NAME
KICA RONALD OKELLO
NATIONALITY
UGANDAN
PHONE NUMBER
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LINKEDIN PROFILE
LinkedIn profile
CAREER OBJECTIVE.
A highly motivated developer seeking continuous growth at your organization while building
high-quality products.
WORK EXPERIENCE.
During my 10 months at Andela(5/11/2018 - 17/09/2019), I worked on the following products
and undertook the following on the following roles;
Author’s Haven( 2 months).
Author’s Haven is a Medium like application that gives authors a platform to create and share
their work with other authors and readers. Link to the Author’s Haven application.
Technologies used:
● Python Django (backend).
● React and Redux (frontend).
● TravisCI.
● Heroku (Continuous Deployment).
● Code Climate (Code Quality).
● Git.
● Jest.
● PostgreSQL
Roles:
● Collaborated with my teammates to set up both the backend and front end of the
application.
● Communicated proactively with the different stakeholders i.e manager, product owner,
and the technical team lead on our progress at all times.
● Worked with my teammates to design mockups for the frontend of the application.
Tembea( 3 months).
Tembea is an in-house tool by Andela used to manage transportation of placed developers( a
developer who works for an Andela partner). Tembea is used to add or remove a placed
developer to a specific route, gather ratings per trip. It is also used by managers for analysis
using statistics like most used routes, least used routes and most frequent riders.
Technologies used:
● Node Js.
● Express Js.
● Angular.
● Slack integration for Node.
● Jest.
● CircleCI.
● Code Climate.
● Sequelize Js.
● PostgreSQL.
Roles:
● Worked with the Product Manager and Product Designer to re-design parts of the
application in order to improve the user experience.
● Delivered features on the product.
● Undertook the onboarding process of new teammates to the codebase.
Tulaa( 3 months).
Tulaa is a startup in Kenya that seeks to improve the productivity of smallholder farmers by
giving them credits in the form of seeds and fertilizers, offering market advisory and linking the
farmers to a market that can buy their produce.
I was part of the team that built the tool used by the agents to monitor the farmers they work
with.
Technologies used:
● Angular.
● Jasmine and Karma.
● Jira.
● Netlify.
Roles:
● Worked with the manager to improve the start-up time of the application.
● Was in charge of monitoring the progress of other junior developers and offering help in
areas where they might be struggling.
● Worked with the external manager to understand their needs and deliver them as features
Shopping Cart.
This is an e-commerce site where sellers can create online stores and buyers can browse through
the items and buy. It is a sample project that I use for trying out the different concepts that I have
learned from other teams.
Here is a link to the sample project.
Technologies used:
● Node JS.
● Express JS.
● TravisCI.
● Heroku.
● Code Climate.
● Sequelize Js.
EDUCATION BACKGROUND.
YEARS
INSTITUTION
QUALIFICATION
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MAKERERE UNIVERSITY,
BSc. ELECTRICAL
KAMPALA
ENGINEERING
ST.MARY’S SECONDARY
UACE
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SCHOOL, KITENDE-
KIIRA COLLEGE BUTIKI
UCE
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FOUNTAIN BOARDING
PLE
PRIMARY SCHOOL.
LANGUAGES.
ENGLISH
SPEAKING
READING
WRITING
FLUENT
EXCELLENT
EXCELLENT
REFEREES.
Arnold Karani( Former Technical Team Lead at Tulaa)-,
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Mubarak Imam(Technical Team Lead in Tembea)--, - (Whatsapp)
https://linkedin.com/in/mubarakimam