## BIO
Personal Details: Name: Paul Maina Mwangi Sex: Male Marital status: Single Date of birth: 1st october 1981 Nationality: Kenyan Languages spoken: Kikuyu, Kiswahili and English Academic Background Date School/institution Exams and grades obtained Feb-July 2004 DALC (Cambridge university) International Adv Diploma in IT(bsc equiv) July-Dec 2001 Kenya college of accountancy IMIS Higher Diploma Jan -June 2000 Kenya college of accountancy IMIS Diploma Experience 1.I have worked for the international center for research in agro forestry (Icraf)/World Agro forestry Center (WAC) as a web developer/designer and graphics designer from 2002-2006 with experience in ASP, ASP.NET, PHP, FLASH, SQL, HTML, DHTML, XHTML, CSS and java script. 2.African Mountain Forum (AMF), a non governmental organization hosted by the international center for research in agro forestry (Icraf)/World Agro forestry Center (WAC) as a web developer and consultant for 1.5 years. Duties and responsibilities: a.Designing and maintaining the organization's website. b.Moderating the regional email list for African mountain forum. c.Dealing with membership issues, i.e. Identifying stakeholders and signing them up for membership. d.Providing inputs to global mountain forum publications. 3.Tropikal management services- worked as a network administrator and application packages tutor from July 2000 to June 2001. Duties and responsibilities: a.Making sure that the network did not have any hitches b.Making sure that all the computers were up and running.. c.Fixing problems on any computers-hardware and software problems d.Accepting and repairing any computers brought in by clients and offering them advice about any computer related issues. e.Running the cyber cafe. f.Providing support to clients who did not understand anything about computers to use the internet. 4.Horizon technologies - computer hardware assembly (generic computers) (assembling a new computer straight out of the box i.e. Joining up the memory chips, processors, hard and floppy drives, motherboard installation and configuration) from February 2000 to may 2000. I am able to comfortably code using fast development tools such as Dreamweaver, Go live, Homesite (aside from raw coding in text editors) and also raw hand coding in a text editor and also working with the major graphics software tools such as fireworks, Photoshop, illustrator and PageMaker. I have a vast knowledge in network setup and administration having successfully setup 7 small scale networks consisting of 20+ computers on average. I manage 2 of these networks offering consultancy and support whenever the need arises. I also have a good working knowledge of various software, operating systems including all the existing windows client and server systems, Redhat Linux, Mandrake Linux and Apple systems Additional Info I have a very keen interest in technology and normally go out of hand to keep in touch with all the latest developments and putting whatever I learn into practice and also yearning to learn more than I know. I have also been able to teach myself all the web scripting languages I know and with a lot of experience in developing commercial and non-commercial websites. Apart from making extensive use of content management, I have developed a number of content management systems, mailing lists, discussion forums and fully integrated database controlled systems in ms access and MS SQL and Mysql. Portfolio 1.[login to view URL] 2.[login to view URL] 3.[login to view URL] 4.[login to view URL] 5.[login to view URL] 6.[login to view URL] 7.[login to view URL] 8.[login to view URL] 9.[login to view URL] 10.[login to view URL] 11.[login to view URL] 12.[login to view URL] (ongoing project) 13.[login to view URL] (ongoing project)
## Area of Expertise
ASP, ASP.NET, C#, PHP, FLASH, SQL, HTML, DHTML, XHTML, CSS, Java Script, MS access, MS SQL, Mysql, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Illustrator.
