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Guinea

Ratoma, Conakry, Guinea

Guinea

- Lead feasibility studies, systems analysis, design and development implementations of new customer requested/company proposed systems and participate as a lead member of a development team responsible for major components of complex systems.- Research, analyze, evaluate and propose new technologies and make recommendations for their deployment.- Participate in writing technical business proposals, reports and papers on systems, system requirements, information strategy, information systems management and similar systems.- Develop detailed system and/or functional specifications along with user documentation for customized user systems or for business proposals.- Handle all aspects of contract administration, including the establishment of Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with customers, third part vendors and/or contractors.- When called upon, advise government and private entities on the trends of IT technology to help them make informed choices in procurement and in the establishment of IT technologies and systems.

South Sudan

- Implemented and trained users on the use of the customized South Sudan National DDR Commission database application for the registration of ex-combatants.- Developed a database application for the management of community projects for the UNMISS DDR reintegration and reinsertion unit. This application tool could generate projects impact reports, finance reports, beneficiaries report, implementing partners report and a rich interactive map report on UNMISS DDR implemented and deployed projects with multimedia capabilities such as project photos, project launch videos together with project metadata(location, total cost, number of beneficiaries etc.)- Undertook systems analysis for, gave technological guidance to, UNMISS senior management and to the South Sudan National DDR Commission.- Provided a lot of IT Systems Administrations support to UNMISS DDR and to the South Sudan National DDR Commission.- Designed and developed a first draft of the BI tool for management use; Undertook systems analysis of the currently deployed information acquisitions systems for possible BI dashboard development to provide useful information for, and to give technical guidance to UNMISS senior management; Provided IT support to the Office of the Deputy Director of Mission Support (ODDMS) as and when required.I have or have acquired the following skills and competencies:Experiences and proficiencies in Microsoft programming and development tools such as Visual Studio 2008/2010, Database administration and relations management, .NET object oriented programming tools and techniques such as HTML 5, ASP.NET, Silverlight 5, MVC 5, SharePoint BI integration tools etc.

Guinea, West Africa

-Developed several customized management software for pharmacies, shopping malls and schools.-Acquired and applied a lot of experience and professional knowledge particularly in systems analysis and design, database design and development, applications development and support and inter-networking.-Acquired and applied useful knowledge in high level programming languages with demonstrated proficiency in programming and analysis including functional, structured, object-oriented, scripting and query languages.-Developed a brand name for the reliability of customized database applications developed by Electro-IT Consult. Electro-IT Consult database applications are deployed all over Conakry, especially in pharmacies and shopping malls.-Achieved planning and organizing skills by developing clear achievable goals that were consistent with agreed upon customer requirements and by adjusting priorities as and when needs changed.-Maintained technological awareness by participating in Microsoft and other IT vendor and developer conferences so as to keep abreast with cutting edge technology, to understand the applicability and limitations of new technologies and by actively seeking to apply newer techniques and technologies to appropriate tasks.-Acquired and delivered useful contractual business skills and tools.-Developed user manuals and help resources for all of our company developed/customized applications.-Provided consulting support for Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity/backup services using standard procedures of customer application systems.-Provided consulting support in security response procedures, assisted in the planning, implementing, operating and maintaining security controls; vulnerability assessments of customer systems to identify weaknesses and to determine the need for fixes and patches.

Guinea, West Africa

-Designed, Installed & maintained a private Wireless Home Internet ISP via VSAT (negotiated, procured & maintained service contracts with satellite service provider).-Gained useful experiences in various technologies such as SharePoint server, Exchange 2003/2007 and Windows 2003/2008 Systems, Active Directory Service, File X Network Attached Storage (NAS), Data Domain Recovery system, Symantec Antivirus, SQL 2000/2005/2008, Oracle 9i, Linux, Ultrabac, and deployed and managed over 60 Cisco routers and switches etc.-With mission management, I developed multiple-year budget estimates for acquisition of new equipment, prepared site visits and procured essential software; and became the mission’s technical reference and point of contact.-Established procedures and schedules for deployment and maintenance of all servers and workstations and developed and maintained useful SOPs to ensure a smooth and predictable network. -Maintained systems operational documentation pertaining to hardware and software and established proper hardware and software inventory; user support, trained over 75 users in the appropriate use of the LAN Network systems. Helped users to learn and benefit from the network.-Worked closely with senior management and other related offices to establish and achieve resource planning objectives (Data Management, strategic planning in anticipation of growth and integration of new technologies), projects, and comprehensive short and long range strategies for mission automation in compliance with mission standards; -Assisted senior mission management in identifying useful needs and in developing procurement plans to obtain the necessary equipment and supplies needed to implement working systems with little or no downtime.

Freetown, Sierra Leone

- Acquired and had implemented practical engineering skills needed to participate in engineering projects, including preparation of cost estimates, research of technical data, preparation of project suggestions and proposals with justifying graphs.- Identified priority activities and assignments with adjusted priorities when necessary.- Developed clear goals that were consistent with company agreed upon business strategies.- Accurately judged the amount of time, effort required, resources needed and matched skills to tasks to accomplish tasks that were undertaken especially by consultants and saved thousands of dollars in this respect.- Together with the technical team we setup and established the first cellular telephone network in Sierra Leone.- Acquired a lot of valuable hands-on experience for an engineer freshly graduated from college.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance And Financial Management Services

Master Of Science In Information Technology, Data Engineering

Flying Cars Nanodegree, Flying Car And Autonomous Flight Engineer., Nano

Activities and Societies: Autonomous flight systems programming and design.Mastering autonomous flight software engineering skills.

B. Eng. (Hons), Electrical, Electronics And Computer Engineering

Activities and Societies: President, Engineering Society. Debating. Social Educational Industrial Expeditions.Studied at the Department.