T.S.Khamala Chibire

Experience

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  IHub (mlab)

  Sept 2012 - May 2013

  Startup founder and trainee at mobile laboratory (MLAB) Eastern Africa

  World Bank - InfoDev. Scholarship recepient on mobile applications development certificate. Designed mobile applications using various technologies like USSD, Android, J2me, Php, Mysql, LWUIT, Mobile Web, User Experience Design, SMS, and Systems Design. Drafted and pitched business startup ideas designed using the business model canvas to entrepreneurship coaches. This training opportunity served to equip the trainee to become a professional mobile application developer with an entrepreneurial mindset, while at the same time provided real work environment interaction with mobile technology leaders in the Kenyan industry. During that time working with others I established a mobile web startup: MobiDev, that has since scaled up to a fully fledged mobile technologies consultancy. Show less

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  Gestalt Gild Limited

  May 2013 - May 2016

  Assistant Engineer

  • User support professional for various computational devices and audio-visual systems including: Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) telephone’s set-up, Personal Computers (PC’s), laptops, servers, video coder-decoders (CODECs), projectors, printers, smart boards and cellular phones among many others.• Network Support professional for LANs, wireless access points for WLANs, WANs, and basic security firewall configuration and set-up for various Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM’s) like: Cisco, Avaya, HP, Dell, CheckPoint security.• Capacity to address as well as resolve support calls and undertake preventive maintenance on systems, basic switches, firewalls and router configuration• Video conferencing, collaboration and audio-visual systems engineer specialist for the deployment and support of: Cisco, Tandberg, LifeSize, Polycom, PeopLink and Avaya Radvision Scopia video systems.• Preparing system’s solutions documentations and sign-off documents for completed projects, as well as related training manuals.• Undertaking system’s administration and user trainings for deployed projects.• Supervision and monitoring of data centre and structured cabling developments.• Undertaking site surveys and preparing pre-sales engineering pre-design report for the related prospective project work.• Supervising the on-boarding, training and mentoring of interns, trainees and junior engineers.• Co-ordinating with the procurement and logistics departments to ensure that the right Bills of Materials (BOM’s) are delivered to project sites. Show less

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  Unilever

  Mar 2018 - Jul 2018

  Software Integrator

  Under Serve Tech systems Ltd I was engaged in the Unilever's Jaza Duka software project and my responsibilities included:Integrating and deploying the Unilever Jaza Duka software project,End-user support for the Jaza Duka software Training of salesmen,Supervising salesmen,Administration of the project in three counties assigned to me, namely: Nairobi, Kitui and Kwale.

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  Indian Institute of Hardware Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

  Nov 2018 - Oct 2019

  Business Analyst

  Responsibilities:Develop and execute outreach programs and partnerships with external organisations for prospective students through awareness campaigns,Marketing IIHT-Kenya courses to tertiary education institutions and Small Microenterprises (SME's),Network work with partner organisations through various digital platforms,Career counselling and guidance to prospective IIHT-Kenya students,Representing IIHT-Kenya at Expos and giving positive publicity to our courses.Organizing and conducting seminarsDeveloping and managing the database of IIHT clienteleDeveloping and executing the marketing strategyPreparing Key Performance Indicators and marketing reportsCarrying out management feedback sessions that aid in the decision making process Show less

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  European Commission - WaziHub project

  Nov 2019 - Feb 2021

  Trainer

  Volunteer trainer for Waziup open source technologies. This European Union H2020 initiative seeks to train technologists, students and entrepreneurs on Internet of Things (IOT), Big Data and Cloud computing. My role is teaching students, entrepreneurs and technologists how to ideate, prototype and bring to the market applications that leverage on the WaziUp technologies.THIS PROJECT HAS RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION’S HORIZON 2020 RESEARCH AND INNOVATION PROGRAMME UNDER GRANT AGREEMENT NO 780229 Show less

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  Azubi Africa

  Mar 2021 - Feb 2024

  Cloud Technology Trainer

  AWS re\Start LeadKnowledge transfer and technical skills development of learners is my core responsibility. I have led and grown the Azubi Africa AWS Cloud Academy from a Team of 5 to 30 Technical Trainers.The Team I lead has trained and certified over 4000 learners.As a cloud technology technical trainer my role entails:• Leading and instructing live and virtual training sessions• Developing and executing the content procurement and creation strategy in line with training goals of the Cloud Academy• Creating, maintaining and improving learner’s skills development in cloud computing, through knowledge transfer classes and practice test courses in preparation for AWS certification• Training learners in relevant related technologies like network engineering fundamentals, information security, databases, scripting languages, operating systems and professional development studies• Continuous development and improvement of training offerings of the Cloud Academy• Mentor, coach, and manage the technical trainer team of instructors as well as coach and manage learners career progression from trainee to employees in their journey to employability• Alliance lead in charge of liaison of the AWS Training Partnership (ATP) with Azubi Africa Show less

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  Data Alma

  Mar 2024 - now

  Cloud Training Lead

  As a consultant I have engaged in capacity building, knowledge transfer and technical skills development for AWS partner companies and their corporate clients. I have led and grown the Data Alma Cloud Academy from a Team of 2 to 5 Technical Trainers.