Daniel Mwakanema

Experience

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  Baobab Health Trust

  Nov 2018 - Mar 2020

  Senior Software Developer

  - Reduced incidence rate of bugs that require site visits for a medical records app by 95%; as measured by the support team- Developed the frontend and reporting modules of the Tuberculosis electronic health records system that won the communicable diseases category at the Commonwealth Digital Health Awards- Recommended and deployed Metabase to plug gaps in the data visualization stack and created a dashboard with over 50 key Tuberculosis metrics- Designed data pipeline and warehouse to foster a sustainable approach to data gathering, validation and analysis- Implemented clinical workflow aiding algorithms to improve among many things drug recommendations and appointment scheduling Show less

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  Luke International

  Mar 2020 - Oct 2021

  Software Developer

  - Worked on team that developed the national Aggregate Data Exchange; contributed optimizations that reduced request processing times by 90% from days to minutes- Led the development of the Master Patient Index which seeks to ease patient identity management at a national level; championed the collaborative design of the service with both in-house and stakeholder teams; contributed key features like duplicate detection using probabilistic+deterministic algorithms, change propagation using message queues and generated 100M unique identifiers to be used as national health identifiers- Introduced golden paths to foster consistent engineering practices and reduce fragmentation- Collaborated with the engineering team to introduce standard log format (Elastic Common Schema) and monitoring (ELK Stack) in order to improve service monitoring- Designed and developed a RESTful service that integrates with the One Health Surveillance Platform to issue COVID-19 certificates for cross-border travel; has issued 50000+ certificates so far- Worked with the engineering team to engineer a service that acts as a medical product metadata database within the national digital health infrastructure; keeping track of meaning at a national level and in other naming systems like ICD-10- Former member of National DHIS2 Core Team Show less

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  Fineazy

  Oct 2021 - Mar 2022

  Data Engineer

  Worked on the data platform with a driven multinational team that’s bringing a financial literacy revolution to the masses through chatbots and adaptive learning; giving everyone the necessary information and skills to make better financial decisions. Owned the data platform and worked with product and engineering to do the following:- Recommended, costed and documented the migration from CRON-based to Apache Airflow data pipelines- Scoped, designed, documented and developed pipeline to backup and interpret learner interactions with the chatbots- Worked with the engineering team and management to scope, document and develop pipeline that estimates when learners are most active based on their interactions with the chatbots Show less

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  International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH)

  Jan 2022 - Oct 2023

  The International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH) is a global network that works with local partners to develop skilled health care workers and strong national health systems in resource-limited countries. I-TECH promotes local ownership to sustain effective health systems.- Worked with a multinational team of researchers and product managers to design and configure educational short messages that improve retention and treatment outcomes for 12000+ VMMC clients in Zimbabwe- Worked with a multinational team of researchers and product managers to design and configure motivational short messages that improve retention and treatment outcomes for 600+ PLHIV in Malawi- Collaborated with the Ministry of Health in Zimbabwe to integrate in-facility and community-based care systems to promote continuity of care; designed and contributed a service that syncs client appointments- Worked with multi-disciplinary team to design and implement the CARES research study. It aims to extend HIV/AIDS treatment to patients in the community whilst addressing common issues in low resource settings like network infrastructure and human resources- Managed project to configure research study devices on an endpoint management platform to promote device security and administration; made sure deliverables are met proficiently Show less

  • Technical Lead

    May 2023 - Oct 2023

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Jan 2022 - May 2023
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  NORCAP - part of the Norwegian Refugee Council

  Mar 2023 - now

  Climate Technology Expert
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  University of Washington

  Oct 2023 - now

  Technical Lead