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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Wayne Gakuo - Portfolio</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style/style.css">
<script src="https://use.fontawesome.com/a71e5ce1d6.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<nav>
<p>Wayne Gakuo</p>
<button class="burger" id="burger">
☰
</button>
<ul>
<li><a id="home-anchor" href="#">Home</a></li>
<li><a id="stack-anchor" href="#tech-stack">Tech Stack</a></li>
<li><a id="comm-anchor" href="#communities">Communities</a></li>
<li><a id="edu-anchor" href="#education">Education</a></li>
<li><a id="exp-anchor" href="#experience">Experience</a></li>
<li><a id="proj-anchor" href="#projects">Projects</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
<div class="toggle-bar">
<button class="mode" onClick="toggleTheme()"><i id="icon" class="fa fa-moon-o" aria-hidden="true"></i></button>
</div>
<div class="profile">
<img src="assets/img/wayne.png" alt="">
<div class="bio-text">
<h2>About Me</h2><span></span>
<p>Google Developer Expert for Angular | Frontend Engineer | Lead @ Angular Kenya | Co-Organizer @ GDG Nairobi | Co-Lead @ AnitaB.org Nairobi</p>
<p> A Frontend Engineer who is constantly learning the best practices of architecting software using Angular, while having scalability, maintainability, and user needs in mind. Other skills that complement the aforementioned include software testing, version
control, building Progressive Web Applications, CI, and design thinking for building user-centered
solutions which I find crucial in the Software Engineering process.</p>
<div class="social-media">
<i class="fa fa-linkedin" aria-hidden="true"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/waynegakuo/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener">LinkedIn</a></i>
<i class="fa fa-twitter" aria-hidden="true"><a href="https://twitter.com/wayne_gakuo" target="_blank"
rel="noopener">Twitter</a></i>
<i class="fa fa-github" aria-hidden="true"><a href="https://github.com/waynegakuo" target="_blank"
rel="noopener">GitHub</a></i>
<i class="fa fa-download" aria-hidden="true"><a
href="https://waynegakuo.netlify.app/assets/resume/Wayne_Gakuo_CV.pdf" target="_blank"
rel="noopener">Résumé</a></i>
<i class="fa fa-envelope" aria-hidden="true"><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank"
rel="noopener">Email Me</a></i>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="featured">
<iframe style="border-radius: 5px;" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TVOozawQsj4"
frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture"
allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div>
<div class="tech-stack" id="tech-stack">
<h2>Tech Stack</h2><span></span>
<div class="stack-imgs">
<img src="assets/img/html5.svg" alt="HTML 5">
<img src="assets/img/css.svg" alt="CSS">
<img src="assets/img/javascript.svg" alt="JavaScript">
<img src="assets/img/typescript.svg" alt="TypeScript">
<img src="assets/img/angular.svg" alt="Angular">
<img src="assets/img/firebase.svg" alt="Firebase">
<img src="assets/img/googlecloud.svg" alt="Google Cloud">
</div>
</div>
<div class="communities" id="communities">
<h2>Communities</h2><span></span>
<div class="communities-details">
<div class="details angular-kenya">
<img class="logos" src="assets/img/angular-ke-logo.png" alt="Angular Kenya Logo">
<span class="role">Lead, Angular Kenya</span>
<p class="description">Angular Kenya is a community of developers passionate about sharing knowledge about the
Angular framework, experiences, best practices, and guidance while learning from others
simultaneously.</p>
<div class="socials">
<i class="fa fa-twitter" aria-hidden="true"><a href="https://twitter.com/angular_kenya"
target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a></i>
<i class="fa fa-linkedin" aria-hidden="true"><a
href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/angular-kenya/" target="_blank"
rel="noopener">LinkedIn</a></i>
</div>
</div>
<div class="details abnrbi">
<img class="logos" src="assets/img/anitab_nrbi.png" alt="AnitaB.org Nairobi Logo">
<span class="role">Co-Lead & Male Ally, AnitaB.org Nairobi</span>
<p class="description">We envision and work towards creating a future where people who imagine and build
technology mirror
the societies for which they build for. We offer a platform to connect, inspire and guide women in
computing , and organizations that have technology innovation as a strategic imperative.</p>
<div class="socials">
<i class="fa fa-twitter" aria-hidden="true"><a href="https://twitter.com/AnitaB_org" target="_blank"
rel="noopener">Twitter</a></i>
<i class="fa fa-linkedin" aria-hidden="true"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/anitab-org/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener">LinkedIn</a></i>
</div>
</div>
<div class="details gdgnrbi">
<img class="logos" src="assets/img/gdg_nairobi.png" alt="GDG Nairobi Logo">
<span class="role">Co-Organizer, GDG Nairobi</span>
<p class="description">Organize and create events in Nairobi, Kenya with the aim of spreading knowledge
about technology and
sharing experiences in building user-centered solutions using Google technologies.</p>
<div class="socials">
<i class="fa fa-twitter" aria-hidden="true"><a href="https://twitter.com/GDG_Nairobi"
target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a></i>
<i class="fa fa-linkedin" aria-hidden="true"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/gdg-nairobi/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener">LinkedIn</a></i>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="education" id="education">
<h2>Education</h2><span></span>
<div class="edu">
<span class="course"><i class="fa fa-book" aria-hidden="true"></i>
BSc. Computer Science</span>
<span class="school"><i class="fa fa-graduation-cap" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Ashesi University, Ghana</span>
<span class="date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Aug 2015 - June 2019</span>
<p class="description">I received a 4-year scholarship from the MasterCard Foundation to study Computer
Science at Ashesi University, Ghana. Through my four years at Ashesi University, apart from academics, I
was involved in various activities including give-back community programs and problem-soliving
communities
and/or organization that sought to solve real-world problems with user-centered solutions.</p>
</div>
<div class="edu">
<span class="course"><i class="fa fa-book" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, K.C.S.E.</span>
<span class="school"><i class="fa fa-graduation-cap" aria-hidden="true"></i>
The Aga Khan High School, Mombasa</span>
<span class="date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Jan 2010 - Nov 2013</span>
<p class="description">Through my four years in high school, I was a beneficiary of a USAID Scholarship
under Equity Bank's Wings to Fly Program which sought to sponsor students who came from disadvantaged
backgrounds but academically gifted.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="experience" id="experience">
<h2>Experience</h2><span></span>
<div class="exp">
<span class="role"><i class="fa fa-laptop" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Frontend Engineer & Project Lead</span>
<span class="company"><i class="fa fa-building-o" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Sky.Garden, Nairobi - Kenya</span>
<span class="date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i>
July 2021 - Present</span>
<span class="date">
<i class="fa fa-stack-overflow" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Angular, TypeScript, Cypress
</span>
<p class="description">Leading a project that is revamping the current Sky.Garden marketplace by implementing “Sky Style”,
which is Sky.Garden’s Design System to revamp the Sky.Garden Marketplace to improve the shopper’s
user experience and reduce the application’s loading time by 60%.</p><br>
</div>
<div class="exp">
<span class="role"><i class="fa fa-laptop" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Frontend Developer</span>
<span class="company"><i class="fa fa-building-o" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Cobiro, Warsaw-Poland (Remote)</span>
<span class="date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i>
June 2021 - July 2022</span>
<span class="date">
<i class="fa fa-stack-overflow" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Angular, TypeScript, Jest
</span>
<p class="description">Built features for the no-code website builder to enable 350,000 users bring their business online and
make use of the Google Ads feature embedded in the website builder. I also implemented Cobiro’s UI Design System to provide consistent User Experience across Cobiro’s products.
This has increased the Cobiro developers’ development experience by 50% since they don’t need to write
their own CSS code to implement designs provided.</p><br>
</div>
<div class="exp">
<span class="role"><i class="fa fa-laptop" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Frontend Developer</span>
<span class="company"><i class="fa fa-building-o" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Edventures, Sweden (Remote)</span>
<span class="date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Feb 2021 - June 2021</span>
<span class="date">
<i class="fa fa-stack-overflow" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Angular, TypeScript, NgRx, TailwindCSS, Firebase
</span>
<p class="description">Implementing user-facing features for the company’s flagship platform that seeks to
reach 100, educate 50, and engage 100 million youths by empowering their ideas through entrepreneurship
education and guidance, using Artifical Interlligence and Machine Learning.<br>
</div>
<div class="exp">
<span class="role"><i class="fa fa-laptop" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Frontend Engineer (Contract)</span>
<span class="company"><i class="fa fa-building-o" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Foondi Tech, Kenya</span>
<span class="date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i>
July 2020 - Mar 2021</span>
<span class="date">
<i class="fa fa-stack-overflow" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Angular, TypeScript, Firebase, MPesa Payments
</span>
<p class="description">Designing and building a loan management system meant to be used by 1500 small
businesses and individual loan applicants in Kenya. The system eliminates the barrier of having SMEs and
SACCOs do loan applications for their customers, and instead have the customers themselves apply for
loans at the comfort of their seats.<br>
</div>
<div class="exp">
<span class="role"><i class="fa fa-laptop" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Frontend Engineer</span>
<span class="company"><i class="fa fa-building-o" aria-hidden="true"></i>
GCSP, Kenya</span>
<span class="date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i>
June 2020 - Mar 2021</span>
<span class="date">
<i class="fa fa-stack-overflow" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Angular, TypeScript, Firebase
</span>
<p class="description">We are an education technology company providing technological tools to connect
learners and tutors on demand. Our flagship product, the GCSP app, connects global learners to
professional tutors who can help the learners learn anything on-demand, anywhere.<br>
</div>
<div class="exp">
<span class="role"><i class="fa fa-laptop" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Software Engineer & Technical Lead</span>
<span class="company"><i class="fa fa-building-o" aria-hidden="true"></i>
MySpace Properties, Kenya</span>
<span class="date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Feb 2020 - July 2020</span>
<span class="date">
<i class="fa fa-stack-overflow" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Angular, TypeScript, Firebase
</span>
<p class="description">Building a real-estate platform used by property owners, agents, and buyers to buy
and sell real estate property in Kenya. The platform is meant to slash the current time it takes to buy
a property from 90 days to 60 days. <br>
Designed and built an in-house application utilizing Angular, TypeScript, HTML and CSS for tracking
customers’ enquiries on real-estate property to either buy or sell.</p>
</div>
<div class="exp">
<span class="role"><i class="fa fa-laptop" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Remote Software Developer</span>
<span class="company"><i class="fa fa-building-o" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Knackapp</span>
<span class="date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Oct 2019 - January 2020</span>
<span class="date">
<i class="fa fa-stack-overflow" aria-hidden="true"></i>
Angular, TypeScript
</span>
<p class="description">Revamped the KnackApp business platform to improve the user experience and onboarding
experience of new users of the platform using Angular, HTML, TypeScript, and SASS as the underlying
technologies. <br> Knack uses a combination of brain science, game theory, computer and data science,
digital user experience and machine learning, to help individuals know their hidden natural talents.
KnackApp is used in over 100 countries and available in over 20 languages.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="projects" id="projects">
<h2>Notable Projects</h2><span></span>
<div class="project-section">
<div class="content">
<div class="seventh background">
</div>
<div class="footer">
<h3>GDG DevFest Kenya 2020</h3>
<p>Official GDG DevFest Kenya site used to provide important information on the
previously held DevFest 2020: schedule, speakers, registration links, recorded sessions & live
chat.</p>
<a href="https://devfestkenya.netlify.app/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Check it out</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="content">
<div class="sixth background">
</div>
<div class="footer">
<h3>GCSP Website</h3>
<p>GCSP is an education technology company providing technological tools to connect learners and
tutors on demand, from anywhere. </p>
<a href="https://gcsp.education/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Check it out</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="content">
<div class="fourth background">
</div>
<div class="footer">
<h3>Virtual Retreat</h3>
<p>A website used for signing up users and gives them authorized access to
content provided by the host. The content was a series of videos from experts with regards to
the virtual retreat</p>
<a href="https://virtualretreat.netlify.app/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Check it out</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="content">
<div class="eighth background">
</div>
<div class="footer">
<h3>Weather Forecast</h3>
<p>A simple Weather Forecast app built using Angular, Tailwind CSS, OpenWeather API & HERE Geocoding
API. The project is currently Open-Sourced, ready for use for the community.</p>
<a href="https://openforecast.netlify.app/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Check it out</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="content">
<div class="top background">
</div>
<div class="footer">
<h3>MySpace Properties Enquiries</h3>
<p>An in-house web application built for tracking customers’ enquiries on real-estate property to
either buy or sell utilizing Angular, TypeScript, HTML, SASS and Firebase.</p>
<a href="https://customerlist.netlify.app/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Check it out</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="content">
<div class="second background">
</div>
<div class="footer">
<h3>Hack Club Kenya Mentors Sign-Up</h3>
<p>Used to sign up and automatically email mentors upon registration. Hack Club Kenya is a
nonprofit network of high school programming clubs to teach beginners to code.</p>
<a href="https://hackclubkenya.netlify.app/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Check it out</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="content">
<div class="third background">
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<div class="footer">
<h3>Portfolio</h3>
<p>I built a simple portfolio that showcases but not limited to experiences, education,
projects, community work, profile and technical stack. I have Open Sourced this project.</p>
<a href="https://waynegakuo.netlify.app/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Check it out</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="content">
<div class="fifth background">
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<div class="footer">
<h3>Web Screenshot</h3>
<p>A simple web app that uses the Screenshot API to take screenshots of sites by using URLs. One
pastes the link of the URL, provides the API key provided by the Screenshot API site and the
screenshot is taken and shown to the user.</p>
<a href="https://webscreenshot.netlify.app/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Check it out</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<footer>
<span class="footer_desc">Done with ❤ by <a class="git_link" href="https://github.com/waynegakuo"
target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wayne Gakuo</a></span>
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