Christopher Njuguna
Founder at Ishara Data Solutions Ltd.
Nairobi County, Kenya
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Top SchoolChristopher Njuguna is a founder and systems-focused technologist with nine years of formal experience and over two decades in IT, networking, and infrastructure roles across Africa and Asia. He leads Ishara Data Solutions, bringing hands-on expertise in systems, data and automation informed by senior roles in big data, ML/AI, and technical management. His background spans building resilient network and server infrastructures, enterprise monitoring, and interactive voice/SMS systems using Linux, Asterisk, and MySQL, plus field IT leadership for multinational NGOs. A Carnegie Mellon Africa M.S. in IT complements a long track record of practical problem-solving—from VSAT-based connectivity in remote offices to deploying enterprise IT management suites. Christopher combines startup founding instincts with enterprise-grade delivery and an unusual depth in both low-level systems and data-driven productization. Based in Nairobi, he is adept at turning complex operational constraints into scalable, production-ready systems.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Alliance High SchoolMaster of Science, Information Technology, Master of Science, Information Technology at Carnegie Mellon University AfricaB. Sc., Computer Science, B. Sc., Computer Science at Africa Nazarene University
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (114)
satellite10
htmlwidgets10
dplyr10
r-package10
development-environment10
ide10
sparklyr10
rstudio10
r9
shiny9
regression9
livy9
jquery8
ropensci8
plotly8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
chrisvwn/shiny_nightlights
Jan 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:101 commits, 71 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
chrisvwn/DT
Jul 2017 - Dec 2019
R Interface to the jQuery Plug-in DataTables
Contributions:1 PR, 4 pushes in 2 years 5 months
datatableshtmlwidgetsjqueryjstreeplug-in
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