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Verifiable references.

If you read something on this site that you'd like to verify, this is where you can. Each presentation, engagement, and case study below has at least one independent source — a public agenda, a recording, a press piece, a LinkedIn post, or a third-party reference.

Events

November 2023 · Cape Town, South Africa

EarthRanger User Conference 2023

Panel: Promoting Human-Elephant Coexistence Across Borders

Role: Panellist (as João Rodrigues, Managing Director, Mozambique Wildlife Alliance). Co-panellists: Michelle Henley (Elephants Alive), Jan Kees Schakel (Sensing Clues Foundation), and one further speaker.

Event: 8th annual EarthRanger User Conference — 484 attendees, 250 organisations, 44 countries, Lagoon Beach Hotel, Cape Town.

November 2025 · Hanoi, Vietnam

ACT Con 2025 — Applied Conservation Technology Congress

Session: From Sensors to Systems — Innovations in Conservation Monitoring and Enforcement (Session 2)

Role: Speaker (one of seven on the session panel).

Event: ACT Con 2025, hosted by SMART Partnership, EarthRanger, and Save Vietnam's Wildlife.

LinkedIn post ↗Session recording: pending publication

May 2026 · Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Regional conservation data gathering

M&E and decision architecture breakout sessions

Role: Speaker and breakout co-facilitator.

Event: Convening of approximately 50 conservation practitioners across 24 organisations, focused on monitoring, evaluation and source-of-truth platforms.

LinkedIn post ↗Public summary: pending

Active funder engagements

2024–2026 · Mozambique / Regional

Funders: U.S. Department of State (INL), GIZ, Sida, Oak Foundation.

Capacity: Chief Operating Officer of Mozambique Wildlife Alliance, with oversight of grant lifecycle, M&E systems, financial reporting, and operational data architecture.

References: Available on request — senior staff at Alinea International, Peace Parks Foundation, and Allen Institute.

Products in production

Seven platforms running today.

These are the platforms I have designed and built, all currently live in production. Names and descriptions are kept generic — client identities are not disclosed without written authorisation.

Conservation Data StudioFlagship

Source of Truth → Decision-Ready Outputs

From source of truth to tailor-made stakeholder outputs — in one system. Ingests live data from a primary conservation source of truth, normalises it across operational pillars, and produces persona-tailored outputs.

24 entities · multi-pillar coverage · live SoT sync · auto monthly reports · multi-tenant ready

PeopleOps SuiteHR & Operations

Internal HR/operations platform for multi-entity organisations.

38 staff · 4 legal entities · 14 active policies

Conservation InsightsField Operations Hub

Operational layer for ranger teams, vet operations and field managers; incident reporting and pillar dashboards.

Grant LifecycleGrants Management

End-to-end grant management from proposal to retirement.

30+ active grants · $5.5M+ tracked

Field IntelligenceWildlife Crime · Restricted

Case management, intelligence flow and evidence chain-of-custody for institutional/government users; operates under formal MoUs.

Community Programs PlatformLive · Public

Bilingual public portal for a fenced-farming community programme.

51 villages · 729 households · 265 hectares

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Governance BoardGovernance

Interactive governance dashboard for statutory bodies; board pack assembly, org charts, statute comparison.

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Last updated 6 May 2026. Spotted an error or missing source? joao@joaocampoa.com

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