My Resume

Career Summary

Highly Motivated, Action Oriented, Results Driven and Customer Focused professional with proven analytical, critical and conceptual thinking, project management and problem solving skills. Demonstrated ability to design, implement and deliver dynamic, user friendly and high performance web applications to address real life needs. Motivational leader and “hands-on” team participant that handles multiple responsibilities simultaneously in a fact-paced environment.

Uniquely qualified in the following areas:

◙ Web Applications ◙ Windows Server Applications

◙ Database Administration    ◙ Project Management

◙ Technical Leadership ◙ Network Administration

Selected Accomplishments

City Personnel Services Ltd

• I built a recruitment web portal for City Personnel Services Ltd in my first month as IT Manager. The project which is still online (www.myjobsatcps.com) served as the defining identity of the company. It provided job seekers and employers a unique platform to search, apply and post jobs online. A compilation of site users and their key needs lead to the development of a web portal that allowed job seekers to search for jobs by key requirements including: Job Location, Job Category (Banking, IT, Marketing etc), Educational Background (PhD., Masters, Bachelors etc), and Contract Type (Full-time or Part-time).

• Successfully implemented an Open Source Enterprise Portal for Human Resource Management (orangeHRM). The portal is currently being tried on an intranet system within the office.

• I built an Access Database which currently houses all previously paper-based job seeker application forms. The database performs key search criteria’s such as “search by last-name”, “search by ID” and “search by job title”.

University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.

• Worked with a two member team to plan and execute an ICT Training Workshop for the entire staff of the university library. The training became necessary when the university library was getting ready to transition their daily activities to an Automated Library System. I served as a key resource person during the 5-day workshop. I spent tireless energy to research, compile and develop a manual that accompanied the entire training. The manual is currently being used as a reference material for staff of the university library.

Freelance Web Developer

In the past year, I’ve successfully planned and designed five (5) robust, dynamic, user-friendly, backend user-managed websites and Web 2.0 friendly applications through the practical application of web applications like PHP/MySQL, HTML, CSS and open source Content Management Systems (CMS) like Joomla and Mambo. These websites include:

◙ http://www.myjobsatcps.com

◙ http://www.nsbeghana.org

◙ http://www.studentobserver.com

◙ http://www.livegospelband.com

◙ http://www.africanparadigmfoundation.org

Education

Bachelor of Applied Science(Computer Science)

RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

Experience

City Personnel Services Ltd, Ghana

I.T Manager

• Overall responsibility of the planning and implementation of all I.T policies, additions, deletions and major modifications to the existing network infrastructure;
• Oversees the administration and maintenance of company LAN and WLAN infrastructure; computer stations; software; and all electronic resources;
• Webmaster for company’s website.

University of Education, Winneba, Ghana

I.T Assistant (National Service Personnel)

• Responsible for ensuring the availability of constant Internet connectivity within the library;
• Administered the 2003 Windows Server; and the Intranet database;
• Undertook general computer management procedures including: maintenance; repairs; installations; backups; virus scans; and anti virus updates.

Professional and Technical Competencies

Computing Comptetencies

Programming [Java, PHP, HTML].

Authoring Tools [Dream Weaver].

DBMS [MySQL, Microsoft Access].

Server Systems [DHCP, DNS].

Networking [LAN, WAN].

Operating System Platforms [Windows 9x/Me/2000/2003/XP, LINUX].

Graphics [Macromedia Fireworks & Flash, Photoshop, Corel Draw 12].

Open Source Tools [CMS, Mambo & Joomla; SMS, Moodle; HRMS, orangeHRM].

Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) [SunOne, Eclipse, & Microsoft Visual Studio].

Microsoft Office Suite [Word, Excel, Access & Project].

Organisational Skills

Management: Whiles working as a member of the Logistics committee for the first African Technology Conference (ATC 2008), I worked in collaboration with the event organizers to host hundreds of international and local panelist, guest speakers, representatives from government agencies, IT professionals and students to brainstorm, network and dialogue in successfully enhancing the Ghanaian technology and educational infrastructure, and for business development.

Social Skills

Teamwork: I have worked in various kinds of teams from undergraduate assignment submission teams to youth organizational teams like AIESEC, NSBE, and the Ghana United Nations Youth and Students Association (GUNSA).

Communication: I have delivered presentation topics to undergraduate students in key presentation topics such as: effective meeting; selling and marketing skills, expectation and goal setting; and time and project management. I have also worked as an academic coach to junior high school students in Ghana;

Leadership: As telecommunication Chair for NSBE-Ghana, I worked hard to bring an online presence to our work by building and running a website (www.nsbeghana.org). I have worked and still do, with youth leadership organizations like: AIESEC, Vice President for People Development; and NSBE – UCC Chapter, Planning Committee Chair;

Entrepreneurship

I am the founded and CEO of Smart-IT Technologies. A company focused on providing technology solutions in two specific areas: Website Development and Application Software Development through the efficient application of Open Source Software. Since March 2007, Smart-IT Technologies has over the past year put up seven (7) world-class websites on behalf of its clients. Read more about Smart-IT Technologies here.

Conferences

African Technology Conference (ATC 2008): July 15-18, 2008, La Palm Royal Beach Hotel

• The African Technology Conference 2008 brought together leaders of Africa together with technology professionals from across the globe, including corporate executives, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, academicians, students and government policy makers to:
• Create a dialogue and explore several avenues for successfully enhancing the Ghanaian technology and educational infrastructure, and for business development.
• Create networking opportunities between corporate technology professionals, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, academicians, students, and government policy makers, including Africans in the Diaspora.
• Brainstorm options for successfully creating a world-class technology center in Ghana, the Drolor Technology Park, with plans to replicate its success in sub-Saharan Africa

Project Summary

Basic Java Project: Developed an Airline Reservation and a Car Washing Bay Inventory System (done in partial fulfillment of my undergraduate course work)

Marketing Plan:Developed a marketing plan for a hypothetical Consumer-based online product (done in partial fulfillment of my undergraduate course work)

Organizational Memberships

• National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
• AIESEC
• RMIT University Alumni