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Hi, I’m
Oheneba Poku-Marboah
Software Developer
Helsinki,Finland
The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.
Barack Obama
Summary
Recently developed the highest-rated bank mobile app in Finland on iOS and Android using React-Native. Talented Software Developer experienced in producing and updating React and React native systems. Respectful self-motivator gifted at finding reliable and sustainable solutions for software issues. Experienced in React native, Javascript and Typescript and offering skills in mobile, backend and frontend development. Fluent in English, Finnish as well as some Swedish/Twi and accustomed to working with cross-cultural, global teams.
In my free time and education, I have created some Android/iOS apps using Kotlin and Swift, some react frontend web apps, with tests, and a few nodeJS/Express backends, with some connecting to other services such as AWS & MongoDB, to support the frontend.
Overview
2
years of professional experience
4
years of post-secondary education
3
Certificates
4
Languages
Work History
Fellow BankHelsinki
Software Developer, Mobile/Frontend
01.2021 - Current
Job overview
- Wrote significant chunk of codebase (20-30%) of highest-rated Finnish bank app in app store
- React.js, React Native, Git, Postman, Azure DevOps, Agile, SCRUM, Typescript, Javascript, Node.js, REST APIs, CSS, SVN, Bootstrap, Firebase
- Built web and mobile products at scale in a high-growth consumer-facing environment
- Updated old/shaky code bases to modern development standards, improving functionality.
- Transformed mobile app from p2p lending to mobile banking app as 1 of 2 developers
- Prepared various written communications, reports and documents to improve code understanding for other developers to understand what is happening in codebase.
- Introduced company-wide a culture of, morale-uplifting and humorous meme-sharing
- Improved operations through consistent hard work, dedication and sustainably implemented solutions.
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences Helsinki
I.T Helpdesk Team Leader
05.2019 - 08.2019
Job overview
- Created plans and communicated deadlines to complete projects on time.
- Project management
- Helped promote ecological consumption by organising sales event for old devices
- Organised campus migration tasks
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences Helsinki
I.T Helpdesk Trainee
05.2018 - 05.2019
Secondary SchoolAccra
House Prefect, Student Representative
01.2015 - 12.2015
Job overview
- Responsible for over 300 students in boarding school. I acted as an administrator; making room lists, putting people in different rooms, collecting fees, settling disputes, giving regular reports to housemasters, purchasing what we needed for the boarding house. This required good time-management to be able to study and good teamwork to be able to cooperate under pressure.
- I worked in a team with representatives of other houses to organise SRC programs (awards, symposium etc.). I presented problems of the students to the attention of the school authorities.
Education
Metropolia University of Applied SciencesHelsinki
Bachelor of Science from Information Technology
08.2017 - 12.2021
University Overview
- Majoring in - Mobile solutions/ Software development
- Selected as a student ambassador
- Thesis comparing different methods of building mobile applications
- Thesis involved building 2 identical mobile applications using React Native and Kotlin for comparison
- Thesis grade 4 out of 5
Glasgow Caledonian UniversityGlasgow
Bachelors Exchange from Computer Science And Programming
01.2020 - 06.2020
Presbyterian Boys Secondary SchoolAccra
High School Diploma
08.2013 - 05.2016
University Overview
- Scored 6As and 2Bs in finals including - biology, chemistry, physics, advanced math etc.
- Was a house prefect and member of student representative council
Skills
React, React native, Typescript, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
Interests
Board games
Badminton
Finnish baseball
Timeline
Software Developer, Mobile/Frontend
Fellow Bank
01.2021 - Current
Glasgow Caledonian University
Bachelors Exchange from Computer Science And Programming
01.2020 - 06.2020
Helsinki Uni Full Stack Open
12-2019
I.T Helpdesk Team Leader
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
05.2019 - 08.2019
FreeCodeCamp - JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures
01-2019
Codecademy Pro Intensive- Build Websites from Scratch
06-2018
I.T Helpdesk Trainee
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
05.2018 - 05.2019
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
Bachelor of Science from Information Technology
08.2017 - 12.2021
House Prefect, Student Representative
Secondary School
01.2015 - 12.2015
Presbyterian Boys Secondary School
High School Diploma
08.2013 - 05.2016
Certification
FreeCodeCamp - JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures
Projects
PROJECTS
- mixer-logic React/Redux cocktail recipes page Frontend portion of SPA built with React, Redux, react-router and a bit of jest; code on github - (https://github.com/pokumars/mixer-logic) -webpage (http://mixer-logic.surge.sh/) Practised AWS by hosting it on a now defunct EC2 instance
- metropolia-mixer-rn React native version of 2 identical mobile apps I built for performance comparison; repo on GitHub: (https://github.com/pokumars/metropolia-mixer-rn)
- metropolia-mixer-kt Kotlin version of 2 identical mobile apps I built for performance comparison; repo on GitHub: (https://github.com/pokumars/metropolia-mixer-kt)
- React Native Mobility detection and feedback app Built an application with 3 other people using non-Expo or bare React Native. It involved Google Firebase storage, authentication, firestore for image uploads and user authentication and storing user data. https://github.com/pokumars/Jurnie-App
- Express/mongoose backend- store/like/delete Blogs code on github - (https://github.com/pokumars/p4BlogList) Node, Express, MongoDB, mongoose, jsonwebtokens, token-based administration backend for keeping track of some blog posts to a NoSQL (document) database on MongoDB. Testing using Jest and Supertest.
- ExpressJS backend for Plant Monitoring App- JavaScript, Node.js code on github - (https://github.com/pokumars/alpome_backend) I built a JavaScript, Node.js express.js backend and API for hosting some plant objects and their images on AWS S3. It involved NoSQL (MongoDB and Mongoose) for the database. I used JSON web tokens for token-based administration for users to sign in. The front-end (not complete) was built by my project partner. http://alpome.herokuapp.com/
- ExpressJS backend for Notes code on github - (https://github.com/pokumars/p3BackendPractice) I built an express.js and node.js backend for hosting some notes. It involved NoSQL (MongoDB and Mongoose) for the database. I used JSON web tokens for token-based administration for users to sign in, testing using Jest. The front-end is not refined since it was not the focus.
- ExpressJS backend for phonebook code on github - (https://github.com/pokumars/p3Backend-Phonebook) Node, Express, MongoDB, mongoose, backend for adding contacts to a phonebook i.e a NoSQL (document) database on MongoDB.
- Bloglist- React app -React SPA to store/like/delete Blogs -Redux, Redux-thunk, cypress tests, jest, responsive design,user authentication -webpage (https://p4bloglist.herokuapp.com/) -code on github (https://github.com/pokumars/bloglist-frontend)
- Fitbo - Kotlin -Daily fitness tracker for steps walked, running and walking -Modern android architecture like MVVM and Android Jetpack -code and video demo (https://github.com/pokumars/Fitbo)
- Fimmigrant - Swift -helps immigrants integrate into finland -code and preview on gitlab (https://gitlab.com/zerihund/fimmigrant)
- Lost & Found App - JavaScript (Ionic, Angular, TypeScript) -lost and found app for mobiles ade with angular, Ionic.js, TypeScript -code and preview on github (https://github.com/pokumars/ionicLostAndFound)
- Chat app + server - Kotlin & Android -Android chat application (https://github.com/pokumars/ChatApp) -Server for chat (https://github.com/pokumars/ChatServer)
- ravenous (yelp searcher) - React -search for locations using Yelp api -webpage (https://pokumars.github.io/ravenous/) -code on github (https://github.com/pokumars/ravenous) Not functional atm
- jammming (spotify playlist maker)- React Search songs and make a playlist on your Spotify webpage (https://jammmingohe.surge.sh/) code on github (https://github.com/pokumars/jammming)
- rockPaperScissors- Swift/ iOS/ xCode -rock Paper scissors game for ios -code and preview on github (https://github.com/pokumars/rockPaperScissors)
- github (https://github.com/pokumars).github.io)
References
Tomi Pulkkinen Chief Information Officer, Fellow Bank
tomi.pulkkinen@fellowpankki.fi
+358 50 440 4778
Juho Koskimaki IT development manager, Fellow Bank
juho.koskimaki@fellowpankki.fi
+358 50 535 5859
Janne Teräslahti System support specialist, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
janne.teraslahti@metropolia.fi
+358 40 539 2858 (personal)
+358 50 301 4885 (work)
Lauri Wilen AV Architect, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
lauri.wilen@metropolia.fi
+358 40 662 0100 (work)
Projects
- mixer-logic React/Redux cocktail recipes page Frontend portion of SPA built with React, Redux, react-router and a bit of jest; code on github - (https://github.com/pokumars/mixer-logic) -webpage (http://mixer-logic.surge.sh/) Practised AWS by hosting it on a now defunct EC2 instance
- metropolia-mixer-rn React native version of 2 identical mobile apps I built for performance comparison; repo on GitHub: (https://github.com/pokumars/metropolia-mixer-rn)
- metropolia-mixer-kt Kotlin version of 2 identical mobile apps I built for performance comparison; repo on GitHub: (https://github.com/pokumars/metropolia-mixer-kt)
- React Native Mobility detection and feedback app Built an application with 3 other people using non-Expo or bare React Native. It involved Google Firebase storage, authentication, firestore for image uploads and user authentication and storing user data. https://github.com/pokumars/Jurnie-App
- Express/mongoose backend- store/like/delete Blogs code on github - (https://github.com/pokumars/p4BlogList) Node, Express, MongoDB, mongoose, jsonwebtokens, token-based administration backend for keeping track of some blog posts to a NoSQL (document) database on MongoDB. Testing using Jest and Supertest.
- ExpressJS backend for Plant Monitoring App- JavaScript, Node.js code on github - (https://github.com/pokumars/alpome_backend) I built a JavaScript, Node.js express.js backend and API for hosting some plant objects and their images on AWS S3. It involved NoSQL (MongoDB and Mongoose) for the database. I used JSON web tokens for token-based administration for users to sign in. The front-end (not complete) was built by my project partner. http://alpome.herokuapp.com/
- ExpressJS backend for Notes code on github - (https://github.com/pokumars/p3BackendPractice) I built an express.js and node.js backend for hosting some notes. It involved NoSQL (MongoDB and Mongoose) for the database. I used JSON web tokens for token-based administration for users to sign in, testing using Jest. The front-end is not refined since it was not the focus.
- ExpressJS backend for phonebook code on github - (https://github.com/pokumars/p3Backend-Phonebook) Node, Express, MongoDB, mongoose, backend for adding contacts to a phonebook i.e a NoSQL (document) database on MongoDB.
- Bloglist- React app -React SPA to store/like/delete Blogs -Redux, Redux-thunk, cypress tests, jest, responsive design,user authentication -webpage (https://p4bloglist.herokuapp.com/) -code on github (https://github.com/pokumars/bloglist-frontend)
- Fitbo - Kotlin -Daily fitness tracker for steps walked, running and walking -Modern android architecture like MVVM and Android Jetpack -code and video demo (https://github.com/pokumars/Fitbo)
- Fimmigrant - Swift -helps immigrants integrate into finland -code and preview on gitlab (https://gitlab.com/zerihund/fimmigrant)
- Lost & Found App - JavaScript (Ionic, Angular, TypeScript) -lost and found app for mobiles ade with angular, Ionic.js, TypeScript -code and preview on github (https://github.com/pokumars/ionicLostAndFound)
- Chat app + server - Kotlin & Android -Android chat application (https://github.com/pokumars/ChatApp) -Server for chat (https://github.com/pokumars/ChatServer)
- ravenous (yelp searcher) - React -search for locations using Yelp api -webpage (https://pokumars.github.io/ravenous/) -code on github (https://github.com/pokumars/ravenous) Not functional atm
- jammming (spotify playlist maker)- React Search songs and make a playlist on your Spotify webpage (https://jammmingohe.surge.sh/) code on github (https://github.com/pokumars/jammming)
- rockPaperScissors- Swift/ iOS/ xCode -rock Paper scissors game for ios -code and preview on github (https://github.com/pokumars/rockPaperScissors)
- github (https://github.com/pokumars)
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References
Tomi Pulkkinen Chief Information Officer, Fellow Bank
tomi.pulkkinen@fellowpankki.fi
+358 50 440 4778
Juho Koskimäki IT development manager, Fellow Bank
juho.koskimaki@fellowpankki.fi
+358 50 535 5859
Janne Teräslahti System support specialist, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
janne.teraslahti@metropolia.fi
+358 40 539 2858 (personal)
+358 50 301 4885 (work)
Lauri Wilen AV Architect, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
lauri.wilen@metropolia.fi
+358 40 662 0100 (work)
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