Denis Karanja
CTO at Savannah Informatics
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya
Summary
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Top SchoolDenis Karanja is a seasoned software leader and CTO with 11 years of hands-on experience building and scaling products at Savannah Informatics, where he rose from intern to chief technology officer. Grounded in a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Nairobi, he blends practical engineering with strategic leadership to deliver reliable, maintainable systems across the full stack. His long tenure at a single company reflects deep institutional knowledge and an ability to evolve roles—from implementation to architecture and team leadership—while keeping developer experience front of mind. Based in Nairobi, he brings a pragmatic, product-oriented mindset and an offbeat personal motto ("Anything but bad food") that hints at a focus on quality and attention to detail in both code and culture.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science at University of Nairobi
English, Swahili, bantu languages
Github Skills (59)
data-uri10
webcam10
webcamjs10
flash10
camera10
fallback10
webcam-capture10
image-capture10
directive10
actionscript9
netsuite9
wrapper8
gmail8
python-client8
gmail-api8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
uonbi/codejam
Jan 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:42 commits, 1 PR, 17 pushes in 2 months
javascriptcsharptypescript
yoda-yoda/pointers-in-C
Mar 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:1 release, 37 commits, 17 pushes in 1 month
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