General Info
Professional Track
- Telecommunications
Country
RwandaAreas of Expertise
- Engineering, Telecommunications
- Computer Networks
- Data Mining
Professional Interests
- Fiber Optic Technology
- Data Analysis
- Product Management
Age
33The Top Three Things I Would Like to Learn or Experience During my Mentorship
- Develop skills in design thinking.
- Gain experience and insight into successful project management.
- Learn proven strategies for organizing teams.
Ideal Company Type
My ideal company is one consisting of small, organized teams that are agile in project and management and data analysis. I would also like to be mentored in a space where real problems are tackled, so I can have first-hand experience with design thinking. I would also like to be mentored in a company with an open culture and highly collaborative, vibrant teams.
Programming Languages
- SQL
Additional Technical Skills
Fiber network technology
What are three adjectives that best describe you in the work place?
- Attentive
- Dependable
- Optimistic
What impact will your mentorship have on your career and professional path?
The mentorship will provide me with an opportunity to learn from industry leaders, acquire knowledge and skills and share experiences, as I will be mentored by the best in STEM. The exposure, mentorship and experience will guide me on how to develop STEM projects that uplift the status of women and girls in Rwanda. I envision Rwanda as a STEM hub in Africa, with women and girls being at the forefront. Professionally, I aspire to be one of the leading STEM figures in Rwanda. I believe the mentorship from the program will be a great start towards that goal.
After participating in the TechWomen program, how will you leverage your mentorship experience to make an impact in your home country?
This program is an opportunity to learn and share my experience and perspectives. I will be in a good position to encourage young girls and women to exploit their potential. I envision creating partnerships that will inspire the younger generation to take advantage of opportunities in technology. My dream is to see women that own small and medium enterprises embrace technology and use internet platforms to market products. Rwanda has women who make beautiful art and crafts, which are versatile products unique to Rwanda sold locally to tourists. With branding and market platform availability, these girls and women can grow their businesses into international brands.
Work History
Years of Full-time Work Experience
7Primary Professional Focus
- Overseeing the delivery of technology products
- Technical product design
- Technical product manager
Current/Most Recent Job
- Title and Company: Service Delivery and Product Management senior Engineer, Korea Telecom Rwanda Networks
- Direct Reports: 3
- Type: Full-time
- Location: Kigali, Rwanda
- Dates: November 12, 2013 –
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Responsibilities:
Support product development, design and create products, market analysis of competing products, product testing processes and procedures; perform system product configuration and customization; analyze product parameters and price catalog management in system; data assessment and perform analysis and recommend all system management changes; translation of business needs into technical solutions and supporting to implement; analyze product performance and suggest improvements; conduct system assessment to avoid any revenue leakages and quality service support and simple sales data analysis
Job #2
- Title and Company: Fiber Optic Sales Engineer, Korea Telecom Rwanda Networks
- Type: Full-time
- Location: Kigali, Rwanda
- Dates: May 31, 2017 – November 5, 2018
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Responsibilities:
Worked closely with business development team to find and develop large opportunities within the existing database; analyzed and supported in commercial fiber network connections, maintenance, optimization and upgrade requests; provided advanced technical support to the sales team towards closing and retaining customers; made recommendations on the best approach to monetize fiber infrastructure business, supervision of fiber optic installation standards for final acceptance and testing; performed troubleshooting for customer sites connection
Job #3
- Title and Company: Applications Engineer, Korea Telecom Rwanda Networks
- Type: Full-time
- Location: Kigali, Rwanda
- Dates: November 12, 2013 – May 25, 2017
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Responsibilities:
Oversaw application functionalities designing and advising on the system suitability of methodologies as well as suggesting improvements according to the network structure; ran user management application operations; set up back-up policies and management of external back-up processes; performed infrastructure system data upload, extraction and validation of network data and developing recommendations on single point of failures; performed data manipulation, supported reports generation and statistics; integrated database management of the outside-plant network for both fiber and 4G infrastructure.
Education History
Highest Level of Education Completed
Bachelor'sInstitution #1
- Institution: Annamalai University
- Degree Awarded: Bachelor's
- Major: Computer Applications
- Minor:
- Location: Annamalai Nagar, India
- Completion Date: May 1, 2013