GODFRED BOATENG ADDAI
Email:-| Phone: - | GitHub: https://github.com/godfredcs
Summary
I am a full stack software engineer with 4 years of active commercial experience building
multiple software applications. I am experienced with remote work and also I am a very reliable
team player with very effective communication skills. I have worked extensively on turning
design concepts, mockups and existing codes into reusable mobile and web components with
libraries like React.js, React Native and Vue.js. I have worked also on building stable and
efficient Rest Apis with frameworks like Laravel and Node.js.
Skills
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Laravel
React.js
Vue.js
React Native
PHP
Node.js
JavaScript
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Typescript
MySQL
Redux
Docker
SQL
HTML5
CSS
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Git
Subversion
Linux
WordPress
REST
MongoDB
Jira
Experience
Clearcare Solutions UK
Stafford, England
08/2018 – 10/2020
I worked as a full stack developer at Clearcare Solutions, a company that focused mainly on
the provision of software for managing care homes in UK. I achieved the following:
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Reimplemented existing PHP codebase into modern Laravel 7 application for
extensibility, manageability and scalability.
Developed a mobile application that helped in collecting relevant data about conditions,
nutrition and lifestyle behaviours of young persons in care homes.
Designed, implemented and monitored web pages and sites for continuous
improvement in a fast-paced environment.
Completed full redesigns of existing websites to improve navigation, enhance visuals
and strengthen search engine rankings.
Pitched in to assist other developers when deadlines were pressing and staffing needs
were minimal.
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Oversaw troubleshooting of technical issues to solve problems within a reasonable
timeframe.
Kept abreast of emerging technologies, software and trends, and applied them to
projects.
Converted mock-ups into HTML, JavaScript, AJAX and JSON.
Utilised programming capabilities in PHP, SQL and JavaScript and other libraries as
needed.
Skills used: Laravel, PHP, JavaScript, Vue.js, React Native, Redux, HTML, CSS, Git, Linux,
Vagrant, MySQL, JIRA
GRG Ezitek Solutions
Kumasi, Ghana
10/2017 - Present
I co-founded GRG Ezitek Solutions, a software development and consultancy company
currently based in Ghana. I worked with a team of 3 co-founders/developers and I achieved the
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Developed ERCS, a React Native election results collation mobile application that is
used in election results collation centers by polling agents to send election vote counts
to a secure laravel REST API with a Vue.js web frontend.
Developed Ezifood, a discontinued web and mobile application that partnered with
restaurants and food vendors along with delivery services and was used to order food
from the kitchen straight the doorsteps of the consumer at the expense of a 3% service
fee. This system consists of a React Native mobile application, a Vue.js web application
and a secure Laravel REST API.
Mentored and inspired other younger software developers to reach their goals and
potentials in their software development career by providing assistance and coaching
and also tutorial sessions along the way.
Skills used: Laravel, PHP, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Vue.js, React Native, Redux,
MySQL, Docker, Git, HTML, CSS, JIRA, Rest API
Freelance
Kumasi, Ghana
07/2017 – Present
I have been working as a freelance full stack software engineer providing various software
solutions.
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Developed Farm Locator, a laravel web application for locating farms according to the
crops they produce across the regions in Ghana. This system categorised the various
regions in Ghana by the crops that they produced in each region. An excellent statistics
could be drawn with the data that the system provided.
Developing ECMS, an eyecare system that is going to be run as a SaaS eventually to
help the opticians in the health sectors accurately and painlessly manage their eyecare
institutions and data. This system is currently being built with laravel in the backend
(REST API) and, React and React Native in the web frontend and mobile frontend
respectively.
Skills used: Laravel, PHP, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Vue.js, React Native, Redux,
MySQL, Node.js, MongoDB, Git, Docker, Linux, HTML, CSS, Rest API
Education
Computer Science
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology
Kumasi, Ghana
08/2015 – 07/2019
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Studied computer science and I graduated with a second-class upper degree.
Worked full-time remotely for software development companies while in school.
Co-founded GRG Ezitek Solutions while in school.
Was one of the top student software developers in school.
Mentored and coached other student developers and inspired them to reach their
software development aspirations.
Accomplishments
Winning Team
Hacklab Hackathon 2017
I was part of a 3-member team that won the 2017 hackathon that was organized by The Hacklab
Foundation for university students in Ghana. The theme for the hackathon focused on
developing solutions that increase digital financial inclusion in developing countries. My team
develop a system that we called Ezisusu, a Laravel banking solution that focused excellently
on the achievement of strict and flexible milestones in banking.
Languages
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English
Timezone (Availability Time)
I am currently based in Ghana (UTC) but I am available to work within any time zone that is
expected.
