Team
Our experienced international team of consultants and data scientists is interdisciplinary and uses its diverse skills to make a difference to every project implementation.
Management
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Eduardo is the founder of movimentar GmbH and works as a project-management and data-science consultant, trainer and facilitator in designing, managing and evaluating projects and programmes across the globe. He holds a BA in International Relations, an MA in Development Policy, and a PhD in Economics. His expertise lies in the participatory design of proposals for various donors, the design of monitoring and evaluation systems and tools using computing for data analysis (e.g., reproducible sampling procedures, computer-coded data analysis), the training of staff in the use and development of mobile and web applications, database management, review and evaluation.
Eduardo offers coaching, training and facilitation services face-to-face and remotely for planning, project and financial management, monitoring, and reporting to projects and programmes in fields such as governance, public-sector support, poverty alleviation, gender, WASH, environment, health, education, private-sector support, trade, market access, microfinance, youth empowerment, agriculture, nutrition, disaster-risk reduction, and food security. He has worked as a consultant in countries such as Afghanistan, Angola, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Mexico, Netherlands, Niger, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Zambia, among others. Eduardo is member of the German Evaluation Society and the Brazilian Network of Monitoring and Evaluation.
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Annalena Oeffner Ferreira works as report writer, translator, and editor/proofreader for movimentar and manages the company’s finances and accountancy. She holds a BA in Journalism and an MA in Development Policy and has worked as lecturer and research assistant in media and communication studies at the University of Bremen. Annalena has lived in Brazil, England, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, Uruguay, and the UK and has worked as a freelance writer, translator, and editor/proofreader for numerous institutions, NGOs, and news media. She translates from English, German, Portuguese, and Swedish into English and German.
Core team
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Usman received his BA in Physics (Telecommunications) in Karachi, Pakistan. After three years of working as physics teacher in Karachi, he pursued an MSc in Environmental Physics at the University of Bremen. His expertise lies in environmental research in the context of climate change with data management, analysis, and visualization using MySQL, R, Python, and MATLAB. He is proficient in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) using ArcGIS and QGIS for remote sensing particularly in satellite image processing for earth surface classifications and change detection.
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Denise is a Brazilian consultant, who has supported movimentar in multiple projects and programmes. She holds a BA in International Relations with a postgraduate degree in Evaluation of Results and Impacts of Organizations and Public Programmes, and an MA in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Denise also participated in the development programme for entrepreneurs, executives and shareholders at Babson College, US. She worked with the National Mayors Front, the ASBACE Foundation for Teaching and Research as well as companies such as PriceWaterhouseCoopers, i9Ação Consultoria e Assessoria, Polaris Investimentos, Assessoria e Participações. Denise has extensive experience in social development projects with the Brazilian Cooperation Agency, United Nations – Equatorial Guinea, and the United Nations Development Programme in Brazil.
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Valerie is a German/Syrian consultant based in Casablanca, Morocco. She holds a BA in Applied Business Languages (Arabic) and International Management and works as a freelance project-management consultant. She gained experiences in the field of project management in different companies during her studies and worked with a Moroccan NGO in the field of education and sustainable rural development as a project assistant in Morocco. Valerie finished her studies with her bachelor thesis about the improvement of education in rural Tata, Morocco.
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Natalie is just finishing her BA in Global Management at the University of Applied Sciences Bremen. She works as a freelance assistant in the design and management of projects. Natalie has gained professional experience in project management especially in the areas of sustainable rural development and food security, gender equality, rights of indigenous peoples and management of their territories, and strengthening the civil society through social movements and NGOs in an internship at an NGO based in Peru. This included preparing and implementing workshops for the qualification of partner organizations.
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Kathi is a German intern based in Bremen. She is on her obligatory internship with us as part of her MA Sustainable Business Management at Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development. She has been working as a freelance assistant for movimentar previous to her internship. Additionally, Kathi has been working part-time for a political consultancy with focus on sustainable development. She finished her BA in International Tourism Management, focusing on project management and tourism in the international development cooperation.
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Miguelangel is a Colombian/Venezuelan consultant based in Bremen. He works as a freelance project-management and data-science consultant. Miguelangel holds a Diploma in Electrical Engineering and an MSc in Renewable Energies. His expertise lies in using computing for data analysis.