Abraham Natukunda
Industry Innovation Lab Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University Africa- Claim this Profile
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English Full professional proficiency
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Kiswahili Limited working proficiency
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Kinyarwanda Elementary proficiency
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Luganda Professional working proficiency
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Credentials
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CISSP Cert Prep: 1 Security and Risk Management
Lynda.comJan, 2017- Sep, 2024 -
CISSP Cert Prep: 2 Asset Security
Lynda.comJan, 2017- Sep, 2024 -
CISSP Cert Prep: 3 Security Engineering
Lynda.comJan, 2017- Sep, 2024 -
CISSP Cert Prep: 4 Communication and Network Security
Lynda.comJan, 2017- Sep, 2024 -
Troubleshooting Network Connectivity
Lynda.comNov, 2016- Sep, 2024 -
CompTIA Network+ Exam Prep (N10-006) Part 1: Understanding Networks
Lynda.comOct, 2016- Sep, 2024 -
Introduction to Routing
Lynda.comOct, 2016- Sep, 2024 -
Pop Chart Lab's Infographic Poster Design: Start to Finish
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CCNA
CiscoMar, 2007- Sep, 2024
Experience
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Carnegie Mellon University Africa
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Rwanda
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Higher Education
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100 - 200 Employee
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Industry Innovation Lab Fellow
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May 2020 - Present
Entrepreneur-in-Residence advancing technology research spin-off innovations to industry Entrepreneur-in-Residence advancing technology research spin-off innovations to industry
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Inter Connect Point
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Rwanda
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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Co-Founder & Director
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Jul 2017 - Present
Tech Engineer building Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions using Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANs), satellite systems, and delivering IoT-as-a-Service (IoTaaS). Have taken the regional lead in leveraging the Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to ensure business activity integration, extending people and M2M connectivity solutions. With a global research partner eco-system, design custom sensor hardware, develop underlying software, deploy and deliver valuable real-time data analytics to realize precision, increased productivity, quality, efficiency, and consistency in different value chains.
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Co-Founder & Director
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Sep 2017 - Present
Focus on delivering innovative solutions leveraging the Internet of Things (IoT) in East Africa and an R&D provider of people and M2M technologies. Experience lies in agri-industry process automation and smart city solution design, development, and project implementations. These include precision and analytics for data and controls for traffic, parking, water and electricity distribution, garbage disposal management, smart city/ home roll-outs, and asset monitoring. Wide area Internet provision is our other agenda with underlying approaches using integrated ISP back-hauled services (Microwave, Satellite, Fiber) for enhanced last-mile reach and affordable information access.
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Inmarsat
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Smart Cities Intern
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May 2017 - Aug 2017
Planned, installed and maintained mobile satellite systems and delivered IoT-as-a-service (IoTaaS) to customers. Deployed satellite communication equipment in central Kigali and Northern Rwanda to establish a LoRa: long-range, low-power end-node network solution within the 868 MHz band. Planned, installed and maintained mobile satellite systems and delivered IoT-as-a-service (IoTaaS) to customers. Deployed satellite communication equipment in central Kigali and Northern Rwanda to establish a LoRa: long-range, low-power end-node network solution within the 868 MHz band.
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Makerere University
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Uganda
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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System Administrator
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Aug 2013 - Jul 2016
Planned, deployed and maintained Internet connectivity for a 300-user satellite campus. Led software & hardware collaboration, bandwidth resource planning and academic portal developments for research and institutional publications. Planned, deployed and maintained Internet connectivity for a 300-user satellite campus. Led software & hardware collaboration, bandwidth resource planning and academic portal developments for research and institutional publications.
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DAJ Communications
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United States
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Telecommunications
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Mobile Money & Systems Manager
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Apr 2012 - Jul 2016
Established collaboration with MTN Uganda to ensure roll-out of web based mobile money transactions. Ensured float and cash replenishments across 14 districts in Western Uganda and maintained full time inter-branch connectivity. Established collaboration with MTN Uganda to ensure roll-out of web based mobile money transactions. Ensured float and cash replenishments across 14 districts in Western Uganda and maintained full time inter-branch connectivity.
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National Social Security Fund
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Uganda
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Financial Services
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500 - 600 Employee
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Information Systems Intern
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Jan 2010 - Jun 2010
Took charge of IT help desk activities. Supported country wide teams in the entire workspace of the Fund for computer internal systems and network error correction tasks via real-time remote access and routine field operations. Took charge of IT help desk activities. Supported country wide teams in the entire workspace of the Fund for computer internal systems and network error correction tasks via real-time remote access and routine field operations.
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Education
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2016 - 2018
Carnegie Mellon University
Master of Science in Information Technology, Telecommunications Engineering & Cyber Security -
2008 - 2010
Uganda Christian University
Bachelor of Science in Business Computing, Database Systems | Enterprise Networks | Information Systems
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