GEORGE MUNYI
Nairobi,30
Summary
With over 10 years of experience in the IT field, I have a strong drive to continuously acquire new knowledge and skills. The objective is to actively contribute to the development of high-quality, user-friendly, reliable, and visually appealing products. Constantly seeking opportunities that foster personal and professional growth, aiming to make a meaningful and lasting impact. The aspiration is to excel in the field while leaving a positive and enduring impression.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Chapter Lead - Solution Architecture [ Digital Engineering (DE) & IT4IT ]
Safaricom PLC
05.2023 - Current
- Helped in crafting the Build Open Scalable Sellable ‘BOSS' Framework which is one of the growth areas within the company geared toward offering MSME tailored saas solutions for managing their businesses
- The BOSS Framework is part of the Champion the Solution Architecture Bi-Weekly Architecture Review Board sessions which allow Solution Architects across the company to peer review solution designs that are being implemented within the company
- I also works as an optimal session through which solution architects can learn from their fellow peers and other key domain experts internally and externally
- This has lead to a faster onboarding for Solutions architects with majority of them being able to deliver their first month as opposed to three months before
- As the chapter lead I have helped training, guiding and mentoring more than 7 solution architects within the chapter in proper design expectations
- Stakeholder management among other key solution architecture craft skills
- Helped in the design and development of the Mission Dashboard solution which will lead to a reduction of more than Ksh 40M in annual licensing costs
- Mission dashboard is a solution for setting and tracking mission across the company
- Helped in designing and implementing the Digital Identity solution
- The digital identity is a solution for Identity and access management and is aimed at giving all of safaricom 35M – enterprise and consumer customers a better authentication process through the use of a single credential across the company
Solutions Architect II
Safaricom PLC
02.2022 - 05.2023
- As the lead solution architect, I helped design, build and implement the Safaricom MyCounty Mobile app with the Makueni County as the launch County
- The application has helped in almost doubling the Counties own source revenue from 400M– in 2022 to 1B–
- The app provides a single experience for various Counties with about 12 Counties already onboarded from the initial single county in 2022
Manager, ICT Enterprise Application Services
Strathmore University
03.2021 - 02.2022
- Helped in streamlining the business processes across the university by automating multiple functions within various university domains such as the university health management, academic management, human resource management, food production and sales as well as the university foundation management
- This lead to a 50% increase in daily sales within the university cafeteria with an accompanying 10% reduction in waste due to food disposal
- It also lead to higher staff productivity on the HR space with the implementation performance modules with a 20% increase of staff performance visibility
- Helped reduce existing system audit queries by upto 30% by coming up with standards and best practices for all enterprise applications within the university
- Compliance to the set standards also lead to a 20% increase in uptime to more than 90%
Ag. Manager Enterprise Application Services
Strathmore University
06.2019 - 03.2021
- Helped in coming up with development and administration standards inline with global best practices for internal developments as well as helped streamline SLA for internal and external stakeholders which increased application service uptime by 20% to 90% uptime
- Helped in recruiting, training, coaching and mentoring more than 10 developers and system administrators which helped reduce development times by up to 30% within a year
- Championed the standardization and documentation of system interface contracts which reduced system integration times by more than half over the one year period
Asst. Manager Enterprise Application Services
Strathmore University
04.2019 - 05.2019
Ag. Asst Manager Enterprise Application Services
Strathmore University
01.2019 - 03.2019
Software Developer and Administrator, Financial Systems
Strathmore University
12.2012 - 12.2018
- Drove the customization, Implementation and support of Kuali Financial System version 5.0.2 which increased the scope within the Finance Department to 90% from about 50% initially covered
- This reduced finance personnel manhours
- Performed the integration of Kuali Financial System to more than 5 banks which reduced payment error rates by about 20% in receipt and payments of the University Vendors and Students
- This as well reduced man 2–3 man hours daily which was used for performing reconciliations by the payments and receivables teams
- Championed proper technical and functional documentation of systems exist which reduced new developer onboarding times by half from 6 months to 3 months
Education
New Managers Leadership Programme -
Strathmore Business School (SBS)
Nairobi, 3010.2020
Certified Ethical Hacker -
Strathmore University
Nairobi, 3012.2017
Certified Cisco Certified Network Associate - Computer Networks
Strathmore University
Nairobi, 3012.2013
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) - Mathematics and Computer Science
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture And Technology (JKUAT)
Nairobi, 3012.2012
Skills
- Team management
- Technical architecture
- Staff training and development
- Enterprise architecture design
Accomplishments
- Increased application uptime by 25% through critical system upgrades.
- 2024 CEO Award Winner for identifying Customer friction points across 30 Customer journeys.
- Mentored 10 developers, boosting team efficiency by 30%.
Certification
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) - Certificates of completion (08/2012 - 01/2013). This certification was done at Strathmore University
Certified Ethical Hacker - (Oct, 2017). This certification was done at Strathmore University
New Managers Leadership Program - (19th - 30th Oct, 2020). This certification was done at Strathmore University
2024 SAFARICOM GROUP CEO AWARD
Won in the Customer Experience category as part of the team that developed dubi which helps in finding pain points in the customer experience within the safaricom group
Languages
English
Full Professional
Interests
- Adventure Travel
- Hiking
- Volunteering
Timeline
Chapter Lead - Solution Architecture [ Digital Engineering (DE) & IT4IT ]
Safaricom PLC
05.2023 - Current
Solutions Architect II
Safaricom PLC
02.2022 - 05.2023
Manager, ICT Enterprise Application Services
Strathmore University
03.2021 - 02.2022
Ag. Manager Enterprise Application Services
Strathmore University
06.2019 - 03.2021
Asst. Manager Enterprise Application Services
Strathmore University
04.2019 - 05.2019
Ag. Asst Manager Enterprise Application Services
Strathmore University
01.2019 - 03.2019
Software Developer and Administrator, Financial Systems
Strathmore University
12.2012 - 12.2018
New Managers Leadership Programme -
Strathmore Business School (SBS)
Certified Ethical Hacker -
Strathmore University
Certified Cisco Certified Network Associate - Computer Networks
Strathmore University
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) - Mathematics and Computer Science
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture And Technology (JKUAT)
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