Highlights:Promoted company growth and returns by over 40% from baseline, during a particular business period, by implementing efficient technology and data solutions.

Skills:

Goal:To excel in my field of expertise while delivering the best solutions to business problems.

Membership:Data Science Association

Certification:Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate, Google Advanced Data Analytics Professional Certificate, Business Intelligence Professional Certificate, Microsoft Power BI Professional Certificate

Web & Data Developer (Consultant) March 2023 - May 2023
POLLICY (UGANDA), Nairobi and Kampala, Kenya
Industry: Technology and Data Science
Worked on a contractual basis as a remote web developer/ data consultant; built a fully functional site using latest technologies.
• Designed a creative web application dashboard depicting the project scope, objectives, and key metrics, and launched it at: - (https://vawpke.pollicy.org) • Embedded interactive plots obtained from visualization platforms such as Power BI & Tableau. • Created a section on the web application dashboard dedicated to a specific machine learning model with a text input and text output boxes (as well as a data upload and data download sections) for interaction with the ML model using HTML, CSS, Javascript or PHP. • Developed the backend linking to this model with Python framework.--
Software Coordinator Aug 2023 - June 2024
FOURTECH GLOBAL SOLUTIONS, Nairobi, Kenya
Industry: Information Technology
Implemented efficient technological solutions and business processes; oversaw the rolling-out of new software products and innovations.
• Coordinated and led technical innovation and automation for the services provided to customers. • Implemented constant efficiency improvement & problem-solving processes. • Analyzed customer data and ensured reporting compliance. • Maintained high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits. • Collaborated with other software developers, business analysts, and software architects to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain web- and desktop-based business applications. • Developed, refined, and tuned integrations between applications. • Analyzed and resolved technical and application problems. • Adhered to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on-time and on-budget. • Provided third-level support to business users.--
Data Analyst September 2018 - December 2022
Milele Sports Limited, Nairobi and Lagos, Kenya
Industry: Sports and Entertainment
Worked as data analyst: analyzed data and delivered actionable insights.
• Database querying – wrote SQL queries to access and retrieve data from company database. • Cleaned data in spreadsheets (sales & financial data), processed, and drafted analytic reports. • Business analysis — analyzed data and created business dashboards relevant to stakeholders.--

Catholic University of E.Africa 10/2012 - 10/2016
Nairobi, , Kenya
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Economics
Studied Economics at Catholic University of Eastern Africa; graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

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