barry osewe

As an adept Technology Manager, I have a well-rounded skill set in product development, fintech and honed talents in training and end-user support, making me an ideal fit for the Technical Project Manager position. Further, I am a recognized expert in leadership and a communicative collaborator. My previous roles have strengthened my capabilities in communication and planning, including a keen attention to detail and accuracy.

Company: Bidco Africa : Benzion Investments  

Technical Product Manager                                                               July 2022 – Present

• Regular contribution to product roadmapping of the Supply Chain Financing platform and expense management platform
• Assisting founders in creating a product lead growth model
• Designing the tech driven solution and customer journey for the digitized supply chain financing
• Responsible for platform data security, uptime, scalability and agility
• Responsible for implementation of new age technologies and architectures like blockchain
• Own and improvise the product and business metrics such as repeat cohorts, product usage time etc
• Leading technical integrations with bank CBS and customer ERPs including SAP
• Take ownership and strive to continually assess business processes and implement product lead growth hacking
• Agile project management
• Backlog and sprint management
• Creating user stories for product improvement
• Facilitating project meetings and team retrospectives

Company: Impax Africa  

Project Manager(Microsoft D365 Business Central)                                                              July 2021 – July 2022

• Working remotely with a multicultural team.
• Project implementation planning and scoping.
• Managing change requests while monitoring to ensure that the project scope is delivered within time and budget.
• Coordinating between different functional module heads and the technical team.
• Sitting in the project steering committee as the implementation team lead.
• Setting of the project's roadmap and monitoring the different milestones.
• Writing documentation for the different project milestones and handing over sign offs to the PMO.
• Participating in Sprint planning using Azure devops and conducting agile ceremonies.
• Collaborating with the Business Development Team by conducting  Pre-sales demos and pitching of D365 Business Central.
• Conducting company webinars on behalf of the department.

Company: SoftIQ Technologies  

Product Manager                                               Feb 2021 – June 2021

• Determining the project's scopes for ERP deployment including scoping of integrations based on requirements from various stakeholders.
• Setting deadlines and assigning responsibilities for various team members in sprints.
• Monitoring project progress and documenting progress reports for presentation in Steerco meetings. 
• Evaluating and recommending changes to current and future ERP System requirements to meet organizational needs.
• Participating in interviews for new ERP consultants.
• Reporting to management on project milestones regularly.
• Taking lead of technical integrations

Functional ERP Consultant                            October 2019 – Dec 2020

• SoftIq Technologies is an ICT Company dealing with Enterprise Business Solutions as well as customized solutions for a wide range of industries.
• Conducting business process analysis, documentation and recommendation.
• Functional requirements gathering and documentation from multiple stakeholders.
• Provide the link between the Developers and the Client.
• Testing of customized solutions, suggesting improvements and fixes to best suit the clients requirements.
• Provide end user training and UATs including their documentations
• Provide post implementation support to end users
• Prepare weekly targets and reports and give the latest status of their work.

Company: Kenya Power and Lighting Company      

IT Support Intern                                    March 2019 – July 2019

• general networks support and maintenance.
• Installation and running updates on SAP ERP for users.
• I was on standby for any hardware maintenance and repair for other staff.

EDUCATION                 

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science                                                             2016-2019

• Grade:  Second class (upper division)
• Achievement: Was a student leader championing for technology scholars

Utumishi Academy                                                                                              2012-2015

• KCSE Grade:  A-

Emobilis  Institute                                                                                              2015-2016

• Mobile Software Development

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES                

• Microsoft Business Central D365  Functional Associate -Microsoft                                                                                                 
• Problem solving and troubleshooting-LinkedIn
• Effective Listening-LinkedIn
• SAP financials essentials training-LinkedIn
• Developing your emotional intelligence-LinedIn
• Google Project Management Professional-Google
• Cryptocurrency and blockchain:An introduction to digital currencies-Wharton University of Pennsylvania
• Fintech:Foundations, Payments and Regulations-Wharton University of Pennsylvania