Simon Rubangakene

Simon Rubangakene, Simon is our Research Manager (RM); he has more than 15 years of professional rigorous work experience in International Development & Research, project coordination, operations, and management. He has a strong interest in the role of research, technology, and local innovations in development. Before joining Matrice360, Simon worked among others with BRAC USA, Agriworks Uganda & Columbia World Projects, Precision Development (PxD), Kenya and Uganda, and Innovations for Poverty Actions (IPA) in the positions of Research Manager, Assistant Research Manager, Senior Research Associate, and Field Manager respectively.

Simon holds a Master’s Degree in International Development, a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration & Management, and a MicroMasters Degree in Data, Economics, and Development Policy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.x). He has also undertaken an enhancement of short courses in Financial inclusion and Management, Social protection, Stata, R, Python, and GIS, and survey programming using Survey Open Data Kit (ODK)/SurveyCTO, Kobo Collect among others.