Charles Kimpolo
Director, AIMS Industry Initiative
Johannesburg Metropolitan Area South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolCharles Kimpolo is a director and computational mathematician with 13 years' experience bridging technical delivery, industry partnerships and talent development across Africa. As Director of the AIMS Industry Initiative he leads strategy, policy and work-integrated learning programs that connect scientific research capacity to industry needs while driving entrepreneurship and youth employment. He combines this leadership with hands-on software engineering experience from ThoughtWorks and open-source contributions to Bahmni—working on both AngularJS/React front-ends and SQL-driven backend modules for an influential EMR project. His PhD in Computational and Applied Mathematics underpins a data-driven approach to program design and evaluation, and he has a track record of introducing database-level filters and unit tests to improve reliability. Colocated in Johannesburg, he is fluent in bilingual program management and known for converting complex technical requirements into practical, scalable industry-academic collaborations.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computational and Applied Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computational and Applied Mathematics at University of the WitwatersrandPostgraduate Diploma, Mathematical Sciences, Postgraduate Diploma, Mathematical Sciences at African Institute for Mathematical SciencesPostgraduate Certificate in Introduction to Longitudinal Data Management and Analysis, Demography and Population Studies, Postgraduate Certificate in Introduction to Longitudinal Data Management and Analysis, Demography and Population Studies at University of Colorado Boulder
French, English
Github Skills (18)
emr10
javascript10
ui-design10
java10
javas10
uid10
front-end-development10
sql10
angularjs10
frontend10
openmrs10
postgresql9
unit-testing9
database-design9
react9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Bahmni/openmrs-module-bahmniapps
Dec 2014 - Aug 2015
Bahmni EMR Frontend code for Clinicians and staff members, written in Angular.JS and React
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:45 commits, 34 pushes, 6 branches in 8 months
Contributions summary:Charles primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Bahmni EMR frontend. Their commits focused on modifying existing Angular.js and React components, including controllers, views, and directives. Key contributions involve implementing features related to treatment pages, observation sections, and the patient dashboard. The user also added unit tests, showing a focus on code quality and testing.
emrmhealthpatient-carehospital-management-systemangular-js
Bahmni/bahmni-core
Mar 2015 - Aug 2015
Core OpenMRS modules for Bahmni (including ERP & ELIS Atom Feed Clients)
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 11 pushes, 6 branches in 5 months
Contributions summary:Charles's contributions center on enhancing the Bahmni core modules, focusing on backend logic and database interactions. They added a SQL query to retrieve ward and patient details, modifying SQL scripts to integrate new features. Furthermore, they introduced new filter parameters to filter observations at the database level, enhancing data retrieval capabilities. The user also refactored tests to align with these changes.
tech4gooderpemrhospital-management-systemopenmrs
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