CURRICULUM VITAE Personal details Name: Birthday: Marital status: Address: Email: Phone: Languages: Linkedin Profile: Level

of Education: John Alvan Kibuuka 19/10/1980 Married Frederiksborgvej 157, 1. tv 2400 Kbenhavn NV kjohnah@gmail.com | kjohnah@ruralict.com 30267332 Fluent: English, Luganda, Swahili Conversation: Danish http://www.linkedin.com/in/kjohnah Diploma in mechanical Engineering & Computer studies; certificate in wifi installations and online publishing.

Educational background Transforming Lives through Entrepreneurship certificate, July 2010, Kampala Uganda Certificate in wireless networking (June 2006): Djursland Institute of Rural Wireless Broadband, Danmark (http://www.diirwb.net); Wireless community camps (August Sept. 2006) Leiden, Netherlands (http://www.wifisoft.org) Linux and wifi knowledge; Wireless baard Community Training, Friesland Netherlands (http://wirelessbaard.nl) Wireless network setup, maintenance & troubleshooting; apprenticeship. Open Knowledge Network (OKN) technical training using OpenEnrich (OE) online platform, 5-8 December 2005; Nairobi, Kenya: using OpenEnrich as a reporter and as a knowledge worker; Installing OE at an Access Point or Hub; Maintain the WorldSpace data link; troubleshoot common problems of connectivity; managing an appropriate backup regime and use file structures; Plan and arrange for OE rollout in Zimbabwe, Uganda and Kenya; Discuss future AP/Hub technical Support and monitoring. Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (Oct. 2001 Sept. 2003): Kyambogo University Uganda, (http://www.kyambogo.ac.ug) Diploma in computer Studies (June 2001 June 2003): Institute of Computer Science, Kampala Uganda Certificates of Education (Jan 1995 Dec. 2000): St. Henrys College Kitovu Uganda; Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (U.A.C.E) & Uganda Certificate of Education (U.C.E). Working experience EasySites Manager at Mountbatten, Uganda (January 2010 Nov. 2011) EasySites Website making workshops and trainings using Drupal platform; Checking and updating operational procedures; Admission and selection of new
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EasySites participants through the online intake test; Plan and execution of all logistic arrangements; Follow the marketing strategy for EasySites, with regular adverts; Prepare and deliver talks/presentations; Keep records of EasySites overall budgeting and expenditures, Communication with potential candidates, Licensees, and (potential) EasySites customers; Deal with Licensee contractual issues, membership extension/termination, follow-up payments etc; Update and manage the EasySites website; Identify training needs of Licensees and plan for follow-up courses; Manage the process of quality control for all (new) EasySites websites; Organize /facilitate monthly (or whenever deemed necessary) Licensee meetings; Coordinate and delegate tasks with other Mountbatten/ EasySites staff; reporting meetings with the directors/management; Monitor and evaluate the 2010 targets for EasySites; Plan for up-scaling of the programme to the rest of the country; finding new website clients, designing and maintaining their websites Internet Cafe and Computer Repair shop Owner Uganda (June 2009 February 2011): Services I offered to clients: Internet access with technical support, computer hardware & software troubleshooting of clients' computers, website designing and maintenance, online research, offering computer training (MS office, openoffice, designing blogs, email signups, social media..), virus troubleshooting, installing linux especially ubuntu IICD Consultant (May 2006 Sept 2010) Videomaking training in Dodoma, TZA-Videomaking training Tanzania Telecentre Network (TTN), Dodoma; Sengerema Wireless network; Tanzania ICT group (ictfundi); ttn-tanzania. The work was mainly carried out as online consultations, but included several visits to project areas when need arose or when a workshop was organised. Open Knowledge Network Technical officer, Tanzania (Dec. 2005 March 2007): Setting up LANs & troubleshooting open knowledge network (okn) access points in Tanzania. These are in: Dodoma, shinyanga, Bukoba. The OKN project commissioned by ALIN-EA offering computer support to rural telecentres. The work was mainly carried out online, but the duties included one visit to the project every 6 months. Computer Technician at Central Line Computers, Uganda (July 2001 July 2004) - setting up new computers, customer support, database design (MS Access); computer troubleshooting, repairs & maintenance; Computer training Mechanical Engineering Trainee at David Engineering, Uganda (July Sept 2002); Duties included helping the engineers with constructing billboards, painting, using AutoCAD software for engineering drawings; soldering, welding, grinding. Workshops Taught Dodoma Video making workshop for telecentre managers, Tanzania (June/July 2010) - use of digital camera with video functionality and with the use of social networks, so they can use these tools to create and publish content as requested by their respective communities.

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Sengerema Wireless Community network (October 2008): Co-consultant with Sebastian Buettrich of IT University Danmark to setup a community wireless network in Sengerema, Tanzania

Conferences Attended:

Google Uganda Web 2.0 Business Conference, 8th Sept. 2011 at Sheraton Hotel, Kampala Uganda eLearning Africa 2007, 2nd International Conference on Development, Education & Training held at Safari Park Hotel Nairobi, Kenya Telecentre Management: a perspective on energy from renewable resources, Hotel Africana (Dec. 12th 13th, 2006) Kampala, Uganda.

Publications Rural Information Communications Technologies (ICT) for development blog, www.ruralict.com, a publication of articles on technology towards improving the lives of the common user especially people living in rural areas.

Youth in Farming blog, www.youthinfarming.blogspot.com, publication on agricultural articles especially directed towards young farmers and encouraging youth to take up agriculture as a business. Articles on Uganda as a country, www.kjohnah.instablogs.com, especially stories stimulating debate about Uganda.

Honorary Positions 1. KIFAD (kifad.org) IT Manager, March 2007 November 2011 updating website, charge of organization's equipment, equiping youth with IT skills and training
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Kampabits (kampabits.org), June 2010 November 2011 Youth recruiter, counselor and career guidance. Kampabits is a youth based training institution that uses ICT to improve the lives of youth from slums. FADECO (fadeco.org) - IT Manager (Sept 2004 Mar 2007) - setting up and maintaining the office and Internet Cafe; website, conducting computer training workshops for different groups of people (business, teachers, students, farmers); setting up wifi networks; Linux server management.

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