Curriculum vitae Purity Kanorio Kirimi, email address:ads7j6@r.postjobfree.com, cell:
Introduction
A highly motivated and detailed conscious lady who displays considerable strength across a
wide range of personal skills in particular customer service, research, analysis, thinking together
with problem solving. Enjoys working within a team and multicultural environment together
with the challenge of carrying out individual tasks.
Education
Master of Science of science at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and
Technology (ONGOING)
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science awarded a second upper class
honors in 2011.
Attended St. Mary’s Girls’ Igoji and scored a B+ (plus) in the year 2005
Attended a data science (machine learning) course in Moringa school (IBM research) in
2018
Work Experience
Splint Research- Data Analyst/Data Scientist April 2020-present
Duties and Responsibilities
Working on
Machine learning projects
Model validation
Data analysis
Reporting findings
On medical data from different hospitals including Kenyatta National Hospital.
Savanna Data Solutions LLC- Data entry Independent contractor Jan 2021-Present
Duties and Responsibilities
Insurance claims Data entry and Verification in the Database for clients in the United
States these include Innovista, Boncura, Siho, Ulic and CHMSO
Hotelonline-Data Specialist- Customer service department Sep 2016 to March 2020
Duties and Responsibilities
Was in charge of all the communication between the company and various online travel
agencies like Booking.com, Expedia and Hotel beds
Identifying potential business areas for the company across Africa, Europe and Asia by
carrying out market research on predefined channels
On boarding content timely on the various extranets of the online travel agencies before a
property can have an online presence
Data entry into the Central Reservation Management System
Connect the clients/properties to the various online channels
Manage the channels and ensure information was up to date
Achievements
Ensured that the company had continuous flow of information
Maintain and update customer data in a timely manner
Channels increased revenue to the company
Content Supevisor-Kenya National Bureau of Statistics-August 2019
Duties and Responsibilities
Training all the enumerators what was expected during the census exercise
Assigning enumeration areas to the Enumerators
Undertaking census enumeration in the re-sampled households
Keeping a register of Enumerators
Ensured that everybody in the supervision area was enumerated
Reservations agent- Hotelonline May-Sep 2016
Duties and Responsibilities
Greeting guests and welcoming them to the hotel
Ensuring that the client are checked in and taking them to their rooms
Ensuring the clients are transferred to and from the airport
Ensuring that the clients have taken their meals as ordered through coordination with the
kitchen
Ensuring that housekeeping and the kitchen have the required items
Meru County Bio Statistician May2015 to Dec 2015
Participated in the implementation of the International Quality Care and Patient’s
information Management System within the public hospitals in Meru County
Trained all the members of staff working in the public hospitals in Meru County by
ensuring each one of had an account which enabled them to log into the system
International Quality Care and Patient’s information Management
Performed monitoring and evaluation of the system by administering questionnaires and
conducting focus group discussions with the departmental heads in some selected
public hospitals in order to measure on the attitudes of the reception of the system
Supervised five students who were on internship on accurate data entry into
the system and reporting
Wrote weekly reports about the performance International Quality Care and Patient’s
information Management System performance that is the revenue generated and the
items issued to the various hospital departments.
Assisted the procurement officer on creating budgets for the pharmaceuticals
and no pharmaceuticals to be ordered
Achievements
There was 100% reception on usage of the system where all the public hospital staff
were familiar with the use of the system
Successfully ensured that there was a continuous flow of hospital commodities
by advising on quantities to order
World Agro forestry Centre (ICRAF) Research fellow DEC 2013 Nov 2014
Assigned to clean data for errors, discrepancies and to check for missing data,
validate data and analyze a dataset on Agro forestry Food Security Program from
Malawi
Designed data entry forms using CS pro
Entered data of 700 questionnaires containing oil palm data from Malaysia into the
CS pro forms
Did data validation of the Malaysia data entered using the CS pro
Conducted data cleaning of the oil palm data using R and STATA a statistical
software
Excellent in data management that is maintaining data quality and archiving data
Proficiency in designing of data collection tools, data collection and training of
enumerators
Assisted the programs officer in uploading agro forestry scientific studies and
datasets into the archive data verse (a database)
Achievements
Successfully cleaned validated the data and analyzed the data and wrote a
scientific paper
Became proficient in using statistical software R, SPSS and STATA
Gained experience in using open source software like CS pro for data entry
Learnt how to use Open data Kit a mobile data collection technique
Proficiency in cleaning data using R and STATA
Working knowledge in using the open data kit for data collection
Participated in the sentinel landscapes publication
Field officer Kiambu county Dec 2013(Ministry of Agriculture)
Performed data collection, trained enumerators, did data entry, validation and analysis
of the data
Verified the questionnaires after data collection from the enumerators
Achievements
Ensured that all the data that was collected was accurate and that all the questionnaires
were submitted by the enumerators well filled where necessary with no missing
information
Managed to get all the information the ministry needed on time
Part- time lecturer at the Dedan Kimathi University of Agriculture and Technology 2012-
2014
Taught probability and Statistics units at the university
Prepared students CATS and Examinations
Marked and invigilated the examinations and CATS
Achievements
All the students managed to proceed successfully with their semesters due to them
passing all the assessments
Key Skills and Abilities
Displays exceptional interpersonal skills by gaining the trust and respect of others, being
sensitive to their needs and contributing effectively in all team activities
Writes in a concise style, listens very carefully and is extremely articulate and
persuasive by pitching the conversation at the appropriate level
Excellent presentation and organizational skills
Works and thrives when under pressure where demanding deadlines exists and is able
to establish achievable milestones and goals
Pays particular attention to small detail when carrying through research and analysis and
is experienced at interpreting underlying themes from complicated information
Priorities tasks and assignments when carrying out planning and organizing and where
the opportunity arises integrated the efforts of others
Easily adapts to change, without compromising
Fully computer literate with the working knowledge of a range of packages MS
Word, MS Excel, MS Access, Internet and emailing
Also have working knowledge of the following soft ware’s R,SPSS, My SQL,
GRETL and STATA
Ability to design surveys using survey monkey
Perform monitoring and evaluation
Proficiency in designing surveys and data collection
Ability to use GIS software like ArcView
Other training acquired
Attended a driving college and was awarded with a Kenyan driving license
Kenya Medical Supplies(KEMSA) training on creating and uploading of orders online
on their Logistic Information Management System (LIMS)
Prof.Anthony Waititu Gichuhi
Senior Lecturer,
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences,
J.K.U.A.T, P.O. Box 62000,Nairobi.
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Cell: +254-***-***-***
Joanine Kirkwood
Director,
Savanna Data Solutions
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Cell:+254-***-***-***
Wangwe Inertia Ibrahim
Lecturer
The Technical University of Kenya
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