Prince Boafo
Software Developer & DevOps Engineer
Middletown,United States
Summary
Personable Lead Software Developer accustomed to heading up successful development teams through agile direction and careful delegation. Willing to direct large-scale teams or work hands-on to complete extremely difficult projects. Brings both cutting-edge programming expertise and exceptional interpersonal skills to leadership roles.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Software Developer / Ecommerce & Cloud Computing Expert
Clickx Solutions LLC, Clickx
10.2013 - Current
- Solutions LLC
- Is a software house that specializes in building complex and robust custom systems for its clients on demand
- Responsibilities: Mentoring junior developers, supporting agile development teams, introducing work methods to support CI/CD, systems development using .NET (VB.net / C#), JQuery, Node JS, Angular and PHP
- Notable development: The development of a Lottery Management System (LMS) for the National Lottery Authority of Ghana using .NET technologies (ASP.net / JQuery / IIS / MS SQL)
- Currently I am developing a remittance system for the company using HTML 5 / Bootstrap, Node JS, JQuery, Express JS, Mongo DB and also integrating third party APIs like Stripe and Open Exchange.
Software Development Consultant
Tribal Business Solutions
02.2013 - 08.2016
- Ltd
- Specializes in providing Microsoft Navision deployments and custom software’s to companies throughout the world
- Responsibilities: I was responsible using .NET (VB.net / C# and ASMX web services) technologies, HTML 5, JQuery to develop custom applications that integrated into Microsoft Navision for external companies
- Notable Development: I developed a full-fledged university management system (front-end) using Bootstrap and JQuery for the Catholic University of Ghana, Fiapre
- This system used the Microsoft Navision as its backend
- I enjoyed this job based on the challenging nature of the job and the amount of experience it gave me, remuneration wasn’t up to expectation but it was worth the challenge and learning experience
- Sadly however, the company has folded up due to lack of funding and proper business management.
SERVERS EXPERT / CONSULTANT
ECOMMERCE, Zoobashop.com
05.2014 - 06.2016
- 2 years 2 months)
- Zoobashop.com is the largest ecommerce website in Ghana specializing in online retail and wholesale of general consumer products
- Responsibilities: I was responsible for the customization of a magento ecommerce application using MySQL Database and the object-oriented programming and model view controller architecture of PHP
- I was also responsible for the optimization of the application on an amazon EC2 server
- Notable Development: I integrated various magento extensions into the application including but not limited to payment and image manipulation extensions
- I configured and optimized Amazons Cloud servers (EC2) to enable the magento application to run smoothly without any setbacks
- This position was a contract position
- This was the very first time I was introduced to the Amazon AWS (EC2) platform hands on
- It was enjoyable and a very good learning stage for me.
Lead Application Developer / Systems Administrator
National Lottery Authority
05.2011 - 06.2014
- The National Lottery Authority (NLA) is the governing body for all lotto games and raffles
- It is a statutory agency of Ghana and it is under the Ministry of finance
- Responsibilities: My responsibilities included but not limited to the development of new systems/ programs to determine potential value for the Authority, I was also responsible for the direction of the information and data integrity of the Authority
- I was also responsible for performing research on IT issues and updating the Authority on the best IT practices and IT trends
- I was also responsible for providing support and training on new systems
- Notable Development: I developed a mobile lottery game platform known as the Mobi-Game and its wins payment platform (integrated into the banks in Ghana) using various programing languages like .NET (VB.net & C#), PHP and C
- This position was my first full time lead position
- And I really got the chance to learn how to deal with programmers with different backgrounds and also it really boosted my ability to develop well within a team of developers.
Software Developer
SoftTribe Ltd
02.2007 - 03.2008
- The SOFTtribe limited is one of the Pioneer software houses in the country (Ghana)
- It specializes in custom software development for small to large scale industries
- Responsibilities: I was a member of a team of developers that was responsible for the development and maintenance of the company’s custom software’s
- Notable Development: Assisted in the development of Banking Applications (Data Submission System Application for Guaranteed Trust Bank – Bank of Ghana Returns) using C# and MSSQL
- This position was a national service position
- Therefore, I had to leave after my national service was over
- I met most of my programmer friends here and it was a one of my best experience.
Education
BSc. - Information Technology
University of Cape
01.2003 - 01.2007
Senior Secondary School Certificate - undefined
Adisadel College
SSCE - undefined
01.1999 - 01.2001
Certifications Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) - EC-Council - undefined
2023 CompTIA Security+ - CompTIA - undefined
Expires Jul 2023 Amazon Web Services Solutions Architect - Professional - Amazon Web Services (AWS) - undefined
Expires May 2023 - undefined
Scrum Master Certified (SMC) - undefined
International Scrum Institute (Scrum Institute
Skills
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
undefinedAffiliations
Valid Secret Clearance
Timeline
SERVERS EXPERT / CONSULTANT
ECOMMERCE, Zoobashop.com
05.2014 - 06.2016
Software Developer / Ecommerce & Cloud Computing Expert
Clickx Solutions LLC, Clickx
10.2013 - Current
Software Development Consultant
Tribal Business Solutions
02.2013 - 08.2016
Lead Application Developer / Systems Administrator
National Lottery Authority
05.2011 - 06.2014
Software Developer
SoftTribe Ltd
02.2007 - 03.2008
BSc. - Information Technology
University of Cape
01.2003 - 01.2007
SSCE - undefined
01.1999 - 01.2001
Senior Secondary School Certificate - undefined
Adisadel College
Certifications Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) - EC-Council - undefined
2023 CompTIA Security+ - CompTIA - undefined
Expires Jul 2023 Amazon Web Services Solutions Architect - Professional - Amazon Web Services (AWS) - undefined
Expires May 2023 - undefined
Scrum Master Certified (SMC) - undefined
International Scrum Institute (Scrum Institute
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