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Executive Director/Editor-in-Chief

THY Try is an Executive Director/Editor-in-Chief of Open Development Cambodia (ODC). In 2011, he joined ODC as an advisory board member, and later on, he became a chairman of the board. As an Executive Director/Editor-in-Chief, Try plays an important role in increasing public access to current and historical data and information about Cambodia’s development trends in an online ‘open data’ platform, compiling freely-available data from a wide range of public sources. Prior to joining ODC, Try worked for the National Network on Extractive Industry Social and Environmental Impact (EISEI) as a coordinator of Development and Partnership in Action (DPA) for four years. He also spent two years with ADHOC as a human rights investigator and another two years with Indochina Research Limited (IRL) in social and commercial research. He also holds multiple degrees and training-related certificates.

IT and Website Advisor

Huy Eng graduated with a double major in Computer Science from Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP), and International Study from Institute of Foreign Language (IFL). She has been working for ODC since it was firstly established in 2011. With several years of experience in web development, she takes the leading role in developing an online information resource for Cambodia’s development community. She guides oversee and manages works of the IT team to ensure accuracy and technical competence. In addition, she advises and provides technical support to other team members in addressing any IT-related problems.

Information Technology and Website Manager

Mardy’s main responsibilities are managing and overseeing ODC platform and network infrastructure. He is in charge of involving in and monitoring the development and maintenance of ODC platform under collaboration from other ODC team. Moreover, he is responsible for providing technical guidance and support as well as identifying, preventing, and mitigating IT-related issues of the network infrastructure and project implementation.

Mardy is a graduate from the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC) majoring in Computer Science and holds a Bachelor of Education in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL).

NRM Program Coordinator

Chhuonvuoch is an NRM Program Coordinator of Open Development Cambodia. Her main tasks involve​ managing projects related to natural resource management, environment, and indigenous peoples. This includes coordinating with partners and donors to ensure successful project implementation. Chhuonvuoch also works on website design and content, researching, compiling legal documents, policy papers, reports, and other publications, and organizing outreach and promotional events.

She brings a wealth of expertise to her role, holding a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP), alongside a Bachelor’s degree in TESOL from Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia (PUC), and a Master’s degree in Disaster Management (International Program) from Naresuan University. She has also contributed significantly to academia, with publications in several conferences and scientific journals across various research platforms. Before her current position, Chhuonvuoch served as an Associate Team Leader at an EIA company and interned at Thai Meteorological Department.

Program and Partnership Manager

Vimoil is a Program and Partnership Manager at Open Development Cambodia (ODC). She provides strategic oversight and management for the Innovations in Social Accountability in Cambodia (ISAC) project and the research contributions to ODC content, while also coordinating all aspects of the Innovations in Social Accountability in Cambodia (ISAC) project. She is also responsible for developing training programs and training target groups on how to use ODC’s website.

She holds two bachelor’s degrees in economic development and English for translation and interpreting, and Master’s degree in environment, development and sustainability from Chulalongkorn University. Before being a part of ODC, she was a programme assistant at Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI) and an assistant to managing director at a private company.

Project Officer

Promnea is a Project Officer at Open Development Cambodia (ODC) who is providing coordination support to carry out initiatives of ODC’s Digital Projects that aim to promote digital rights and shape a right-oriented digital transformation in Cambodia. Promnea’s passion about digital rights was driven by his previous experience working as the Project Assistant with the Cambodia Center for Human Rights, where he had the opportunity to implement projects that promote and protect fundamental freedoms and the rights of the LGBTQ+ community in Cambodia.

Promnea is currently a Junior Research Fellow at Future Forum. As part of the fellowship program, he is contributing to the research activities, with a focus on data privacy and protection in Cambodia. He holds dual bachelor’s degrees in International Relations and Public Administration. Over the past several years, he has built extensive experience in project management — coordinating, evaluating, and reporting — alongside policy research, workshop facilitation, grant-making, and youth engagement.

Communication Officer

Thida joined ODC as a Communication Officer, where she supports media literacy training. She is also responsible for developing social media content and media outreach and contributes to the design of both online and printed communication materials.

Thida graduated with dual majors in Media Management from the Department of Media and Communication (DMC) and International Economics from the International Studies and Public Policy (IISPP) at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP). Before joining ODC, she gained experience working as a Communication Officer for an NGO and as a freelance journalist for a media/news company.

Data Research and GIS Specialist

Kalyan is a data research and GIS specialist at Open Development Cambodia (ODC). He used to work for ODC since it was firstly established in 2011 until 2015. Later he led GIS technical project of GPS navigation in a private sector. He joined back to ODC in 2019.

He is responsible for leading the team in all data-related research activities, focusing on gathering, organizing, and display data about a particular location in a digital format. He also uses GIS technology to compile, maintain, and update information from a variety of sources for the public’s use and ensure that data across all topic areas are complete, accurate, and up-to-date. He finished high school with permission to graduate prematurely and received a scholarship from the Royal Government of Cambodia to successfully pursue a bachelor’s degree in Land Management and Land Administration in 2011 and holds a Master’s Degree in Natural Resources Management from the Royal University of Agriculture (RUA) in 2020.

Data Specialist and Trainer

Pisith works as a Data Specialist and Trainer at Open Development Cambodia (ODC). He satisfactorily completed Engineering’s Degree of Geo-Resources and Geotechnical Engineering (GGE) from the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC) in 2019. During the year of his graduation in 2019, Pisith was granted a scholarship for a one-semester exchange program at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand where his thesis was completed for successful graduation in ITC.

At ODC, his work focuses on researching spatial data, on various sectors relevant to development in Cambodia from all reliable sources which provide open data, for handling assembling enhancing and visualizing by using GIS to generate a usable data product for publication in organization web pages. Besides the key role of producing dataset, particularly spatial dataset, he also takes part in conducting training and developing the curriculum of training related to data and GIS for the relevant projects.

Senior Finance and Admin Officer

Transparency, accountability and honesty are Mr. Sarath’s core values. In charge of finance and admin tasks of ODC, Mr. Sarath works closely with all team members to produce the good achievements on: 1. ensure that all financial documents are legally compliant with the rule and standard of accounting, follow the financial policy of ODC and make all payments on time. 2. correctly record all financial transactions in the accounting system, follow each budget line and donor and produce financial report on time. 3. Have good cooperate with relevant stakeholders like Cambodia civil servants (tax department ‘staffs, NSSF`s staffs, the staffs of ministry labor…), NGO partners and private sector staffs… to apply tax obligation and ensure all staffs receive the benefits follow the labor laws of Royal Government of Cambodia.

Mr. Sarath completed his Master’s degree in Finance from National University of Management (NUM) in 2019. Before starting with ODC, Mr. Sarath have experience to work with local and international NGO over 10 years in finance and administration sector.

Housekeeper

Kimhuoy is mainly responsible for maintaining the ODC office, a good environment, cleanliness, and a well-organized office. She also assists in drinks and snacks preparation for guests and staff as needed during meetings, training, and workshops and takes care of all the kitchen supplies. Before joining ODC, Kimhuoy used to work at Bayon Airlines for seven years as an airline catering.