LOUISA SABURI

I am a Backend Developer, GIS Analyst and Game Developer

WORK EXPERIENCE 

                                                                                                                                    June 2021 -- December 2021 

Information Management Intern 

United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs| Nairobi, Kenya 

 Provided information management services by gathering reliable data on the locations, needs, and humanitarian support needed to assist disaster stricken individuals, save lives and reduce suffering. 

    Key Accomplishments:                                                                                                                                          

• Developed information products that included maps, infographics, situation reports, flash appeals, snapshots presence maps, humanitarian bulletins, situational updates and dashboards. 
• Developed and built an application system software program using PowerBi that could monitor humanitarian crises and humanitarian response in real-time. 
• Collected, shared, and used data and information, to underpin coordination, decision-making, and advocacy. 
• Analyzed internal and external data sources in order to reconcile data and information gaps for better filing and storing of data. 
• Maintained maps and map-searches with the most recent maps. 

Software Engineering Intern                                                                             August 2020 -- November 2020  

Andela Learning Community| Lagos, Nigeria 

    Key Accomplishments:                                                                                                                                          

• Executed the development, building and testing of verbose boiler plate coded programs. 
• Developed and built an android application in accordance with the sustainable development goal of clean water and sanitation that provided locations of peak areas of water sources that could be integrated into a mobile application. This eliminated unnecessary travel to dry water reservoirs.   
• Performed product engineering and accomplished improvement of websites for optimized performance. Collaborated with project managers, designers to accomplish cross-functional goals. 

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Software Engineering Mentee                                                                             March 2019 – November 2019  

Microsoft Corporation| Nairobi, Kenya 

    Key Accomplishments:                                                                                                                                          

• Managed to solve compatibility issues for new window releases through designing and implementing compatibility infrastructure components for effective asset storage and optimization. 
• Collaborated with Business Development team in evaluating and analyzing, assessment and examination of potential investment opportunities on the azure active directory services for the development of cloud and artificial intelligence platforms to provide authentication and authorization of users and groups. 
• Evaluated, analyzed, and built a comprehensive software program to keep data handles updated, assist commercial customers assess their compatibility readiness of their window server workloads in collaboration with azure migrations, ongoing market fundamentals and eventually provide  economic oriented equipment. 

Computer Technician                                                                                                             March 2018 - 2019  

Strathmore University |Nairobi, Kenya                                                                                                                    

Responsible for day-to-day help desk operations including, system installation, configuration and tracking, as well as providing technical support to 300+ staff, 200+ faculty, and 5,000+ students of the university. 

     Key Responsibilities: 

          ● Managed complex hardware, software, and network problems to accurately resolve issues, and prepare                    reports summarizing and analyzing the issues. 

●Orchestrated various functions such as system installations and configurations, diagnosing causes of system failures, and malfunctions, in addition to troubleshooting network failures. 

●Maintaining and repairing system equipment and peripheral devices. Ensured security of machines in the lab was maintained. 

Strathmore University| Bachelor of Business and Information Technology                    April 2017 - Dec. 2020 

• GPA: 3.0/4.0 
• Volunteer, Aiesec 

Strathmore University | Diploma in Business and Information Technology                                          April 2016 - April 2017 

• GPA : 3.8/4.0 

Loreto Convent Valley Road |Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education  ●              Certification KCSE Grade C plus