Rita Benitez
@ritabenitez
Principal technical product lead specializing in taxonomy-driven AI search.
SwitzerlandWhat I'm looking for
I am a principal technical product lead and information architect with 16+ years designing taxonomy-driven semantic architectures and enterprise search ecosystems for international institutions.
I have led global programs to standardize metadata, migrate large information repositories, and create AI-ready, high-precision retrieval systems that improve findability and decision-making.
My work spans SharePoint and unified indexing systems, automated content classification, and integrated data governance, delivering measurable adoption and operational improvements across multi-country portfolios.
I combine executive stakeholder communication, technical roadmap design, and hands-on implementation to translate complex engineering requirements into scalable product plans and impactful learning and dissemination strategies.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Knowledge Management Officer
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Jan 2020 - Present (6 years 2 months)
Led a cross-functional team to upgrade SharePoint infrastructure, delivered metadata-curated libraries and automated workflows, normalized 2,000+ confidential records and migrated/archived 13,000+ assets to improve enterprise search and data integrity.
Learning and Dissemination Specialist
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Jan 2020 - Present (6 years 2 months)
Designed and implemented a learning and dissemination strategy and engineered a centralized repository leveraging semantic metadata standards to improve findability and ensure machine-ready discovery for Board-level decision-making; tracked impact across 100+ country portfolios.
Associate Knowledge Management Officer
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Oct 2014 - Jan 2020 (5 years 3 months)
Orchestrated an enterprise taxonomy redesign that increased system adoption 500% and established the first enterprise-wide taxonomy policy to standardize metadata and enable cross-divisional information sharing.
Knowledge Management Officer
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
Feb 2013 - Oct 2014 (1 year 8 months)
Led development of a search portal and interactive map pilot for land degradation best practices across a five-country collaboration and recommended metadata normalization for structured and unstructured data.
Enterprise Information Architect
Randstad (IMF consultant)
Jun 2012 - Feb 2013 (8 months)
Collaborated with IT and SMEs to define KM system requirements and autocategorization workflows (SAS Teragram) for the IMF, and authored governance guidelines during a large-scale intranet migration to SharePoint 2010.
Knowledge Management Specialist
World Bank Group
Jan 2010 - Jun 2012 (2 years 5 months)
Used concept-extraction tools (SAS Teragram) to identify metadata and topics for the enterprise taxonomy, improved content findability and delivered international learning events reaching 300+ participants across 27 countries.
Implemented a global knowledge transfer and codification project between a South American NGO and Oxfam Quebec, analyzing organizational learning patterns and contributing to published KM literature.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
ESCP Business School
Executive MBA, Business Management
Executive MBA focused on strategic leadership and business management from ESCP Business School.
IMD Business School
Executive Education Certificate, Organizational Learning
Completed Organizational Learning in Action executive education at IMD Business School focused on organizational learning practices.
University of Miami
Bachelor of Arts, Arts
Grade: Magna Cum Laude
Bachelor of Arts awarded with Magna Cum Laude honors from the University of Miami.
Prosci
Change Management Practitioner (PROSCI), Change Management
Certified as a Change Management Practitioner (PROSCI).
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Prince2 Foundation, Project Management
Prince2 Foundation certification in project management.
Nielsen Norman Group
UX Certification, User Experience
User Experience (UX) certification from the Nielsen Norman Group.
McGill University
Master of Library and Information Studies, Library and Information Studies
Master of Library and Information Studies with a specialization in Knowledge Management.
Knowledge Management Institute
Certified Knowledge Management Professional (CKMP), Knowledge Management
Certified Knowledge Management Professional (CKMP) credential.
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Location
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