Rafael Sierra
Director Of Program Operations
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRafael Sierra is a director-level operations leader who combines 16+ years of cross-sector program leadership with hands-on data science fluency to help complex organizations make smarter decisions at scale. At PADF he advised executive leadership on a $110M+ regional portfolio, built AI-powered proposal and reporting tools that lifted team productivity by 80%, and developed Python/R/Tableau forecasting dashboards that improved financial accuracy by 80%. He excels at Chief-of-Staff-style decision support, governance design for high-risk programs, and aligning Finance, HR, Legal, IT and program teams to execute strategy. A former municipal planning director and co-founder of a consulting firm, he blends public-sector pragmatism with entrepreneurial adaptability. He teaches at George Washington University, signaling a commitment to translating practice into learning. Notably, he has operationalized GenAI for salary scenario planning—turning experimental AI into a routine executive planning tool.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master in Business and Administration, Business Administration and Management, General, Master in Business and Administration, Business Administration and Management, General at IESAElectronic Engineering, ENGINEERING, Electronic Engineering, ENGINEERING at Universidad Simón BolívarJohns Hopkins UniversityM.P.S in Political Communication and Strategic Governance, Political Science and Government, M.P.S in Political Communication and Strategic Governance, Political Science and Government at The George Washington University
English, Spanish, French
Github Skills (6)
teleprompter10
open-source6
windows6
macos6
cross-platform2
electron2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
ImaginarySense/ATH-movil-demo-app
Oct 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
erickriv/Turba-Website
May 2019 - May 2019
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
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