Shikoh Gitau Email & Phone Number

Founder and Chief Executive Officer @ Qhala

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Shikoh Gitau Location

Kenya

Shikoh Gitau Work

Founder and Chief Executive Officer @ (January 2020 - Present)
Bellagio Center Alumni @ (July 2024 - Present)
Board Director @ (May 2024 - Present)
Member Board of Directors @ (March 2024 - Present)
Fellow @ Obuntu foundation (January 2023 - Present)
Co-Founder @ (June 2020 - Present)
Member Board of Directors @ (January 2023 - Present)
Member - University Council @ (August 2022 - Present)
PASET RSIF Grants and Innovation Technical Committee @ (March 2020 - Present)
Co-chair, Kenya Innovation Technical Committee @ (January 2021 - Present)
Senior Fellow @ (February 2015 - Present)
Founder and Chair of Board Trustees @ Guetings Trust ( http://www.guetingstrust.org/ ) (January 2009 - Present)
Board Director @ (July 2020 - May 2026)
Steering Committee Member @ (September 2022 - October 2025)
Advisory Council Member @ (February 2024 - April 2025)
Member, COVID-19 ICT Advisory Committee and Data Analytics Modelling Committee @ (April 2020 - June 2023)
Head of Products and Lead , ( ag Chief Innovation Officer) Alpha @ (September 2017 - January 2020)
Founder @ Ummeli.com (April 2009 - December 2019)
ICT and Innovation Expert, New Deal on Energy for Africa @ (September 2016 - August 2017)
Technology Innovation for Inclusive Growth Lead @ (January 2015 - August 2016)
User Innovator and Designer with the Social Innovation Team @ (January 2014 - January 2015)
UX Researcher and Designer - Emerging Markets @ (December 2010 - November 2013)
Research Assistant @ (November 2008 - December 2010)
Programs Assistant @ Centre for multiparty democracy (January 2006 - January 2007)

Shikoh Gitau Education

University of Cape Town
PhD (Computer Science)
2009-2012
University of Cape Town
MSc (Computer Science)
2007-2008
Africa Nazarene University
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) (Computer Science)
2001-2005

Shikoh Gitau Skills

Strategy
Team Leadership
Program Management
Product Development
Project Management
Mobile Devices
Lean Management
Usability Testing
Mobile Applications
Start-ups
User Interface Design
Computer Science
User-centered Design
Programming
Interaction Design
Information Architecture
User Experience
Market Research
Social Media
Human Computer Interaction
User Experience Design
Usability
User Interface
Web Applications
Human-computer Interaction
Writing
Wireframes
Strategic Planning
Business Strategy
Agile Methodologies
Product Management
Microsoft Technologies
Leadership
Social Skills
Technical Leadership
Fundraising
Management
Design Thinking
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Stakeholder Management
Digital Transformation
Digital Payments
Technical Presentations
Ethnography
Paper Prototyping
User Research
Usability Engineering
Social Networking
Heuristic Evaluation
Messaging
Research
Contextual Inquiry
Web Development
Online Research
Persona
User Scenarios
Wire Framing
Web 2.0
Technology
Development
Public Speaking
Microsoft Office
User Centered Design
Graphic Design
Start Ups
SQL

Shikoh Gitau Summary

Shikoh Gitau, based in Kenya, is currently a Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Qhala. Shikoh Gitau brings experience from previous roles at The Rockefeller Foundation, The Tech Interactive, Longhorn Publishers Plc and Obuntu foundation. Shikoh Gitau holds a 2009 - 2012 PhD in Computer Science @ University of Cape Town. With a robust skill set that includes Strategy, Team Leadership, Program Management, Product Development, Project Management and more. Shikoh Gitau has 2 emails and 1 mobile phone numbers on RocketReach.