Gitahi Nganga
Director Of Software Engineering at Living Goods
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya
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Top SchoolGitahi Nganga is a seasoned software engineering leader with 15 years’ experience building mobile-first data systems that improve decision-making for NGOs, governments and research partners. As Director of Software Engineering at Living Goods and founder of Hoji Ltd, he has led product, business and technical teams to deliver scalable mobile data collection and M&E platforms used in large public health deployments. His background in statistics and hands-on EMR and interoperability work for organizations like the UN Foundation, World Bank and CDC/KEMRI gives him a rare blend of analytical rigor and pragmatic systems design. Known for turning paper-heavy processes into digitized, high-quality data flows, he pairs strategic leadership with deep product and architecture chops. He also brings practical experience deploying and evaluating health information systems at scale across Kenya, making him both a technical and domain expert in digital health data collection.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate, Computer Programming, Distinction, Certificate, Computer Programming, Distinction at Institute of Advanced TechnologyBachelor’s Degree, Statistics, Hons., Bachelor’s Degree, Statistics, Hons. at University of Nairobi
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Github Skills (35)
emr10
health10
web-application10
rap10
java10
alfresco10
api10
mhealth10
j2ee10
kotlin9
react9
openmrs9
medical8
android8
content-management8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
palladiumkenya/openmrs-module-kenyaui
Nov 2014 - Sep 2016
Reusable UI components for KenyaEMR
Contributions:6 commits in 1 year 10 months
reactui-componentsreusable
I-TECH/openmrs-module-kenyareg
Jan 2015 - Sep 2016
Contributions:18 PRs, 40 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 8 months
patientlpimpi
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