Remote WordPress Developer Resume Summary

EDWIN OTIENO ODUOR

Current Address

P.O. Box ****7 – 00200

Nairobi, Kenya.

Tel: +254-***-******

Email: ********@*****.*** / *****.******@*************.*** PERSONAL

DETAILS

Date of Birth: April 19, 1985

Marital Status: Married

Discipline: Information Technology & Communication Specialization: Networks, Hardware, Software, Web Development CAREER

OBJECTIVES

To be an assertive ICT Specialist who exercises leadership, initiative and decisiveness in accomplishing goals on situations and opportunities, and to be of positive contribution to my employer and facilitate the success of the organization.

EDUCATION

Catholic University of Eastern Africa – (August 2003 – April 2007) B.Sc in Computer Science – Second Class Honours – Upper Division

Strathmore University – (August 2005 - May 2008) CCNA, Cisco Certified Network Associate, Part 1-4 certificates

Universal College – (January – June 2004) Diploma in Professional Computing & Information Technology (PCIT)

Institute of Advanced Technology – (June – July 2010) Linux Essentials and Administration

RELEVANT

ON-THE-JOB

CERTIFICATI

ONS

Nexans Certified Cable Installer, East African Cables (September 2007)

Matrix Professional Engineer, Eternity IP-PABX Systems (March 2015) – Recertified in August 2016

APC Sales Associate, Power Backup Systems (April 2015)

Data Center Design Consultant, Computer Learning Center

(May2015)

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EXPERIENCE

Full Stack Web Designer & Developer at Capenet Global Ltd, Nrb Duration: April 2010 to date (SIDE JOB)

https://capenetglobal.com

Experienced web developer with a strong background in developing award-winning websites and applications for a diverse clientele spread across US, UK, Europe & Africa. 10+ years of industry experience. Proficient in WordPress, HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, & jQuery. Portfolio can be found on my website mentioned above.

Full Stack Web Developer Part-time at Klutch Growth, Montreal, Canada

Duration: March 2022 to date

https://klutchgrowth.com/

Currently working remotely as a part-time web developer at Klutch Growth where I develop, troubleshoot and maintain websites for the company’s clients.

Search Engine Optimization Assistant at Tiny Digital, Gateshead, UK Duration: April 2017 to September 2021

Reporting to: Managing Director

www.tinydigital.co.uk

Working remotely as a virtual assistant, undertaking search engine optimization (front-end & back-end), citations, web design & development

(WordPress & Joomla), email marketing campaigns, new lead generations among other VA tasks.

Technical Manager at Teledata Technologies Ltd, Nrb Duration: March 2015 to January 2017

Reporting to: Managing Director

www.teledataafrica.com

Technical staff employee management and appraisals

Formulating and implementing ICT policies within the branches across East Africa

Organizing product training for in-house members of staff

Creating and maintaining dealer partnerships with different solution providers/manufacturers/vendors

Project management (from design through to implementation, commissioning & handover)

Creating customized solutions to the company’s clients

Administering the company’s mail server for both local and the East African region employees as well as configuring mail clients

Activating and deactivating new user accounts by use of Active Directory on Windows Server 2008 & 2012

General IT support to both the company and its clients

Updating and maintaining the company’s website

Maintaining the company’s LAN and WAN for communication with branch offices in the East African region.

Scheduling daily server backup and redundancy and retrievals/rollbacks in case of failures

Assistant Technical Manager at Teledata Technologies Ltd, Nrb Duration: August 2012 to March 2015

Reporting to: Head of Technical Services

www.teledataafrica.com

Performing site surveys at client premises

Creating and maintaining dealer partnerships with different solution providers/manufacturers.

Formulation and pricing bills of quantities of different projects

Project management (from design through to implementation, commissioning & handover)

Provide guidance and mentoring to the ICT customer service help desk/support technicians as well as students on attachment

Organizing product training for in-house members of staff

Creating customized ICT solutions to the company’s clients

Technical staff employee management

Notable Achievements

Project Manager – World Vision Africa CCTV, Access Control, Intruder alarm installations at new client offices at Karen (2013)

Project Manager – KARI Lot 8 (Njoro, Molo, Perkerra) structured cabling LAN works (2013)

Project Manager – CORAT Africa, Karen, Alarm system installation at new hostel block (2014)

Project Manager – Makueni County, 16 Community Information Centers, Structured cabling works and internet connectivity (2014- 2015)

Enabled the company gain partnership status for Cisco, Microsoft, Oracle and HP.

Senior Systems Administrator at Crystal Outsourcing Ltd, Nrb Duration: May 2009 to July 2012

Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer

www.crystaloutsourcing.net

Provide day to day ICT support and maintenance of the key ICT infrastructure

Manage ICT acquisition and Network Infrastructure systems in the company

Provide guidance and mentoring to the ICT customer service help desk/support technicians as well as students on attachment

Maintain current and accurate inventory of Systems hardware, software and ICT resources

Develop and implement policies and procedures for efficient ICT systems operations

Perform regular backup of Databases and information ensuring that the backup and recovery procedures are well in place

Coordinate all ICT projects, prepare budget and oversee the work plans

Giving support remotely via Team Viewer and VPN out of office support to the company’s overseas clients

Update and manage the Track Project Management System for assigning task, manage team members and meeting deadlines assignment

Maintenance and Administration of Servers, network printers, HiPath Siemens PABX switchboards, network infrastructure and troubleshooting

Systems Field Engineer at Technology Today, Nairobi Duration:3 months contract (1st Jan – 31st March 2009) Reporting to: Enterprise Manager

Configuring and setting up networks equipment and Pix Firewall

Site survey for Structured Cabling (LAN/WAN and WIRELESS)

Writing documentation for network projects to clients

Setting up Local Area Networks and testing network points

Ensuring constant upgrades on all hardware, software and network systems to meet the organization’s standards.

Liaising with technicians at the field to ensure fieldwork is completed on time and documenting the project report

Liaising with IT firms for better solutions for our clients systems infrastructure and ICT products and services

IT Officer at Top Tech Ltd., Nairobi

Duration: 6 months contract (May – October 2008)

Reporting to: The Finance and Admin Officer

Desktop administration (hardware and software support)

Installation of KVM (Keyboard, Video and Mouse) switches and configuration at client sites for monitoring and network shutdown on APC, LIEBERT and EMERSON UPS systems

Windows 2003 Servers Management

Administration on File Server, Active Directory, Ms Exchange Server, Domain, Antivirus deployment, Remote assistance

Mail management, adding user and setting file permissions

Radio communication monitoring and equipment management

Installation and Configuration of WEBS/SNMP Management Card at client sites via TCP/IP for remote management and monitoring of UPS

Liaising with the ISP and other critical IT service providers in troubleshooting and maintenance of the internet gateway Network and Hardware Systems Support, Ministry of Finance

(TREASURY), Nairobi.

Duration: INTERNSHIP, (June – August 2006)

Assembly, installation and configuration of software in new PCs

Troubleshooting of Local Area Network (LAN) faults in the Treasury Building

Inspection and certification of new computers, printers and UPS delivered by suppliers to the Ministry

Carrying out surveys for new Local Area Networks

Preparation of design drawings for Local Area Networks in the government buildings

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PAST

PROJECTS

UNDERTAKE

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2010 January to 2012 July: Chief IT Consultant at Ansoffs Consulting. Offering and supervising all ICT projects of the company’s IT clients

January 2010 - Gigabit LAN Upgrade – Protégée Business Center. Designed and implemented a Gigabit Ethernet network based on 3COM 4900 and Cisco 2900 series switches. Oversaw the successful linking of all computers with Fibre connectivity.

November 2007 – Switched LAN Solution – Safaricom, Shankadrass and Westgate Customer Care Shops.

Implementation of a switched LAN solution on both UTP and multimode fibre infrastructure using Cisco hardware for Safaricom Customer Care shops at Westgate Shopping Mall and Shankadrass Customer Care shop.

October 2007 – LAN Upgrade, ILRI.Designed and implemented a Gigabit Ethernet network based on Cisco 2900 series switches. Oversaw the successful cut-over of the 250 users over a single weekend. Successfully delivered the project within budget and with minimum disruption to the end users.

December 2007 – LAN Re-engineering, Pricewaterhouse Coopers. Design and implementation of a Gigabit Ethernet Campus network on Fibre and Cisco 2960 at the corporate headquarters of PWC. The LAN is spread out in 3 floors. The Enterprise WAN is designed to use 128KKenstream lines, Cisco 7200, 3725, 3600 and 2600 series routers and a host of services including voice, video and data

SKILLS

Research/Technical/Communication skills

Good interpersonal and communication skills; Report and proposal writing

Excellent training and coaching skills; strong team development skills

IT Systems Networking, Computer Assembly, data storage with RAID

Visually presenting and verbally communicating research findings. OTHER

SKILLS

Professional and proficient Web Designer & Developer – 15 years experience. Expert in WordPress, HTML, CSS, MySQL, jQuery & PHP

Clean driving license, Class BCE – 14 years experience SEMINARS/

WORKSHOP

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Symantec End Point Protection Seminar (November 2007)

Cisco Business Solutions Workshop (November 2007)

Member of the Catholic University club for Computer Science and Mathematics (CUEAMAC)

APRORED Kenya Program Office, Certificate in Internet Research HOBBIES

Basketball

Football

Traveling

LANGUAGES

– (written &

spoken)

English

Swahili

REFERENCE

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Mr. Benjamin J. Church

Managing Director

Tiny Digital

11 Angel Avenue,

Gateshead, United Kingdom

Tel: 019*-***-****

Email: ***@***********.**.**

Mr. Josiah Mache

Managing Director

Teledata Technologies Ltd

P.O. Box 408**-*****,

Nairobi, Kenya

Tel: +254-***-******

Email: ******@**************.***

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