentinean government.
Consultant & Panalist – AidEx - Brussels - 2/12—10/12
University Teacher — Jiaxing University - Jiaxing, China - 8/05–8/06
Journalist & Researcher — Real World Radio - Montevideo, Uruguay - 11/04-4/05
RAND Corporation — Field Researcher & Analyst - Los Angeles, CA - 4/03-8/03
Intern – United States Congress - Washington, D.C. - 6/01-9/01
EDUCATION
M.Sc. – King's College London – "Public Service Policy and Management" - London, UK - 9/11-09/12
M.A. - Aalborg University - "Development and International Relations" - Aalborg, Denmark - 8/03-8/05
B.A. - University of California - Santa Barbara (UCSB) - "Global and International Studies" - 1/00-6/01
'Semester at Sea' - Global - Fall, 1999
ACADEMIC, WORK & LANGUAGE
Intimate knowledge of SAP
Published Author
Proficient in written/verbal Spanish & basic verbal Chinese