Melissa is involved in building a digital twin of the largest private reserve for sustainable development in the Amazon Rainforest. The start-up is introducing fractional ownership of the reserve through a digital twin, which is a first in Amazon history. They offer utilities for organizations and individuals and are introducing new models such as Impact-as-a-Service (IAAS). Metamazonia is a powerful concept that represents the Refi revolution and is based on Web 3 and the metaverse, delivering real-world value and impact. Melissa supports the organization by evolving its value proposition to the world, creating content, pitching, and recruiting on its behalf.lg...more

Worked closely with the ministry and the broader system from conceptualization to launch taking a population-based approach for a national five year health strategy. Conducted needs and interventions assessments, refined national priorities, led system engagement efforts to define the implementation plan, governance and communication. Wrote up the final strategy documents before handing over to copywriters lg...more

Conducted an in-depth analysis of the Dubai Urban environment using human centered human-centred design and systems thinking to diagnose systemic barriers to sustainability and identify high impact high-impact opportunitieslg...more

Developed the Emirate’s volunteering strategy using human-centered methods to define the volunteering vision, framework, and policy.lg...more

Delivered 100s of engagement events on understanding needs, problem definition, ideation, and solution building across a range of industries and challenge areas, such as ”future of” workshops, business model innovation, government service hackathons, design thinking training, social innovation etc. lg...more

Led a team to develop a model for livability unique to NEOM, KSA and the region informed by deep analysis of local needs, global indices and future foresight, underpinned by a dynamic digital platform lg...more

Led, designed and implemented a program to define culturally appropriate working parent wellbeing including increased parental leaves lg...more

Developed of the Abu Dhabi wellbeing strategy to combat local social challenges and improve wellbeing outcomes for families, youth, and Senior Citizens, underpinned by a deep understanding of the needs of the local populations, wellbeing measurement model, policy monitoring framework, and system-wide governance model lg...more