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Kenswitch LimitedHead of Product Development
Aug. 2024Nairobi County, Kenya• Product Strategy & Roadmap: Define the vision and strategy for Kenswitch's digital payment products, including the payment gateway, RTP solutions, e-commerce acquiring, and wallets. • Market & Customer Insight: Evaluate client needs, regulatory requirements, and fintech trends to identify opportunities and shape the product portfolio. • Product Development Leadership: Work with engineering, sales, and business teams to design, build, and launch innovative payment solutions. • Go-to-Market & Positioning: Collaborate with marketing and business teams on product messaging, pricing, and launch strategies. • Stakeholder Engagement: Manage relationships with banks, PSPs, MNOs, and scheme partners (Visa, Mastercard, UnionPay, etc.), ensuring interoperability and alignment. • Continuous Product Improvement: Gather feedback, monitor usage, and drive enhancements across Kenswitch's product suite. • Team Development: Mentor product and technical teams, ensuring effective delivery and fostering innovation.
EFT Corporation LtdSenior Developer (Solutions Architect)
Nov. 2021 - Aug. 2024Nairobi, KenyaOversee the design, development, and rollout of critical products: merchant QR code platform, dispute management system, and customs bonds platform. Spearheaded Postilion interchange and integration projects with MNOs, PSPs, and value-added services, enhancing interoperability across multiple markets. Designed and implemented reconciliation and settlement frameworks, improving reporting accuracy and reducing operational risk. Manage and mentor junior developers, fostering a culture of quality, innovation, and continuous improvement. Partner with sales and business teams to present technical solutions, shaping client engagements and winning key accounts. Champion product innovation initiatives, including pilots with mobile payments and next-gen switching technologies.
EFT Corporation LtdPayment Solutions Architect
Jan. 2021 - Nov. 2021Nairobi, KenyaPostilion Based Payment Platforms and Integrations • Postilion SDK development: interchanges & integration drivers • VAS and third-party integrations to the switch Postilion based support platforms • Custom reporting and interbank settlement • Dispute management platform between issuers and acquirers
Kenswitch LimitedSoftware Architect
Dec. 2016 - Dec. 2020Kenya• Collaborate with developers and businesses in conceptualizing and developing software solutions • Review products and software and perform required improvements and upgrades • Designed and developed a nationwide custom bonds management system for the Kenya revenue authority guarantor’s i.e., who are both in banking and insurance industries. • Conceived, designed, and implemented a scalable payment gateway solution, which enables merchants to realize the value in real-time across multiple payment channels. • Led the design and implementation of a marine cargo insurance solution for issuing, validation, and submission of marine cargo insurance certificates against import declaration forms applied in iCMS at KRA. • Integration and implementation of payments channels to a Payment gateway solution including MPESA, Tkash, and card-based payments (Visa, MasterCard, union pay, etc.) • New products design and development of prototypes, which included an android APP for procurement of marine cargo insurance. • Maintenance, systems enhancement management, and system support of multiple business solutions.
CellulantSenior Implementation Engineer
Jun. 2014 - Dec. 2016NairobiAs an implementation engineer, my responsibilities involves: -> Monitoring the applications -> Optimizing system performance and ensuring that there is no downtime for the different systems -> Deploying fixes and enhancements to current systems -> Development of new systems -> Creating testing procedures and supporting in testing the systems -> implementation of the systems to a central hub and to the clients -> Managing the database
Fintech Kenya LimitedSoftware Developer - Programmer
May. 2010 - May. 2014NairobiAs a software developer, my roles involves creating software solutions to a well analysed business solution, testing and implementing the solution as well as train and support that solution. Some of the responsibilities are: -> Software development and integration -> Database design based on the system requirements -> System testing, implementation and maintenance -> Documentation of system technical, analysis and design documents among others -> System user training and demo preparations and presentations -> System integration to other systems. -> Development and deployment of system upgrades and enhancements -> Recommendation of the hardware and infrastructure to effectively support a particular system -> Periodic reporting on the status of development, implementation and systems.
Fintech Kenya LimitedProgrammer
May. 2010 - May. 2014
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