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Kevin Shioso

Project Manager, Researcher. Business Analyst. Monitoring And Evaluation Specialist. Statistician.
Nairobi,Kenya

Summary

Focused Project Manager adept at planning, directing and maintaining continuous operations in various departments. Applying creative and analytical approach to operations for continuous process improvement. Skilled at identifying or anticipating problems and providing solutions. Excels through mentoring, training and empowering team to excel in performance.

Prudent Business Intelligence Analyst with 3 years providing employers with valuable and actionable data to drive profit growth. Practiced at filtering information to find and highlight vital metrics and revelatory findings. Excellent in automation for fast and efficient knowledge-based decision-making process. Keen support business growth by leveraging intelligence assets to predict and reveal optimal business strategies.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
14
14
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages

Work History

Project Manager

Icon Farm
Nairobi, Kenya
09.2022 - Current
  • Developed project work plans and ensure timely implementation of project activities in line with work plans and activity schedules
  • Provided technical assistance for design of project’s monitoring and evaluation strategy. Support in developing M&E system to measure profitability and relevant business indicators of targeted farmers.
  • Monitored, identified and advised on challenges and risks facing implementation of project
  • Ensured provision of quality data on timely basis for internal project management and external reporting purposes.
  • Contribute to dissemination of good practice and lessons from organization’s work and promote experience sharing and learning in organization and among partners
  • Organize and assist with management of project budgets.
  • Developed and initiated 2 projects, managed costs and monitored performance.
  • Met project deadlines without sacrificing build quality or workplace safety.
  • Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
  • Maintained relationships with material vendors to lower costs and diversify capabilities.
  • Team management
  • Developed and initiated projects, managed cosperformance

Assistant Project Consultant

African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)
Nairobi, Kenya
02.2022 - 08.2022
  • Reviewed and redesigned NUHSS database and data collection tools.
  • Arranged interview meetings and conducted 98 key informants interview with key stakeholders
  • Processed and analyzed data and information collected from interviews.
  • Conducted simulations to determine NUHDSS population size.
  • Wrote reports in line with terms of reference for NUHDSS projects reports and making presentations findings.
  • Organized workshops and other events related to project activities.
  • Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
  • Used coordination and planning skills to achieve results according to schedule.
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
  • Resolved problems, improved operations and provided exceptional service.

Lead Strategist (Business Intelligence)

Vivo East Africa Smartphone Company
Nairobi, Kenya
09.2021 - 02.2022
  • Carried out data mining, web scraping, web harvesting, web analytics and social media analytics to track online presence and reputation.
  • Performed predictive sales analytics for successful sales forecast and to improve sales predictions in future.
  • Conducted customer profitability, satisfaction, lifetime value and segmentation analytics to identify customers that actually make business money and their unique features.
  • Handled product profitability analytics to discover and maximize profitability by individual product.
  • Performed unmet needs analytics to uncover unmet needs around product and services and within market to allow company to increase customer satisfaction and revenue by 30%.
  • Curried out market size and demand forecasting analytic to identify market size and estimate quantity of product or service consumers are likely to buy which resulted to 3 new products.
  • Performed market trend analytics to establish whether market is growing, stagnant, or in decline and how fast that movement is occurring.
  • Established competitor and brands analytics to understand their strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for marketing and strategic planning.
  • Performed pricing analytics, price sensitivity, and market price segmentation to identify how much customers would pay for product and services ahead of time
  • Established employee performance, capacity, and competency acquisition analytics that seeks to assess and enhance individual employee performance.
  • Conducted regular market research and business experiments for evaluation and strategic decision-making.
  • Supported end-users by creating reports and data sets through creation of interactive dashboards, PowerPoint, and presentations on sales and stocks on daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis.

Data Analyst and Project Assistant

Aayden Consulting Limited
Nairobi, Kenya
01.2020 - 08.2021
  • Created and maintained project database and used historical data of completed previous projects to perform calculations and predictions, improving results accuracy.
  • Performed project and program analytics to assess how effective internal programs were for improvement..
  • Conducted employee performance analytic to assess individual trainers’ performance on deliverables and output.
  • Performed data entry tasks, data cleaning, analysis, and reporting for effective analysis and policy-making.
  • Performed in-depth data validation and visualization from various counties.
  • In charge of county trainer’s mobilization and follow-up through 40 daily phone calls and texting to ensure that county attains minimum of 95% coaching output.
  • Ensured well running of Business Development Training by ensuring excellent catering services, ensuring training materials are available and are well organized, and facilitating transport allowances to trainees.
  • Compiled and reviewed 500 coaching reports to ensure set standards are met.
  • Handled digital marking and scanning of attendance registers in MIS (Management Information System).
  • Coached and monitored processes to ensure proper implementation of research requirements as well as follow-up on sampled youth.
  • In charge of clerical duties, maintaining files, and organizing documents.

Monitory and Evaluation Consultant

Adventist Development And Relief Agency (ADRA)
Nairobi, Kenya
08.2020 - 12.2020
  • Improved performance, hiring practices and management systems to facilitate success of client's organization.
  • Analyzed problematic areas to provide recommendations and solutions.
  • Collaborated with teams to define, strategize and implement marketing and web strategies.
  • Created and developed detailed work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines.
  • Prepared 5 presentations to explain revisions, enhancements and process improvements of organization's systems and programs.

Research Assistant

Infotrak Research and Consulting Company-
Nairobi, Kenya
01.2019 - 12.2019
  • Gathered, arranged and corrected research data to create representative graphs and charts highlighting results for presentations.
  • Planned, modified and executed research techniques, procedures and tests.
  • Collected research data through experimentation, surveys and leading focus groups.
  • Performed statistical, qualitative and quantitative analysis.
  • Prepared materials for reports, presentations and submission to peer-reviewed journal publications.
  • Scheduled 10 appointments daily with test subjects over phone and through email.
  • Prepared variety of different written communications, reports and documents.

Education

Master of Science - Statistics

University of Nairobi
Nairobi
09.2020 - Current

Certificate - Data Science

Wondrous College
Nairobi, Kenya
05.2018 - 09.2022

Bachelor of Science - Economics & Statistics

Chuka University
Chuka, Kenya
09.2015 - 04.2019

High School Diploma -

Musingu High School
Kakamega, Kenya
01.2011 - 11.2014

Skills

    Project planning and development

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Software

Python

R language

SAS

Stata

Advanced Microsoft Excel

SPSS

Nvivo

Tableau

Power BI

SQL

KOBO

SurveyCTO

Accomplishments

  • Improved customer satisfaction ratings by 30% by carrying out unmet needs analytics to uncover needs for after-sale services within the phone industry at Vivo East Africa company increasing customer satisfaction and revenue.
  • Documented and resolved field workers data collection irregularities at Aayden consulting limited by designing location identification data collection tool which led to accuracy of information.
  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets and interactive dashboards to inform decision making at Icon Farm.
  • Used python to automate repetitive analytical daily work at Vivo East Africa.

Interests

Research

Business intelligence

Technological Advancement

REFERENCES

Mrs. Janet Wangusi Project Manager from Aayden Consulting Ltd

wangusijm@gmail.com +254724322089

Mr. Emmanuel Masaku Data Manager, Vivo East Africa.

emmanuelmasaku2030@gmail.com +254 701619398

Dr. Mugambi Kanga Dean of Students from Chuka University

mugambikanga@gmail.com +254720335292

Timeline

Project Manager

Icon Farm
09.2022 - Current

Assistant Project Consultant

African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)
02.2022 - 08.2022

Lead Strategist (Business Intelligence)

Vivo East Africa Smartphone Company
09.2021 - 02.2022

Master of Science - Statistics

University of Nairobi
09.2020 - Current

Monitory and Evaluation Consultant

Adventist Development And Relief Agency (ADRA)
08.2020 - 12.2020

Data Analyst and Project Assistant

Aayden Consulting Limited
01.2020 - 08.2021

Research Assistant

Infotrak Research and Consulting Company-
01.2019 - 12.2019

Certificate - Data Science

Wondrous College
05.2018 - 09.2022

Bachelor of Science - Economics & Statistics

Chuka University
09.2015 - 04.2019

High School Diploma -

Musingu High School
01.2011 - 11.2014

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