CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL DETAILS. Evans Anderson Kirimi Miriti Year of Birth: English (Excellent), Kiswahili (Excellent), French (Fair).

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL DETAILS Name: Evans Anderson Kirimi Miriti Year of Birth: 1975 Gender: Marital Status: Nationality: Religion: Languages: Male Married Kenyan Christian English (Excellent), Kiswahili (Excellent), French (Fair). ADDRESS Post Office: Nairobi, Kenya Telephone: s: EDUCATION BACKGROUND Postgraduate Education Institution: University of Nairobi, Kenya Period: From 2003 To 2006 Degree: MSc in Applied Computer Science Undergraduate Institution: University of Nairobi, Kenya Period: 1995 To 1999 Degree: Grade: BSc Computer Science Second Class Honours (Upper Division) Professional Course: Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Period: September 2009 Result: Certified Page 1 of 7

2 Course: Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Period: June 2007 Result: Certified Course: Microsoft Certified Professional Period: July 2007 Result: Passed the Exam High School Institution: St. Pius X Seminary Address: P.O. Box 5 Nkubu, Kenya Period: 1990 To 1993 K.C.S.E Grade: A Plain WORK EXPERIENCE Jan 2010 to Present Lecturer, School of Computing and Informatics, University of Nairobi, Kenya June 2009 to Dec 2009 Developer, InterSys Limited Experience SharePoint Site Development, Document Management Site Development February 2009 to May 2009 Assistant Manager (IT), Kenya Bureau of Standards; Experience Assigning duties to staff; Supporting ACCPAC ERP; Reporting on IT project implementation progress; User support March 2004 to February 2009 Tutorial Fellow, School of Computing and Informatics, Nairobi University Teaching Experience Teaching various courses including: Operating Systems, Object Oriented Programming, Programming Methodology, Introduction to artificial Intelligence, Page 2 of 7

3 Functional Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms, Algorithms Analysis and Design, Logic Programming, Natural Language Interfaces (MSc), Artificial Intelligence Programming (MSc), Information Systems Audit, Simulation and Modelling (MSc), Algorithms and their Applications in Bioinformatics (MSc), Compiler Construction Administrative Experience 1. MSc Coordinator The tasks associated with this position include the following: Creating Teaching timetables, creating exam timetables, collecting and entering marks into the examination system, presenting marks to the school s board, handling students queries, coordinating project presentations 2. Fourth Year Projects Coordinator The tasks associated with this position include the following: Assisting students come up with projects, arranging for project presentations, collecting and collating the presentations assessment marks. Some Projects Supervised 1. SMS input prediction for Maasai (2012) 2. Borana Speech recognition for mobile phone input (2012) 3. 3D Simulation of a Campus Environment (Kambona Kennedy, 2008) 4. Hands Free Computer Control Using Automatic Speech Recognition(Kariuki Moses, 2008) 5. Nurse Call System Using Blue Tooth (Omengo Donald, 2008) 6. SMS Gateway (Kebwaro Haron, 2007) 7. NSE expert System (Mororia Martin, 2007) April 2002 To March 2004 Programmer/Research Assistant, Institute of Computer Science, Nairobi University. Experiences Prolog programming in implementing natural language interfaces Java Programming JDBC Java Database Connectivity for accessing database management systems from a Java application Computer based SMS applications Page 3 of 7

4 December 1999 to March 2002 Systems Administrator, Pan-African START Secretariat. Responsibilities And Experiences Apache web server Administration System Security (ssh and ipchains) Ftp server configuration and Administration Postgressql Database server Administration Samba server configuration and administration Bind Name sever configuration and administration Creating Backups Web site design and maintenance Web-based database development and maintenance Php scripting, perl scripting, shell (bash) scripting, Java scripts. Local area network maintenance and administration Hardware maintenance and support. Mail clients installation and configuration e.g. Outlook, Netscape and Pegasus Installation of programs and user support PROJECTS 1. Part of the team from Maulex Systems that developed an e-procurement system for Water House Coopers ( (using MSSQL and ASP.NET) 2. Design and development of MSC projects Management Website (used php and postgresql) 3. Part of the team from Maulex Systems that Development of a Knowledge management system for Africa Institute for Capacity Development (AICAD) 4. Speech to text system for Kiswahili (MSc Project) 5. Development of a SMS and notification system using Java 6. Development of web-based SMS applications for sending and receiving SMS Page 4 of 7

5 Consultancies 1. FOSA and BOSA Information System Needs Assessment for Nyala Dairy Cooperative Society (Nyahururu). Contracted By TechnoServe/Kenya 2. Product and Vendor Evaluation for Nyala Dairy Cooperative Society FOSA and BOSA Information Systems. Contracted By TechnoServe/Kenya 3. Participant in Integrated Coastal Zone Management, Information Management Systems taskforce meeting to brainstorm on development of key environment indicators and the information systems for the storage and management of indicators data. Invited by NEMA PUBLICATIONS 1. Getao. K, Miriti E. (2005). Automatic construction of a Kiswahili corpus from the World Wide Web. In SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMPUTING AND ICT RESEARCH: Measuring Computing Research Excellence and Vitality. Volume 1. Eds: Ddembe Williams & Venansius Baryamureeba. (Fountain Publishers, Kampala, 2005), Chapter 17 Pg Getao. K, Miriti E. Computational Modelling in Bantu Language. In SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMPUTING AND ICT RESEARCH: Advances in Systems Modelling and ICT Applications. Volume 2. Eds: Joseph Kizza, Janet Aisbett, Andrew Vince, Tom Wanyama. (Fountain Publishers, Kampala, 2006), Chapter 10 pg Getao K., Miriti E. (2006). Creation of a Speech to Text System for Kiswahili. Presented at the 5 th World Congress of African Linguistics (WOCAL), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 4. Mwaura A., Miriti E. (2009). Harnessing Information Technology for Drug Supply Reporting and Management. Proceedings of the VLIR-IUC-UoN International Conference on Research for Sustainable Development and Institutional Capacity Building. Naivasha, Kenya 5. Makumbi L., Miriti E., Mwaura A. (2012). An Analysis of Information Technology (IT) Security Practices: A Case Study of Kenyan Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Financial Sector. International Journal of Computer Applications 57 (18). Page 5 of 7

6 Programming Languages Java, C#, C, C++, Visual Basic; ASP.NET, php, perl, matlab, html, javascript Databases MSSQL, Mysql, Postgresql, Microsoft Access SharePoint, Joomla, Development Environments CAREER GOALS Leading developer of computer based solutions for organizations and industry, PhD in computer science, Leading computer science researcher HOBBIES Games: Others: Jogging, Chess, Scrabble, and Backgammon. Visiting Friends, Reading Novels, Watching Movies and Listening to Music. Page 6 of 7

7 REFEREES Dr. Robert Oboko School of Computing and Informatics University of Nairobi P.O. Box 30197, Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: Dr. Christopher Chepken School of Computing and Informatics University of Nairobi P.O. Box 30197, Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: Dr. Elisha Opiyo School of Computing and Informatics University of Nairobi P.O. Box 30197, Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: Page 7 of 7