Robert Mactavish
Digital Impact Specialist at UNICEF
New York, New York, Spain
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Top SchoolRobert MacTavish is a Digital Impact Specialist and product-minded technology-for-development leader with nine years of experience building and stewarding Primero, UNICEF’s open-source protection information management system used by over 200 organizations in 60+ countries. He combines product ownership, business analysis and certified Scrum expertise to translate complex child protection and humanitarian requirements into scalable software, having led Primero’s sustainability plan and SaaS business model that now serves as an organizational template. His background spans frontline child protection, MRM reporting in conflict settings and humanitarian information management, giving him rare domain depth alongside technical delivery skills. Robert co-founded Responsible Data for Children to drive accountable handling of sensitive child data, reflecting his commitment to ethics and data governance. Based in New York with academic credentials in international development and human rights from institutions in Spain and Canada, he is adept at aligning donors, software firms and field partners to deploy technology safely at scale. An uncommon asset is his track record of turning high-risk, sensitive programmatic needs into durable digital public goods rather than one-off tools.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Honour's Degree in Political Science, International Justice & Human Rights, Political Science and Government, Honour's Degree in Political Science, International Justice & Human Rights, Political Science and Government at McMaster UniversityEspecialista en Derechos Humanos, Human Rights, Especialista en Derechos Humanos, Human Rights at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Especialista (Graduate Degree), Derechos Humanos (Human Rights Studies), Especialista (Graduate Degree), Derechos Humanos (Human Rights Studies) at Instituto Derechos Humanos, Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Complutense de MadridUOC (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)
English, Spanish, French
Github Skills (2)
gmail10
configurations9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
RobertMacTavish/robertmactavish
Jan 2022 - Jan 2022
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
primeroIMS/primero
Jan 2017 - Oct 2017
Primero is an application designed to help child protection workers and social workers in humanitarian and development contexts manage data on vulnerable children and survivors of violence. Please carefully read our LICENSE. If you would like access to the CPIMS+ and GBVIMS+ configurations, please contact: childprotectioninnovation@gmail.com
Contributions:4 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
vulnerableprimerohumanitariansocial-workersvulnerable-children
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