Experience

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  Digistar Ventures Pvt Ltd

  • Harare, Zimbabwe

  • Co-Founder & Head of Technology

    • Mar 2019 - Present
    • Harare, Zimbabwe

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  Zimswitch

  • Solution Development Manager

    • Mar 2021 - Mar 2022

    - I developed an API Gateway that processes JSON to ISO8583, providing Zimswitch member banks with alternative interface to process payments across Zimswitch.- I developed the ZIPIT Smart Customer portal, a portal which allows Zimswitch member banks to upload merchant terminal information and have a 8-19 digit code generated which can then be used to accept mobile based transactions. The product also provides banks the ability to generate a QR code encoded with merchant information so as to allow QR based payments across banks in Zimbabwe.- I configured all external facing applications for PCI DSS Compliance and readiness for assessment, processes carried out included: -Setup and configuration for network hardening for RHEL based servers - Installation and configuration of applications for security, traceability and disaster recovery - Developed applications which all have 2Factor authentication, encrypt sensitive or card based information using 512 bit AES encyrption.

  • Innovation & Payment Applications Support Manager

    • May 2019 - Feb 2022

    Responsible for new product development, Payments systems support and innovation around the Zimswitch Innovation Hub. As a result I managed to complete the following:- Developed a training portal for Zimswitch to allow Zimswitch to offer payments related training courses to member banks.- Developed an Analytics portal which is a business intelligence or statistical analytics portal for banks to gain insights into financial transactions across the various channels of POS, ATM, Mobile and Internet based transactions.- I spearheaded and led the integration between MasterCard and Zimswitch to allow local banks to process all MasterCard payments through the country's national switch. I configured and tested the following transaction sets: - Balance Enquiries - Purchase/Good & Services - Withdrawals - eCommerce purchases

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  Liquid Telecom

  • Harare

  • Senior Systems Engineer

    • Jun 2016 - Feb 2019
    • Harare

    Senior payment systems engineer responsible for the development, installation and maintenance of various pan-african and global financial payment systems. Some of these systems range from POS & ATM switch integrations to mobile money platforms.- I am responsible for a platform that has close to 7 million customers and processing over 20 million transactions a month.- I have been personally responsible for a 110% growth in transaction volumes in a period of a year through the development of switch interfaces, introduction of new channels as well as maintenance and support of the same platform.- Through the application of strong research and development skills to problem solving and innovation on the ISO8583 v87, v93 standard I have established a solid skill set in the development of financial services, mobile financial services and systems integrations with scalability in mind.

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  Cellulant

  • Zimbabwe

  • Technology Solutions Manager

    • Jul 2015 - Apr 2016
    • Zimbabwe

    Responsible for - Technology design and deployment- Customer relationship management- Project delivery- Service ManagementCompleted the following projects- Project Panama USSD 365 project allowing ZETDC payments using the Ecocash Online Payments Gateway.- Stanbic Bank Mysis to Finnacle Core Banking System to Mobile banking integration upgrade.

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  Self Employed

  • Harare, Zimbabwe

  • IT Consultant

    • Mar 2015 - Jun 2015
    • Harare, Zimbabwe

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  Liquid Telecom

  • Harare, Zimbabwe

  • System Engineer - Payments

    • Jun 2014 - Mar 2015
    • Harare, Zimbabwe

    Payments Engineer responsible for the development, implementation and training for various Financial products. - Have worked on new products for Ecocash with regards to switch configurations and development.- Have implemented the Postilion full stack of products at various Government Institutions and Financial Service providers in Zimbabwe, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana and Malawi.- Have developed and implemented switch side product solutions for Wincor Nixdorf ATMs as well as NCR.- Have completed MasterCard Certification, M-TIP & Offline testing for both POS & ATM- Have developed and implemented custom Crystal Reports for various financial institutions in Africa- Provided onsite support, analysis and resolution of Thales hardware security modules for various financial service providers

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  Zimbabwe Shared Services (ZSS)

  • Senior Developer

    • Mar 2011 - Jan 2014

    - Developed web based applications to manage USSD mobile banking customers and POS devices for 15 banks in Zimbabwe.- Developed Postilion Nodes and Integration drivers for several banks in Zimbabwe.- Developed a business Intelligence reporting engine using a combination of Crystal Reports, SSRS & BIRT which provided real-time statistics to 15 banks in Zimbabwe.- Carried out forensic financial analysis on behalf of Zimswitch.- Carried out extensive training on mobile banking, e-Commerce & Postilion to several banks in Zimbabwe & South Africa- Installed, configured & maintained Postilion Real-time, Office & Postcard at several banks in Zimbabwe.- Installed, configured & maintained USSD Mobile Banking & e-Commerce merchant capabilities for 15 banks in Zimbabwe.- Guest speaker at Zimbabwe's first Payments Industry Forum representing Zimswitch

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  Engineering Ideas

  • Web and Mobile Technology Specialist

    • Oct 2009 - Jan 2011

    Responsible for the development of websites, web applications in both Open source (PHP & MySQL) and Proprietary technologies (Microsoft ASP.NET C#) as well as mobile applications based on the Google Android platform.

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  Umax

  • Technical Director

    • Jun 2008 - Nov 2009

    Responsible for the design, implementation and monitoring of company wide Information Systems which include IT communications infrastructure, Website development lifecycle and Multimedia production lifecycle and the development of inhouse IT training programmes. Also the Microsoft Partner Account Manager and also responsible for IT audits based on ISACA principles and practices.

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  Celsys

  • Senior Web Imagineer

    • Jan 2008 - Jun 2008

    Led a team of graphic designers, web developers journalists in the development of websites, marketing material and advertising for the Celsys Marketing department. Reported to the Celsys Financial Director and CEO with fortnightly forcasts and projections on departmental income and expenditures. Also maintained the Celsys marketing web servers hosting client and company websites.

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  Afrosoft Corporation

  • Chief Information Officer

    • Mar 2004 - Dec 2007

    Responsible for the design, implementation and monitoring of company wide Information Systems which involved IT communications infrastructure, analysis and recommendation of company wide software and software development lifecycle. Also Microsoft Partner Account Manager and also responsible for IT audit based on CISA principles and practices.