Kyle Strand

About Kyle Strand

Kyle Strand is Lead Knowledge Management Specialist and Head of the Felipe Herrera Library at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). For more than a decade, his work has focused on initiatives to improve access to knowledge both at the Bank and in the Latin American and Caribbean region. Kyle designed the first open repository of knowledge products at the IDB and spearheaded the idea of software as a knowledge product to be reused and adapted for development purposes, which led the IDB to become the first multilateral to formally recognize it as such. Currently, Kyle coordinates library services within the organization, supports the open knowledge product lifecycle including publications and open data, and promotes the use of artificial intelligence and natural language processing as a cornerstone of knowledge management in the digital age. He is also executive editor of Abierto al Público, a blog in Spanish that promotes the opening and reuse of knowledge. He has a B.A. from the University of Michigan and an M.A. from the George Washington University.

Experience

1. Lead Knowledge Management Specialist and Head of Library

   Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

   Sep 2023 — Present · Washington, DC, US

Education

• Andes to Amazon

  Spanish, Bolivian History

  1997 — 1997

• Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

  Economics

  2006 — 2006

• The George Washington University

  MA, Latin American Studies, Political Economy, History

  2005 — 2007

• Kent State University

  Knowledge Management

• University of Michigan

  B.A., Economics

  1999 — 2003

• Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

  Portuguese, linguistics, culture

  2003 — 2003

• Universidad de Belgrano

  Economics, Spanish, Culture

  2002 — 2002

Skills

• Knowledge Management
• Management
• Project Management
• Presentations
• Social Media
• International Development
• Strategy
• Web 2.0
• Machine Learning
• Open Data
• Research
• Voice Over
• Facilitation
• Program Management
• Knowledge Sharing
• Analysis
• Taxonomy
• Training
• Portuguese
• International Relations
• Communication
• Knowledge Dissemination
• Natural Language Processing
• Storytelling
• Team Leadership
• Public Policy
• Spanish
• Artificial Intelligence
• Portals
• Problem Solving
• User Experience
• Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Open Source Software
• Metadata
• Latin America
• Open Knowledge