Curriculum Vitae

David Kubasu MSc(ongoing) BSc IT, Diploma IT

Telephone no: +254-********* Email: adwtod@r.postjobfree.com Skype: Kubasu.david Personal Statement

A career ICT expert with over 15 years of experience in diverse organizations ranging from public, private sector, Non for profit & Non-governmental organization as a consultant and professional in ICT. Champion of innovative technology solutions to meet organizational requirements. Expert in aligning technology with strategic goals to maximize profits and lower organizational risk through policy and technical strategies. Natural team leader, mentor, and builder of high-performance teams who thrives in diverse cultures. Am a dynamic, results-focused all rounded ICT professional with broad-based expertise in ICT- Business alignment, project oversight, systems implementation, process improvements, and integrating cutting-edge/latest technology trends that exceeds expectations. I always bring ambition, innovation and determination to every role I take on. More so, I have proven ability to quickly analyze key business drivers and work directly with internal/external staff, leveraging a team-centered effort that increases profitability. I have well developed interpersonal skills which has successfully increased team morale. Career Snapshot: Engaging Business Analyst and Head of ICT with expertise in strategic planning, business operations, IT infrastructure, and software development gained through progressively responsible technology leadership roles. Collaboration-centric with a bias for process improvement and a passion for leveraging technology as a competitive advantage.

Leadership Profile: Cross-functional transparent communicator and active listener who leverages emotional intelligence to foster stakeholder collaboration, cultivate consensus, and drive technical solution design and execution. Impact-focused leader equally adept at multi- year strategic planning and hands-on project management. Pivot easily between big picture and tactical perspectives.

IT Skills & Executive Leadership Competencies

IT operations & infrastructure, ERP Implementations Cloud & Virtualization, Technology Public/Private/Hybrid Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Internet of Things (IoT), Business Continuity Plan Business Analytics, Software Development, Mentoring and Leadership, Strategic Planning, Customer Service Microsoft Azure Cloud, Vendor Management, Project Management, E-Commerce, Global Information Security, Budgeting Development.

GIS Analysis: Able to perform GIS Analysis as it is often used to solve common problems, with ability to extend and alter the standard analysis to meet requirements.

Technical Skills: I have the knowledge of which types of software programs are compatible with certain types of hardware, able to install and configure VHF/HF Radio communications systems, VSAT installations etc. Work Experience

Jan 2016 to Date Todays Technology Limited - Nairobi, Kenya Position: Director of Projects

Responsibilities:

Accomplished information technology staff results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.

Responsible for spearheading the inception, design, and creation of a highly personalized enterprise wide cloud-based product running on Ms-Azure architecture for storage of organizational resources and deployment of other cloud-based resources.

Maintains staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees; maintaining a safe and secure work environment; developing personal growth opportunities.

Maintains organization's effectiveness and efficiency by defining, delivering, and supporting strategic plans for implementing information technologies.

Directs technological research by studying organization goals, strategies, practices, and user projects.

Completes projects by coordinating resources and timetables with user departments and data center.

Verifies application results by conducting system audits of technologies implemented.

Preserves assets by implementing disaster recovery and back-up procedures and information security and control structures.

Recommends information technology strategies, policies, and procedures by evaluating organization outcomes; identifying problems; evaluating trends; anticipating requirements.

Accomplishes financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective action.

Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.

Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies.

Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed Achievements:

The company has continually been able to realize good profit margins and looking forward to two big projects as my initiative

Jan 2013 to Dec2015 Medicines Sans Frontiers - Holland, South Sudan Position: ICT Supervisor Mgt

Responsibilities:

Responsible for all ICT aspects of South Sudan mission. Coordination of ICT activities in ensuring efficiency and effective manner. Also acted as technical focal point for 3 months during absence of technical coordinator.

Introduced, configured and led to the deployment of an ICT help desk system within the first month this has reduced the IT incident turnaround time by about 75%.

Logging user issues for escalation either to the 2 nd

Level support at headquarters or product/service supplier.

Briefing on ICT for all new staff, have managed brief over 200 experts in the past 3years.

Evaluated and came up with the telephone (PABX) Trunking for MSF Lokichoggio compound to ease on communication cost and ease work functionality.

Implementing, endorsing and safeguarding MSF OCA ICT policy and the mission specific MSF OCA ICT policy annex.

Advising on the proper choice of hard- and software, this has helped reduce overall costs but having minimal breakages and damages on hardware’s which included VSAT, VHF/HF radios.

Maintains adequate stock levels for required ICT hardware

Ensures that the existing ICT infrastructure is functioning at all times

Analysis of ICT logistics reports and plan future activities, in consultation with the Deputy Logistics Coordinator (Technical).

Achievements:

Consistently reduced our costs over the past three years by submitting operating budgets less than the previous year’s actual costs and then coming in under budget year over year i.e. In my Three years as an ICT officer with MSF, implemented cost reduction by managing to reduce the annual bandwidth cost from USD.194, 760 to USD.138, 000 thus saving the organization USD.56, 760 Annually. May 2012 - Jan 2013 Mt. Kenya University, Prebyterian and Gretsa Universities, Nairobi, Kenya Position: Associate Lecturer

Responsibilities:

Delivering lectures, seminars and tutorials.

Developing and implementing new methods of teaching to reflect changes in research.

Undertaking personal research projects and actively contributing to the institution's research profile.

Module preparation for the course modules.

Lectured in Business event driven programming (VB), C++, Analysis and Design of algorithms, Web fundamentals Using JavaScript and Java (Object Oriented Programming). Jan 2007 - Apr 2012 Highland Surveyors Ltd, Nairobi Position: System Administrator

Responsibilities:

Setting up and maintaining all internet and Microsoft Exchange E-mail accounts and server configurations.

Rebuild existing servers and configure hardwarein accordance with standards and operational requirements.

Setup security policies for users(e.g. firewalls and intrusion detection systems)

Designed and developed the database system for UNHabitat urban Planning for the county system in Kenya.

Implementation and monitoring of structured cabling (LAN) for both Voice and data for new office.

Providing training and support to the GIS Engineering Team.

Participated in Nakuru County GIS Mapping Project funded by UNHabitat, Assisted in the development of data Entry Database to help data capture in various counties across Kenya. Other Positions Held

July 2007: Trainee at Jo World Company Limited, Nairobi.

Voluntary teacher

Education

MSC (Software Engineering option), Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology(JKUAT)– 2014 BSC, IT, Jomo Kenyatta University – 2011 Certification: Cloud Essentials (Azure, AWS), Linux, ITIL, CCNA, CISSP, CISA, CISM, PMP, Network Administration, and Computer Repair, Advanced ICT Training, MSF - H, Kampala, Uganda - 2013,VSAT and HF/VHF Radio Training course, Nairobi, Kenya.-2013,Advanced ICT Training, MSF - H, Kampala, Uganda-2014, GIS (Geographic information Systems), JICA, Nairobi, Kenya-2019. Referees

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