John Nderitu

Experience

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  Kenyatta University

  Apr 2011 - May 2012

  - Planed, organized and facilitated Google events, preparing presentation materials, presenting and training during the Google Campus events.- Led a Google+ team that registered more than 1200 students to the platform in a 3 days KU Campus Google+ Launch Drive- Was involved in the negotiations between Google and the University in adoption of Google Apps for Education; demonstrating to the University directorate the applications, their usage and the advantages. Software development, network installation and maintenance, computer configuration

  • Google Student Ambassador

    May 2011 - May 2012

  • IT Assistant

    Apr 2011 - Aug 2011
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  Tandaza Technologies Ltd

  Jun 2011 - Jul 2012

  Web, Android and J2ME applications) - Have successfully created 3 products in 6 months; Sokoni- an application for farmers to market their produce and consumers to buy and order for farm produce. Available in Android, J2ME mobiles and Web, HisaBiz - A mobile application in Android, J2ME and Web to transact in the Stock market by placing orders, view personal profile, CDS Account, real time capital market data and view statements, Payuka - An Android application for football fans with over 70 league available in Android Market. Show less

  • Project lead & Software Developer

    Jul 2011 - Jul 2012

  • Software Developer

    Jun 2011 - Feb 2012
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  Simba Technology Ltd. - Kenya

  Jan 2012 - Jul 2013

  IT Banking Consultant

  Implementation, Technical, Functionality, Users Training and Support, Customization, Database Management and Business Intelligence Systems Development

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  Simba Technologies Ltd

  May 2012 - Jul 2013

  Finacle Core Banking System Administrator

  - Finacle support consultant, providing level 2 technical support, Finacle system administration, customization, tuning and monitoring, backup and recovery, OS Level security management and infrastructure management.- Solved more than 70 logged Finacle issues in 3 months through testing, root cause analysis, system upgrade, patching and customizations reducing end user operation errors by 80%.- Participated in a project to develop Finacle, PL/SQL and Crystal financial reports applications, reducing monthly and annual Central Bank reports generation time from 4 days to 3 hours. - Led a successful implementation of an Electronic Fund Transfer and e-Statement applications and the integration with Finacle Core Banking System. Show less

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  Geda Ltd

  Oct 2013 - May 2015

  SAP Basis Technology Consultant

  • Co-led a team of 4 to establish SAP Department and formulated IT strategy for new SAP Value Added Reseller Partnership.• Responsible for providing SAP Basis administration Support of technical architecture in SAP Netweaver 7.0 and BusinessObjects 4.0 platforms, Performance monitoring &tuning, Problem analysis & resolution, and other activities required to maintain system integrity and maximize uptime.• Responsible for general technical administration required for ABAP and J2EE stacks of all SAP systems including License administration, Starting and Stopping AS ABAP and AS Java, Security and User Administration, Monitoring, Software Logistics and Administration of the Internet Communication Manager• SAP ERP Central Component (ECC 6.0 and EHP 7), ABAP and Java stack (troubleshooting, user security maintenance, patch management, installation, upgrade, archiving, system copy, Unicode conversion)• Installation and setup of Solution Manager 7.1 for Implementation of SAP solutions, Solution monitoring and diagnostics, Central monitoring tool configuration for CCMS alerts across the Landscape• Applying Kernel patches and Java support patches using JSPM• Configuration of Maintenace optimizer for downloading the support Packages• Configure & Trouble-shoot STMS, Creation, release & transportation transport request, creating development class & add with transport layer.• Oracle 10g/11, MS SQL Server 2005/2008/2012, Solaris 10 (administration, installation, upgrade)• Managed the SAP in-house systems implementation project coordinating the project team from start through to completion, coordinated and managed project reporting, project reviews and project steering committee meetings. • Participated in SAP Pre-sales team activities; evaluating customers’ business requirements, assessing technical environment and analysing business processes and systems. Show less

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  Kenswitch Ltd

  Apr 2015 - now

  Project Manager

  • Have successfully managed implementation of over 25 payment services projects including ATM Switch, Mobile, online and agency money transfer, cards issuing and management, ATM, agency and merchants acquiring, mobile money transfer application development projects.• Responsible for managing all financial institutions payment services project implementations using project lifecycle management methodology and tools.• Building the project requirements with clients, preparing detailed project plans using MS Project, scheduling and tracking project timelines, milestones, and deliverables.• Managing the triple projects constraints of cost, time, and scope and prepares project status reports.• Managing and coordinating project contracts, signoffs, kick-off meetings, regular project reporting and status review meetings, risk management, testing and quality assurance and project handover.• Preparing the communication plans and spearheading communications throughout the projects.• Communicating and/or escalating project issues early to operations management and delivery management. • Tracking projects on a daily basis and alerting stakeholders of any delays.• Pro-actively managing changes in project scope, identifying potential crisis, devising contingency plans while keeping the risk register for all projects updated.• Developing best practices, generating lessons learnt and their documentation on project closure.• Maintaining project documentation and updates to relevant knowledge management bases; analyzing lessons learned and sharing with the organization’s project management office. • Balancing the trade-off of the triple- constraint (time, cost and scope) to realize the expected business value.• Preparing project invoices to clients and timely payment follow-up. Show less