CURRICULUM VITAE
Sawe Kennedy Kibet
Phone:- P.O Box 48400 -00100, Nairobi -Gender: Male Date of Birth: 1982 Marital Status: Married
Personal Summary
The last 12 years have seen me work various roles in both the public and private sector in various roles including accounting, market research and training. I started off as an assistant accountant at the university of Nairobi, then worked at the Kenya Institute of Management as deputy head of Market Research and thereafter left to found my own training and research consultancy where I have worked till now. My experience in all these fields and penchant for asking the right questions that lead to business systems optimization makes me a perfect match for this position at TechnoServe.
Skills and Competencies
Business development
Strong analytical and planning skills
Data analysis using Excel, Stata & SPSS
Corporate Communications
Creative Team Leadership
Product Positioning & Branding
IT skills including MS Office Suite
Focus Group & Market Research
High levels of integrity
Highly sensitive to needs of different persons/customers
Inborn talent for asking questions
Highly receptive to divergent views
Belief in diplomacy
Academic and Professional Qualifications
Currently
MA (Project Planning &Management) – Ongoing
University of Nairobi
2003 - 2007
BSc, Actuarial Science (2nd Class Hons. Upper Division)
University of Nairobi
2002 – 2006
CPA (K)
Strathmore University-
KCSE (A-PLAIN)
Kapsabet Boys High School
Professional Experience
Aug 2011 –
Date
Business Analysis, Research and Training Consultant
Shining Systems Consulting
Duties: Organizing and facilitating training of corporate and individual clients in Statistical Software (SPSS, Stata and R); Conducting market research on behalf of corporate clients, Data analysis and report writing for customer satisfaction surveys for corporate clients, Co-ordination of field data collection and Keeping up to date with current developments in research; Development of strategic plans for corporate clients;
Jan 2012 –
Aug 2010
Research Coordinator
Kenya Institute of Management (KIM)
Duties: Deputizing the Departmental head of Research; Coordinating all market oriented research activities at the Institute; Maintaining the Research department’s budget; Supervising field activities including data collection and marketing, Business development and acquisition of research clients, Development and presentation of research proposals, Seeking for strategic partners in the corporate world to sponsor research activities and Helping streamline and ensure continued viability of the research function.
Sept 2007 –
Jan 2010
Assistant Accountant
University of Nairobi
Duties: Deputizing the senior accountant at the department; Supervising accounts assistants and other casual staff at the department, departmental budget preparation, Bank Reconciliation, maintaining Cash Book, Reviewing Monthly Income & Expenditure reports and Credit Control, Annual income & Expenditure analysis, Annual review of accounting systems at the department, conducting comparative data analysis on financial performance to identify areas for improvement
Sept 2007 –
Jan 2011
Other Appointments within University of Nairobi
May, 2009 – Member, Committee to monitor and report on the compliance to ISO 9001:2008 standard for Women’s’ Hall Unit – SWA, UoN
March, 2010 – Lead analyst Customer satisfaction survey Committee – SWA, UON. (Developed questionnaires for data collection for Customer satisfaction survey, Work Environment baseline survey and Corruption Baseline Survey; As well as conducted data analysis using SPSS and led the committee in drafting the report of findings).
May, 2010 – Technical data analysis expert in the committee appointed to review Utilities costs and identify areas of cost savings at the University of Nairobi
Referees
1. DR. Mutave Regina SMU Manager, University of Nairobi, P.O Box 30197, 00100 Nairobi.
Tel:-
2. Dr. Nicholas Letting
Vice Chancellor,
Management University of Africa (MUA) P.O Box-
Nairobi.
Email:-Tel:-
