Kimaru Thagana
Analytics Engineer at M-KOPA
Nairobi County, Kenya
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Top SchoolKimaru Thagana is an Analytics Engineer based in Nairobi with 8 years of experience building data products that drive measurable product and revenue outcomes. He specializes in Looker and dbt, designing analytics systems, codifying best practices, and teaching fellow engineers how to turn data into clear business narratives. Prior roles span backend Python/Django development and technical content creation, giving him a rare blend of data modeling, engineering rigor, and instructional clarity. At M-KOPA he leads Looker/dbt implementation and at times mentors learners through Enki and Silver Creek Insights, demonstrating a commitment to upskilling teams. He is an avid Python programmer and aspiring data scientist who focuses on storytelling through data rather than just reporting numbers. Colleagues know him for practical governance improvements that make analytics both scalable and trustworthy.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of Nairobi
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Github Skills (48)
compilation10
giphy10
duckduckgo9
nim-language8
teachable-machine8
hugo7
python7
cli7
classification-model6
apache6
summaries6
mri5
heroku5
workflow-management5
emr5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
KimaruThagna/Nlp_Tuts
Sep 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:37 commits, 76 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
KimaruThagna/KimaruThagna.github.io
Oct 2017 - Jan 2021
Contributions:52 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
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