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Nairobi County, Kenya

Nairobi County, Kenya

1. Team leader for the systems, endpoints, networking and applications management functions within the IT Operations Infrastructure team2. Defined the strategy on infrastructure management, identity management and endpoints management.3. Defined governance related to change management, release management, and technology platform management.4. Put in place measures to improve infrastructure service delivery via monitoring and event management, service configuration management, and capacity and performance management.5. Managed PaaS and IaaS infrastructure on Microsoft Azure that hosted core business applications6. Established collaboration between DevOps and IT Operations teams to enhance success in the deployment of software solutions.

Nairobi, Kenya

1. Defined the technology strategy.2. Established ISV partnership with Oracle, Sage and SAP to integrate Smart solutions in the respective ERPs3. Established governance and best practices regarding information security, IT service management, business continuity, project management and quality assurance.4. Established operational routines to improve service delivery and improve system uptime.5. Established devOps and Scrum to improve productivity, collaboration and teamwork in the Technology squads.6. Implemented data & analytics on Oracle Analytics Cloud Service for clinical analytics.7. Initiated research and design thinking on cutting edge technology: blockchain, microservices, containerization, and cloud infrastructure/platform as a service (IaaS/PaaS)8. Designed and architected a cloud-native healthcare management system on microservices and containerization.

Nairobi, Kenya

1. Undertake the transformation of ICT architectures for new core banking solutions that are scalable, adaptable, agile, re-usability and cost effective.2. Interpret, use and apply information contained within ICT architectures to inform a range of business improvement activities, particularly those involved in the implementation, design, development, enhancement, optimization and maintenance of ICT systems.3. Gather business requirements through discovery sessions, define, design and develop architectures based on customer needs and continuously work other teams to streamline internal process to improve service delivery then deliver new and complex high quality solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements.4. Utilize in-depth knowledge of leading-edge products and technology in conjunction with industry and business skills to influence functional strategy.5. Collaborate with all relevant parties in order to review the objectives and constraints of each solution and determine conformance with the Enterprise Architecture.6. Recommend the most suitable technical architecture and define solutions at a high level.

Nairobi, Kenya

1. Define and execute data management strategy.2. Direct the company-wide data management technology strategy.3. Formulate strategic partnerships with different business units and functions.4. Communicate the data management vision, goals, and objectives.5. Establish partnerships with industry to uncover and share leading practices in data management.6. Carry out the management and administration of the Enterprise Data Management function.7. Responsible for overall corporate data governance, including leading data governance boards, ensuring adherence to data quality and integrity standards.8. Interact regularly with internal and external data suppliers, information users, and executives to promote leading practices with respect to data management.

Nairobi, Kenya

1. Champion new digital businesses product innovation.2. Evaluate product and technologies in the growing technology community.3. Drive bank-as-a-service platform as a key customer and contributor of business requirements.4. Contribute to KCB-Group wide IT platforms as a key internal stakeholder.5. Identify opportunities to be exploited or enhanced to deliver efficiency and value for money.6. Develop initiatives to mitigate the risks inherent in current processes and systems.7. Explore and pursue strategic partnerships that deliver value.8. Develop an innovation roadmap.

Nairobi, Kenya

1. Contributed application development initiatives to the overall IT strategy.2. Worked with business units to formulate banking products and contribute technical guidance to the procurement process.3. Analyzed product requirements and design best-fit architecture and solutions guided by KCB policies and industry best practice.4. Managed project resources, schedule, costs, stakeholders, and the application development lifecycle.5. Implemented best practice and deploy appropriate tools to manage and govern application development and the IT change process.6. Actively engaged end-users to assess satisfaction and achieve successful project closure.7. Worked with functional teams to handover system support skills and documentation, and formulate OLA agreements with level 3 support.8. Identified and champion innovative solutions that exploit existing business opportunities and mitigate existing risks.9. Managed the team’s performance and nurture skills that advance the IT strategy and establish a sustainable practice.10. Developed executed and measured OLAs and SLAs with IT functional teams and business units respectively.

Nairobi, Kenya

1. Collaborated with business analysts to understand business requirements and formulate best-fit solutions.2. Designed robust, secure solutions and architectures that comply with IT policies, and banking standards.3. Developed, deploy, and document solutions as guided by programming guidelines, change policy, and best practice.4. Worked with other IT functional teams to test, deploy, and support the solutions developed.5. Collaborated with team members and other IT functional teams to accomplish IT goals and objectives.6. Participated in training, and conduct research to keep skills up-to-date with technological and banking trends.

Master Of Science (Msc), Project Management (Information Technology), Merit Honors

Dissertation: Project Management as a Service (PMaaS): Enhancing Project Value through Augmented Agility

Bachelor'S Degree, Information Technology, First Class Honors

Activities and Societies: Academic Affairs Representative, Jomo Kenyatta University Information Technology Centers Students Organization

Associate'S Degree, Information Technology, Distinction