Mwaura Ephantus Macharia
FRIDLEY, MN 55432 -6835 KENYA Address: 5673 00200 Nairobi.
US Phone 1-763-***-**** KENYA Phone +254-***-***-***
Email: ********@*****************.***
C AREER OBJECTIVE
To provide intuitive, cost-effective\user friendly custom software design and programming: have a challenging career
in a international organization and make a meaningful contribution while adding value, drawing from my experience,
education, training background and the working environment at large.
P ROFESSIONAL EXPERIE NCE
Nairobi Kenya
2005 - To Date SofTrends Solutions.
SofTrends Solutions is a Kenyan based custom software development firm, also offering IT consultancy, and
support. SofTrends Solutions also does web design and hosting services and software programming outsourcing
services across the world.
Contract Software Developer/Owner
Software Projects Accomplished:
Designed and developed Production and Sales System for Amani ya Juu Kenya. System conversion from
File maker version to Clarion for windows version
Designed and developed Bakery Management System for Cake House Indus try Kenya
Designed and developed Point of sale, stock control system
Designing and developed Payroll Systems for Kenyan Companies.
Designed and developed Tax deadline System for BC & Patel Accountants
Designing and developing a Hotel Management Suite Software for Blue Hut Hotels Kenya
Designed and developed a Fleet Transport System for Fleet Petroleum distributors in Kenya
Designing and developed a Cafeteria Management Software for Strathmore University Kenya
MN USA
August 2008 / April 2010. RevTrak Inc
Clarion Software Developer
Design and developing in-house custom software applications using clarion RAD IDE
Software Projects:
Designed and developed Make Cart System.
Designed and developed FTP Image Utility System
Maintaining and upgrading RevTrak’s Systems
Designed and Developed RT Restore System
Designed and Developed RT Web Server Query System
Sweden
May 2008 eSystem IT-Development HB
Remote Clarion Software Developer
Software Projects Accomplished:
Helped in Designing and developing Personnel Registration System
Helped in Designing and developing PC Last System
MS USA
September 2007. Inventory Solutions
Remote Clarion Software Developer
Software Projects Accomplished:
Designed and developing Personal Inventory System
MN USA
January 2008 – April 2010 ValSal Technologies
Contract Web Developer
Design and developing Website in PHP
Software Projects:
Designed and developed My-SQL database Web site for dent impressions.
Designed and developed IT Track Managements System.
Nairobi Kenya
August 2002 / January 2007 Pinnacle Relational Database Systems Ltd.
Pinnacle is a custom software development firm, also offering IT consultancy and support .
Software Development Manager
Software design and programming and implementation for several clients
Database design and normalizations
Maintaining, supporting and further development of existing project systems
Projects team leader, ensuring software projects are delivered in schedules time frames.
Trainer of software development tools ( Clarion 5.5 – 6.1)
Liaising and coordinating with software clients
Software testing and debugging before deployment
Software system and user guides documentations.
Software Projects Accomplished:
Designed and developed Export / Shipping & invoicing system for Undugu Society of Kenya
Designed and developed a college management information system
Designed and managed Insurance brokerage information’s system (IBIS)
Maintenance of Hospital Management System (Chiromo Lane Medical Centre)
Designed and management of a payroll processing system.
Designed and development of Tax Soft. A KPMG Kenya corporate taxation system
Designed and development of Deadline Compliance system for KPMG Kenya
Designed and directed the development of a booking and reservation system for tours firms
Zenith Tours and Safaris Ltd [Zanzibar]
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Managing and further customization of a privilege club system for The Sarova Hotels Kenya
Systems Team lead conversions from Dos to windows platforms.
MN USA
February 2005 / June 2007 Mitten Software Inc.
Mitten Software Inc is a custom software development firm, also offering clarion related software and development
templates in clarion IDE.
Remote Software Outsourcing Programmer
Designing and developing a client communication management system.
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Edmont CANADA
September 2006 / August 2007 Sheen Consulting Solutions Inc.
Sheen Consulting Solutions Inc. is a custom software development firm, also offering clarion related software and
development templates in clarion IDE.
Remote Software Outsourcing Programmer
Designing and developing a Tribal Court Data Conversion system.
Olive Branch Utility System for File Conversion (TOPSPEED ISAM to CSV)
Nairobi Kenya
2001 Lynx Group
Lynx Group is a software development firm main on Point of Sale Systems on major shopping stores in Kenya and
East Africa. Card control systems and hardware support.
Junior Software Engineer
Installation of Point of Sale software system
Installation of Microsoft software office products
Installation and configuration of operating systems ( Dos, windows 95,98,2000,Me,NT)
Hardware \ Software support of Point of Sale Software
Systems technical and user training
Basic Novel Operating system
Reporting to the software manager
Nairobi Kenya
2000 Coffee Board of Kenya
Computer Data Entry Clerk
Daily routine computer operations
Keying in coffee data to be processed.
Validating and analyzing report before releasing to the computer operations manager.
E DUCATION
2007-2009 ANOKA- RAMSEY COLLEGE MN, USA
Associates Degree in Computer Science (AAS)
Nairobi, Kenya
1997 – 2001 COMPUTER TRAINING CENTRE
Advanced Diploma in Computer Science –Association of Computer Professionals (A.C.P.) UK
Principles of Information processing
Systems analysis and design programming
Computer Management
C# and Pascal programming
Payroll project system
Diploma in Systems Design- Association of Computer Professionals (A.C.P.) UK
Systems analysis and design
Software methodology engineering
Computer systems for small businesses
Stock control project system
Microsoft Excel
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Microsoft Access programming
Certificate in Computer Programming – Association of Computer Professionals (A.C.P.) UK
Computer Fundamentals
Computer Programming and Data Structure Operations
Programming Problem solving
British association of chefs project system
Certificate in Ms Dos operating system
Certificate in Word perfect 5.1
Certificate in Microsoft Excel
Proficiency in Programming languages
Basic, Dbase III+, Pascal, C#, C++, Clipper 5.1, Visual Java ++ 6.0, FileMaker, Clarion 5x,
Clarion 6x, Visual Studio
Internet programming Java applets 6.0, HTML, PHP, PHP Maker, .Net, Asp.Net, JavaScript,
Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 – 4.0
Excellent in Clarion ABC And Legacy Programming 5.5, 6.0, 6.3, 7.0
Proficiency in backend databases.
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 – 2008R2, SQL Anywhere For Sybase Power Builder, Clarion Top
Speed, Microsoft Access, My-SQL, Dbase III+ And IBM DB2
1992 – 1996
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
K NOWLEDGE
Operating Systems
Windows 9X, NT 4.0,98, 2000, XP,VISTA,7
Novel, Linux
Software development
Custom software system design and development, Software migration from DOS to
Windows, Web Based Software applications
P ERSONAL
Additional skills: Computer Network Trouble Configurations, PC General Diagnosi s and maintenance, Website
Development using Macro Media tools, Namo Web Editor, Photoshop.
Date of Birth: 2nd December 1979
Interests: Travel, reading, swimming
W ORK IN PROGRESS
Developing and designing hospitality software system for Blue Hut Hotels
Developing web-based Tourism application for Last-minute Tanzania
IT Support Consultant on Insurance Brokerage Software in Kenya
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R EFEREES
Magne Handegard Greg Miller Darko Karamarko
eSystem IT-Development HB Director of Technology KSW Infotech d.o.o
Åsvägen 8 RevTrak Inc
777 32 SMEDJEBACKEN 10800 Lyndale Ave S Njivice, Croatia
Sweden Bloomington MN 55420
Phone 0240 - 758 72 Phone952-***-**** Ext 100 +385********
*****@*********.** ****@*******.*** mailto:*****@***.**
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