Betty Bugusu is a project management professional with 18+ years of experience leading complex international development projects in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, South America and the US. She is the Technical Director for LASER PULSE (Long-term Assistance and Services for Research Partners for University-Led Solutions Engine, a USAID-funded program led by Purdue University. She provides technical oversight to LASER PULSE research awards in various USAID focus areas. She oversees all phases of the project’s lifecycle from acquisition to closeouts, including coordinating across program core functions, such as awards contracts, knowledge management, and communications, while ensuring high-quality outputs and donor compliance. Before joining LASER PULSE, Betty was the Managing Director for the International Food Technology Center at Purdue, whose goal is to develop and use food technologies to enhance food security and economic development in developing countries. She was responsible for all aspects of the Center, including personnel, budgets, projects, and internal/external communications. Her roles included developing priorities for the Center, establishing liaisons and partnerships with domestic and international stakeholders, and overseeing food security-related projects. She also served as the Director of the Feed the Future Food Processing and Postharvest Handling Innovation Lab, a project funded by the USAID’s Bureau for Resilience and Food Security. Betty obtained her B.S. degree in Agriculture from Egerton University, Kenya, and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Food Science from Purdue University.