Akah Mandela

ABOUT AKAH

Akah is an IT Expert with over 3 years of experience in the Tech industry. He is a fast learner with a positive attitude, who uses innovation, creativity and technical applications to solve, build and manage software . His capability to grasp technical & complex concepts makes him a reliable candidate and an asset to interdisciplinary teams.

Through roles such as training and consulting he has become an experienced leader, confident communicator and proven strategic thinker who is able to develop ideas to meet business objectives, highlight core competencies and therefore further business success.

Experience

As a freelance trainer, Akah has trained over 150 interns on different technologies on behalf of companies like MICROSOFT, MADIBA Consultants, Northern Data, TW MICRONICS, COURSE DOT, TECDATA etc. some of the activities he carried out are: 

  • Conducted Microsoft technical training classes virtually and in classrooms.
  • Planned and applied training on technology upgrades.
  • Worked with MS experts to prepare curriculum.
  • Developed and applied learning solutions to improve business performance.
  • Maintained training material and applications. Recommended improvements needed in
    programs.
  • Work in a multidisciplinary team and autonomously to meet individual and business objectives.

As a Senior cloud architect/developer on AWS, MICROSOFT AZURE, PEGASYSTEMS, VMWARE,ORACLE, ERP etc, Akah has worked as a trusted consultant for small, medium and large enterprises of over 100 employees both in the private and public sector. 

  • Trusted consultant to clients on all aspects of PRPC engagement, leading communication and
    providing sustainable and innovative solutions to fit best practice.
  • Work with DevOps to make sure there are tools in place for monitoring the system, and log
    management to effectively handle incidents
  • Implement ERP (ODOO, Dynamics 365,GLPI,SAP) solution for financial services client by
    accessing process inefficiencies, gathering client requirements and streamlining workflows
    reducing turnaround time by 65%
  • Perform service delivery platform benchmarks and develop framework for cloud
    implementations
  • Provide effective leadership, development, coaching and guidance to the team, and Lines of
    Business of SAP
  • Create, evolve, mature and execute a cloud migration plan that includes detailed road map
    and risk assessment and mitigation approach
  •  Fluent in MS Exchange, O365, Outlook
  •  Design websites. Write code. Develop and propose technical solutions. Write, modify, and
    maintain software documentation and specifications.
  • Work in an Agile Software Development Live Cycle and collaborate with development teams
    to achieve continuous software delivery