Curriculum Vitae

Developer Advocate

Autodesk — 3ds Max, Media & Entertainment

Sept 2022 - Present

• Lead developer advocacy for 3ds Max SDK and Media & Entertainment products
• Published 8+ technical articles on the Autodesk Developer Blog covering plugin development, SDK porting, and .NET upgrades
• Delivered talks and workshops at KSYP Conference, Autodesk University 2025, and multiple IEEE events
• Built developer tools including maxsdkcli (Rust CLI for scaffolding 3ds Max plugins) and MCP integration tutorials

Software Engineer (Freelance)

Upwork & Independent Consulting

Jan 2022 - Sept 2022

• Delivered unique software solutions for clients across desktop, embedded, and mobile domains. Managed full project lifecycles independently from scoping and architecture to delivery and support.
• Delivered 15+ products across many different application domains.
• Built Qt/QML desktop applications for clients requiring cross-platform, performant UIs.
• Developed embedded system interfaces integrating hardware sensors with user-facing dashboards.
• Applied root cause analysis and systematic debugging to resolve complex client-reported issues.

Chief Innovation Officer (Full-time)

The AFECS Ltd.

Aug 2020 - Sep 2022

• Led technology strategy and product innovation at AFECS, driving the company's engineering direction from concept through delivery. Owned the full product lifecycle, from client requirements to shipped software, across desktop, embedded, and IoT domains.
• Defined and executed the technical roadmap, making architectural decisions across C++, Qt/QML, Python, and embedded Linux platforms.
• Built and delivered client-facing solutions including UI-heavy desktop applications, IoT dashboards, and hardware-integrated systems.
• Managed and mentored a small engineering team, establishing code standards, review processes, and delivery workflows.
• Drove root cause analysis and problem-solving frameworks that reduced project delivery delays and improved product reliability.

Research Assistant & Data Analyst (Contract)

PSRM Consultants

Feb 2022 - Jun 2022

• Field research and data engineering for a hospital equipment study across Kenyan health facilities, a joint engagement with PSRM Consultants.
• Built the data-collection platform that digitised hospital equipment asset registries, replacing paper-based tracking and indexing over 5,000 pieces of equipment.
• Developed analysis models that turned raw facility data into actionable findings on equipment availability and condition.
• Led field data-collection teams across 22+ hospitals across the country, and reported findings to project stakeholders.

Lead Engineering Team

TibaVent Project

Mar 2020 - Sept 2021

• Part of a 15-member team that built Kenya's first locally manufactured mechanical ventilator during COVID-19
• Developed the Qt/QML touchscreen control application with serial communication to ventilator hardware
• Built the C++ monitoring server for remote device data ingestion and logging
• System passed government quality testing; recognized with UN Kenya Person of the Year 2020

Software Engineer (Part-time)

Chebui Agrovet

Jan 2019 - Dec 2020

• Designed and built a Point-of-Sale system for a working agrovet business, my first end-to-end delivery for a paying client.
• Built the full application: interface design, database schema, and the sales and inventory logic behind it.
• Integrated the system with the business's existing operations so staff could adopt it without disrupting daily trade.

MSc Computer Science

University of East London, UK

2023 - 2025

• Dissertation: MantisBase, an embeddable C++20 Backend-as-a-Service delivering auto-generated REST APIs, JWT auth, and SSE streaming in one portable binary; released as open source (30+ releases, mantisbase.com).
• Focus areas: advanced software engineering, cloud computing, data analytics, and AI & machine vision, completed alongside full-time engineering work.

BSc Biomedical Engineering

Kenyatta University, Kenya

2016 - 2022

• Led development of TIBAVENT, Kenya's first locally designed mechanical ventilator (Qt/C++ on embedded Linux); built the clinical UI and the real-time control layer; the work earned UN Person of the Year 2020 and a Head of State Commendation (HSC), Civilian Division.
• Contributed hardware design and firmware to a 1U CubeSat with the Kenya Space Agency; power budgeting, comms protocols, and fault-tolerant embedded software and to the DLP2 learning tablet programme.
• Grounding in electrical circuits, embedded systems, control and instrumentation, and medical device design; the origin of the low-level, systems-first approach I still bring to C++ and infrastructure work.

CardioCare for Faster Medical Emergency Response

IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine

2024

• Publication: https://doi.org/10.1109/MCAS.2024.3358786

LinderCare: Your Triage Solution to Better Health

IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine

2024

• Publication: https://doi.org/10.1109/mcas.2024.3360374

Smart Chicken Farming; Case Study in North Rift Kenya

2023 IEEE Conference on AgriFood Electronics (CAFE)

2023

• Publication: https://doi.org/10.1109/cafe58535.2023.10291535

MCP Integration for 3ds Max

Autodesk DevCon Workshop

2025

Head of State Commendation (HSC)

Republic of Kenya

2021

• National honor awarded by the President of Kenya for contributions to healthcare technology during the COVID-19 pandemic

UN Kenya Person of the Year

United Nations Kenya

2020

• Recognized for the TibaVent ventilator project, building affordable, locally producible ventilation hardware and software