John Weeks is a project manager and consultant based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia with over 15 years of experience in organizational capacity building, web design, multimedia campaigns, and managing multinational teams. He has managed projects for Open Development Cambodia, House32 Web Design, Our Books Illustration and Design, Domrei Research and Consulting, and was a founding member of Sang Salapak arts/media consultancy. Weeks holds a Master's degree in Asian Studies from Monash University and two Bachelor's degrees from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
John Weeks
#169 E1, Street 19, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Phone: (012) 526 840 Email: john@jweeks.net
• DOB: April 13th
, 1968
• Place of birth: Cambridge, MA, USA / Nationality: USA
Main Areas of Expertise
• Organizational capacity building for nonprofits & socially responsible enterprises
• Extensive web design and IT oversight experience
• Creation of multinational multimedia outreach campaigns
• Management/leadership of multinational/multilingual project teams
• Proven grant, report and technical writing experience
Professional Experience
Open Development Cambodia, Project Manager, June 2011 – February 2013
Design and implementation of Southeast Asia’s first ‘Open Data’ web platform, sourced,
hired and managed a team of 7 coders, mappers and designers (and part-time
consultants) to achieve project targets in a multilingual environment. Oversight of
branding, outreach and strategy. Currently moving to advisory role as project
incorporates into a local nonprofit. Initiated by East-West Management Institute, funded
by USAID, Spider Foundation, Open Society Foundation. www.OpenDevCam.net
House32 Web Design, Project Manager, January 2007 – Present:
Oversight of socially responsible web site organization with international/local team (5
staff) for diverse clients. Notable projects have included ‘Urban Voice’ (Ushahidi
localization), The UN in Cambodia, PACT Cambodia (‘Clean Hand’ campaign
evaluation), Java Arts, Indigenous Cultural Support Organization, Cambodian Living
Arts, The Center for Khmer Studies. Programs utilized include Ushahidi, Wordpress,
CSS, Javascript, PHP, MySQL, Geoserver, Khmer Unicode, varied database and social
media platforms. Portfolio: House32.com
Our Books Illustration and Design: Managing Editor, January 2006 – Present:
Advisory role for income-generating social enterprise.
• January and April, 2011: Pre-testing and design of multilingual comic for
MicroEnsure India / 17 Triggers in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, India
• January 2009 – October 2011 : Coordinator: four Khmer-language children’s
comics in collaboration with radio outreach organization Equal Access
• Production of outreach illustrations for local publications, companies and
nonprofits
Domrei Research and Consulting, Media Advisor, May 2008 – March 2010:
Consultancy for design and planning of multimedia Khmer language health outreach
campaign targeted for rural women, in coordination with the Cambodian Ministry of
Health and KFW.
Sang Salapak, Founding Member, arts/media consultancy June 2005 – June 2007:

2. • Work with UNESCO, Friends of Khmer Culture, Phnom Penh Arts Festival,
UNDP, Heritage Watch, Cambodia Book Federation
Cambodian Living Arts / World Education, December 2003 – October 2005:
Part time consultant for management and program development
• Managed hiring process for Program Coordinator and support staff, infrastructure
development including grant writing, annual report
Design Group, Consultancy June-July 2003:
• Content support for Asia Foundation Khmer language election web site
Center for Khmer Studies, March 2001- February 2003:
March 2001 - December 2002: Assistant Director (Human Resources/ Operations)
• Oversight of daily Center operations and oversight of support staff
• Project management, grant/report writing, development of annual budget,
outreach to donors, infrastructure development
• Research resource facilitation for graduate researchers (local / international)
United Cambodian Community, Grant Writer 1998: Long Beach, California
• Team leader for successful 3.8 million dollar job training grant
Dark Horse Comics, Editor 1992-1994: Portland, Oregon
• Oversight of magazines, comics, graphic novels, posters and children’s books
• Editor for licensed projects, planning and oversight of associated marketing
Education
• Monash University, Clayton, Australia, 1996-1998
M.A. Asian Studies (High Distinction)
• The Grantsmanship Centre, Los Angeles, California, USA. (April 1999)
Certification: Grant Writing Training.
• University of California, Santa Cruz, USA.
-- B.A. Literature, B.A. Modern Society and Social Thought (1986 – 1991)
Volunteer Work: Mekong ICT Camp, TechCamp Phnom Penh, ICT4D Cambodia
network (with Spider Center), Phnom Penh Mapping Meetup, Cambodia Book
Federation, Nou Hach Literary Journal
References
1. Ms. Terry Parnell, Grassroots Networking and Advocacy Specialist, East-West
Management Institute Phone: 023 222 501 tparnell@ewmi-praj.org
2. Ian Ramage (Domrei Research)
Phone: 012 388 461. Email: ian@DomreiResearch.com
3. Ms. Joyce Clark, (Friends of Khmer Culture / former Board Member, Center for
Khmer Studies) Phone: 415 775-3531 Email: jclark0323@aol.com