Education & Research

United States International University-Africa

BSc in Applied Computer Technology, Concentration in Software Engineering

Classes: Data Structures & Algorithms (2060), Database Systems (1050), Operating Systems (2040), Discrete Mathematics (2215), Object Oriented Analysis, Design & Programming (3040), Mobile Programming (3060), Applied Machine Learning (3025), Business Data Analytics (3015)
Volunteered to be part of the media team at the Marketing Department and got the opportunity to cover a really important school event, The annual Culture Week that showcases the school's vast diversity.
Volunteered to cover The Endowment Dinner that raises funding for scholarships & financial aid to cater for the underrepresented & underfunded students.
Volunteered to cover The annual Career Fair that exposes students to a variety of careers and jobs by connecting them with business partners. During the career fair, there are activities that are designed to provide a realistic picture of the workplace and help students make the connection between school and the workplace.

AmplifyMe

Diploma in Investment Bank Sales & Trading (Awarded March 2023)

Modules: Investment Strategies & Process, Industry Insights, Equities (Apple, Amazon, Tesla), Commodities (Oil, Gold), Currencies(Great British Pound), Fixed Income (US Treasury Bond).
Operated as an Investment Bank Market Maker in Sales & Trading.
Placed second.
Scored 90% in commission when compared to the pool participants in the trading simulation.
Scored 100% in client matching.
Fat Finger Count score of 100%.
Scored 90% in the Number of Trades made.

Reference: The London Institute of Banking & Finance

Strathmore University

Diploma in Business Information Technology (Graduated September 3^rd, 2021)

Classes: Accounting, Business Finance & Economics
Clubs & Activities: Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (Vice President), Strathmore Developer Student Club (Social Media Manager), Strathmore University Information Technology Students Association (Student Member)

Publications

Paul Okanda PhD, Ankit Chhatbar, Oliver Njeru. DbAPI A Backend as a Service Platform for Rapid Deployment of Cloud Services. IST Africa. July 2024
Bum Chul Kwon, Simona Rabinovici-Cohen, Beldine Moturi, Ruth Mwaura, Kezia Wahome, Oliver Njeru, Miguel Shinyenyi, Catherine Wanjiru, Sekou Remy, William Ogallo, Itai Guez, Partha Suryanarayanan, Joseph Morrone, Shreyans Sethi, Seung-Gu Kang, Tien Huynh, Kenney Ng, Diwakar Mahajan, Hongyang Li, Matan Ninio, Shervin Ayati, Efrat Hexter, Wendy Cornell. SPARK: Harnessing Human-Centered Workflows with Biomedical Foundation Models for Drug Discovery. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. August 2024

Work Experience

IBM

Software Engineer Intern - IBM Research (June 2023 - August 2023)

Created a sophisticated state of the art User Interface for IBM's Foundation Models.

United States International University-Africa

Campus Work Study (Jan 2022 - April 2024)

Listed approximately a little above 50% of Professor Paul Tiyambe Zeleza's $1Million personal library donation in a team of three as of December 2022.
Did Exploratory Data Analysis and Visualization with Microsoft Excel.
Digitized records of Journal Articles, reports, reviews and USIU-Africa’s alumni Masters Thesis.
Complied and Sorted files efficiently which reduced physical search time by 90%.
Efficiently executed office work such as printing, sorting, filing, and photocopying.
Engaged in productive conversations which aided students and parents seeking financial aid.

USIU-Africa School of Sciences & Technology

Research Assistant (May 2024 - Current)

Machine Learning

Projects

Ecommerce Website

Is a merch store I created for my best friend to increase his sales and customer engage. Used the Model View Template architecture to design and implement the application

Django, Vuejs, Bulma, HTML

Game Collection

Is a collection of games consisting of a Random Number Guessing Game , TicTacToe , Rock Paper Scissors , Mad Libs & Hangman that utilize classes, libraries and functions created ground up

Python CLI

Multiple Vendor Ecommerce Site

Is a multiple vendor ecommerce site that is a continuation of the Ecommerce Website I built earlier but now with more focus on Django and other tech stacks

Django, Tailwind, HTML

Explore JavaScript

Is a collection of software built with JavaScript. It contains a TicTacToe Game , a file that has Foundational Vanilla JS concepts and a CRUD app

Vanilla JavaScript, ReactJS, Tailwind, NodeJS

Landing Page Clones

Is a Collection of Landing Page Clones that show my understanding & manipulation of HTML, CSS & JavaScript. It contains clones of popular websites such as Microsoft , Hulu , Starbucks , Creative Agency & Netflix

HTML, CSS & JavaScript

Blindr

Is a calculator for the blind that uses Vanilla JavaScript's Event Listeners to play an audio when any button in the calculator is clicked by the user

JavaScript, HTML & CSS

Corporate Analyst Development

This Virtual Experience Program, offered by The Forage equipped me with skills in Data Analysis & Simple Visualization in Excel, creating a Data Visualization Dashboard in Tableau, Process Mapping & Improvement, Storytelling with Powerpoint

Microsoft Excel, Tableau, Microsoft Powerpoint

User Experience & Design

I apply my empathetic & creative skills in designs. I will upload projects from the Google UX Design Professional Course I am enrolled in, under the Junior Achievement Africa Sponsorship Program, on my Figma & Dribbble Profiles once I am done.

Empathize, Ideate, Process Mapping, Creative Thinking

Parking Lot Management System

Is an app that checks in users into a parking lot, captures their information in a Database and calculates the amount owed when checking out.

Java, MYSQL

Skills

Python

C++

Java

JavaScript

Pandas

Numpy

Scikit-learn

Matplotlib

GGPlot

Bash

MYSQL

HTML

CSS

Photography

Spanish (Beginner)

Swahili (Bilingual)

Awards & Honors

Dean's List; Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023

JP Morgan Chase Code For Good Africa Virtual Hackathon, September 2023 participant and team lead

CME Group FX Trading Challenge ranked top 25%, August 2023

Junior Achievement Africa Scholarship, 2022

Hult Prize USIU-Africa Innovation Week First Runners Up, 2022

My Photography works of Art got used 15 times popular platforms such as Notion, Figma, Padlet, PicsArt, Wordpress & Trello, 2021-2023

Achieved 1Million Views for my Photography works of Art on Unsplash, July 20^th2022

11 time feature on Unsplash, 2021-2022

Hi, I am Oliver Njeru.

A Software Engineering & Research Enthusiast.

Education & Research

United States International University-Africa

AmplifyMe

Strathmore University

Publications

Work Experience

IBM

Software Engineer Intern - IBM Research (June 2023 - August 2023)

United States International University-Africa

Campus Work Study (Jan 2022 - April 2024)

USIU-Africa School of Sciences & Technology

Research Assistant (May 2024 - Current)

Projects

Skills

Awards & Honors

Certificates