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*RESUME*
*EDNA SAWE*
[GitHub](https://github.com/ednasawe) [Website Projects](https://techauthorityorg.wordpress.com/)
[Website](https://seed.uno/enterprise-profiles/biopane-energy-company) [Email]([email protected])
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sawe-edna-65765baa/) [Twitter]( https://twitter.com/CheptooSawe)
[Website](https://cedna198.wixsite.com/biopaneenergy)
*OBJECTIVE*
To work in an agile, collaborative, teamwork, challenging, innovative, intensive, thought provoking,
intellectual, and dynamic environment and employ the necessary skills and diligence required of me to
further the goals of the Company.
*SKILLS AND ABILITIES*
Python, HTML, CSS, APIs, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Databases, Linux Server, Pandas, Data Analytics, Kaggle,
Docker, Linux container, Linux System, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Solidity, Truffle, Design Thinking,
Problem-solving skills, Machine Learning, Big Data Technologies, Data Science, Arduino, Micro bits, Robotics.
*EXPERIENCE*
**Dec 2018- to date** (Part-time, Corporate Language: English)
*REGIONAL REP AND MENTOR* • (Stuttgart, Germany) – FASTERCAPITAL
**Jan 2018- April 2018** (Full-time, Corporate Language: English)
*SOFTWARE DEVELOPER* • (INTERN Nairobi, Kenya) – BRCK INC
**Feb 2016- to date** (Full-time, Corporate Language: English)
*PRODUCT LEAD AND DEVELOPER* • (Co-founder Nairobi, Kenya) – BIOPANE ENERGY & TECH AUTHORITY
**July 2018- July 2019** (Part-time Virtual/Remote, Corporate Language: English)
*CONTENT AND CURRICULUM CREATOR* • (Nairobi, Kenya) – Africa Data School
**Sept 2018- July 2019** (Part-time every Weekends, Corporate Language: English)
*CODING INSTRUCTOR* • (Nairobi, Kenya) - YOUTH FOR TECHNOLOGY
**Nov 2017- Feb 2019** (Part-time, Corporate Language: English)
*MASTER CODING INSTRUCTOR* • (Nairobi, Kenya) - TINKER EDUCATION AND MCAST
**Jan 2010- August 2014** (Full-time, Corporate Language: English)
*RESEARCH SCIENTIST ASSISTANT* • (Intern Nairobi, Kenya) – THE GOVERNMENT CHEMIST OF KENYA
*EDUCATION*
*UDACITY USA) – **PSGT. MACHINE LEARNING AND BIG DATA ANALYTICS** (2018 NOV – 2019 JAN)* (Corporate Language: English)
Neural Networks, PyTorch, Convolutional Neural Networks, Style Transfer, Recurrent Neural Networks, Sentiment Predictions with RNNs,
Deploying PyTorch Models.
*UDACITY – USA (ONLINE) – **PSGT. FULL-STACK NANODEGREE DEVELOPER** (2017 AUGUST - 2018 AUGUST)*
Front-end, Back-end, Linux server, Databases, JavaScript, Python, Ajax, jQuery, APIs.
*MEST - GHANA – **PSGT. SOFTWARE ENTREPRENUERSHIP** (2016 AUGUST - 2017 AUGUST)*
Major in Software Development, Business, and Communication.
*KENYATTA UNIVERSITY - KENYA – **BSC. BIOCHEMISTRY** (2016 JULY)*
Major in Biochemistry, minor in Chemistry, Mathematics, and Zoology.
*PROJECTS*
- [x] @BRCK WIFI Device
- [x] @AgroSEAL platform for connecting farmers to trucks in Ghana
- [x] @Upawa platform for clean energy marketplace using Blockchain and Ethereum technology
- [x] @Google APIs integrations
- [x] @Tech Authority simple app to anonymize Data with Python and Pandas
- [x] @Tech Authority an online ID verification App using AI to prevent fraud using Blockchain and BVG Data
- [x] @Tech Authority an App detecting faces in an image using Microsoft’s face REST API and Python
- [x] @Tech Authority building a simple Twitter streaming Python script App
*LEADERSHIP*
**MIT Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fellow**
**IBM & IE Big Data Challenge 2018 Winner**
**Facebook/Udacity/PyTorch Scholarship Recipient**
**YALI (Young African Leaders Initiative) AlumnI**
**AWIT (Africa Women in Technology) [AWIT EDNA SAWE](https://www.africanwomenintech.com/life-after-awit-meet-edna-sawe/)**
**CGIU (Clinton Global Initiative University) Fellow*
**MEST (Meltwater Entreprenuerial School of Technology) Alumni [MEST](https://meltwater.org/blog/mest-eits-present-kic-2017-agritech-challenge/)**
**ASA Fellow**
**SOCAP Award Recipient**
**Google & Women Techmakers & Udacity Full-Stack NanoDegree Developer Scholarship Recipient**
**KIC Challenge Finalist [KIC FINALIST EDNA SAWE](https://www.graphic.com.gh/business/business-news/6-start-ups-vie-for-100-000-kosmos-grant-as-2017-agritech-draws-to-a-close.html
)**
**Y-Combinator Startup School Fellow**
**SEED-SAG Awards Recipient [SEED AWARD](https://seed.uno/enterprise-profiles/biopane-energy-company)**
**MTN Challenge Finalist**
*REFERENCES*
**Upon request**
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