Solomon Menda

Solomon menda

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location of Solomon MendaMumias, Kakamega County, Kenya
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  • About me

    Am Senior Technical and Vocational Trainer at Mumias West TVC, Specialized in Software Development and Databases

  • Education

    • Kenya technical trainers college

      2021 - 2022
      Diploma in technical training education technical trainer computer studies second class upper

      Activities and Societies: Young Catholic Association Pendagoy skills for teaching in tvet institution

    • Masinde muliro university of science and technology

      2009 - 2013
      Bachelor of science (bsc) in information technology information technology second class hounors upper division
    • Masinde muliro university of science and technology

      2006 - 2008
      Diploma in information technology information technology credit i
    • Kivaywa boys high school

      2002 - 2005
      Secondary education secondary education and teaching
  • Experience

    • Kakamega county council

      Aug 2009 - Jan 2010
      Interim systems administrator

      roles were ; Install new / rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.  Install and configure systems such as LAIFOMS(Local Authority Integrated Financial Operations Management Systems.  Contribute to and maintain system standards.  Research and recommend innovative, and where possible automated approaches for system administration tasks. Identify approaches that leverage our resources and provide economies of scale.  Perform system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups.  Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.  Perform backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media, recovery tapes or disks are created, and media is recycled and sent off site as necessary.  Perform regular file archival and purge as necessary.  Create, change, and delete user accounts per request.  Repair and recover from hardware or software failures. Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies. Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure / add new services as necessary.  Maintain operational, configuration, or other procedures. Show less

    • Moi teaching and referral hospital

      May 2012 - Aug 2012
      Information technology trainee

      My roles were ; Admit, bill patients records using Funsoft software.  Generate health reports using District Hospital Information Software.  Keep Stores inventory using the Electronic Bin Card Software and backing up.  Performing Preventive maintenance.  Planning and Setting up local area networks.  Help desk support and user training.  Developed a software to report crimes and response procedure mechanism within the Hospital

    • Woft technologies

      Mar 2013 - Feb 2014
      Information communication and technology technician

      I was in charge of;  Setting up local area networks.  Trouble shooting PCs and printers.  Performing Preventive maintenance.  Generating Crystal reports from Agricultural Management System.  Maintaining telecommunication equipment and appliances.  Help desk support.  Weekly and monthly reports generation and submission.  Creating backups and Work bench Operation.  Engineering of System Administration-related solutions for various project and operational needs.  Install new / rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.  Install and configure systems such as Asset Management applications.  Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures. Show less

    • Bunyore girls high school

      Mar 2014 - Sept 2016
      Computer studies teacher

      Teach computer studies from Form I to IV  Help Desk Support for IT Related issues in school.  Procure and requisition for ICT equipment’s in the school.  Keep records and performance track of all the ICT equipment in the school.  Teaching and expanding ICT Knowledge to both the teaching an non-teaching staffs  Monitoring and controlling the use of the school computer laboratory.

    • Ict authority

      Sept 2016 - now
      • Presidetial Digital Talent Program -Cohot II- 2016 Intern

        Sept 2016 - now
      • Digital Literacy Program Quality Inspector

        Sept 2016 - Dec 2016
    • Kasneb

      Jan 2017 - now
      Ict intern at kasneb under the presidetial digital talent program
    • Sigalagala national polytechnic

      Feb 2017 - Sept 2020
      Information technology instructor

      Training in Computer studies depertment the following unitsObject oriented programmingStructured programmingOperating Systems Internet Based Programming

    • Mumias west technical and vocational college

      Jan 2021 - now
      Senior technical and vocational trainer

      Teaching/Training ICT related units includingObject oriented ProgrammingDatabase Management SystemsInternet Based ProgrammingVisual BasicICT Basics

    • Acat - tvet

      Feb 2023 - Apr 2023
      Android developer mentor at wanga tvc

      Train Students on mobile application development using Android Jetpack compose. I covered the eight units of Android basic with Compose course

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