To use my skills and experiences to create and innovate by making great software, starting companies or assisting other organizations (whether for social good, for profit or for both) change the world.
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Objective
Work History
Nairobi, Other, Kenya
Feb 2011 - May 2011
Consultant
Ignitemobile is a Danish owned and managed company founded in the fall of 2010. The company runs a software development centre in Nairobi, Kenya, where we provide services on custom software development for mobile applications. We support a large variety of mobile platforms like iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry and Windows Mobile 7.
Roles:
- Setting up local development center
- Setting up and managing a team of developers
- Training new developers on iPhone development
- App development
Nairobi, Other, Kenya
Mar 2010 - Dec 2010
GIS Consultant/Content Manager
Creating GIS-based technologies to support improvement of transport efficiency along major eastern african transit corridors, which requires modernization of transport infrastructure and removal of non-tariff barriers along these corridors:
- Collecting data and media from multiple sources including the general public
- Providing analytical logic on gathered data
- Reporting on the collected data through various methods including a GIS interface
- Extensively searchable media and document libraries
- Project deliverable http://www.eastafricancorridors.org/
Jul 2009 - Present
Technology Entrepreneur
- African Pixel: We design and develop, simple, useful and usable Smartphone apps
- Afrinnovator: Putting Africa on the Map
Nairobi, Kenya
Dec 2008 - Jul 2009
Academic Developer Evangelist (ADE)
7-month contract as Academic Developer Evangelist (ADE) in Microsoft East Africa.
Involvement:
- Working with academic institutions of higher learning - both students and faculty - in faculties related to Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) departments
- Learning and evangelizing the latest Microsoft technology by giving technology talks and demos
- Motivating students in STEM
- Assisting STEM departments get access to the latest Microsoft tools and technologies
- Assisting STEM departments to improve their curricula and helping them get the latest curriculum materials
- Running training sessions on Microsoft technologies for students
- Planned and executed the largest student technology event in East Africa, bringing together competitors from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Ethiopia for the 2009 Imagine Cup (http://www.imaginecup.com/)
- Helped create and foster local technology communities around Microsoft technology e.g. http://africadotnet.com
Nairobi, Kenya
Aug 2008 - Dec 2008
Software Engineer
Verviant Consulting is a Software Engineering, Design and IT infrastructure support outsourcing firm.
Involvement:
- Acted as Technical Lead in a number of projects
- Developed and deployed web based solutions and websites
- Developed mobile solutions particularly for the Blackberry
Technologies used:
- Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP)
- Java
Nairobi, Kenya
Apr 2006 - Jul 2008
Systems Analyst/Developer
EIM Solutions is a SAP business partner which provides SAP solutions and Support to local and regional companies. The company's main products are SAP Business One, SAP All in One and SAP R/3.
Worked in teams of 4 to 7 on implementation projects for SAP Business One in the capacity of technical/developer consultant.
Involvement:
- Analysis of user requirements
- Prototyping solutions
- Developing add ons and customizion of solutions to meet user requirements
- Implement ing, maintaining/supporting clients (which includes DBA type of duties)
- Making presentations for prospective clients (leads)
Technologies used:
- SAP Business One
- Visual Studio 2005 (C#/VB.NET/ASP.NET)
- SQL Server 2005
- PHP
- Apache Web Server
Delan Computer Systems
Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
Aug 2005 - Apr 2006
Computer Programmer
My primary roles were:
- Developing enterprise applications (HR Management and Payroll software)
- Maintaining already existing applications
Technologies used:
- Visual Basic 6
- SQL Server 2000
- Crystal Reports
- Java
Education
Strathmore University
Nairobi, Kenya
Jan 2006 - Mar
Bachelor in Business and Information Technology, Computer Science and Business Administration
Currently a part time student with exceptional performance.
Particular interest in Operating Systems, Computer Architecture, Data Structures and Algorithms, Database Systems, Software Engineering. Core mathematical units also covered, Economics, Marketing and Entrepreneruship.
Strathmore University - MIT-AITI
Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
Apr 2005 - May 2005
MIT Africa Internet Technology Initiative, Software Engineering and Entrepreneurship
Learnt Java programming and entrepreneurship skills.
Graduated with a certificate of excellence in the programme.
Worked on a simulation program in java as a team project.
Won 1st place in a Business Plan competition (a team project).
Strathmore University
Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
Jan 2004 - Apr 2005
Diploma in Business and Information Technology, Computer Science and Business Administration
Studied computer science with a lot of emphasis on software design/development.
Learnt and did projects in VB/C++/Java/PHP/ASP programming language as well as Oracle/MySQL DBMS as well as core business aspects including accounting and economics.
Final course project was a help desk management system done in PHP/MySQL/Apache
Graduated 2nd in my class with a mean 'A' grade.
Skills
C#/VB.NET/C++/.NET
(Advanced)3-4 Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)
More than 3 years' experience building various appliations for our clients utilizing C#/VB.NET and .NET.
The applications have (mostly) been based on a client-server model.
Worked on integration projects in this technology to integrate custom built applications with ERPs such as SAP Business One.
Adobe Flex, AS3 + Web Services
(Intermediate)<1 Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)
- Placement management system: A 3 tiered web app that helps a HR company manage permanent and temporary placements.
Data Tier: SQL Server 2005
Business Logic: C#, implemented as a class library that's exposed through a Web Service
Front End: Web based UI built in Adobe FLEX 2 that makes calls to the web service for all data interactions.
- Document Viewer
A FLEX front end providing a clean and professional display for documents and video content in a browser. The documents were displayed in the ipaper format using the scribd api.
LAMP/WAMP
(Intermediate)1-2 Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)
Worked on websites in Joomla (PHP) and deployed on Linux.
Worked on customization of the care2x (http://www.care2x.org) clinic management system (also PHP) for a client.
Conversant and productive with ruby and the ruby on rails framework, python and the django frameworks.
SQL Server 2000/2005
(Advanced)3-4 Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)
Experience in implementing/supporting SAP Business One on this platform, managing enterprise applications running on SQL Server.
Conversant with SQL Server Reporting Services and have done comprehensive reporting solutions for various clients.
Multimedia Programming
(Intermediate)1-2 Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)
Worked on multimedia applications using DirectShow and DirectSound APIs for applications that needed video capture from a video capture device attached to a PC such as a web cam and audio recording.
Mobile Development
(Intermediate)1-2 Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)
- J2ME
- Blackberry Application Development
- iPhone SDK/Cocoa Touch Application Development
- Android
Articles, Papers, Presentations & Publications
References
Edward Mwakio
(Superior)
Managing Director
Enterprise Information Management Solutions LTD.
+254722743403
Emmanuel Birech
(Superior)
Developer and Platform Manager
Microsoft East Africa
+254 020 2868 000
Mr. Birech was my direct manager at Microsoft.
Portfolio
iContent - An open source framework for content based iOS apps
https://github.com/wmworia/iContent
- An open source framework for content based iOS apps
- Open Source
- Really simple to use and customize
- Suitable as a basis for your content based app
- Audio & Video streaming as well
thescene.com iPhone app
The Scene is the authority on bars, clubs and nightlife. Trying to decide where to spend your evening? Pull up The Scene to see all of the bats, clubs, happy hours and events closest to your current location, along with a feed of local activity from friends and other users near you to find out what's happening right now! Once you've found your spot for the nightm check-on to share details on how it is, or snap and tag a photo or two straight from your iPhone to the venue's profile.
FEATURES
- Uses GPS to find bars, clubs, happy hours, specials and events around you
- Search and browse bars and clubs all over your city
- See where your friends are and what they are saying about it
- See what's happening in real time at your favorite bars and clubs
- Share what's happening where you are
- Snap & tag photos straight to the venue from your iPhone
iScribe
http://itunes.apple.com/ke/app/iscr
iScribe is a free to dowload iPhone app, it brings old school journaling to the new age of mobility and the internet. Making it simple to capture life's moments in a fun way and on the move. You don't have to wait to get back home to record the experience. You can capture it as it happens – in text, voice, images and video! Get all aspects of your experience as it happens!
Ushahidi iOS Contributor
Ushahidi is a free and open source project with developers hailing from Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Malawi, Netherlands and the USA working on it.
The Ushahidi Engine is a platform that allows anyone to gather distributed data via SMS, email or web and visualize it on a map or timeline. Our goal is to create the simplest way of aggregating information from the public for use in crisis response.
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Wrote spec and implemented initial REST API (JSON & XML)
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Contributed to mobile apps - iPhone & Windows Mobile
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