EMI Systems, Inc. _________________________________________________________________________________ Executive Decision Support Systems 6932 Carmichael Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 20817, USA Tel +(301) 320-8780 www.emisystems.com MIRCEA ENACHE, Ph.D. Background Summary Dr. Mircea Enache, President and owner of EMI Systems, Inc., a consulting and software development group in the Washington area, and Director of the Center of Excellence in Planning (CEP) in Bucharest, is a senior planner and information systems specialist with over forty years of experience in urban and regional planning and research, education and social planning, modeling and spatial statistical analysis. He worked on projects in Romania, Austria, France, Great Britain, Italy, Philippines, South Africa, Kenya, Benin, Armenia, Russia, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, Tajikistan, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Brazil, Chile, West Bank, Jordan, Yemen, Kosovo and USA. In the early nineties, Dr. Enache designed and developed a proprietary decision support software (MapDecision) and applied it in World Bank, USAID, DFID and JICA projects in local government and planning, education, poverty mapping and poverty reduction strategy, social investment funds, and environmental planning. MapDecision is currently available in eight languages. In addition to EMI Systems, Dr. Enache founded and owns a commercial company in Brasov, Romania (EMI Invest, s.r.l., 1999) and an NGO in Bucharest, Romania (URBAN 2020, 2011). In 2012 he established a Center of Excellence in Planning (CEP) in association with the University of Architecture and Planning in Bucharest, and a 2-year international postgraduate program in Advanced Studies in Urbanism and Real Estate Development (ASURED), which started in October 2013. Dr. Enache has been a member of the Commission of Cybernetics of the Romanian Academy since 1977 and in the seventies he participated in the Learning Project of the Club of Rome. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the School of Urban Planning in Bucharest, Romania, a Member of the Board in the International Urban Fellows Association (IUFA) of the Johns Hopkins University, an expert in the Commission for the Strategic Development of Greater Bucharest, and a member of the Urban Mobility Group in the Bucharest City Hall. He taught in the University of Architecture and Planning in Bucharest in the seventies and eighties, and in the Berman School of Real Estate of the Johns Hopkins University in the nineties. Education Ford Fellowship in Planning and Education, Centre for Environmental Studies, London, 1977. Ph.D. in Planning Methodology and Information Systems, Institute of Architecture and Planning, Bucharest, Romania, 1975. Fellow, Center for Metropolitan Planning and Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 1972-1973. Fellow, Session 138 – Problems of Cities, Salzburg Seminar in American Studies, Austria, 1972. Post-graduate studies in Education Methods and Sociology, University of Bucharest, 1970-1972. Master of Architecture (valedictorian), Institute of Architecture, Bucharest, Romania, 1970. Professional History Director, Center of Excellence in Planning (CEP) and President of the association Urban 2020 Bucharest, Romania, 2010 – Present Organizing the 44th international conference of the Johns Hopkins’ International Urban Fellows Association (IUFA) in Sibiu and Brasov, in June 2014. As a member of the Urban Mobility Group of the Bucharest City Hall, prepared four mobility initiatives and projects for the next financing cycle (2014-2020). Participated in the Expert Workshop for validation of the Guidelines for Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMP), with Rupprecht Consultants, Koln, Germany. Developed a plan for street parking in downtown Bucharest, together with a team of young colleagues and experts, at the request of the Urban Mobility Group in the Bucharest City Hall. Established a 2-year international postgraduate program in Advanced Studies in Urbanism and Real Estate Development (ASURED), which started in October 2013. ASURED has 15 faculty from USA, Austria, Spain, Netherlands, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania, and acts as an urban education and networking hub for Eastern Europe. Initiated a series of books in Applied Research in Urbanism, to be published under the Center of Excellence in Planning (CEP), with four books to be published in 2013-2014. Implemented the Urban Strategy for Greater Bucharest, in cooperation with the University of Architecture and Urban Planning (UAUIM). Project financed by the Bucharest City Hall. Developed a decision support system for local and regional governments in Romania and for the Romanian Agency for Quality Control in Pre-University Education (ARACIP) in Bucharest. Consulted in EMIS and School Mapping for the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) in Prishtina, Kosovo (2009 – 2011) under a World Bank project. President and Owner, EMI Systems, Inc Bethesda, Maryland, June 1993 - Present Designed and developed the Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) in Yemen (World Bank project), October 2007 – December 2011. EMI Systems developed an integrated EMIS and an Education Decision Support System for the Ministry of Education in Sana’a. During the period 2006 – 2007, EMI Systems implemented the National Spatial Planning Strategy of Romania (Data, Indicators, GIS and Analytical and Decision Support Tools), under the contract between EMI Systems, Inc. and URBAN Project, a Romanian government agency. In 2006 Mircea Enache designed the Nationwide EMIS and School Mapping integrated system for the Ministry of Education and Science in Albania, in the context of education decentralization and 2 school-based management (World Bank financed). EMI Systems developed the pilot Education Management Information System (EMIS) in 2002. Implemented a USAID project on family planning – private sector in the Philippines (project PRISM) as a subcontractor to Chemonics International. In charge of developing maps, GIS and analysis in support of strategic planning, project components synergy and project monitoring (2005 – 2007). Implemented a three-year project USAID education reform in Benin, as a subcontractor to Creative Associates, Inc. (CAII) of Washington, DC. EMI Systems was responsible for education management, education finance and education information systems (EMIS) for policy support and planning (20032006). Developed a GIS/school mapping pilot for the Natitingou School District. Implemented a Nationwide School Mapping Project for the Ministry of Education in Jordan, involving geo-referencing all 5000 schools in Jordan on 31 school district maps (2001-2002). Installed a proprietary GIS/Decision Support System (MapDecision) developed by his company (EMI Systems, Inc.), which was translated into the Arabic language. The software was used for analytical and participatory decision support both at the central and school district level (World Bank project). Implemented a DFID project in Poverty Alleviation in the Leningrad Oblast, St. Petersburg, Russia, as a subcontractor to Birks and Sinclair of the UK. Installing a customized mapping/GIS and analytical tool for planning and decision support (2004 – 2005). Implemented a project on Governance Reform and Sustainable Partnerships (GRASP) in Romania, financed by USAID, as a subcontractor to Development Alternatives, Inc. (2003-2007). EMI Systems implemented a GIS and data-based support system for local governments. Implemented a 3-year DFID project in Social Policy Reform in Serbia (2002-2004) as a subcontractor to the British firm Birks & Sinclair. EMI Systems was responsible for mapping poverty and social exclusion and developing a GIS-based planning/decision support tool for the local government in four municipalities in Serbia to assist them in prioritizing the issues, consulting with the citizens and the NGOs , allocating resources based on need, and monitoring the impact. Demonstrations of an Approach and Methodology for supporting HIV/AIDS Assessment, Mapping and Monitoring for World Bank and USAID initiatives (2003 – 2005). Poverty mapping and assessment in Albania – using administrative and census data (pilot in one district) – Department for International Development (DFID), Great Britain (2002). Poverty assessment, monitoring - National Economic Development Authority (NEDA), Manila, the Philippines (World Bank project), 2001 - 2002. Implemented a project in Romania on GIS/school mapping and educational management skills development based on data and facts. EMI Systems trained 130 education managers from all over the country (World Bank Education Reform Project, 2001-2002). During the period 1998 – 2003, Dr. Enache and his company developed GIS/school mapping/school consolidation projects and education management information systems (EMIS) for the Ministry of Education in the West Bank (Ramalla), the Ministry of Education and Science in Tirana, Albania, the Ministry of National Education in Bucharest, Romania, the Ministry of Education in Skopje, Macedonia, the Ministry of Education in Yerevan, Armenia and the Ministry of Education in Dushanbe, Tajikistan (World Bank financed). During the period 1997–2001, Dr. Enache and his company implemented a project in the Department of Education, Culture and Sports in Manila and in three provinces in the Philippines to develop the model for nation-wide implementation of an Education Management Information System (EMIS). Developed a framework for the national Education Management Information System (EMIS) policy for the national Department of Education in South Africa, including advice on the national EMIS (key indicators, GIS tools, information communication and dissemination strategy) - 2002. 3 Developed a GIS-based monitoring and evaluation framework and software for the Industrial Initiatives for a Sustainable Environment (IISE) Project in the Philippines, as a subcontractor of Chemonics International, under the USAID/GOP initiative (2002 – 2004). Developed an executive decision support system (EDSS) for Montgomery County Public Schools and a system prototype for school performance in the State Department of Education, Maryland, USA, 1999 - 2001. Developed an executive decision support system (EDSS) for the National Education Goal Panel (NEGP) in the United States, which allowed monitoring education performance against the sociodemographic background, 2001 - 2002. Developed a GIS-based monitoring and evaluation framework and software for the Post-Mitch Rehabilitation Program in Guatemala, to coordinate the activities of 10 international organizations involved in the reconstruction, as a consultant to Chemonics International (USAID/GOG initiative), 2000 - 2001. Developed a resource allocation/cost sharing software model for the Department of Health in the Philippines, with the Asia Technical Department of the World Bank. The index-based system was used by policy makers to allocate resources from Manila to provinces based on needs (1994 – 1995). Delivered technical assistance in urban planning and management to the City Hall of Brasov, Romania between 1993 and 1997, as part of the USAID project on housing and local government in Eastern Europe. Developed an initial information system for the local government as consultant to the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) and Chemonics, International. Developed an integrated software system consisting of EMI Systems’ Decision and Policy Support System and a Geographic Information System (GIS) for targeting and formula-based resource allocation, the Social Investment Fund in Managua, Nicaragua (World Bank Project, 1996 – 1997). Industrial Pollution Monitoring and Control with Citizen Participation. World Bank Project. Simulation model for industrial pollution reduction based on a WHO rapid assessment methodology with pollution reduction scenarios (Iona Sebastian and Mircea Enache, World Bank, 1992). Faculty Associate, Berman School of Real Estate, The Johns Hopkins University, 1991 – 1997 Teaching various courses in the Real Estate Master's program: Urban Analysis, Urban Policy, Urban Planning, Planning Models and GIS Applications. Faculty Advisor in the students' final project. Developed a GIS-based model of demographic change in the Washington/Baltimore Consolidated Statistical Metropolitan Area in the period 1970-1990. Developed applications of the EMI Systems’ MapDecision proprietary software in urban planning projects for Montgomery County, Maryland and Washington, DC (1994 – 1996). Developed applications of the EMI Systems’ MapDecision proprietary software in the real estate area (1996 – 1998). Applied the software to real estate information in Montgomery County, Maryland and Washington, DC. General Manager, Decision Support, Capital Systems Group, Inc., Rockville, MD, 1989 - June 1993 Developed a decision support system for strategic assessment, planning, and management. Targeted the area of urban strategic planning (Baltimore Council of Governments) and urban industrial pollution management with community participation (World Bank and WHO/PAHO). 4 Built applications of the system for economic development (Corporation for Enterprise Development) and drug abuse program evaluation (Institute of Behavior Resources/Center for Substance Abuse). Assistant Professor and Associate Professor, Institute of Architecture and Planning, Bucharest, Romania, 1970-1988 Taught urban and regional planning methodology, descriptive geometry and computer applications in planning. Designed and implemented a System of Models and Programs for the Automated Design of New Residential Areas for the Romanian Council for Science and Technology. Directed a comprehensive analysis of population and employment trends in Romania as part of the Functional Urban Regions Project sponsored by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria (1977-1979). Consulted with Control Data Corporation (1981-1982) to develop the Rural, Urban, and Regional Planning (RURP) Methodology, a computer-supported planning approach for developing countries. Test projects in Brazil (World Bank, 1982) and the Greater Paris (1985). As Director of the International Center for Architectural and Planning Education in Bucharest, assessed planning schools in Eastern Europe and participated in the preparation of a Report to the Club of Rome: Learning Project (1978-1979). Professional Membership and Awards American Planning Association (APA), 1973-1983, 1989-present. Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA), 1989-present. Member, Commission of Cybernetics, the Romanian Academy, 1977- present. Member, Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care & Development - The Working Group on ECCD Costs and Financing (World Bank, IDB and UNICEF). Visiting Professor at the School of Urban Planning in Bucharest, Romania, Foreign expert in the Commission for the Strategic Development of Greater Bucharest. Member of the Board, International Urban Fellows Association (IUFA) of Johns Hopkins University Six awards from the Romanian Union of Architects: for books authored (1979 and 1986), and for winning projects in urban design competitions (1969-1974). Chaired the Human-Computer Interaction session at the URISA (Urban and Regional Information Systems Association) Conference in Washington, D.C., 1992, and chaired the URISA meeting on IS and Technology Transfer, with experts from the World Bank, OAS and RTI (Washington, 1993). Language Capabilities Fluency in English, French, Spanish, Italian & Romanian (native). Capability in Russian & German Publications and Reports Wrote six planning books. o Mathematical Models in Urban Planning, Editura tehnica, Bucharest, 1977 o Urban Planning in Romania (co-autor), Editura tehnica, Bucharest, 1978 o Contemporary British Planning, Editura tehnica, Bucuresti, 1979 o Descriptive Geometry & Perspective Drawing (with I. Ionescu), Bucharest, 1983 5 o o Regional Planning: Statistical Applications, Editura tehnica, Bucharest, 1986 Urban Strategic Development and Comparative Urban Planning (Editor and co-author), University of Architecture and Urban Planning (UAUIM), Bucharest, 2011 o Strategic Planning and Decision: Modeling and Intuition, Center of Excellence in Planning (CEP), Bucharest, 2013. Wrote over 350 papers and reports over a period of 43 years. 6
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