Roger Plath returns to Creative to join the Information Management unit as a Field IT Engineer.

Roger is a familiar face at Creative. He previously established IT infrastructure for operations, technical support and procurement for Creative’s offices in Iraq, Kuwait, Albania, Liberia and Afghanistan.

Roger has 12 years of information technology experience in development. He served as Country Chief of Communications and IT for the International Organization for Migration. Before that, he was the Chief of Information Technology for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Pristina, Kosovo where he planned a $3 million IT infrastructure and services project for 15 OSCE offices and 1,500 users.

Fluent in Spanish, Roger received a bachelor’s degree in international studies from the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon.

Kwaja Yai Arop joins the Education Mobilization and Communications division as Chief of Party for HEAR Sudan, a task order of the USAID-funded Basic Education/Linkages to Education and Health initiative, known as ABE/LINK. Kwaja will be responsible for the overall management, program implementation and quality insurance for the three-year project. A native of Sudan, he has managed and coordinated programs for more than 25 years for donors including USAID, DFID, DANIDA, CIDA and The World Bank.

Before Creative, he worked with Save the Children as the education specialist desk officer managing, leading and initiating new education projects focusing on conflict transformation and education for war- and drought- displaced youths in Sudan. He established Save the Children’s country plan for Sudan resulting in the Global Challenge Program, which opened education opportunities to millions of out-of-school children worldwide, particularly in conflict-affected countries.

Before that, he directed a Khartoum-area program to implement integrated services for Internally Displaced Persons, covering primary education, primary health care, water and sanitation, and child protection.

Kwaja received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Khartoum. He is fluent in Dinka, English and Arabic.

Tassew Zewdie joins Creative’s East Africa Regional Office in Nairobi, as a Senior Associate for the Education Mobilization and Communications division. Tassew will provide technical input and management to activities in Sudan and strategic direction for business development activities in the region. He is a more than 30-year veteran of education development in conflict and post-conflict settings.

Tassew has extensive experience in education project management as a chief of party, deputy chief of party, team leader and technical advisor. He also possesses technical skills in the areas of teacher professional development, institutional capacity building, planning, school management and leadership, community-school partnerships, whole school development and non-formal education.

Tassew received both a master’s degree and doctorate degree in education from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. He received his bachelor’s degree in education from Bahir Dar Teachers College, Addis Ababa University. A native of Ethiopia, he is fluent in Amharic and English.