Neisan Massarrat

Neisan Massarrat is the Global Head of Technology & Manufacturing at SecondMuse, with over 13 years of experience in business innovation and international development. Neisan has worked with Fortune 100 corporations, governments, and Multilateral Development Banks, including Intel Corporation, NASA, Nike, NYCEDC, DFAT, USAID, and the World Bank Group. His expertise covers open innovation, corporate strategy, entrepreneurship, ESG investing, AI/big data, and public-private partnerships.

Neisan has worked across multiple sectors, from economic resilience to climate change, disaster risk management, high tech, and data innovation. He has developed and executed over 60 projects across more than 30 countries, including the global platform NASA International Space Apps Challenge and the World Bank’s big data strategy.

Based in Washington, DC, Neisan is passionate about addressing complex development challenges through collaboration, human-centered design, and technology. Prior to SecondMuse, Neisan was a senior consultant on corporate strategy at Germany’s development agency GIZ.