JACOBSON OKORO

Ikeja, Lagos · +234**********

adj3i6@r.postjobfree.com · www.linkedin.com/in/jacobson-okoro · www.github.com/rheinchester Proven Administrative Capacity 3 years’ Experience in Software and Computing Solid Scientific Background

EXPERIENCE

NOV, 2019 – PRESENT

WHO-NAFDAC GLOBAL BENCHMARKING, NATIONAL AGENCY FOR FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION A`ND CONTROL (NAFDAC)

I am currently part of a team working closely with WHO to bring the capacity of our health system including staff; regulatory process and organizational policy to global standards. Upon success, the regulatory standards of food and drugs within the country would be improved by at least 25%; ensuring that 200 million Nigerians would have access to greater quality of food and drugs in a highly robust manner. My team is in charge of recommendations regarding certain policies and processes that affect the implementation of key regulatory functions involving Clinical trial oversight; Good Manufacturing Practices; Laboratory Testing; capacity building; and Quality management systems, as a whole. Within this role I displayed the following:

A Demonstrated capacity to provide comprehensive support for senior-level staff, including managing and coordinating projects and processes in support of effective business operations.

A Proven track record of accurately maintaining detailed records, generating reports, coordinating meetings, and multitasking within fast-paced atmospheres.

An Adeptness at managing and streamlining administrative processes to mitigate errors, improve accuracy and efficiency, and achieve organizational objectives.

An Outstanding interpersonal, customer service, leadership, and organizational skills; thrive within detail-oriented, deadline-driven environments.

JUNE, 2017 – DEC, 2017

RESEARCH INTERN, BIOCHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT During my time I Implemented a method to help reduce experiment-related equipment loss. Engaged in an array of experiments including: determining the ability of pumpkin seeds to reduce cataracts; determining the ability of recombinant human erythropoietin to restore hematological factors in anaemia; determining hepato-toxicity of acetaminophen in the liver of wistar rats. Aided in miscellaneous tasks like equipment calibrations, iodine tests, acid-base standardizations and buffer preparation. Served as a teaching assistant to some of the lecturers during laboratory sessions. MAR, 2018 – FEB, 2019

BACKEND ENGINEER, BITHUB, PORT-HARCOURT

To date, I have participated in building over 15 websites including school management systems, ecommerce stores and mini social networks, and personal blogs for individuals. Working in this role taught me the importance of prioritizing user experience. 2

EDUCATION

OCTOBER 2018

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOCHEMISTRY, UNIVERSITY OF PORT-HARCOURT Attained a Second Class, Upper Division (3.9 on a 5.0 scale). MONTH YEAR

O LEVEL (NECO, WASSCE), AIRFORCE SECONDARY SCHOOL, IKEJA, LAGOS STATE Graduated with credit in both O-level exams.

SKILLS

Administrative assistant:

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

(Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint,

SharePoint)

Skilled in managing, arranging, and

coordinating executive calendars,

travel, contacts, conference bridges,

appointments, and luncheons/events.

Data-Science and Machine Learning:

In-depth understanding of neural networks

Hyper-Parameter Tuning

Numerical computing - Numpy, vectorization,

batch vectorization

Data wrangling – Pandas, H5py, CSV

Data visualization – Matplotlib, pylab

Machine learning –Scikitlearn, Tensorflow

Programming

Object oriented programming

Proficiency in Data structures

Effective implementation of basic

Algorithms, along with complexity

analysis

Language proficiency – python, Java,

PHP, Javascript, c#

Version control with Git

Research

Biochemical Assays along with their underlying

principles – including ELISA, PCR and immuno-

florescence

Hematological assays – PCV, RBC, WBC, platelet,

Organ function test including- Liver function test and kidney function test.

Data analysis – ANOVA one way analysis with the

SSPS package

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

COURSERA:

Introduction To Deep Neural Networks

(2019)

Hyper-Parameter Tuning In Deep

Neural Networks(2019)

Finding Hidden messages in DNA

(Bioinformatics I) (2020)

Genome sequencing (Bioinformatics ii)

( Audited In 2020)

Convolutional Neural Networks(2020)

Genomic Data Science And Clustering

(bioinformatics v)( Audited In 2020)

Introduction to Data and Probability

with R

EDX:

MITX 600.1 - Introduction To Programming With

Python(Audited In 2017)

MITX 600.2 - Introduction To Computational

Thinking And Data Science(Audited In 2019)

THE ACTUAL CERTIFICATES CAN BE VIEWED ON MY

LINKEDIN PROFILE. THOUGH I AUDITED SOME OF

THESE COURSES, MY SOLUTION TO THEIR PROBLEM

SETS ARE ON GITHUB

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ACTIVITIES

Jan 2018-Oct 2018

PYTHON TEACHING ASSISTANT

I helped provide some study materials including

Python and PHP videos, pdfs and study slides,

for a programming tutor Lewis

Nov, 2019 - Present

Red Cross Society, Nigeria

I am trained to engage in disaster relief; injury care; education in sporting conducts.

REFERENCES

Chinyere Ilonze

Assistant Director/Coordinator,

WHO-NAFDAC Global Benchmarking Program,

National Agency for Food and Drugs

Administration and Control (NAFDAC).

Phone: +234**********

Email: adj3i6@r.postjobfree.com

Charity Ogunka-Nnoka

Senior Lecturer,

Biochemistry

University of Port-Harcourt

Phone: +234**********

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