Project Manager, Web Developer and Technology Entreprenuer
Kenya
- Current
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- Volunteer Web Developer at Ushahidi
- Chief Executive Officer at MultipleChoices
- Past
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- Technical/Software Project Manager-UNICEF Bee Project at UNICEF
- Technical Lead- Open Source Software Education Project at Information Technology Associates-Kenya
- Java Consultant at UN/DESA - Strengthening Parliaments in Africa Project
- Founder at TIDE Series
- Web Developer at Kencall
- Web Developer at 3mice Interactive Media
- I.T. Consultant at Deloitte & Touche-Kenya
- Education
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- Strathmore University
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John Wesonga’s Summary
To tell the African story using technology as a tool.
To empower Africans to use technology to further themselves.
John Wesonga’s Specialties:
Database Design & Development- Over 5 years of experience with MySQL and SQL Server, with core strengths in MySQL Database design.
Web Development-Over 3 years developing applications using PHP, Over 2 years using Ruby/ROR. Strong foundation in Java and Python .
User Interface Design- Strong understanding of UI concepts/technologies such CSS and XHTML, and their application in building effective and optimized web interfaces
Project Management-One year experience.
John Wesonga’s Experience
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Volunteer Web Developer
Ushahidi
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
Assist in the development of the ushahidi platform as well as identifying integration points with current UNICEF technologies such as rapidSMS.
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Chief Executive Officer
MultipleChoices
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)
Develop and implement overall strategy of the company.
Implement the companies vision.
Drive product design and development and manage development teams within the organisation.
Develop technical specifications for the current and future systems with a view if ensuring that they meet the organisations objectives. -
Technical/Software Project Manager-UNICEF Bee Project
UNICEF
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
September 2008 — March 2009 (7 months)
Design and Develop emergency communication software for the UNICEF communication hub-Bee. The Bee is a device designed to provide a computing and communications infrastructure during an emergency. My work is centered around child registration and incident reporting via the bee as well mobile devices such as the android phone.
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Technical Lead- Open Source Software Education Project
Information Technology Associates-Kenya
(Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2008 — May 2008 (1 month)
Develop an implement an Open Source Software Curriculum for Africa Nazarene University in conjunction with the faculty.
- To provide technical assistance as required in the development of facilities and content for Open Source training.
- Train a core group of lecturers and students in open source software at installation/configuration and programming levels.
- To carry out research and provide technical input in the development of Open source software. -
Java Consultant
UN/DESA - Strengthening Parliaments in Africa Project
(Internet industry)
February 2008 — April 2008 (3 months)
- Design and development an open source editor to be used in the drafting of legislative documents using Open Office API and Java.
- Integration of editor into enterprise parliamentary system. -
Founder
TIDE Series
(Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2007 — February 2008 (6 months)
Founder of the TIDE (Technology, Innovation, Design and Innovation) Series.TIDE is an initiative whose main purpose is to inspire innovation in Africa in the areas of business and technology, through provision of interactive talks by business leaders.
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Web Developer
Kencall
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)
April 2006 — January 2007 (10 months)
Development of web based applications for the company as well as our various clients.
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Web Developer
3mice Interactive Media
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
August 2002 — April 2006 (3 years 9 months)
Design and Implement enterprise web applications.
Development of interactive web applications using the latest web technologies -
I.T. Consultant
Deloitte & Touche-Kenya
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Management Consulting industry)
June 2004 — August 2004 (3 months)
Development of Contenr management system for USAID-Kenya Intranet.
Training of USAID-Kenya I.T. personnel
John Wesonga’s Education
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Strathmore University
Business Information Technology , 2000 — 2007
Additional Information
John Wesonga’s Websites:
John Wesonga’s Interests:
technology, Africa, web development, Music, Entrepreneurship
John Wesonga’s Groups:
I.M.I.S-Member of the Institute for the Management of Information Systems U.K, Skunkworks
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The African Network, TAN -
Africa ICT Network -
webstartAfrica
John Wesonga’s Honors:
Jikoni.com voted Best web portal in the year 2000 by the Computer Society of Kenya (CSK)
John Wesonga’s Contact Settings
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- new ventures
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