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Profile
Aaron Kyle Dennis works on practical data systems, social development, and development finance. His career has followed a main thread: data management systems and information and communication technologies can help people see shared problems, coordinate action, and collectively shape better outcomes.
The domain where that interest has been tested most deeply is social development, especially through development finance, environmental and social risk management, accountability, and institutional learning.
Practice Domains
- Development finance and E&S risk: due diligence, clearance, supervision, legal-condition follow-up, corrective action, and management briefing.
- Social safeguards and policy: Indigenous Peoples, FPIC, involuntary resettlement, stakeholder consultation, grievance redress, vulnerable groups, and GESI.
- Accountability and compliance: compliance appraisal, institutional safeguards review, dispute-resolution support, corrective-action monitoring, and evidence-based public reporting.
- Data tools and knowledge systems: structured archives, dashboards, survey workflows, reusable reporting templates, geospatial screening, static sites, and workflow tools.
CV Summary
Current roles: Senior Environmental & Social Specialist, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation; Director, Solutions Engineering, categori.se.
Selected previous roles: User Success Engineer, Observable Inc.; Social Development Specialist, Asian Development Bank; Research Analyst, World Bank Group Office of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman; Independent Consultant to Asian Development Bank; Manager of User Services, Bard College at Simon's Rock; Director, Business Development & Research, Cross-Cultural Consulting Services.
Education: Master of Science, Asian Studies, Lund University; Bachelor of Arts (Honors), Anthropology, Pacific Lutheran University.
Languages: English native; German advanced; Swedish moderate; Mandarin Chinese functional; Russian passive.
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Project And Portfolio Summary
| Portfolio | Count | Primary contribution |
|---|---|---|
| DFC transaction and monitoring work | 70+ | Screening, due diligence, clearance, supervision, monitoring, process improvement, and portfolio data concepts across global markets. |
| ADB South Asia energy investments | 27 | Safeguard compliance, GESI, Indigenous Peoples, resettlement, supervision, missions, and reporting. |
| CAO compliance cases | 6 | Compliance appraisal, investigation support, monitoring, institutional-performance analysis, and case-data structuring. |
| Independent ADB consulting | 3 | Instrument review, country safeguard systems assessment, methodology design, missions, and policy dialogue. |
| CCCS consulting portfolio | 15 | FPIC, consultation, Indigenous Peoples, resettlement, cultural heritage, baseline design, and policy research. |
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Contact
Email: aaron@categori.se
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/akdennis/en