Who we are

The professional staff of Partnership International, Inc. is multi-cultural and multilingual with extensive overseas experience. We believe in establishing a local presence in countries and markets of particular interest to our clients. By doing so, we work closely with local resources to identify and validate concrete solutions, which are truly adapted to the needs of our clients in providing sustainable development.

Our Senior Partners and Technical Advisors have hands-on experience covering more than 50 countries. To meet our clients’ objectives, we have assembled at team of seasoned international professionals.

The senior advisors of Partnership International have:

• Complementary skills that will seamlessly deliver the quality and timely services required for a successful project implementation.
  
  
• Extensive experience in working in emerging countries at senior levels of both private and public enterprises and/or related governmental agencies responsible for regulatory, administrative, judicial and service programs.
  
  
• Know-how to instill transfer of best practices in all manners of legal, technical and professional environments.

• Infrastructure Investment & Restructuring Specialists
• Financial & Management Advisors
• Economists
• Legal and Regulatory Experts
• Environmental Specialists
• Accounting/Auditing Experts
• Privatization and Public-Private Partnership Experts

Our Principals
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Robert Huffman
President, CEO

Mr. Huffman leads Partnership International, Inc. to help public and private sector clients integrate institutional, economic and financial strategies towards sustainable development. As CEO, Mr. Huffman is responsible for Partnership International’s overall practice. He guides our consulting teams in providing best-practice solutions to clients such as the World Bank, U.S. government agencies, foreign governments and private companies. Mr. Huffman manages numerous complex projects which require close coordination with our consulting teams, national public-sector partners, private-sector stakeholders and foreign donors.

Mr. Huffman is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of professional experience in international program management and leadership in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector, as well as having several years' experience as a senior leader in a specialized government Department. Earlier in his career, he held positions such as information systems manager for the US Government's Joint Science and Technology Office Information Systems practice area and the Information Systems Science & Technology/Modeling and Simulation consulting practice area. He has actively participated in efforts to develop Weapons of Mass Destruction defeat technologies, and has provided a spectrum of information technology systems and services to several U.S. government agencies, foreign governments, and private companies. He has exceptional leadership and interpersonal skills, creating productive, collaborative and collegial relationships on all levels of project management with subordinates, peers and superiors. Mr. Huffman has provided consulting to projects in over 20 countries. He has been personally responsible for revenue of $60+ million and has proven managerial skills supervising large multi-faceted concurrent business units and/or projects simultaneously.

Tracy Mathieu
VP, Business Development

As a business development consultant for over 15+ years, Ms. Mathieu has extensive experience in developing, negotiating and managing strategic relationships from inception to implementation and/or completion.

Ms Mathieu has put together international collaborative deals for large-scale infrastructure projects and developments, multinational organizations and the Internet industry worldwide. She has planned and produced high-margin revenue business opportunities with new industries, companies and business partners. She has also designed and orchestrated multinational, tri-sectorial, and cross-boarder collaborative agreements. She recognizes opportunities via research and analysis, and presents these opportunities as new business concepts to executives with a plan for implementation. With international cross-sector, business development experience in over 55 countries, she thinks broadly and strategically about a broad range of business development issues oriented towards sustainable solutions.