Hadiza Sa-Aadu
Kansas City
Summary
Systems-level thinker, communicator and strategist with a wide variety of technical skills (hardware and software) and experience delivering value to vulnerable populations. Especially known for results-driven ideation and execution to establish high-value services, programs and processes.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Small Business & Non-Profit Specialist
Kansas City Public Library
Kansas City
04.2019 - Current
- Managing strategic internal and external partnerships to enhance value in public programs
- Analyzing patron needs and developing action-oriented plans to establish goals related to small business and non-profit establishment
- Educating about and demonstrating use of federal databases and digital tools accessible through the KC Public Library digital catalog to increase digital literacy
- Retrieving and interpreting information from various databases upon request
- Consulting for Non-Profits developing fundraising strategies
- Managing complex internal systems; created systems to connect related processes
- Communicated data retrieval processes to external partners leading to successful delivery of data inputs required to calculate the local economic value of Library business and technology services
- Oversaw the development and implementation of Legal GPS in the digital catalog leading to thousands of people accessing step-by-step guidance on the process to register state and tax entities for free since 2020
Data and Technology Specialist
Kauffman School
Kansas City
06.2018 - 12.2018
- Managed student data using advanced excel functions to support weekly report delivery and student testing processes for high school and middle school students
- Coordinated with IT specialist to establish next generation classrooms across all school systems (elementary-high school)
- Drafted and delivered a step-by-step Data Management and Processing document for use in absence of Data and Technology specialists
Education
MBA - Analytics
University of Iowa Tippie School of Business
Iowa City05-2018
Bachelor of Arts - Economics & French
Emory University
Atlanta, GA05-2012
Skills
- Fundraising
- Partnership and coalition development
- Strategic planning
- Research and reporting
- Data management and analysis
- Database management
- Database training
- Proficient in Excel, Tableau, R, SQL, Python
- Technical communication
Affiliations
- Independent musician - collaborating, writing, recording, performing, event organizing
- Organizing - Social media strategist for Silent Majority Ghana, researcher and writer in a number of ad-hoc coalitions
Accomplishments
- Arts KC Inspiration Grant Recipient 2024, 2019
- Charlotte Street Foundation Performing Arts Studio Resident 2022-2024
- Pollinator Virtual Residency - Inaugural Resident 2025
- perfoCraze International Artist Residency (Kumasi, Ghana) - Performing Arts Resident 2026, 2025
Timeline
Small Business & Non-Profit Specialist
Kansas City Public Library
04.2019 - Current
Data and Technology Specialist
Kauffman School
06.2018 - 12.2018
MBA - Analytics
University of Iowa Tippie School of Business
Bachelor of Arts - Economics & French
Emory University