Riana Simpson – Data Analyst and Knowledge Management Consultant

Riana works across Scriptoria’s Consulting, Software and Data Analytics Teams on a range of client projects. Her areas of focus include guiding the implementation of Scriptoria’s Project Management Centre (PMC®) when it is rolled out to our research and international development clients and developing interactive dashboards and front-end data systems to meet programmes’ and donors’ reporting needs. Riana leads on Scriptoria’s development of the CGIAR Breeding Hub, overseeing work on both the Breeding Portal and Program Management Platform.

Before joining Scriptoria, Riana worked for Capita – a leading provider of business process services. Riana holds a BSc (Hons.) in Geography from the University of Edinburgh. For her dissertation, she investigated pollution at a landfill site in Ireland which uses short rotation coppicing as a renewable energy source.