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JOHN J. PETER

Dar Es Salaam

Summary

Forward-thinking professional with a foundation in software development and a strong grasp of planning, organization, and team coordination. Aspiring to advance into ICT and business management, applying a blend of analytical, operational, and leadership skills to deliver impactful results.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

ICT, Networking, Operations Manager

Data Vision International
01.2024 - 11.2024

Management/acquisition/maintenance of;

  • International vendor services Google workspace, Digital ocean, Hostinger, Cloudways, Contabo, Cloudflare and others
  • Local server hosting vendors and infrastructure
  • Partners for various services including payment gateway, bulk SMS and management information systems

Leadership and management

  • Leading software development teams to create deliverable solutions, meeting quality and security standards
  • Understanding Management and stakeholder requirements and communicating to the internal development and design teams
  • Setting project timelines, ensuring all source code meets the development standards and delivered in time
  • Research, acquisition and training of ready made solution for in-office use

Regulatory Compliance

  • Ensured that the payment gateway met all regulatory compliance requirements
  • Prepared and submitted BOT compliance reports
  • Assisted BOT on-site inspection
  • Attended various workshops and meetings

General Manager

Software Galaxy Ltd
11.2024 - Current

Full Stack Software Developer

Data Vision International
10.2020 - 01.2024

November, 2020 - March, 2021

  • Developed an ERP platform for microfinance for managing borrowers, loans, institutions and more.
  • Provide comprehensive reports. Multi-user access control, automated transactions, and queue management.
  • A backend for mobile app, web portal, integrations with payment gateway, bulk sms, walinzi database. Designed database, managed deployments and security.

March, 2021 - December, 2021

  • Developed an ERP platform for SACCOs for managing borrowers, loans, institutions and more.
  • A software as a service architecture, with accounting, reports, BOT compliance reports, integrations with payments, bulksms, emails etc.

December, 2021 - August, 2022

  • Systems and networking administration
  • Managed network infrastructure in office, and our equipment in two data centers, communicating with partner networking teams to troubleshoot, migrate and upgrade
  • Managed production/staging/testing server deployment pipelines, source code repositories, source code quality assurance
  • Oversaw full renovation of in-office network infrastructure

August, 2022 - January, 2024

  • Upgraded the M-lipa payment gateway
  • Updated the user onboarding process and customer/merchant portal with modern design, configurations and reports
  • Updated the administrative portal with better reporting, customer management, configuration and trouble shooting options
  • Added developer portal where developers could self-serve, finding comprehensive documentation, activity logs, credential management and webhook events.
  • Created a management platform for managing settlements, top ups, channel transaction reporting and reconciliation for management.

Full stack software developer

Legendary IT Solutions
07.2018 - 10.2020

Clinic Management System (PHP Laravel, Jun 2018 โ€“ Dec 2019)
Comprehensive health center system with modules for reception, doctors, billing, lab, pharmacy, stock, procurement, and reporting.

Laptop City (PHP Laravel, Mar โ€“ Jun 2019)
E-commerce website for laptop sales with an integrated CMS backend.

Social Services Management System (Java Spring MVC, Angular, Apr โ€“ Sep 2019)
Platform for managing community services such as loans, bills, business capital, and healthcare support.

OSP Booking System (Java Spring, jQuery, Apr 2019)
Online booking system for sports pitches (football, basketball, baseball).
๐Ÿ”— bookings.osp.co.tz

Footsteps Ziyarah Platform (PHP Laravel, Jul 2018 โ€“ Sep 2019)
Travel and pilgrimage website with admin tools for registrations, testimonials, and uploads.
๐Ÿ”— footsteps2jannah.com

Sanya Haulers (Laravel, React Native, Jul 2019 โ€“ Jan 2020)
Fleet management system and mobile app for logistics and expense tracking.

Timesheet Management System (Laravel, Sep โ€“ Dec 2019)
Employee activity and time-tracking application with reporting, budgeting, and multi-level approvals.

Asset Management System (C# .NET, Sep 2017 โ€“ Mar 2018)
Desktop solution for managing fixed assets across multiple branches with automated accounting reports.

Websites Developed
hotelesworldwide.co.tz โ€ข kimtech.co.tz โ€ข bonvoyage.co.tz โ€ข safaribig5.co.tz โ€ข marango.co.tz โ€ข computerz.com โ€ข razaq.co.tz โ€ข divalge.com

Education

Certificate of Primary Education - undefined

Meru Primary School
01.2006

Certificate of Secondary Education - undefined

Ilboru Secondary School
01.2010

Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education - undefined

Ilboru High School
01.2013

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical and Electronics

St Joseph University
01.2017

Skills

  • Fluent in English and Swahili language
  • Attentive to detail and focused on results
  • Composed and calm under pressure
  • Ability to solve problems and undertake new challenges
  • Excellent communication, coordination and collaboration skills
  • Fluent in PHP (Laravel and Vanilla), JavaScript, TypeScript
  • Firm knowledge of SQL database design, performance optimization and implementation using MySQL
  • Backend development using PHP Laravel, Nodejs, Express
  • Fluent in Angular, Vue, HTML and CSS for progressive web applications and single page applications
  • Familiar in hybrid mobile development using React Native and Flutter
  • Linux system configuration, administration, scripting and server optimization
  • RESTful API design, development (Laravel, Express), testing (Insomnia, Postman)
  • Familiar with systems scaling using Docker, Kubernetes and Google Swarm
  • Familiar with graphic designing using Figma
  • Familiar with CI/CD using GitHub Actions
  • Project planning, organization, coordination using ClickUp and Trello
  • Source code management using version control systems
  • Great resource allocation, appraisal, tracking and evaluation, both human and monetary
  • Highly capable of working, communicating and collaborating with non-technical colleagues
  • Highly capable of understanding abstract product requirements, and planning for the changes
  • Excellent documentation skills
  • Strict timeline adherence, timely updates and aggressive adherence to the timeline
  • Familiar with various software product management techniques, agile, extreme programming, SDLC-V, rapid application development etc

PROJECTS

Kopafasta (October 2020 โ€“ present), A microfinance micro-landing platform for issuing loans to corporate and non-corporate customers, Written using PHP Laravel Framework, Overseeing the database design, mobile design to meet requirements, performance expectation within the deadline, DGTO SACCOs Software (2021 May- present), A SACCOs software for processing loans, shares, savings, in compliance with the law, with multitude of reports, Written using PHP Laravel Framework, Meetings with clients, requirement analysis, system presentation, and full development and maintenance

Timeline

General Manager

Software Galaxy Ltd
11.2024 - Current

ICT, Networking, Operations Manager

Data Vision International
01.2024 - 11.2024

Full Stack Software Developer

Data Vision International
10.2020 - 01.2024

Full stack software developer

Legendary IT Solutions
07.2018 - 10.2020

Certificate of Primary Education - undefined

Meru Primary School

Certificate of Secondary Education - undefined

Ilboru Secondary School

Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education - undefined

Ilboru High School

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical and Electronics

St Joseph University
JOHN J. PETER