Raymond

Kampala, Uganda

A results-oriented engineer with a solid background in software development, data analytics & project management. Raymond has a demonstrated track record of successfully delivered products used by public utilities or development institutions. Raymond is skilled in front-end user interface development using JavaScript / TypeScript, API development with either Node.js or Python, data analytics using R & QGIS and other industry tools.

Project Specialist, GFA Consulting Gmbh

Nov 2019 — Present

Charged with translating client (Ministry of Water & Environment de-concentrated umbrella public water utilities) user digitalization needs into technical requirements for the engineering team, developed project pitch MVPs, managed project timelines, costs and finally development user support documentation.

Independent Consultant, Norwegian Refugee Council

Dec 2021 — May 2022

Support to 3-man consultancy team implement a market based scoping study to ascertain project feasibility & community willingness to pay for water supply services

Digital Specialist, Monitor Publications Limited

May 2013 — Jul 2017

Involved implementation of radio departments digital strategy, content creation for web and social media platforms, handled data analytics, reporting and events organization


Certification — Tunga - Tech Impact Academy

Jan 2024 — Jul 2024

Part of the Front-end programming track, I was explored to popular frontend frameworks like ReactJS with Bootstrap and Vue3 with TailwindCSS where I got the opportunity to be mentored by senior engineers in the industry and work on two real life projects.

Certification — ALX Software Engineering Bootcamp

Jun 2022 — Jul 2023

A 1-year project based learning apprenticeship exposing me to the basis of computer programming like data structures & algorithms, shell programming, databases, devops basics, software testing, back-end frameworks & front-end basics (HTML & CSS) and soft skills (technical writing, white-boarding, pair programming & time management) . I specialized in back-end programming.

Master's Degree — Uganda Christian University

Sep 2020 — Jun 2023

Finalized a degree in Water & Sanitation Engineering with a bias to environmental data analysis and prediction modeling of complex natural phenomenons like water supply system functionality status and customer behavior.

Certification — African Data School

Oct 2020 — May 2023

A data science and machine learning boot-camp that exposed me to data analysis, data prediction modeling using languages like R and python and data story visualization using tools like Shiny and streamlit

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