Policy research professional looking for a position or consultancy with an international organization or NGO where I can apply my ten years of experience in assessing and managing the effects of digital technology and data in sensitive contexts to solve the problems emerging from those technologies.
Professional Experience
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Signal Program–Researcher, 2016-2018
Investigated the safe, ethical, and rights-based use of digital ICTs and data in complex humanitarian settings through scholarly research and field assessments
Developed an assessment template and capacity development curriculum to help organizations understand the scope of the digital technology use and assess associated risks
Created and facilitated workshops on the safe, ethical, and rights-based use of digital information and communication technologies for humanitarian practitioners
Engaged with internal and external stakeholders to support the Signal Program’s research objectives.
Independent Consultant, 2015-Present
Member, Data Science and Ethics Group
Developing policies and ethical review standards for a nascent inter-agency working group focused on assessing the risks posed to displaced persons by advanced data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence
Ethics Reviewer, Humanitarian Data Science Review
Freelance cartographic, network, and data visualizations for political risk clientele
Designed research frameworks, governance policies, and procedures for the creation of multi-stakeholder distributed research networks using real-world evidence to monitor drug safety and effectiveness. Convened industry, healthcare, academia, and government actors to build organizations which met the varied regulatory and business needs of stakeholders. Projects include:
a three-year, $18 M research plan for observational drug safety methods consortium
Developed strategies with clients for engaging with real-world evidence for internal health economics and outcomes research, wrote landscape reports monitoring policy changes and industry trends and assessed the business impacts and opportunities of emerging technologies
Education
Masters, Public and International Affairs – Human Security, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, April 2011
Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies Scholarship, 2010
B.A. History, University at Albany, State University of New York, December 2003
Skills & Tools
Quantitative: R Statistical Computing, some Python(NetworkX & Seaborn), QGIS, GDAL/OGR, Gephi
Creative: Adobe Creative Suite, MS Office
Languages: English(Native speaker)
Project management: Asana, Github
Previous Experience
2010 Intern, National Cyber Forensics & Training Alliance, Pittsburgh PA
2006-2009 Research Analyst, Digital Aurora, Inc.
2004-2005 North American Order Manager, The MathWorks, Inc
Field Research
Researching Digital Security and Cyber-Resilience in Complex Country Contexts—Amman, Jordan and Ramallah, Occupied Palestinian Territory, 2018
Papers
Daniel P. Scarnecchia et al.“The Emergence of Digitally Networked Displaced Populations: Challenges to Current Humanitarian Practice and Doctrine.”(Under Review for International Review of the Red Cross)
Tillman, P. et al., 2008. Changing the Rules: Creating a New International Standard for Compensation of Civilians Unintentionally Harmed in Conflict Zones, Washington, DC: Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict(non-refereed.)
Daniel P. Scarnecchia | scarnecchia@gmail.com | @mountainherder
Professional Experience
Previous Experience
Education
Skills & Tools
Previous Experience
Field Research
Papers
Conference Presentations and Panels