Luke Dunnington
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | English, Languages, Spanish |
| Groups: | Social e-challenge Competition 2009 [inactive], [OLD] Social e-challenge Competition 2008 [INACTIVE] |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | University of California System - Berkeley, University of Virginia |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Bain & Company |
| Position: | Summer Associate |
| Time period: | January 2002 - December 2007 |
| Description: | • Performed due diligence for a large EU player acquiring a Mexican firm
• Analyzed consumer preferences, segment dynamics, and competitive landscape • Quantified revenue gain and segment growth opportunities via key share drivers |
| Employer: | Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI) |
| Position: | Project Management; Analysis and Problem Solving; Leadership and Innovation |
| Time period: | January 2002 - December 2007 |
| Description: | • Coordinated budgeting, billing, subcontractor relationships, and hiring for a
portfolio of $42MM in projects based in Haiti, Zambia, Ukraine, and Lebanon. • Developed and implemented strategies for 12 agribusiness clients to reach 30% growth targets through diversification, marketing, efficiency, and technology. • Promoted twice; only junior staff promoted to a technical field position abroad. • Assessed production problems for Haitian coffee federation, developed process efficiencies, and oversaw project grants on multiple visits to Haiti. • Analyzed new project opportunities in S. America and Africa worth $142MM • Developed market entry strategies, based on SWOT analysis, for a Panamanian indigenous cooperative and 5000 Ugandan coffee farmers • Designed coffee inventory management software with potential global application • Brokered 320 tons of Fair Trade and Organic certified coffee to specialty buyers • Orchestrated microfinance workshop joining 5 banks with 15 agribusiness clients • Named industry’s Young Professional in Innovation and Leadership, 2004 SID/W |
| Employer: | U.S. Peace Corps |
| Position: | Agribusiness Consultant |
| Time period: | January 1999 - December 2002 |
| Description: | • Learned a new language, culture, and industry (coffee) to effectively develop
business solutions for a village threatened by prolonged depressed coffee prices. • Autonomously created strategies for villagers to enter higher value markets. • Organized a coffee cooperative and led 25 farming families through organic certification and export for a three-fold increase in profit. • Designed a coffee roasting business and trained 12 farming families to manage production, sales, and distribution into tourist markets. • Managed over 600 man/days constructing 2 centralized coffee processing plants to augment coffee quality standards to meet specialty market requirements. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of California System - Berkeley |
| Time period: | 2008 |
| Degree: | MBA |
| University: | University of Virginia |
| Time period: | 1999 |
| Degree: | History & Psychology, BA |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Cooking, running, international travel, coffee roasting, photography,
alternative energy, Latin American remittances, technology in international development. |
Luke's Startups (1)
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SiMoney
SiMoney enables SMS text mobile phone money transfers that lower transaction costs for microfinance institutions and borrowers in the developing world.
Luke's Contacts (4)
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Melissa Higbie
I am 2009 full-time MBA candidate at the Haas School of Business. This year I am co-chair of the Global Social Venture Competition. Every spring, the competition finals are held at Haas.
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Chris Lavin
Computer Engineering & Computer Science graduate from University of Wisconsin Madison, MBA from UC Berkeley. Co-Founder of LFNetwork, LLC.
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Jacob Rios
Music and social media, Berkeley MBA, Mayfield Fellow, Rice University BSEE, Accenture, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
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