Paul N. Kariuki Curriculum vitae

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1 2013 Paul N. Kariuki Curriculum vitae UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI Information and Communication Technology Centre April 24, 2013

2 ICT centre, University of Nairobi P.O Box Nairobi P A U L N. K A R I U K I R E S U M E pkariuki@onbi.ac.ke Marital Status: Married Religion : Born again Christian Phone No : ext 218/ Mobile : INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL Brief Resume Information and Communication Technology professional with a Masters degree in Applied Computer Science, a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Nairobi School of Computing and Informatics. Paul Kariuki has more than ten years' experience in overseeing IT operations, analyzing and designing information systems to aid on-time delivery of business solutions. With excellent skill in information system analysis, application intergration/support/development, project management, and cost containment with a good track record of successful usage of new products and technologies to solve complex business problems and improve service delivery. Visionary Leader with Strong Management Skills Broad experience in technology assessment and deployment, budgeting, contract negotiation, business planning, implementation and project management. Able to effectively communicate with managers at all levels and successfully incorporate information technology into business processes and systems. Technology Skills Thoroughly familiar with state-of-the-art Internet services, CASE tools, Web programming, applications development, Internet applications, client / server applications, object-oriented technology, programming, databases, wide area networks, local area networks, technical services, computer operations, software quality assurance and fully conversant with major operating systems. Methodology Expertise Broad experience with Structured System Analysis and Design Methodology, including information strategy planning, business area analysis, business system design, technical design / construction / transition, business reengineering methodology (BRE), object -oriented methodology, package evaluation and implementation, and Rapid Application Development (RAD) techniques. 2

3 Web Design Expertise In-depth experience in web design, development, web server administration, and interfacing web site with other Informati on systems and online information processing. RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Information and Communication technology/ MIS Section University of Nairobi, Kenya Ag. Deputy Director (2012 To date) Manage and lead the University s Management information systems, primary web portals, providing students and staff integrated web systems that underpin core University business activity. Responsible for delivery of its associated projects and development and support of the service team. Additionally responsible for managing the elearning programme, that deliver corporate web sites and IT tools for learning, teaching and research. Responsible as Project Manager and as a management information system custodian for the successful completion and delivery of all system, portal and web projects, providing the cost effective development of websites and key applications to a University-wide community. Responsible for managing service and maintenance of additional university-wide systems delivered via the intranet including financial management system, Quality management system and library management system. Responsible for MIS team recruitment, appraisals, supervision, coaching and motivation, to enable effective delivery of services and projects to the whole University. Plan computer-related work for the University, research software and new technologies which make job processes more efficient and are beneficial to the end-user. Plan and manage large IT projects with team members who consist of outside vendors and employees from different departments with the organization. Leading the planning process for the future development of the Management information system and portal service and to advise, liaise and negotiate across a wide range of stakeholders both within MIS and University management. To develop policy in accordance with legislation, Knowledge Management Strategy and continuous improvement of service delivery. Project Leader ( ) Project leader in the design, development and implementation of online Hostel management information system 3

4 Project leader in the Design, Development implementation of the University Joint admission system which is responsible for the admission of students to all public universities University of Nairobi, ICT centre Quality assurance officer responsible for ICT system and project quality Team leader in the implementation of Q-pulse and Quality system Management system used by the University to manage its quality management system for compliance with the ISO 9001 standard Project leader responsible for the design, development, realization and implementation of the Performance contract management system. ISO 9001 Quality internal auditor charged with the responsibility of ensuring the continuous improvement of the University of Nairobi Quality Management System. Chief ICT Officer ( ) Team leader for the performance contracting information System Development and implementation. Team leader for the Student management Information System Development and implementation. ISO implementation committee member and a trained ISO internal auditor Information and Communication Technology equipment and services technical evaluation and implementation. Senior System Analyst - ( ) Designing and developing the Space Management Information System using Oracle backend database and PHP Server scripting/ JavaScript and HTML for the frontend. Designing, developing and administering the University of Nairobi web site using html, CSS, Image editors, JavaScript, PHP, PERL, and PostgreSQL database Developed an intranet-based system for the Kenya School of Flying using html, JavaScript, PHP scripts and MYSQL database. Institute of Computer Science/ MIS Section University of Nairobi, Kenya System Analyst/Programmer - Webmaster ( ) 4

5 Designing and developing the University Web site, Web server administration, advising the administration on issue relating to web sites. Designing, developing and maintaining the University Customer care help desk. Designing, developing and maintains and administer the SWA Hostel management Information System Intellect Computer College Nairobi, Kenya. IT Training Consultant ( ) Development of Computer application training material Training computer applications in secondary and tertiary institutions within Kenya. TECHNICAL SKILLS Operating system platforms Windows 7/Vista/XP/2003/2000/NT/98/95/3.1 Digital Unix, VMS running on a mainframe, MS-DOS, and Linux Desktop Applications Microsoft Office (MS-Word, MS-excel, PowerPoint, MS- Access), Word perfect, and Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Fireworks, Macromedia Ultradev, CodeCharge Studio, FrontPage, Adobe Acrobat writer, PageMaker, MS-Publisher, browser(internet Explorer, Netscape, MoZilla FireFox, Google Chrome, Web monkey), Designing Software such as Microsoft Visios, Project management software such as project manager, mind mapping software such as MindMap etc. Programming languages Visual basic, C++ and C, Pascal, Lisp, Prolog, Perl, PHP, PL\SQL, JavaScript, HTML, CCS, XML, Ajax Database management systems Oracle, Microsoft SQL, MS-Access, PostgreSQL, Sybase, and MySQL EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI / SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS Nairobi, Kenya Masters in applied Computer Science, ( October 2009) 5

6 UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI / INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Nairobi, Kenya Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (June 2000) Graduated with second Class honors Upper division. KAGUMO HIGH SCHOOL Nyeri, Kenya KCSE Certificate (November 1994) Mean Grade B+ REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS 1. University of Nairobi Enterprise Service LTD: Team leader in conducting IT audit aimed at checking and validating the controls that UNES has been put in to ensure effective utilization and safeguard of the ICT systems and Obtain evidence to determines if the ICT systems are safeguarding assets, maintaining data integrity, and operating effectively to achieve the organization's goals or objectives 2. University of Nairobi: Team leader in the feasibility study, User requirement analysis, System design and development of an online Performance management Information System 3. Kenya Staff Education Institute(KESI): Lead consultant in the project for development of the tender documents for Networking, computer laboratory furniture s, Website and Computer Specifications and project implementation supervision 4. City Council of Nairobi: Lead consultant for the design and development of the City Council of Nairobi Website. 5. University of Nairobi Pension Scheme: Project leader of a team of 4 consultants tasked to audit the Pension Scheme Administration information system used by the University of Nairobi Pension Scheme and make recommendation to the management board about its viability upon the scheme conversion from a defined benefit to defined contribution scheme. 6. Inter-University Council of East Africa(IUCEA): Lead Consultant in the project of designing and developing a dynamic website for IUCEA 7. University of Nairobi: Technical tender evaluation for the phase two network extension for the College of Health Science (Kenyatta Medical Campus). 8. City Council of Nairobi: Consultant in the investigation on suspected fraud in the council by manipulation of records in the council s management information systems. The Consultancy also entailed conducting a thorough audit of all the computerized information system within the council 6

7 9. University of Nairobi: Developed a student Hostel Administration system using Oracle database, PLSQL, SQL, Oracle Developer, and Oracle Designer, the system is currently used to manage the student hostel administration. 10. NCCK Web Site: Lead Consultant in the design, development and deployment of the National Churches of Kenya (NCCK) corporate web site. 11. University of Nairobi: Designing, developing and administering the University of Nairobi web site using tool such as Apache web server, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), cascaded Style Sheet (CC S), Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) scripts, JavaScript, Perl Scripts, FrontPage 2000, Macromedia DreamWeaver, Flash, fireworks And Freehand. 12. University of Nairobi: Help desk system for the institute of Computer Science Using HTML, Perl, MYSQL, PHP Scripts, JavaScript s 13. Kenya School of Flying: Developed a customized information system for the Kenya School of flying using tools such as Apache web server, MYSQL database server, PHP web scripting language, HTML, CSS and JavaScript. The system is used to manage the students and the aircraft records. PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES 1. Quality Management Systems auditor Trained as a quality management system (QMS) auditor for ISO 9001 and instrumental in the University of Nairobi QMS Implementation in accordance to the ISO 9001 standard. Received a special vice-chancellor commendation for my devotion to duty during the University s ISO 9001:2000 certification process. 2. N+ Course Trained in Network management and troubleshooting skill by KCCT( Jan to Feb ) 3. Computer Managerial Personnel Training Trained for one Month on IT management titled Senior Computer Technology Training Program for African Countries in Southeast University Nanjing, Peoples Republic of China (Oct to 29th October 2008) 4. Team Building Course underwent a team Building Course at the DEPOT(The Dan Eldon Place of Tomorrow) on 8 th 9 th June 2007 SPECIAL INTEREST / STUDY Business, information system and technology / strategic planning, business model system (education, finance, distribution etc), strategic analysis (DSS / decision support, EIS, data warehouse), IS concept, philosophy and management, business re-engineering, project management, methodology, application development, Oracle, Broadvision, UNIX, Web and mobile telephony technology. 7

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9 REFERENCES 1. Prof. T.M Waema Professor SCI University Of Nairobi P.O. Box 30197, Nairobi. Tel: (254) Mr. Christopher Moturi Deputy Director SCI University Of Nairobi P.O. Box 30197, Nairobi. Tel: (254) Dr. DH Kiiru Chairman Literature Department University Of Nairobi P.O. Box 30197, Nairobi. Tel: Last Updated on April 29, 2013 PAUL N. KARIUKI 9