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Allen Abtahi

Chief Technology Officer

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202-552-6540

Area of Expertise/Interest

Information Technology

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Information Technology, Senior Management

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IEEE

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Allen is the Chief Technology Officer and the Director of Information Technologies at InterAction. He is responsible for the complete oversight and management of  InterAction’s network-based operations and communications systems. This includes all facets of  InterAction’s information systems,  networking hardware,  software, servers, clients, and communication technologies (video, audio, digital, analog). Prior to his current position, he was the CEO between 1999 and 2007 of Orbital Technology Solutions Inc., an IT  company based in Virginia, and from 1995-1999 worked for BDM Technologies and subsequently for TRW.  A member of IEEE,  Allen is a systems engineer with backgrounds in mechanical and electrical engineering.

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Working Groups are a central part of the way InterAction supports and aids its members. Working Groups are first and foremost a place for member agencies to share information that is important to them in several ways:

  • by providing a way for member organizations to share information about field-based issues, concerns, and topics;
  • by serving as a place for members to receive training and to share best practices with each other; and
  • by offering a space for members to develop new products and materials on a given topic.

Working Groups are member driven and supported by InterAction staff (with the exception of a few non-staffed working groups). Members identify an interest, issue area, or need around which they feel their collective voices will clarify or strengthen responses. Depending on the number of member organizations interested, a meeting or consultation is planned to explore the topic and allow members to share their issues and concerns. Such consultations or exploratory meetings may lead to the formation of an on-going Working Group.

InterAction's current working groups are described below. For more information on a specific working group, contact the group's staff contact.

Group Description Staff Contact
ICCC

InterAction CTO, CIO Council

Allen Abtahi
Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Sub-Working Group

Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) Sub-Working Group

Heather Powell
Task Force on Foreign Assistance Reform (TF)

A forum for discussing and planning advocacy strategies on foreign aid reform

Filmona Hailemichael
Outreach and Communications Working Group

A skills-building and information sharing forum for member staff with grassroots advocacy, communications, and outreach responsibilities.

Filmona Hailemichael
Security Advisory Group

The Security Advisory Group advances the strategic development of InterAction member organization's safety and security management

John Schafer
Iraq Working Group

Forum for discusing and advocating on internal and external issues related to Iraq, refugees/IDPs, security & other areas impacting the NGO community

Heather Powell
Humanitarian Partnerships Working Group

A Forum for discussion and collaborative action around changing dynamics within the humanitarian community

Elizabeth Bellardo
Millennium Challenge Account (MCA)

The Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Working Group meets monthly to discuss and plan advocacy strategies for issues pertaining to the MCC

Sarah Farnsworth
Public Policy Committee

InterAction's General Public Policy Working Group

Ken Forsberg
Pandemic Preparedness Working Group

The Pandemic Preparedness Working Group meets to address national and international planning for NGOs to respond to a pandemic influenza

Elizabeth Bellardo
West Bank/Gaza Working Group

The West Bank/Gaza Working Group meets monthly to discuss humanitarian access issues, coordinate Hill visits, and share operational issues

Elizabeth Bellardo
Somalia Working Group

The Somalia Working Group meets monthly to discuss humanitarian disaster response issues effecting NGOs working in Somalia and with Somali refugees

Elizabeth Bellardo

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