Data/Software Specialist passionate about leveraging technology to solve real-world problems in healthcare, agriculture, and emerging markets. Currently contributing to livestock genetic data management systems at International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) while pursuing a Masters in Financial Engineering at WorldQuant University.

"Building adaptable, human-centered solutions that genuinely serve the needs of the people" 💡

• 🩺 Healthcare Research: Contributed to research initiatives aimed at reducing the 500,000+ annual deaths from diarrhea
• 🐄 Livestock Genetics: Developing data management systems for the AADGG project to improve livestock breeding programs
• 🧠 Medical AI: Built brain tumor detection systems using federated learning while maintaining GDPR compliance
• 📱 Mobile Health: Created HR applications and health data collection tools for field agents

• 🔬 ILRI AADGG Project: Building scalable data management systems for livestock genetic research
• 🎓 Financial Engineering: Advancing quantitative finance skills through WorldQuant University
• 🤖 AI/ML Research: Exploring federated learning applications in healthcare and agriculture
• 📈 Open Source: Contributing to tools that benefit emerging markets and LMICs

• ✅ Data Lake Implementation: Created efficient system for integrating new datasets at ILRI
• ✅ Quality Control Automation: Reduced data cleaning time significantly at KEMRI
• ✅ GDPR-Compliant AI: Developed federated learning models for medical imaging
• ✅ Mobile UX Innovation: Increased app usage through intuitive prototype design

Rethinking vehicle maintenance through AI

• Technologies: Django REST Framework, Machine Learning
• Status: Active Development (Apr 2024 - Present)

Federated learning for medical imaging

• Technologies: PyTorch, OpenFL, FastAPI, Docker
• Achievement: GDPR-compliant distributed training

Web platform for poverty eradication and education improvement

• Technologies: Django, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Focus: LMIC regions development

Current Role: Data Specialist @ ILRI (Oct 2024 - Present)

• Livestock genetic data management systems
• Quality assurance protocols and data governance
• Field agent ICT support and training

Previous: Data Research Scientist @ KEMRI (Feb 2022 - Nov 2024)

• Healthcare data integration and analysis
• Statistical analysis and data visualization
• Cross-functional collaboration and training

• 🎓 Masters in Financial Engineering - WorldQuant University (2024-2027)
• 🎓 Bachelor of Business Information Technology - South Eastern Kenya University (2021)
• 📜 Good Clinical Practice (GCP) - CITI Program
• 📜 Applied Data Science Lab - WorldQuant University

⭐ "Sticking to first principles is key to solving unique challenges in emerging markets" ⭐

Building the future, one dataset at a time 📊✨