Matt Kershnar – New Cohort Project Manager

I am pleased to announce that Matt Kershnar has joined the NPOKI team, in the role of COHORT Project Manager.

Matt started his technology career at a healthcare dot com in San Francisco. After moving to New York City, he worked for NPower, a nonprofit whose mission is to help other nonprofits align their technology needs to their mission. As a project manager at NPower, he worked with dozens of nonprofits on projects ranging from project management for web and application development, to network infrastructure renewals. His clients included Community Access, Uncommon Schools, the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP), Yorkville Common Pantry and Big Brothers Big Sisters. In 2006 he started Komodo Systems, which focuses on providing quality IT services to nonprofits in the New York City area. Matt has traveled to various countries in Europe, North Africa, Central America and Asia. In his free time you will find him at the Prospect Park Tennis Center, at a city mini-golf course, or stuffing his face at the great restaurants in New York City.

Matt Kershnar will project manage all aspects of COHORT implementation and integration for NPOKI members. His responsibilities will include project communications, vendor management, member liaison and user training & documentation. You can reach Matt at mkershnar@npoki.org. The addition of Matt’s extensive project management and client relations expertise will strengthen NPOKI and enable rigorous project management practices to be extended to the COHORT suite, as NPOKI members integrate this powerful portfolio management software into their organizations. Please join me in welcoming Matt to the NPOKI team.

Bill Lester

NPOKI Executive Director

Cohort Services

“Cohort Project Management Software is designed to answer the specific needs of project managers working in the international development, humanitarian assistance, and relief sectors. Conceived by relief and development specialists, Cohort gives you total control over all aspects of your business, from measuring results and acquiring new business to managing funds and analyzing performance. By organizing your activities, projects, and resources on both the micro and macro levels, Cohort lets you focus your attention on big-picture solutions.” - Partners International Website

NPOKI can help your organization plan and manage your Cohort implementation. We will work closely with all levels of stakeholders in order to understand your workflows, business requirements, reporting requirements, etc in order to achieve a seamless and successful integration of Cohort into your organization. NPOKI will also provide the critical training services required by your staff in order to understand the new tools and procedures involved in every day use. With our experience with Cohort and the international development, humanitarian assistance, and relief sectors, NPOKI hopes to make a positive impact in the way in which your organization works.

Consulting

 

NPOKI saves organizations, and its officers, time and maximizes resources by harnessing its resources to deliver solutions tailored to meet members’ unique challenges.

For information about the services listed below or customized consulting engagements please contact Surya Ganguly at sganguly at npoki.org.

System(s) Assessment	Evaluate existing system(s), and report on effectiveness, sustainability, and future use.
Information Audit	Map existing information flows throughout your organization.  This process identifies where information lives, how users get that information, and how the information is used. The audit highlights information gaps, bottlenecks, and redundancies that, once corrected, will increase effective and efficient information transfer.
System(s) Requirements	Usually done with a Systems Assessment, we document the requirements for a new enterprise system, like a finance system, donor management system or a human resources system.
System DesignUsabilityUser Interface (UI) design	Document requirements, and provide wireframes, usability studies, and user interface designs for custom applications, or to analyze existing applications for effectiveness.
System(s) Implementation	Project manage the implementation of enterprise systems, like a finance system, donor management system, human resources system or a portfolio management system like COHORT.
Systems Integration	Project manage the integration of enterprise systems (including custom systems) with new systems, like project management, monitoring & evaluation, workplan and budgeting systems.
Portal Development	Rapidly deploy a high-quality, customized information portal suitable to low resource settings and customized to specific needs.
Management Consulting	Provide in-depth analysis and recommendations on development of new policies, solutions, best practices, emerging technologies customized for the needs of international health organizations.
Project Management	Project management of all stages of a technology project, with special focus on technology for global health, with delivery in low resource areas.
iRider Implementation	Help global health organizations build an internal iRider Program to support staff training and capacity building: Preliminary assessment – define your training need Document the requirements Produce/customize training materials and systems Train trainers Train iRiders in the field Monitor and evaluate effectiveness of Training Provide initial management until the program is scaled and ready to be managed internally