Malisa N.

Malisa N.

Senior Software Engineer

Nairobi, Kenya
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About Me

Malisa is an established Software Developer with close to decades worth of technical expertise and polyglot skills in the development of high-quality systems that scale easily using the best of .NET, C#, .NET Core, API, Python Django, Microservices, APIs, Angular frontend stack and industry best practices for organizations in Telecoms, Health, Finance, Government, NGOs, Agriculture, and Retail.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Software Developer
2019 - Present (5 years)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

Optiva Inc
Optiva Inc
Chief Software Architect
2018 - 2019 (1 year)
Canada (Remote)
  • Engineered new features for Dynamic CRM and Portals, and maintained code quality across various products for Optiva.

  • Developed a Promotion Engine feature for a multi-billion-dollar customer; adding integration to the system with Billing and charging subsystems.

  • Built continuous delivery workflows, worked as part of the maintenance team fixing hundreds of customer reported issues, QA issues and legacy bugs.

Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc
Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc
Software Engineer
2016 - 2017 (1 year)
Uganda
  • Developed a system to monitor and manage the efficacy of vaccine stocks, movements and cold chain for millions of children in Uganda.

  • Built the internal system for managing operations and allocations within the Ugandan Ministry of Health on projects for donors.

  • Mentored junior developers on software development processes, best practices and Python programming.

Savvy Technologies LTD
Consultant
2014 - 2016 (2 years)
Uganda
  • Led and provided technical consultancy for software development processes on enterprise applications, mobile applications, web applications, and cloud applications.

  • Developed an adapter that enabled systems integration with differentERPs (Microsoft Dynamics NAV, LIMS, Sage Pastel) for African Queen LTD.

  • Provided technical expertise for a number of business continuity assessments and planning processes for clients.

Microsoft
Microsoft
Developer Evangelist
2013 - 2014 (1 year)
Middle East Africa (Egypt)
  • Presented and trained .NET developers on different development topics for start-ups, ISVs and customers

  • Organized and managed local developer events such as ImagineCup and DevCamps.

  • Identified community champions in software development that use Microsoft technologies and supported the scaling of efforts and technical expertise.

Infectious Diseases Institute Ltd
Infectious Diseases Institute Ltd
Software Development Manager
2012 - 2013 (1 year)
Uganda
  • Lead and managde software development processes on projects and mentored junior developers.

  • Developed a system for the million-man circumcision program sponsored by Centre for Disease Control (CDC), as part of an HIV prevention drive.

  • Efficiently scaled up an ICEA.NET - EMR system which managed data for 35,000+ patients living with HIV/AIDS and added TB/Sexual Reproductive Health modules to the solution for the client.

Infectious Diseases Institute Ltd
Infectious Diseases Institute Ltd
Software Engineer
2005 - 2012 (7 years)
Uganda
  • Designed and developed in-house systems for the Infectious Disease Institute to support the prevention of the spread and management of HIV and clinical research.

  • Built a new system that manages more than 100,000 patients living with HIV/AIDS as a point of care system with features for clinical research, reporting, monitoring and follow-up

  • Performed database design, maintenance and administration and provided production support for software related issues.

Soft-IT Consultants International
Soft-IT Consultants International
Senior Systems Analyst/Programmer
2000 - 2004 (4 years)
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
  • Developed a Payroll System (GOLDENPAY), Human Resources management (SmartExecutive), Cargo Tracking system (TRAILER) for clients in Zimbabwe.

  • Offered expertise for technical analysis and design of systems, designed databases and developed software solutions for clients.

  • Mentored numerous developers and taught hundreds of developers in simple and advanced software development topics as part of the Borland Training Program.

Portfolio

Software Development Consultant - eGovernment Readiness Assessment (Uganda)
Software Development Consultant - eGovernment Readiness Assessment (Uganda)

Developed tools for the system and training of end-users of the client on how to operate the system which was used to gather data from Government Ministries on their Information Technology infrastructure. The solution was used to evaluate the readiness of eGovernance within Uganda

Software Development Consultant - Case Register (Ministry of Justice - Law and Order Sector – Uganda)
Software Development Consultant - Case Register (Ministry of Justice - Law and Order Sector – Uganda)

JLOS is a sector-wide approach adopted by the Ugandan Government to bring together institutions with closely linked mandates of administering justice and maintaining law and order and human rights, into developing a common vision, policy framework, unified on objectives and plan over the medium term. Developed the case register for managing cases and complaints, and querying incidents.

Software Developer - Vaccines Dashboard for the Ministry of health in Uganda
Software Developer - Vaccines Dashboard for the Ministry of health in Uganda

Worked on the development of a monitoring site to monitor all vaccine movements, cold chain and stock in the country. The site shows different vaccines and their coverage (monthly coverage target, monthly coverage, and annualized coverage) within Uganda, stock management (month of stock, refill rate and vaccine uptake utilized) and cold chain activities (equipment and functionalities).

Software Developer - ICEA.NET

This solution was designed and developed as part of the vision to prevent the spread of HIV through the management of the diseases and clinical research. Developed the solution to manage more than 10,000 patient records. It has modules for the management of Intake, workflows, provider entry, Pharmacy, Stores, Lab, Tuberculosis, Kaposi Sarcoma, Reporting and analytics among others on .NET and C#.

Education

Education
British Council
PRINCE2
2011 - 2011
Education
HND Computer Science
Bulawayo Polytechnic
1995 - 2001 (6 years)