Evidence Analytics

About

Dave Shaw, Principal Consultant

A senior MEL and data systems leader who builds practical MEL frameworks and modern data platforms that enable adaptive management and credible funder reporting.

Career

Programme experience in Burkina Faso, India, South Africa, Cambodia and the Philippines.

  1. 2026
    Principal Consultant, Evidence Analytics

    Independent MEL and data consultancy, continuing work with a long-standing client in India and South Africa alongside other clients.

  2. 2025
    Senior Director of Data and Learning

    International agricultural development implementer. Promoted in January 2025.

  3. 2020
    Director of Data and Learning

    Same organization. Led MEL and data across a portfolio of smallholder programmes in Burkina Faso, India and South Africa.

  4. 2018–2019
    Senior Consultant

    Social-sector data-systems consultancy. Requirements, system documentation and Salesforce training for nonprofit clients.

  5. 2017–2018
    Justice Data Systems Director

    Global anti-trafficking and justice INGO. Led selection of a new justice data platform and ETL from legacy databases.

  6. 2014–2016
    Director of Design, Monitoring and Evaluation, Philippines

    Same INGO. Prevalence research, MEL systems and the organization’s first Tableau dashboards.

  7. 2008–2014
    Program Manager, Southeast Asia

    Same INGO. Prevalence and justice system research in Cambodia and the Philippines.

Tools and platforms

AI tools are kept generic; no vendor is tied to the work.

Data collection and MIS

  • ActivityInfo
  • KoboToolbox / ODK
  • Salesforce
  • Microsoft Access
  • SQL Server

Analytics and visualization

  • Power BI
  • Tableau
  • Alteryx Designer
  • Excel modelling
  • ArcGIS
  • QGIS

Programming

  • Python
  • R

AI (from 2025)

  • AI assistants and agents
  • Speech-to-text
  • AI-assisted qualitative coding

Education

  • M.A., Statecraft and World Politics
  • B.A., Political Science