ABOUT
Turning field realities into actionable insight in Haiti
For nearly 20 years, Socio-Digital Research Group has supported organizations in making informed decisions in Haiti through high-quality research, nationwide data collection, and deep contextual understanding.
We are more than a research firm.
We are a locally embedded research and insight partner, helping donors, NGOs, consultancies, and institutions understand complex environments and act with confidence—particularly by supporting them to operate effectively in hard-to-reach areas and successfully implement their projects.
From large-scale surveys to market systems analysis, from humanitarian response to anticipatory decision-making, our work bridges the gap between data and reality.
Nationwide Reach
We operate across all regions of Haiti, with the ability to rapidly deploy teams and collect data in diverse and hard-to-reach environments.
Deep Contextual Knowledge
With two decades of continuous presence, we bring institutional memory and grounded insight that go beyond surface-level analysis.
From Data to Decisions
We don’t just collect data—we translate it into actionable insights that support strategy, programming, and policy.
Our Team
Timothy Schwartz
Director of Research
timotuck@sociodig.com
Nel-Ange is an environmental activist and Founder & CEO of VALPLAST, a company in Haiti that recycles plastic waste into pavers and bricks. She is a United Nations University Prize winner (2026) and a Forbes Her Future Summit Award recipient (2020).
A graduate in Agronomy from Quisqueya University and alumna of the Kellogg-funded HELP program, she has been involved with Sociodig since 2019. She is now a full partner and serves as Sociodig's country director.
Timothy Schwartz has conducted research and worked on the island of Hispaniola for 27 years. He has also worked and done research in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mexico, Montserrat, the Bahamas, and Kenya. He has designed, coordinated, done the analysis and written the reports for more than 100 major surveys and evaluations on issues from health to childcare to livelihood strategies to humanitarian aid program efficiency to the performance of engineering corporations on major infrastructural works.
Stephane is a researcher and communications specialist with over two decades of experience in Haiti, working at the intersection of research, digital technology, and public engagement. He co-founded EKO-Haiti and MIEMS (Multi-Dimensional Interactive Mapping), and has led or contributed to research and communications work for organizations including USAID, WFP, ILO, IDB, FONKOZE, and the Kellogg Foundation, among others. His work spans key sectors such as food security, education, and maternal and child health.
Stephane focuses on bridging research, policy, and public understanding. His approach is grounded in participatory and dialogical methods, with a strong commitment to localization, decolonization, and empowering communities as active agents in shaping their own development.
Patrick Delorme, MD, MPH
Head of Health Research
Through almost 2 decades of experience in international development, Patrick has developed a strong, deep, and balanced understanding of what it takes to work with local communities. He believes that local communities are not empty vessels and that there cannot be development without a genuine involvement of the local people. Patrick is a strategic and innovative thinker. Patrick brings a wealth of experience in program development and delivery in a wide array of contexts. He has worked extensively in the Caribbean and Africa (including Democratic Republic of Congo, Burkina Faso, Liberia). Patrick speaks fluently English, Haitian Kreyol, Spanish and Swahili
Marie Josette Pierre
Health and Nutrition research
Jean Alain Civil
Transcription Supervisor
Born in and raised in Haiti, Marie Josette has a Master's in Public Health. She has 20 years of international professional experience in nutrition, public health, program management and organizational capacity building in developing countries. She believes that: ‘communities must take charge of their own destinies and must be able to choose their own model of development.’ Jojo worked in Haiti for three years for the French NGO Initiative Development, for two years for the German GOPA , for four years she was Manager of Operations for the World Food program.
Civil was born in Port-Salut, South Haiti. He has a degree in Agro-Economics from Quisqueya University of Haiti. He is an alumnus of HELP (Haitian Education and Leadership Program), where, in addition to his degree program, he received four years of training in Leadership, English, and Computer Science. During his university studies, Alain participated in community service projects at HELP, ACTIVEH and SAKALA (in Cite-Soleil) where he taught primary school. During summers he worked in Jacmel as an interpreter for an American summer camp program, an experience that sparked a keen interest in Kreyol communication methodology.
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Gisele Michel
Field Supervisor / Focus Group Coordinator
Gisel has worked on every major Sociodig project since 2016. She began as a surveyor and today is a lead field supervisor and focus group coordinator. Gisel has a degree in Computer Science
Schmide Nevelus
Transcriber
An agronomist and another graduate of the prestigious HELP (Haiti Education and Leadership Program), Schmide has worked as a freelance transcriber for Sociodig since 2019. Today she is our most skilled transcriber. She is fluent in Kreyol, French, and English
Osno Fils-Aime
Survey Supervisor
Osno is an agronomist and a graduate of the HELP (Haiti Education and Leadership Program). He has worked as a survey supervisor with Sociodig since 2021, helping us to bring to successful completion some of our most complex research tasks during extremely difficult times in Haiti. Osno is fluent in Kreyol, French, and English.
Pharell Emile
Head Survey Supervisor
Pharell is a co-founder of Sociodig and worked with the company’s other founders since 1998. He has performed as head survey supervisor on no fewer than 23 major surveys.
Harold Maass
Senior Editor, Executive Director of translations and transcriptions
hmaass@sociodig.com
Juan Rodriguez Acosta
Anthropologist / Human rights activist
Harold Maass studied journalism at Duke University and then went on to work at the Palm Beach post for 5 years before returning to school at the University of Florida and earning a dual Master's in Latin American Studies with a focus on History and Anthropology in Haiti. It was during this period that Maass first cultivated an interest in Kreyol orthography and translation. In 2012, Maass turned his attention back to Haiti, joining the Sociodig team and rekindling his interest in Kreyol orthography and semantics. Since that time, he has supervised surveys, conducted focus groups and open interviews, analyzed data, and written reports for numerous international donors and other Sociodig clients, including the World Food Programme, the Clinton Foundation, USAID, the German Red Cross, the Haitian Agriculture Ministry, Kellogg Foundation, FONKOZE, the ILO, USAID, NORC, as well as Columbia and Harvard University. He also speaks French and Spanish.
Juan Rodriguez Acosta is an Anthropologist (specializing in Archaeology) and a human rights activist. Born in the Dominican Republic, Juan has spent a great deal of time establishing bridges for better relations between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. He was Executive Director of ‘Museo del Hombre Dominicano’ and Director General of Cultural Diversity for UNESCO Commission in the Dominican Republic between 2008-2011. Currently, Juan works as consultant and project director for the Musée de la Canne à Sucre (Haiti) on a project of ‘Underground Heritage Promotion Project’ financed by the Fondation de France and in partnership with the Bureau d’Ethnologie d’Haiti and the Université d’Etat d’Haiti (UEH).
INTERNS
Nathanaëlle Petit-Frère
4th year, Economics
University of Notre Dame d'Haïti.
Casimy Valcy
5th year, Agro-Economy
QUISQUEYA University.
Jovani Joë Sami Kervin Guerrier
4th year, Economics
University of Notre Dame d'Haïti.