Goodnews Daniel

Experience

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  Geecock Solutions Limited

  Nov 2013 - Mar 2017

  Senior Business Analyst | Co-Founder

   Collaborated with other programmers and developers in the whole development process and used structured analysis and design to determine steps to develop programs Determined user requirements, including project budgets and timelines, as well as provided consultative services to clients and project team members on technical issues Mentored and assisted with the training of new and junior programmers, as well as doing code reviews for other team members to ensure the highest possible quality in software products  Researched and evaluated new development tools and software products to increase programming capabilities as well as creating written developers guides and training users in system operations Facilitated JAD sessions to embrace a problem's dimensions, possible causes, and requirements, propose alternative solutions, and reach a decision. Prepared Business Requirements Documentation (BRD) and Functional Specifications Documentation (FSD) following the UML-based methods using MS Visio to create use cases, activity diagrams, sequence diagrams, and collaboration diagrams. Performed data analysis and validation by writing SQL queries against the database. Coordinated work plan between the Project Manager and Client with MS Project, implemented and managed migration process developer fixes, retested fixes, and scheduled and tracked progress for project team members through completion. Organized meetings with the development teams to elicit and document use cases. Interfaced with the client as part of the requirements engineering team to finalize the project scope. Show less

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  Aptech Computer Education, Uyo

  Sept 2015 - Jan 2016

  Center Academic Head/Faculty

  1) Managed student portal and reported to head office in India2) Supervised Final Year Projects of Software Engineering students from research to development 3) Taught Java Programming ( focusing on Console & desktop application development)

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  Bayelsa State Government of Nigeria - eGovernance Bureau

  May 2018 - Nov 2018

  Program Analyst

  Worked on inhouse applications using technologies such as Oracle, Java, etc.

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  LawCribs Limited

  Jun 2018 - Aug 2022

  Product Manager | Co-Founder

   Worked as a liaison among diverse stakeholders to gather and document business, functional and non-functional requirements via individual interviews and group sessions. Assisted stakeholders and project leaders with negotiating and prioritising requirements. Conducted business and functional gap analyses through a detailed understanding of the current and future business processes and application systems. Participated in vendor identification and selection, including assessing and comparing various vendor solutions. Ensured adherence to the legal and compliance requirements from various federal, state, local, and international governing agencies. Utilize diagrams as appropriate to communicate requirements such as process flows, usercase diagrams, class diagrams, sequence diagrams, context diagrams, system interface diagrams, data transformation, field mapping, etc. Created simple user interface designs to communicate changes to existing systems. Show less

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  Maziv Technologies Limited

  Jun 2023 - now

  Lead Technical Consultant

   Determining project requirements and developing work schedules for the team. Delegating tasks and achieving daily, weekly, and monthly goals. Liaising with team members, management, and clients to ensure projects are completed to standard. Identifying risks and forming contingency plans as soon as possible. Analysing existing operations and scheduling training sessions and meetings to discuss improvements. Keeping up to date with industry trends and developments. Updating work schedules and performing troubleshooting as required. Motivating staff and creating a space to ask questions and voice their concerns. Being transparent with the team about challenges, failures, and successes. Writing progress reports and delivering presentations to the relevant stakeholders. Show less

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  VC4A

  Feb 2024 - now

  Mentor

  Provides mentorship to founders and budding entrepreneurs in technology, strategy, product innovation and team building in the technology, e-commerce, education, health and legal services sectors, meeting with them twice a month to discuss their challenges and offer guidance.

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  Mindrift

  Mar 2024 - now

  AI Domain Expert

  As an AI Tutor Domain Expert in Formal Sciences (Theoretical Computer Science(TCS), Cryptography, Machine Learning, Algorithms, Software Engineering, Computational Geometry, Quantum Computing, Digital Communications, etc) at Mindrift, I develop specialised (technical) content that trains AI models to be ethical, accurate, and domain-specifically responsible. This pivotal work supports the reliability of AI applications in the Formal Sciences. Responsibilities include crafting, editing, assessing, and fact-checking AI interactions based on rigorous research. Show less