CURRICULUM VITAE Name Francis O. Okwaro Address P. O. Box 27621-00100 GPO Age 47 years Gender Male Marital Status Married Citizenship Kenyan County Busia Country Kenya Mobile: 0721 800469 Email: frankok777@gmail.com Present Post Assistant lecturer CAREER OBJECTIVE To build a long-term career in teaching with opportunities for career growth partly enabled by employing cutting edge technologies in the course of teaching in line with achieving the university s mission and vision statements. ACADEMIC BACKGROUND: Primary Ikonzo Primary School 1974-1980 Education P.O. Box 20, Bumala C.P.E.30 Points. Secondary Musingu High School 1981-1984 Education P.O. Box 151 Kakamega Tel. (0331) 613 Khayega Division II Index No. 63014/087 Admission No. 3473 High school Kibabii High School 1986-1987 Education P.O. Box 85 Bungoma Tel. (0337) 20882 3 Principles and 1 subsidiary Index No. 62009/585 Admission No. 2098 University Kenyatta university 1988-1991 Education P.O. Box 43844 Tel. 810901-12 Reg. No. E35/2111/88 Bachelor of Education Faculty of Arts (Fine Arts) Second Class - Honors Postgraduate: M.A. degree in Graphic Design
Kenyatta University December 2007 PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS Fine Artist Graphic Designer Lecturer WORK EXPERIENCE: Graphic Design Name of Client: Konrad Adenour Stiftung September 2009 Type of business: Book publication Book design, layout and printing Name of Client: Mount Kenya University February 2012 Type of business: Law Journal publication Design, layout and printing Name of Client: Teachers Service Commission November 2000 Type of business: Logo design Designing Name of Client: Goethe Institute May 2009-2011 Type of business: T Shirt printing Designing and printing Name of Client: Teachers Without Borders November 2011 Type of business: Banner and Manual Designing and printing Photography and Videography
Name of Client: Type of business: Name of Client: Type of business: National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation 2008 to Date Passport and events Photography Photographing and editing Presidents Award-Kenya March 2012 to date Events Photography Photographing and editing Name of Client: Ababu Ministries September 2011 Type of business: CD intro Video editing Visual Effects Name of Client: Ababu Ministries September 2011 Type of business: CD intro Design of CD intro for Church Organization Name of Client: Dotline Graphic Arts July 2011 Type of business: TV advert Compositing and editing Name of Client: Moi University, SHRD March 2013 Type of business: Interactive CD authoring Intro design Illustration Name of Client: Teachers Service Commission November 2000 Type of business: Logo design illustrating logo elements Name of Client: Laibon Safaris June 2010 Type of business: Logo Illustrating pictorial logo Name of Client: Rustow Travel and Safaris (under development) June 2013
Type of business: Website Logo illustration Animation Name of Client: Moi University, SHRD March 2013 Type of business: Interactive CD authoring Interface design Name of Client: Dotline Graphic Arts January 2011 Type of business: Interactive CD authoring Interactive animations including navigational elements Name of Client: Type of business: National Council for Science and Technology 2008 to Date Website Web Banner animations Name of Client: Ideal Communications (www.idealcom.co.ke) September 2009 Type of business: Website Web banner animations Teaching Experience: Namboboto secondary school May 1991- July 1992 Teaching Physics Creation of Artistic backdrops for the drama club Alliance High School September 1992 to April 2012 Head of Art and Design Department Teaching Art and Design Daystar University 2004 to 2012 Lecturing Electronic Publishing & Design Coordination and design of the University Newsletter St Paul s University 2011 to 2012
Lecturing Desktop Publishing and production Moi University April 2012 to date Lecturing Graphic Design, Multimedia and Animation. Curriculum Development for Graphic Communication Courses ACHIEVEMENTS Taught art and Design subject at Alliance High School for 20 years. Design of the Teachers Service Commission logo Creation of an interactive CD for the School of Human Resource, Moi University Developed a Website for National Council for Science and Technology Participated in Annual Journalism Excellence Award seminar in Nairobi June 2013 Won the price for the best optional subject in Alliance High School for 1993 academic year. Won price for overall second best subject to have improved most for the academic year of 1993 in Alliance High School. Won best price for performing best in Art and Design in Kiambu District in 2000 academic year. Won a price for the design of Teacher s Service Commission logo in the year 2000. COMPUTER LITERACY: I have experience in the following computer programs and applications: Adobe InDesign: Page layout Adobe Illustrator: Vector drawing and Illustrations CorelDraw: Vector drawing and Illustrations Adobe Photoshop: Bitmap drawing and image editing Adobe Flash: Multimedia Web authoring and 2D animation Adobe Fireworks: Web graphics Macromedia Director: Multimedia CD authoring and 2D animation Adobe Premier: Digital video editing Adobe After Effects Digital video compositing Autodesk 3D Studio Max 3D modeling, Animation & Rendering HOBBIES
Reading Music Movies Swimming REFEREES 1 Dr. Gabriel Musungu Part time lecturer, Humanities Department Daystar University P.O. Box 44400-00100 Nairobi Mobile 0722871053 2 Dr. Alfred Omenya Lecturer, Department of Architecture University of Nairobi P.O. Box 30197-00100 Nairobi. Mobile: 0723883912 3 Victor Odandi French Teacher Alliance High School P.O. Box 7 Kikuyu. Mobile 0721361856