Vassiliy Lakhonin

Almaty, Kazakhstan LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/vassiliy-lakhonin Contact: vassiliy.lakhonin@gmail.com Open to: Central Asia, MENA, U.S. (partial overlap), Europe, and remote-global teams (onsite/hybrid/remote). Last updated: March 19, 2026

PDF download: Vassiliy-Lakhonin_CV.pdf

Quick contact

Email: vassiliy.lakhonin@gmail.com
Time zone: Almaty (UTC+5), available for Central Asia, MENA, U.S. (partial overlap), Europe, and remote-global teams.
Response time: usually within 24 hours.

Open to

International program leadership roles (multi-country portfolios, delivery governance, stakeholder alignment).
Donor compliance advisory (reporting QA, evidence systems, and audit-readiness controls).
AI-enabled monitoring and reporting systems (human-in-the-loop, quality-controlled workflows).

Summary

Program/Portfolio/PMO leader focused on evidence, compliance, and cross-border delivery across development and private-sector settings. I manage multi-country portfolios, risk, stakeholder alignment, budget monitoring, and vendor oversight with an evidence-first approach. Languages: Russian (native), English (professional working proficiency).

What I focus on

Agent architecture and orchestration (OpenClaw, Codex-first workflows)
Nonprofit use-cases #NonprofitTech
Automation reliability (observability, rollback discipline, failure recovery)
Product + operations alignment for real-world deployment

Current build mode

Shipping practical AgentSkills on ClawHub.
Piloting nonprofit use-cases.
Designing systems that optimize for signal over hype.

I help with

Donor reporting quality assurance and evidence-ready submission cycles.
Cross-country KPI tracking and performance governance for multi-partner portfolios.
Audit-readiness systems: documentation controls, risk tracking, and corrective action workflows.

Selected impact

Managed performance and reporting for a $14M USAID-funded regional program across 4 Central Asian countries.
Coordinated cross-functional KPI tracking across 4 country offices plus HQ, with 15+ implementing partners.

Tools and systems

MEL/performance monitoring systems, indicator frameworks, and partner data collection workflows.
Donor reporting stacks, audit documentation packages, and compliance evidence tracking.
KPI dashboards and reporting templates for cross-country portfolio monitoring.
PM tooling: sprint cadences (2-week iterations), risk logs, action trackers, and vendor coordination workflows.
AI-assisted reporting workflows with quality-control checkpoints.

Search keywords

Role titles: Program Manager, Portfolio Manager, PMO Manager, Program Operations Manager, Compliance Program Manager, Reporting Manager, MEL/MEAL Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Manager.
Focus: donor compliance, audit readiness, internal controls, evidence management, KPI governance, performance management, risk tracking, stakeholder management, vendor oversight, budget monitoring, cross-border delivery.
Tools: M365 Teams, Outlook, SharePoint, OneDrive, Google Apps, Trello, LLM chatbots & coding agents.

Leadership

Led partner capacity-building across 15+ local implementing organizations.
Chaired multi-stakeholder coordination across donors, HQ/country teams, government, and private-sector counterparts; set priorities and resolved delivery blockers.
Owned reporting quality standards and go/no-go escalation decisions on donor-facing submissions.
Oversaw budget monitoring and vendor deliverable tracking for portfolio activities, aligning spending execution with compliance requirements.

Target role variants

Development/INGO: Program or Portfolio Manager (Evidence, Compliance, Cross-Border Delivery).
Private sector: PMO / Program Operations / Compliance Program Manager (risk, controls, reporting, multi-market coordination).

Work experience

Regional Monitoring and Evaluation (Performance) Manager — DAI (Almaty, Kazakhstan)

Apr 2023 – Apr 2025 Managed performance monitoring and reporting systems for a $14M USAID-funded regional program across four Central Asian countries, ensuring data integrity across 15+ local implementing partners.

Delivered 100% on-time quarterly and annual donor reports (8 consecutive quarters) by establishing automated data collection workflows; reduced partner submission delays by 40%.
Built partner M&E capacity across 15+ organizations; increased partner self-reported data confidence from 6.2/10 to 8.7/10.
Maintained audit-ready compliance documentation supporting two USAID audits with zero findings.
Coordinated cross-functional KPI tracking across 4 country offices and HQ.
Piloted AI-assisted reporting workflows; reduced report preparation time by 25% while maintaining quality controls.

Consultant (Multiple Clients & Assignments)

Apr 2021 – Mar 2023 Delivered project coordination, program design, and facilitation services for international organizations and private-sector clients.

SaaS / E-Commerce Platform Launch (Oct 2021 – May 2022) — Product Launch Coordinator: rollout, sprint testing cycles (2-week iterations), performance metrics tracking, vendor coordination.
Women in Transportation & Logistics (Apr – Dec 2021) — Program Design Support (CILT Kazakhstan / WiLAT): workshops, LinkedIn community to 100+ members, events/webinars.
Youth Civic Engagement (Apr – Jun 2021) — Mentor/Facilitator (U.S. Consulate General, Almaty): weekly hybrid sessions (10 participants), milestone-based mentoring.

Project Management Specialist / Training Consultant — DAI (Almaty, Kazakhstan)

Mar 2019 – Feb 2021 Coordinated a USAID-funded portfolio across 5 Central Asian countries; managed timelines, budgets, and stakeholder relationships.

Delivered 25+ deliverables on time over 24 months via proactive risk tracking and weekly coordination.
Supported donor audits (2019, 2020) with documentation packages; zero findings.

Researcher & Research Expertise Services — Multiple Clients

Jan 2014 – Dec 2018

Desk research, literature reviews, and fieldwork for policy-focused research projects.
Data collection, translation, and database setup for multi-country studies.
Contributions to peer-reviewed publications and policy briefs.
International workshops and conferences (logistics, coordination, facilitation support).

Education

Master in Politics and Security (Central Asia), OSCE Academy in Bishkek — 2013
Bachelor in Sociology (Dual-degree with Bard College, NY, U.S.), American University of Central Asia — 2012

Professional development

Future of AI — BlueDot Impact (2026): foundational AI systems, AGI pathways, and societal implications.
Perplexity’s AI Business Fellowship & Agents Intensive with Google — 2025
Procurement and Cybersecurity Trainings — DAI (2023–2024)
Project/Program Management for Development Professionals — Humentum / PM4NGOs (2019, 2022)
CEU SPP: Action Research, Effective Writing, Visualization and Advocacy — 2018
JPO internship — MFA Kazakhstan, Dept. of Multilateral Cooperation — 2016

Selected articles

Article brief: Digital Transformations to Improve the Work and Distribution of the State Scholarships Programs - Kazakhstan scholarship digital transformation, CRM-style workflow, and smart remote management.
Article brief: Data Overload in Fitness Tracking Technologies - Fitness tracking overload, information architecture, and user experience.
Article brief: listening to aid recipients in ‘aid-development’ debate: findings from ‘the Listening Project’ and Jerge-Tal village in Kyrgyzstan - Includes summary, relevance, and source full-text link.

Projects / proof

AI Agent Access

Agent card (A2A-style discovery)
Profile (Markdown)
LLMs entrypoint
Resume JSON, Evidence JSON, Availability JSON, Capabilities JSON, Skills JSON, Verification JSON
MCP server (remote SSE, live): https://vassiliy-lakhonin-mcp-production.up.railway.app/sse (health: https://vassiliy-lakhonin-mcp-production.up.railway.app/health)