Timothy Asiimwe. BSc. Electrical Engineering Aug 2011 June 2015

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1 Timothy Asiimwe atimothee@gmail.com Website: Phone : Address: P. O. Box 112, Kyambogo Kampala Uganda Summary A highly motivated software developer with an eye for clean code, and strong experience in: Mobile application development Web application development Open-source community participation Education BSc. Electrical Engineering Aug 2011 June 2015 Makerere University Courses completed include: Computer Programming Fundamentals, Object-Oriented Programming, Microprocessor Based Systems Uganda Advanced Certificate Of Education King's College, Budo Majored in: Physics, Chemistry, Maths, French 6th overall in National Mathematics Contest Uganda Certificate Of Education Ndejje Senior Secondary School Certifications Developing Android Apps - Android Fundamentals (Jan 2015) Udacity, Inc My final project ( exceeded course expectations. Independent Coursework Foundations of Programming - Data Structures - Lynda.com Foundations of Programming - Test Driven Development - Lynda.com ios Essential Training - Lynda.com Up and Running with AngularJS - Lynda.com Up and Running with Python - Lynda.com Developing Scalable apps with Java - Udacity Developing Scalable apps - Android Fundamentals - Udacity Timo thy Asiimwe 1

2 Technical Skills Languages and Technologies: Java, C, Python, Objective-C, Android SDK, Google App Engine, Django, Python NLTK, Node.js, ios, Spring MVC, Hibernate, JSP, JavaScript, jquery, AngularJS, HTML, CSS IDE/Editors: Intellij, Pycharm, Netbeans, Eclipse, Android Studio, Dev C++ Database: MySQL, SQLite, CouchDB, Google Datastore, MongoDB, PostgresSQL Source Control: Git, SVN Soft Skills Strong verbal/written communication skills Strong Work Ethic Familiar with MS Word, Excel, Google apps & able to learn new programs Good Interpersonal skills Work experience Tech 4 Development UG Lead Technologist - Android/Web My responsibilities include: Feb 2016 Present Act as lead technologist and lead developer of the team. Help the team understand the technological boundaries in which to design. Gather requirements, functionalities, and translate those into elegant prototypes, MVPs, and final solutions. Optimise performance of digital solution under development. Aggregio Ltd. June 2015 Jan 2016 Founder & Full-stack developer Aggregio ( was a startup that algorithmically aggregated, clustered and analyzed hundreds of news articles per day, to provide personalised news to smartphone users in Uganda, Nigeria and Kenya. Aggregio later pivoted to Nutshell, that provided quick visual summaries of the days most important news, before we closed shop due to financial constraints. Specific tasks accomplished include: Solely developed and maintained the Aggregio android app id=io.aggreg.app.uganda Solely developed and maintained the Nutshell android app id=com.simplibot.nutshell Built web crawler that fetched hundreds of articles a day, and algorithmically clustered and categorized them. Built the REST APIs that powererd the mobile apps. Google Developer Group, Makerere Chapter Lead Organiser May 2014 May 2015 As GDG Lead organiser, I was responsible for organising developer events in the chapter such as bootcamps, codelabs, hackathons and assist fellow chapter members better understand Google Technologies such as Android, Google APIs, Google App Engine and others. Key accomplishments include: Managed to reach over 120 unique developers, and over 40 female through our events and activities. Successful organised Android Devfest ( a mini-conference that brought together over Timo thy Asiimwe 2

3 70 developers. Chapter consistently beat the target of a minimum of 2 events per quarter. Google Inc. July 2013 July 2014 Student Ambassador I was a liaison between Google and Makerere University. My responsibility was to plan and host events during the school year, to introduce students to new Google products and features, and act as a campus contact for Google teams. Key accomplishments included: Organised a map up of suburb near university and garnered over 120 approved edits on Google Maps in spite of an electricity blackout. Created a mobile application that keeps students up to date with university news and events Reached out to over 500 students in Google awareness campaign. Participated in organising the first G day in Uganda and Google Business Group Kampala events. Created website that keeps students up to date with our activities and Google products. Jaguza Limited August 2012 May 2014 Mobile Application Developer I was part of the mobile team that developed new features and released updates for the Jaguza Android Application on Google Play Store, using Android SDK. I also solely developed the Jaguza application for iphone. Specific tasks accomplished include: Implemented left and right slide in drawer for the mobile Android application Fully implemented the events module for the Android app including the API that allows the mobile app to interact with the web back-end. Implemented all the views, activities and various methods to query the SQLite database for the What s Happening module. Implemented the gallery view for version 1.0 of the application. Designed a Test Design Specification and Test Report for the Jaguza web application. Solely developed Jaguza for iphone with the Cocoa Touch Framework. Arms Technologies Limited June 2013 November 2013 Web Developer Intern I was part of a team that built the back-end of the School Information System(SIS), a product of Arms Technologies Ltd using Spring Web MVC Java Framework. Specific tasks accomplished include: Designed and created MySQL database for the Admissions, Registration, Results and Reports modules. Implemented back-end logic that performs automated admissions and stream allocation for over 500 students. Developed a service that generates and uploads spreadsheets used to enter student results to the system. Implemented functionality to generate individual student reports, admission letters, and various reports and lists in PDF format across different modules. Implemented controllers and data access objects to manipulate student data and perform analysis to generate various charts and reports. Utilized jquery and AJAX to create a rich and dynamic interface to display various lists, charts and tables. Intel Corporation June 2014 June 2015 Student Partner I was a liaison between Intel and Makerere University. Accomplishments include: Organised the first Intel Android Hackathon that attracted over 17 developer teams. Conducted 3 training sessions on Android SDK and Intel XDK, that reached over 200 students. Organised the Intel Selfie challenge, that generated over 150 impressions on social media. Kiira Electric Vehicle Project June 2014 Aug 2014 Intern Timo thy Asiimwe 3

4 Intern in the Vehicle Electronics and Information Systems department. Specific tasks accomplished include: Formulation of a requirements specification for the Kiira EV SMACK In-vehicle infotainment system Formulation of a design specification for the Kiira EV SMACK In-vehicle infotainment system The Makererean May 2014 May 2015 Webmaster I was responsible for the online publication of the Makererean, the official newspaper for Makerere University students. Key accomplishments included: Development and hosting of the website ( for the publication Creation of vibrant social media accounts for the publication. Personal Projects Aggregio An android app that provides aggregated and personalised news for users in Nigeria, Uganda & Kenya. Open sourced on github QuickLoad (Airtime Loader) An android app that utilises optical character recognition to automatically scan and load airtime scratch cards KwikStudy An android app that simplifies revision for students using flash cards. Taste of Uganda An android digital catalog of the best Ugandan recipes. Google Doodles An android app that shows info about past and current Google doodles (images that appear on Google's home page) Destination East Africa An android app that provides information, navigation and booking tools for tourists. Django Playground Sample apps I built while learning django MUK Mobile The app offers the latest news and events pertaining Makerere University. Timo thy Asiimwe 4

5 Trainings and Bootcamps Level-Up by ThoughtWorks Kampala Feb - March 2014 Participated in a 7-week training on Git, play framework and agile methodology. Android Mobile Bootcamp September 2012 Successfully completed a 3-day training on android development organised by Kenya's Strathmore university and held at Makerere University. Awards Winner - Huawei Android Application Challenge (November 2012) Beat 15 other apps to win the inter-university android app challenge with the theme Enriching Lives Through Communication with the app Destination East Africa. First Runner Up - Orange Community Innovation Awards (August 2014) Part of team of 3 that came 2nd out of 26 apps with the app Kwik Study, which simplifies revision for primary and nursery pupils using flash cards. Pivot East 2013 Semi-Finalist (June 2013) Part of Jaguza, a start up that emerged one of the 10 semi-finalists in the entertainment category at Pivot East Pivot East is East Africa's premier mobile startups pitching competition. Excellence as Software Developer (March 2014) Was awarded by the Old Budonians Club University Chapter (my alma mater) for excelling as a software developer. References Augustine Kisitu Application Developer, ThoughtWorks Inc., Sydney, Australia kaugust@thoughtworks.com Rachel Gichinga Program Lead, Africa Digital Media Group, Nairobi, Kenya rachel.gichinga@gmail.com OR foundation@africadigitalmedia.org Prof. Hugh Cameron Visiting Professor, College Of Computing and Information Systems, Makerere University hcameron@cit.ac.ug Timo thy Asiimwe 5