Summary
Kipchumba Bett is a senior software engineer with nine years of experience building and scaling electronic medical record systems for over 240 facilities in western Kenya, supporting care for more than 200,000 patients. He specializes in FHIR-driven interoperability, MySQL-backed data platforms, and applies agile and test-driven practices to deliver reliable, user-centered features and reporting. An active OpenMRS contributor and mentor, he blends production work with open-source stewardship—contributing code, modules, and documentation for low-resource health systems. Based in Nairobi, he has a track record of translating complex program requirements into practical, scalable solutions and is known for iterating rapidly: building, breaking, and rebuilding systems to make them more robust and equitable.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology, Bachelor's degree, Information Technology at Masinde muliro University of science and technology
English, Kiswahili