Simisani Takobana
Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), Microsoft Certified
Professional (Microsoft Projects)
Ottawa, ON K2M 0J2
********@*****.*** - 613-***-****
Diverse skilled professional with strong problem solving, technical, leadership, team work and communications skills seeking in project management. Willing to relocate: Anywhere
WORK EXPERIENCE
Project Manager (Volunteer)
Project Management Institute - Ottawa Valley Chapter - Ottawa, ON - January 2018 to Present
Manage volunteer recruitment
Software Designer
Nokia - Ottawa, ON -
May 2015 to Present
Design and Implementation of SDN applications in an agile enviroment focusing
• Capacity application and network design
• Traffic Engineering and optimization
• Protocols: IP/MPLS, IS-IS, OSPF, BGP, RVSP, SR-TE
• Languages and frameworks used: Java, Javascript, Coffeescript, ReactJs,
• Tools: vagrant, gradle, GIT, JIRA, confluence
Project Management Consultant (Part time)
Rentals Botswana - Francistown -
December 2014 to Present
Planned and oversaw sucessfully construction of a residential rental property in Francistown Botswana.
• Project planning using Microsoft Project
• Budget, Resource and schedule estimation, management and control Senior Quality Assurance Analyst
TELUS Health Solutions - Ottawa, ON -
January 2013 to May 2015
Design Test Plans, Cases & Processes, Strategies and Coverage for a Medical Record Solutions
• Defect/Bug Tracking using Bugzilla
• Test Automation in Java
• Jenkins monitoring
Research Assistant
University of Ottawa Heart Institute - Ottawa, ON - September 2010 to December 2012
Develop tools for analysis of PET images
• Quantification of Right ventricular function for diagnosis and monitoring of Pulmonary Hypertension using MATLAB.
Teaching Assistant
Carleton University - Ottawa, ON -
March 2010 to December 2011
Offer office hours for students who need help; Distributed Network Processing
• Run laboratory sessions for network programming courses. e.g. communications systems lab Software Developer
Protecode Inc - Ottawa, ON -
May 2007 to July 2011
Development of Intellectual Property management software
• Production environment management (backup, redundancy, monitoring)
• Database and Software system design, documentation, implementation, testing and evaluation EDUCATION
4 Course Specialization in Introduction to Project Management Principles and Practices
University of California, Irvine on Coursera
July 2016 to October 2016
MSc. in Biomedical Engineering
Carleton University - Ottawa, ON
2010 to 2012
Bachelor of Engineering in Communications
Carleton University - Ottawa, ON
August 2003 to April 2007
SKILLS
Software Development (10+ years), Mysql (5 years), Microsoft Office (10+ years), Project Management (3 years), Quality Assurance (4 years), Php (3 years), Javascript (2 years), Microsoft Project (1 year), Java (10+ years), Jira (3 years), IP/MPLS (2 years), Git (4 years), Microsoft Office (10+ years), Sql (10+ years), Program coordination (2 years), Microsoft Project 2013/2016 (3 years), Electronic Medical Records applications (2 years) CERTIFICATIONS/LICENCES
Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
August 2017 to August 2022
Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE 7 Programmer
April 2015 to Present
ISTQB Foundation Level Certification
December 2012 to Present
Microsoft Certified Professional
November 2017 to Present
Managing Projects with Microsoft Project
GROUPS
Project Management Institute (PMI)
July 2017 to Present
I currently hold CAPM certification and a member of PMI. ALL Nations Full Gospel Church
June 2009 to Present
Home Fellowship Program coordinator