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What motivated you (or your organization) to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?

The world is full of potential ... but conflict has turned potential for progress into a nightmare for far too many people on the planet. We can do better ... but there has to be paradigm shift so that value and good is rewarded not just money and profit.

Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs)

Cambridge engineering and economics. Coopers in London ... Chartered Accountancy. Corporate operations and financial executive focused on profit improvement ... Davy Ashmore Gorup, HA Simons, Aerosol Techniques, Gulton Industries including Southern States Inc., and Continental Seafoods. Consultant to World Bank, UNDP and other UN agencies ... humanitarian crisis planning ... national development planning ... government financial management ... aid coordination ... etc.

Founder and CEO Tr-Ac-Net Inc. a not for profit organization that operates the Transparency and Accountability Network and developers of the Community Analytics (CA) system of socio-economic reporting. The CA system combines social performance metrics and for profit accountancy in a single system that has community as the reporting entity ... and facilitates paradigm shift in the way socio-economic performance is measured.

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise

Have done work or assignments in 60 countries ... mainly developing countries in Africa, South Asia and Latin America.

What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?

USA

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?

Founder CEO Tr-Ac-Net Inc

What is your personal or organizational website?

http://www.tr-ac-net.org

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?

Civil Society, Development, Humanitarian Relief, Organizational Development, Social Entreprenuership

Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?

Advocacy, Budgeting, Capacity Building, Communication, Evaluation, Information Technology, Monitoring, Program Administration, Program Design, Program Implemenation, Qualitative Skills, Quantitative Skills, Training

What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?

Performance metrics

If appropriate feel free to list several of your (or your organization's) publications

* Hundreds of Issues that Impact Relief and Development Performance
* Revolutionary Change for Relief and Development
* IRAQ - A New Direction - A Strategy for Peace