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Sharon Francisca Okoth

IT Consultant
Nairobi,Kenya

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Service Manager

INDRA Limited
Nairobi, Kenya
11.2020 - Current

Currently Service Manager for :

- Customer Management System implementation for The energy of Cameroon(ENEO) and Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company( ZETDC)

- Integrated Customer Management System implementation for Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC)

Key Responsibilities:

  • Providing first point of contact for customers and also providing 1st level support to customer incidences
  • Monitoring of team performance, adhering to service level agreements (SLAs) and provision of training to new employees/ retraining of existing staff.
  • Meeting with customers to discuss service needs and offer available solutions.
  • Establishing team priorities, maintaining delivery schedules and monitoring team performance.
  • Issue review with customers, subsequent logging in JIRA and escalation to relevant teams to address

Technical LEAD

INDRA Limited
Nairobi, Kenya
01.2018 - 10.2020

For Integrated Customer Management System (INCMS) implementation in Abuja Electricity and Distribution Company (AEDC)

Key Responsibilities:

  • INCMS Technical support - Responding to user queries and provision of documents guiding in system processes
  • Reproduce software bugs and logging of the same on Issue ticketing system (JIRA)
  • Follow up of issue resolution and delivery within timings guided by the service level agreement with the client
  • Writing data correction scripts for software bugs
  • Participation in deliberation of new specifications and software changes in relation to MINSAIT systems deployed in AEDC
  • Liaise between the client and software factory on software issues and change requests

Software Engineer

INDRA Limited
Nairobi, Kenya
01.2013 - 01.2018

Maintenance support on utility systems deployed in Energy Distribution companies within Africa: UMEME (Uganda), ENEO (Cameroon), ZESCO (Zambia), ZESA (Zimbabwe)

This role involved working on application corrective tasks, improvements and implementation of additional features based on client requirements

Key Responsibilities:

  • Modified existing software to correct errors, adapt to new hardware and improve performance
  • Performed regression and system-level testing to verify software quality and function before release
  • Oversaw major enhancements to existing software systems
  • Debugged and modified software components
  • Developed code fixes and enhancements for inclusion in future code releases and patches
  • Worked closely with customers to efficiently resolve issues
  • Performed in-house and onsite support on Customer Management Systems run by clients

IT Intern

Computer Revolution Africa
01.2013
  • Review of Microsoft products and software installations on client machines

IT Intern

KEMRI/CDC, Kisumu Kenya
01.2012 - 01.2013

In this period, I was assigned to the Programming office at the Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems Department (HDSS)


The tasks performed in this role are as highlighted below

  • Provided technical ICT assistance to field staff
  • Designed and Implemented applications on dot net framework
  • Published and Deployed desktop applications

Education

Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering and Application Development

Bugema University
Uganda
08.2008 - 12.2012

High School Certificate -

Mukumu Girls Secondary School
Kenya
01.2004 - 11.2007

Primary School Certificate -

Victoria Primary School
Kenya
01.1996 - 12.2003

Skills

Customer support: Advancedundefined

Timeline

Service Manager

INDRA Limited
11.2020 - Current

Technical LEAD

INDRA Limited
01.2018 - 10.2020

Software Engineer

INDRA Limited
01.2013 - 01.2018

IT Intern

Computer Revolution Africa
01.2013

IT Intern

KEMRI/CDC, Kisumu Kenya
01.2012 - 01.2013

Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering and Application Development

Bugema University
08.2008 - 12.2012

High School Certificate -

Mukumu Girls Secondary School
01.2004 - 11.2007

Primary School Certificate -

Victoria Primary School
01.1996 - 12.2003

Summary

Highly-skilled IT Consultant bringing more than six years experience in software development and user support. Familiar in Java, C language, PowerBuilder programming language and SQL. Professional take on Software is:” Logic is a constant, Language is a variable”.

Sharon Francisca OkothIT Consultant