About Philip Nyakwaka:
Proactive, reliable, and self-motivated graduate engineer with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Geospatial Engineering (First Class Honors), aiming to leverage the academic experience and proven knowledge in the field of Geospatial Engineering. Passionate about research and data with a demonstrated history of working with data to draw meaningful insights. Successfully collaborated with a team of four to set up ground control points for aerial mapping.
Experience
Data Extraction Specialist | Siaya, Kenya | |
CloudFactory Kenya | December 2022 –January 2023 |
- Manually reviewed transactions in the merchant database and attached clean merchant data to ensure that payment details in the customer’s feed were easy to read and understand.
- Analyzed, contextualized, and applied transaction-specific rules to debit card transaction data for accounting and bookkeeping workflows.
Geospatial Engineer Attachee University of Nairobi |
Nairobi, Kenya September 2021 – October 2021 |
- Monitored the deformation of the Athi Bridge by observing angular displacements using a total station.
- Performed topographic surveys using total station and produced topographic maps using AutoCAD and ArcGIS
- Coordinated a team of four members to complete all the assigned fieldwork within the stipulated timeframe.
GIS Intern | Siaya, Kenya |
Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning | June 2021 –August 2021 |
- Performed general field surveying data collection activities associated with boundary surveying for land registration purposes and digitized land ownership data.
- Facilitated boundary relocation in cases of lost boundaries and advised conflicting parties in land-related disputes.
Enumerator | Kajiado, Kenya |
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics | August 2018 – September 2018 |
- Identified boundaries for the Enumeration Areas (E.A.s), locating all structures and visiting every household within the structures to list all the usual members before the enumeration exercise.
- Administered all questionnaires and recorded responses from all persons in each household in the assigned Enumeration area.
- Picked the GPS coordinates of the households and forwarded all equipment and questionnaires (used and unused), maps, notebooks, and any other materials as directed to the Content Supervisor after the enumeration exercise.
Education
University of Nairobi | Nairobi, Kenya |
Bachelor of Science in Geospatial Engineering GRADE: First ClassHonors | September 2017– September 2022 |
Relevant Coursework: Principles of Management, Spatial Planning.GIS, Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry,
Cadastral Survey, Engineering Survey, Hydrographic Survey, Cartography, Satellite Survey, Land Law, Computer
Programming.
Ambira High School | Siaya, Kenya |
KCSE- Highschool Diploma Grade: A- (74pts) | January 2013– December 2016 |
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