Gresham Tembo

GRESHAM TEMBO FRONTEND DEVELOPER PERSONAL STATEMENT As a self-taught frontend developer with 4 years of experience in the tech industry, I am passionate about building user-friendly web applications with tools such as React, TypeScript, and Tailwind. With 14+ local and international projects under my belt, my Project and Product Management background ensures smooth, efficient development cycles. I'm passionate about continuous learning and exploring AIassisted workflows to deliver exceptional results efficiently. Outside work, I facilitate Indie Hackers meetups, connecting with fellow makers who are building profitable online businesses and sharing our journeys, helping me foster meaningful connections in the tech ecosystem. E X PERIENCE Apr 2024 – Present Software Engineer (part-time) Amasuku Digital / South Africa A software development agency specialising in custom web applications with innovative design, streamlined project management, and AI-integrated workflows. Projects worked on: Invoice App – web tool for fast, professional invoice creation Banner Proofreader – an AI-powered HTML5 advertising banner QA too Digital Invites – mobile-first landing pages for event invitations Frontend Web Developer adlicious - adlicious.me / Germany Mar 2023 – Present I specialise in crafting interactive and dynamic web applications that bring creative ideas to life at a leading digital advertising company. Key responsibilities and achievements include: Building engaging interactive display ads to boost user engagement Building and maintaining our company websites that showcase product offering Leading Agile development processes, including daily stand-ups and bi-weekly retrospectives, to ensuring efficient project delivery and team collaboration Spearheaded the company-wide transition from Monday to Notion for project management Product Manager (contracting) Sept 2022 - Feb 2023 DG Murray Trust - dgmt.co.za / South Africa Contracted by one of Appy App’s major clients to work as a Product Manager on Jobstarter - a recruitment and virtual career coaching platform with over 100k registered users. My duties included: Running discovery workshops with an average of 30 customers weekly and overseeing all stages of product design, development and maintenance Keeping track of product metrics and creating monthly reports of the website performance for stakeholders using data sourced from Google Analytics, Sentry and AWS Monitoring resource consumption on Clockify and ensuring the business strategic needs are being met within budget. Project Manager Appy Apps - appy.co.za / South Africa May 2021 - Feb 2023 A product development studio based in Cape Town where I have managed a total of 14 projects with local and international clients in a team of 10. Some of the duties and achievements include: Requirement gathering, backlog management, planning and design sprint facilitation, and client and stakeholder engagement Running usability testing and managing the bug tracking process. Introduced practices that increased the efficiency of the design handover process by about 40%. -- LinkedIn GitHub Website EDUCATION Scrimba: Frontend Career Path Online | Ongoing Key Modules: React, APIs, Next.js, Node, Responsive design, Advanced JavaScript, User Interface Design. BCom Honours in Information Systems Rhodes University | South Africa | 2020 Key courses: Data Analytics, Research Methodology, Information Systems Management, Information Security, User Experience. BCom Information Systems and Management Rhodes University | South Africa | 2018 Key courses: Management (Financial, Human Resource, Strategic, Marketing), accounting, economics, commercial law, professional communications, statistics. CERTIFICATIONS freeCodeCamp: Responsive Web Design (HTML & CSS). Udemy: Advance Sales Analytics for decision making with Power BI. E X PERTISE / TOOLS React Node HTML Express CSS Firebase Vercel JavaScript Cursor Notion GitHub Gemini AI API Vite Netlify Figma Research Assistant Jun 2020 – Jan 2022 Radix Training Academy / United Arab Emirates Worked on a remote project where I created 3 data analysis and reporting course manuals for a global financial consulting, modelling and training company. The project required me to: Make use of the following tools; Power Pivot, Power Query, Power BI Service, Python and R Create a sales analytics and financial reporting dashboard for a medium-sized company Su IT H lp k T c c an R des Un ve s y / South Africa t dent e ho i des e hni i Jan 20 8 - Dec 2020 1 r it Spent a minimum of 8 hours a week assisting students who use privately-owned computers and mobile devices on the student network. Some of the softwarerelated issues I helped with were: Performing Windows/macOS/Linux Operating Systems repairs on an average of 5 computers a week Assisting approximately 50 first-year students a week in using Cloud-based software and services. Computer Science & Information Systems Tutor Feb 2017 - Nov 2020 Rhodes University / South Africa Facilitated a group of 15 students once a week over a three-hour practical. My responsibilities included: Marking an average of 65 practicals and assignments per course Moderating tests and exams with over 130 students. Preparing teaching material for 5 courses. Swimming Hiking LEA D ERS HIP PO S ITIO NS 2024: Facilitator – Indie Hackers (Cape Town) 2019: International Representative – Founders Hall Committee (Rhodes University) 2018: President - Rhodes University Zambian Society 2018: SRC Society Council member Student Parliament 2017: Class Representative Professional Communication (2nd year) Rhodes University / 2019 A Rhodes University postgraduate scholarship awarded on the recommendation of the Dean of Commerce in consultation with the Head of Department of Information Systems. The university awards the scholarship to students with a strong aca emic recor d. 2017: Vice President - Rhodes University Zambian Society 2017: Student Networking Representative and Treasurer Botha House Committee (Rhodes University) 2014: Vice Captain - Enjabulweni High School Basketball Team Allan Gray Achiever Rhodes University / 2019 The Allan Gray Academic Achievement Awards ceremony is hosted to honour the top ac ie ers in the university s faculties of commerce science and humanities v Basketball 2018: Academic Representative Founders Hall Committee (Rhodes University) Deputy Vice-Chancellor Honours Degree Scholarship for 2020 h Chess 2018: Class Representative Management (3rd year) AC HI E V E M EN T S d I N T ERES T S /HOBBI ES ’ , . 2014: Deputy Head Boy - Enjabulweni High School Investec Top 100 Award for General Excellence Rhodes University / 2018 The Investec General cellence Award is presented to candidates who have e celled in many avenues available to a Rhodes University student. Speci cally for those students who have many talents and manage to uggle several aspects of student life and e celling in each Ex x fi , j x . LANGUAGES English Nyanja (Spoken) siSwati (Spoken) S O C I AL RES PO NS IBI L ITY Volunteer - Ulwazi Outreach Programme Rhodes University / 2020 Ulwazi is a community outreach programme which aims to empower primary school learners from Grade 5 to 7. We conducted basic computer literacy training by creating a sustainable learning environment in the computer laboratories of public schools in Grahamstown. isiZulu (Spoken) isiXhosa (Spoken) REFERENCES Available on request