Sharon Eng is an American educator, researcher, development consultant, and professional violist who lived and worked in Indonesia for 20 years. Currently Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Business, Government and Law at University of Canberra in Australia, Sharon makes her home in Portland, Oregon where she supervise– online and on frequent trips to Singapore–doctoral candidate research at UC’s satellite graduate program in Singapore.
Her scholarly interests include organizational effectiveness of grassroots nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations especially in a developing country context; non-profit misconduct, and the origins of radicalism in civil societies. She holds five tertiary degrees: Ph.D. (UniSA–Adelaide, Australia–Business and Management); MBPA, Southeastern University (Washington, DC–Business-Government Administration); The Juilliard School (New York City–Bachelor and Master of Music); and Portland State University (Portland, Oregon–Bachelor of Science in Psychology). In 2008, she won international recognition for her dissertation on Indonesian NGO organizational effectiveness, the award announced in Barcelona at the 8th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Third Sector Research.
Sharon’s professional experiences included her tenure as Chief Executive Officer of an international NGO headquartered in Bali; Chief of Party for a two-year NGO management training project in the Philippines funded by the Asian Development Bank; team leadership of projects funded by the Canadian Research Institute, USAID, AUSAid, and the World Bank; and many other international aid projects located in diverse locations spanning Asia to Latin America.
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Overview of Consulting Activity
Lead positions held:
Chief of Party; Team Leader; Project Director; Project Manager
Project locations served:
China, Costa Rica, Germany, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Philippines,
Thailand, United States
Bilateral international development assistance projects funded by:
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Australia Aid for International Development (AUSAID)
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
United Nations Development Program (UN Volunteers/UNV)
World Bank
Field Experience Summarized
A. Sectors:
- NGO and community development, institution building and management training
- Private sector development; trade sector development
- Micro and SME finance, agricultural and urban micro-credit lending programs
- Development education, non formal vocational and training
B. Specializations:
- NGO, micro, small and medium enterprise finance, management development
- Management/organizational/institutional strengthening design, implementation,
monitoring, evaluation - Non-formal education/vocational training in sector-specific industries: handicraft design-production-marketing-exporting; franchising, pharmaceutical manufacturing
- Industry quality assurance programs: good manufacturing practices; ISMO
- Project and financing feasibility studies; business plans
- Project design, management, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, training
Subject Experience Summarized
Non-formal education/vocational and management trainer
- Environmental/social forestry project designer, implementer, evaluator
- Organizational development/strategic planner for emerging small/medium business enterprise (SME) development
- Micro & SME finance project manager
- NGO institutional strengthening project designer, implementer
- Small industry and trade sector development designer, project manager
- Project monitoring/evaluator
- Educator; teacher; lecturer; trainer
Specialized Consultant Credentials
PhD: University of South Australia, Adelaide. International Graduate School of Business and Management: Organizational Effectiveness and Management Sustainability of Indonesian Grassroots Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), 1995
- MBPA: Southeastern University, Washington, D.C., 1981 (summa cum laude) Masters of Business and Public Administration, Business-Government Relations: Corporate Social Responsibility
- Certificate, Bamboo Cultivation and Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences/Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Fuyang, China
- Certificate, Leadership Development Training, Management Systems International, Washington, DC
- PERT/CMP, USAID professional managers training seminar, Pragma Corp., Wash, DC
- Certificate, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), GMP Institute, Cincinnati, OH
- Certificate, Project Management, American Management Assn., New York City
- Certificate, Project Monitoring and Evaluation, American Management Assn., Los Angeles
- Certificate, Fundraising Strategies for Nonprofit Organizations, American Society of Assn. Executives, Washington, DC
Sharon Eng consultancies and organizational inputs
- Sharon Eng, UnLtd., LLC. Independent consultant to domestic and international companies and nonprofits focusing on institution-building, strategic planning, organizational development, corporate communications. Clients include: Kuwait Airways, Marriott Corporation, Smithsonian Institution Membership Office, Environmental Bamboo Foundation, and more. 1981-present
- Oregon Viola Society: President 2016 – present
- Bravo! Northwest: Board of Advisors 2013 – present
- Yaysan Bambu Lesari (Environmental Bamboo Foundation): Consultative strategies for Indonesian Climate Change Trust Fund Land-Based Mitigation Programme project proposal. Sept-Oct 2016. Consultant's fee: $3,000
- University of Canberra: Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Business, Management and Law. Supervised to completion and current ongoing supervision of doctoral theses for five candidates, topics ranging from human resources to early childhood education. 2011 - present
- Proseni: Board of supervisors. Signatory responsibility for funds releases, annual financial audits, organizational accountability of national nonprofits arts foundation. 2004 - 2010. Annual project budget: USD325,000
- Jakarta International School: Schoolwide Strategic Planning Committee focusing on external stakeholder relations. 2007-2009. Annual schoolwide operating budget: USD45 million
- University of South Australia. Social scientist-researcher working with five capacity-building grassroots NGOs in Central and West Java, Indonesia to learn how participants perceive and self-realize organizational effectiveness paradigms. 2001-2005
- PT Damai Sejahtera Mulia: Part-time marketing consultant for international branding of Makarizo haircare products manufactured in Indonesia. 1987-1996. Project budget: $150,000
- International Development Research Center: Short-term consultant, South Asia Regional Office, New Delhi. Surveyed local, regional, global donor resources for forestry, environment, natural resources, and social/community forestry projects. Project travel to Washington DC, Bangkok, Manila, Jakarta, New Delhi. March-April 1995. Project budget: USD25,000
- USAID-Environmental Bamboo Foundation: Project Director, USAID Strengthening Institutional Development, Bali, Indonesia: conceived, designed, wrote proposal, spearheaded project to produce first bamboo training center to study all aspects of bamboo from nursery through to stand management, harvest, preservation, craft production, industrial applications and trainer training. 1993-1995. Project budget: USD230,000
- Environmental Bamboo Foundation: Chief Executive officer of new international NGO headquartered on Bali. 1991-1995. Secured USD$350,000 in project funding within first 18 months of operation
- USAID-Pragma Corporation: Project director, Philippine Export Division Private Investment Trade Opportunities. Wrote winning project proposal. Services provided turnkey export trade marketing services to 300 SME and first-time Philippine exporters in all sectors and industries. Technical services included evaluating client capabilities, research new markets, design distribution infrastructure, broker trades. 1991-1993. Contract value: USD $1 million
- Asian Development Bank-Pragma Corporation: Chief of Party, Management Trainer, Institutional Strengthening of NGOs in Philippines, providing technical and management assistance to 43 NGOs engaged in $8 million ADB microcredit lending program funded through Government of Philippines Department of Small Trade and Industry. Project travel throughout Philippines. 1990-1991. Project budget: $900,000.
- USAID-Pragma Corporation: Project Director, Indonesian Private Sector Institutional Development Project. Private sector initiative linking small, medium and large company executives in Indonesia with technology, marketing, management, and service expertise of U.S. private sector counterparts through meetings, training, internships, observational tours, workshops. Project travel to Indonesia and throughout U.S. 1985-1992. Contract value: $1 million over three years
- Sharon Eng, UnLtd., LLC. Independent consultant to business and nonprofits focusing on institution-building, strategic planning, organizational development, corporate communications. Clients include: Kuwait Airways, Marriott Corporation, Smithsonian Institution Membership Office, Environmental Bamboo Foundation, more. 1981-present
- Oregon Viola Society: President 2016 - present
- Bravo! Northwest: Board of Advisors 2013 - present
- Yaysan Bambu Lesari (Indonesian Bamboo Foundation): Consultative strategies for Indonesian Climate Change Trust Fund Land-Based Mitigation Programme project proposal. Sept-Oct 2016. Consultant's fee: $3,000
- University of Canberra: Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Business, Management and Law. Supervised to completion and ongoing supervision of doctoral theses for five candidate, topicss ranging from human resources to early childhood education. 2011 - present
- Proseni: Board of supervisors. Signatory responsibility for funds releases, annual financial audits, organizational accountability of national nonprofits arts foundation. 2004 - 2010. Project budget: USD325,000
- Jakarta International School: Schoolwide Strategic Planning Committee focusing on external stakeholder relations. 2007-2009. Schoolwide operating budget: USD45 million
- University of South Australia. Social scientist-researcher working with five capacity-building grassroots NGOs in Central and West Java, Indonesia to learn how participants perceive and self-realize organizational effectiveness paradigms. 2001-2005
- PT Damai Sejahtera Mulia: Part-time marketing consultant for international branding of Makarizo haircare products manufactured in Indonesia. 1987-1996. Project budget: $150,000
- International Development Research Center: Short-term consultant, South Asia Regional Office, New Delhi. Surveyed local, regional, global donor resources for forestry, environment, natural resources, and social/community forestry projects. Project travel to Washington DC, Bangkok, Manila, Jakarta, New Delhi. March-April 1995. Project budget: USD25,000
- USAID-Environmental Bamboo Foundation: Project Director, USAID Strengthening Institutional Development, Bali, Indonesia: conceived, designed, wrote proposal, spearheaded project to produce first bamboo training center to study all aspects of bamboo from nursery through to stand management, harvest, preservation, craft production, industrial applications and trainer training. 1993-1995. Project budget: USD230,000
- Environmental Bamboo Foundation: Chief Executive officer of new international NGO headquartered on Bali. 1991-1995. Secured USD$350,000 in project funding within first 18 months of operation
- USAID-Pragma Corporation: Project director, Philippine Export Division Private Investment Trade Opportunities. Wrote winning project proposal. Services provided turnkey export trade marketing services to 300 SME and first-time Philippine exporters in all sectors and industries. Technical services included evaluating client capabilities, research new markets, design distribution infrastructure, broker trades. 1991-1993. Contract value: USD $1 million
- Asian Development Bank-Pragma Corporation: Chief of Party, Management Trainer, Institutional Strengthening of NGOs in Philippines, providing technical and management assistance to 43 NGOs engaged in $8 million ADB microcredit lending program funded through Government of Philippines Department of Small Trade and Industry. Project travel throughout Philippines. 1990-1991. Project budget: $900,000.
- USAID-Pragma Corporation: Project Director, Indonesian Private Sector Institutional Development Project. Private sector initiative linking small, medium and large company executives in Indonesia with technology, marketing, management, and service expertise of U.S. private sector counterparts through meetings, training, internships, observational tours, workshops. Project travel to indonesia and throughout U.S. 1985-1992. Contract value: $1 million over three years