Graham is a professional statistician with more than 40 years experience working in development and in developing countries. He has a degree in statistics from the University of London and has worked as an agricultural statistician, a statistical trainer, a policy adviser on poverty and rural development and an adviser on the development of statistical services. From 2000 to 2009, he worked with the World Bank as a senior statistician supporting the development of national statistical systems in developing countries. Since then, he has been an expert consultant in FAO, in World Bank, and in a number of countries advising on national statistical system development. He is currently at PARIS21 as an advisor for the “Informing a Data Revolution” project.
Chandrika has 20+ years of experience compiling and analyzing data and statistics for search engines such as Microsoft and Google. She has been a geography and statistics editor for leading reference publishers. As a Research Manager at Wolfram|Alpha, she contributed to the rapid expansion and improvement of its knowledge base. With a Ph.D. in economic geography, Chandrika has also worked with economic development organizations, specializing in international trade development. She is the author of three statistical handbooks as well as several geography reference books.
Maria is a Venezuelan lawyer, currently pursuing an M.A. in International Development at the Elliott School with a concentration in Democracy and Governance. Maria has over four years of professional experience, including work with the Latin-American Dialogue and the National Democratic Institute. She conducts research for Open Data Watch.
June takes care of budget matters at ODW. Her background includes work at a CPA firm and a decade in the European Department of the IMF, handling economic data analysis and management, budget projections, and production of reports for country lending assessments, as well as related web design. Before IMF, she worked at the World Bank on economic research for the Africa Department. June has a Master’s in Business Administration and certifications in Web Development and Graphic Design.
Amelia conducts research on open data at ODW. She specializes in transparency, aid effectiveness, and global health research. Prior to working for ODW, she served as the open aid team leader at Innovations for Peace and Development. She has also worked as a consultant for the Bureau for Global Health at USAID. She has recently received a Master’s in Global Policy Studies from the University of Texas at Austin.
Martin coordinates public information and communications at ODW. He has worked in several international agencies, as a business information solutions manager at World Bank, climate change information manager at UNEP, chief of information for the WHO Western Pacific Region, chief of information management at UNICEF European Headquarters, and correspondent for NBC News at the UN in Geneva.
Jamison conducts research on open data at ODW. He specializes in data transparency and related political economy issues with a particular focus in the Middle East. Prior to working at ODW, he worked at the International Budget Partnership. He received his Master’s in Global Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Reza is the IT guru at ODW, having headed Information Services and Systems in the Development Data Group of the World Bank for 10 years. While there he oversaw development of the largest set of systems products for Open Data and Open Data communications. He has been developing systems for managing and disseminating statistical data and metadata for over 35 years. Before World Bank, he operated the Computer Center at the School of Engineering at George Washington University.
Zach has several years of experience conducting research on international development and transparency, contributing to major research projects on transparency in foreign aid, accountability for non-governmental organizations, international finance, education, and emerging aid donors. He has worked on such issues in Kosovo, Haiti, Uganda, the UK, and the US. He recently received an MA in Politics from Princeton University.