Curriculum vitae
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Elkana Kipng'etich Rop
Nairobi, Kenya, 30301 Nairobi (Kenya)
--www.elkanarop.com
Skype Elkana Rop
Sex Male | Date of birth 20/09/1991 | Nationality Kenyan
WORK EXPERIENCE
06/10/2017–31/01/2019
Chief Technology Officer
Afrika Ziara
20 Aluguntugui, Eastlegon, Accra (Ghana)
www.afrikaziara.com
Technology team lead, software product design and development, User Experience Design, buildmeasure-learn, version control, customer on-boarding, software testing, customer acquisition,
customer feedback review & implementation
Business or sector Travel Tech
05/01/2017–12/06/2017
Mobile Application Developer & GIS specialist
Northrift Solutions, Eldoret (Kenya)
www.northriftsolutions.com
Web Application Development, Software Development, corporate website development, eCommerce
implementation, Opensource e-learning implementation, GIS systems implementation and Data
Visualization for North America's RedBull Company.
Business or sector Spatial Data Software Company
03/2016–07/2016
Network Engineer Intern
Kenya Education Network Trust (KENET)
University Of Nairobi, 0100 Nairbi (Kenya)
www.kenet.or.ke
Systems Support for Telecommunication & networking infrastructure Call center service, Network
devices (Routers) configurations and installation, Computer hardware and software installation,
Network management, Reporting downtime for leased fiber links, Technology readiness surveys
Business or sector Internet Provider for Education
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
01/10/2018–Present
Startup Business Trainee
@iBizAfrica - Strathmore University, Nairobi (Kenya)
www.ibizafrica.co.ke
Startup Business Experimentation involving practical activities like Market Analysis, Customer
Discovery, Product Development, Financial Modeling, Startup Business Funding, Venture Capital
Investments and Private Equity Investments
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Curriculum vitae
03/05/2017–13/09/2018
Elkana Kipng'etich Rop
Software Entrepreneurship
Postgraduate
Program
Meltwater Entrepreneurship School of Technology (MEST)
20 Aluguntugui, Eastlegon, Accra (Ghana)
www.meltwater.org
Software Business Startups, market Research, businesses development, Pitching for investment,
New Product Development, Customer creation and validation, Design Thinking, Venture Capitals
Investments and Fundraising for business investment
01/03/2012–14/12/2016
Bsc Informatics
Bachelor's Degree
Moi University
Kesses, Eldoret, 3 0107 Nairobi (Kenya)
www.mu.ac.ke
Computer networks, database systems, data structures & algorithms computer programming, ICT
support in organizations, mobile & web applications development, statistics, e-business
and distributed computing systems
03/01/2007–20/12/2010
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
Kenya Secondary
School Education
Musingu High School
Kakamega, Kenya, 151 Nairobi (Kenya)
www.musinguhigh.com
Ordinary Level - Secondary Education
PERSONAL SKILLS
Mother tongue(s)
Swahili
Foreign language(s)
UNDERSTANDING
SPEAKING
WRITING
Listening
Reading
Spoken interaction
Spoken production
English
C2
C2
C2
C2
C2
French
A1
A1
A1
A1
A1
Levels: A1 and A2: Basic user - B1 and B2: Independent user - C1 and C2: Proficient user
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Communication skills
Organisational / managerial skills
Job-related skills
-Pan-african & global communicator: Both undergraduate and postgraduate program, experience and
professional network has exposed me both a pan-african and global environment where I have
interacted with and learnt a lot in terms of communication
-A good project manage: Previously lead a startup as the technology lead in creating a new tech
product and a solid business case to be pitched to investors within just a month.
-Software Developer: passionate software developer with 3 years of experience writing clean and
testable code using Java, PHP, JavaScript Frameworks like Node, Angular & React, server-less
architecture like Google functions, real-time database systems like Google's Firebase and Mongo
Database systems.
- A good trainer: previously trained users on a new product and helped them on-board, use and give
feedback.
-Constructive feedback advocate: Learnt over the past one year on the importance of giving, collecting
and using feedback mechanisms to continuously improve business process or user experience.
-Interpersonal Communicator: Having blended business to technology, I learnt to appreciate how
meaningful personal relationships can make lots of business sense.
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Digital skills
SELF-ASSESSMENT
Information
processing
Communication
Content
creation
Safety
Problemsolving
Proficient user
Proficient user
Proficient user
Proficient user
Proficient user
Digital skills - Self-assessment grid
-Technology geek: My whole career stems from technology and computing with special interests in elearning solutions and passion for tech business and humanitarian. I have previously worked with
open source e-learning systems like Moodle and Wordpress LMS. Coupled with that, i have worked
on web application projects for non governmental organizations like RabiesFreeKenya,corporate
businesses like Zaveris and startup businesses like Ziara
Other skills
-Reading: Passionate reader of inspirational books, technical reports, personal stories and articles on
technology trends.
-Photography: I am a talented photographer who finds humor in adventures and having their
emotions crystallized in still photographs.
-Eye for design: I am a talented portraits artist with an eye for design and minimalism.
-Podcast addict: I have an addition with podcasts and it helps me understand whats happening in
other worlds apart from mine.
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