Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Leadership Experience
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Samuel Kwabena Sarpong

Philadelphia,PA

Summary

IT and Management professional with 6+ years’ experience across IT support, cloud administration, security, and organizational learning. Proven expertise in leading technological changes, building learning frameworks, and driving adoption of new processes. Strong track record of delivering business impact through infrastructure upgrades and employee training.

Overview

1
1
Certification
9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Manager/Lead Facilitator, Hubtel Academy

Hubtel LTD
Accra, Ghana
05.2023 - 12.2025

A FinTech company with 700 employees, $100 million in revenues yearly, and clients/partners like GHIPSS, Ghana.Gov, Sportybet and Electricity Company of Ghana.

  • Led the design and delivery of organization-wide training programs aligned with business and structural changes, ensuring all departments adapted quickly and effectively.
  • Actively supported change management initiatives by guiding teams through transitions and helping them adjust to new ways of working through frameworks.
  • Owned and managed the company’s learning management systems, dashboards, reporting and learning tools to ensure consistency, visibility, and impact.
  • Strengthened decision-making across teams by introducing practical frameworks and approaches that improved speed, clarity, and consistency in execution.

IT Support Officer

Hubtel LTD
Accra, Ghana
05.2020 - 08.2023

A FinTech company with 700 employees, $100 million in revenues yearly, and clients/partners like GHIPSS, Ghana.Gov, Sportybet and Electricity Company of Ghana.

  • Managed Identity and Access Management (IAM), endpoint compliance, user account creations, security, and Entra ID administration.
  • Managed and maintained on-premises servers, access points, printers, VPN, 3CX-VoIP and implemented network routing and switching protocols.
  • Managed a team of IT officers to resolve software and network, communication systems support including IAM, SIP and log analysis for threat.
  • Managed servers for full compliance, deployment and managed upgrade of office PCs.
  • Managed and administered SIEM, company firewalls, endpoints for threats and risk identification and mitigation.
  • Worked with ISO, PCI-DSS external auditors i.e. Digital Jewels Limited, GxTi International Group LTD. to ensure Hubtel’s compliance with standards for FinTech before and after certifications.
  • Provisioned and managed Darktrace AI-powered cybersecurity solution to provide active defense against advanced cyber threats and endpoint security.

Enterprise Solutions Specialist

DERL IT Solutions
Accra, Ghana
12.2019 - 05.2020
  • Drove business growth by assessing complex technology challenges and proposing tailored enterprise solutions across cloud, ERP, CRM, and security to align directly with objectives and goals.

Technology Support Services-National Service

Standard Chartered Bank
Accra, GH
01.2018 - 01.2019

A London-based multinational bank that earns most of its profits from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, not the UK. It’s a major global player, listed on the London Stock Exchange.

  • Provided technical support to staff by troubleshooting and resolving end-user technology issues, configuring enterprise collaboration and unified communications systems for international connections, and managing operating system and application installations, upgrades, and updates.
  • Liaised with cross-country team to resolve computer related risks and compliance.

Administrative IT Support Officer-Intern

Merton International School
Accra, Ghana
01.2017 - 2017

Merton International School is a private co-ed day school in Accra, Ghana, offering the Cambridge Pathway from early years to A-Levels. It’s known for strong academics and global values.

  • Oversaw administrative network and internet connectivity, delivered technical support to teaching staff, and managed operating system and application installations, upgrades, and updates.

Education

IT Support Professional Certificate - IT Support Professional Certificate

Google
California City, CA
06-2026

Management Essentials - Management

Harvard Business School
Boston, MA
05-2025

Bachelor of Science - I.T

University of Education, Winneba
Accra, GH
12-2017

Professional Diploma - I.T (Network Engineering)

NIIT
Accra, GH
01-2016

High School Diploma -

Wesley Grammar School
Accra, GH
01-2013

Skills

  • TCP/IP, Subnetting, PowerShell, DNS, DHCP, VPN, pfsense, FortiGate, Sophos, IAM, SIEM, IDS/IPS
  • AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Microsoft Entra ID,kubernetes
  • Microsoft 365
  • ISO 27001 standard
  • 3CX, SAP, Workday, Azure, Office 365, SharePoint, Google workspace
  • AI automation- Zapier, elevenlabs, claude ai
  • Change Management
  • Communication and stakeholder engagement
  • Media (audio-visual) production

Accomplishments

  • Led the deployment of a secure, modern network infrastructure across all six Hubtel satellite offices.
  • Implemented and migrated over 700 employees to a new unified communication system called 3CX with minimal disruption.
  • Deployed Darktrace to provide full network visibility through continuous traffic monitoring and threat detection.
  • Led the end-to-end setup and launch of Hubtel Academy, Hubtel’s corporate learning and development arm.

Certification

  • Google IT Support Professional Certificate
  • Professionl Diploma in Networking

Leadership Experience

  • 2024-2025 December: Hubtel Academy-Manager
  • 2022-2023 April: IT support Manager
  • 2016-Dec 2017: Information Technology Association of Ghana (BlueCrest Chapter)-President

Languages

English
Full Professional

Timeline

Manager/Lead Facilitator, Hubtel Academy

Hubtel LTD
05.2023 - 12.2025

IT Support Officer

Hubtel LTD
05.2020 - 08.2023

Enterprise Solutions Specialist

DERL IT Solutions
12.2019 - 05.2020

Technology Support Services-National Service

Standard Chartered Bank
01.2018 - 01.2019

Administrative IT Support Officer-Intern

Merton International School
01.2017 - 2017

IT Support Professional Certificate - IT Support Professional Certificate

Google

Management Essentials - Management

Harvard Business School

Bachelor of Science - I.T

University of Education, Winneba

Professional Diploma - I.T (Network Engineering)

NIIT

High School Diploma -

Wesley Grammar School