He started his career in a Fortune 500 tax department, then pursued intricate tax compliance and advisory at Ernst & Young. At LitWorld, she worked with 50 grassroots partners to grow the annual World Read Aloud Day campaign. He also organized the Canadian Open Government Civil Society Network, which successfully convinced Canada to commit to establishing a multistakeholder forum on open government. We are a small team based in Washington, D.C. that is excited about open contracting. A microphone is a device for converting acoustic power into electric power with essentially similar wave characteristics. She was a Fellow at the School of Data, where she developed learning materials and workshops for the local and international open data community. Statements. She previously served as a Fulbright-Clinton Fellow with SODEMI, the national mining company of Côte d’Ivoire, where she also supported the development of Côte d’Ivoire’s first Open Government Partnership (OGP) National Action Plan. 1665: While the word “microphone” wasn’t used until the 19th century, English physicist and inventor Robert Hooke is credited with developing an acoustic cup and string style phone and is considered a pioneer in the field of transmitting sound across distances. Before joining the Open Contracting Partnership, she implemented the advocacy strategy at Reboot, a social impact firm driving collaborative, user-centered design in the public and social sector. The entrepreneur has the task to manage the company responsibly under difficult economic conditions by using his strengths. Carey Kluttz leads our country engagement and open contracting implementation. With years of professional experience in investment banking and public sector financial advisory at BGL Plc, she went on to establish Andies Candies in 2013 with the goal of becoming Nigeria’s foremost indigenous confectionery company. 1928: In Germany, Georg Neumann and Co. was founded and rose to fame for its microphones. From 2014 to 2016, he was a national researcher within the Open Government Partnership Independent Review Mechanism. Sofia has worked in Colombia’s Ministry of Health, and in the National Public Procurement agency where she structured national framework agreements mostly related to the health sector and worked in the public procurement innovation team. He also contributed to global open data advocacy efforts, together with the Epsi platform, Open Knowledge International, Open Data Institute and others. Camila is a social data scientist who is passionate about analyzing open data to generate social impact and drive change. While at Reboot, she closely supported co-design efforts with the open data community in New York City and the Mayor’s Office of Data Analytics—managing a City-wide, multi-stakeholder process to shape the future of the open data program. Oscar has an M.P.A. We can only invest something that is… Get started implementing open contracting, Carey Kluttz leads our country engagement and open contracting implementation. Nkechi is our Senior Manager for Africa. name in native language. 1983: Sennheiser developed the first clip-on microphones: one that was a directional mic (MK# 40) and one that was designed for the studio (MKE 2). Kathrin’s journey as a social entrepreneur started in an unlikely place – the World Bank Institute, the incubation lab of the World Bank. She also oversees our research portfolio. She is studying Arabic and hopes to have a good command of the language in the very near future (InshAllah). He also co-initiated the organisation’s portfolio of projects testing social innovations such as crowdfunding. Andidiong was introduced into the world of data in 2017 when she volunteered for Code for Africa, a not-for-profit organized focused on using data to build digital democracies. The Ultimate Business Success. Carey holds an MA in Middle East and Islamic Studies from the American University of Paris and a BA in French and Anthropology from the University of Virginia. Andidiong is a graduate in Economics from Covenant University and holds a Master’s Degree in International Development from the University of Bath. Before joining the Open Contracting Partnership, Gavin was Director of Campaigns and then Executive Director of Global Witness. James regularly contributes to civil society initiatives relating to government, legislative and corporate transparency and accountability.