AURA

Builder, Systems Architect & Technology Educator

I build practical digital systems, teach technology, and help organizations turn complex operations into software people can actually use.

Founder and CTO Awra OpsHub Building enterprise web applications, communication portals and operational platforms.
Washingtone Aura teaching students in a computer lab
Washingtone Aura

“Technology matters most when it becomes infrastructure people can learn from, build on, and use to move their work forward.”

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Software platforms
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Technical education
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Architecture consulting

Capability Map

How the work connects

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Builder across software, education and systems leadership

Building something technical, educational, or operationally complex?

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Systems

I build platforms, portals and automations for teams running real operations.

Education

I teach ICT, programming and STEM through practical, hands-on learning.

Advisory

I help teams make architecture, integration and scaling decisions before they become expensive.

Selected work

A broad technical practice, shaped by real systems and real people.

Across years of hands-on work, I have built software platforms, taught technology, supported operations, and helped teams reason through the architecture behind serious digital work.

5+
years building, teaching and leading technical work
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primary lanes: systems, education, advisory and impact
Live
platforms used by teams, programs and organizations

Practice OS

Build. Teach. Advise. Lead.

Four connected lanes, one working style: understand the real problem, shape the system, and help people use it well.

01

Systems & Platforms

Production-minded software for organizations that need operational infrastructure, not just websites.

  • Built operational platforms for inventory, procurement, sponsorships, donations and internal workflows.
  • Connected databases, queues, storage, email and role-based access into systems teams can rely on.
02

Technology Education

Practical ICT and programming instruction that helps learners understand technology by building with it.

  • Teach programming, ICT, STEM and robotics through practical projects that make ideas tangible.
  • Mentor learners and early builders from fundamentals into confidence, creativity and problem-solving.
03

Architecture & Advisory

Technical direction for teams making decisions about platforms, integrations, data, scale and reliability.

  • Guide architecture decisions across Laravel systems, databases, integrations and deployment environments.
  • Help teams translate complex operations into clear workflows, data models and scalable product direction.
04

Leadership & Impact

Hands-on collaboration with organizations, learners and non-technical stakeholders to turn needs into systems.

  • Lead discovery with stakeholders, then turn real needs into useful systems people understand and adopt.
  • Support community, education and nonprofit work where technology has to serve people beyond the screen.

Systems & Platforms

Production-minded systems built around operations, data and adoption.

These are not template projects. They are platforms and digital initiatives shaped around real workflows: operations, sponsorships, donations, education and community technology.

Operations platform

Awra OpsHub

A serious operations backbone for teams that need visibility across inventory, procurement, supplier activity and decision-making. Awra OpsHub is built to reduce spreadsheet chaos, standardize purchasing workflows and give leaders cleaner operational intelligence from the day-to-day movement of stock, requests and vendor responses.

Stack

LaravelMySQLQueuesAI-assisted reviewTransactional emailLinux

Problem

Organizations need a cleaner way to manage inventory, procurement, vendors and operational decisions without scattered spreadsheets.

System Built

An operations platform for inventory visibility, procurement workflows, supplier quotation review, vendor tracking and restock intelligence.

Architecture

Laravel-based application designed around operational data, queue-backed processing and structured workflows that can scale into multi-tenant usage.

Impact

Creates a stronger operational backbone for teams that need decisions, records and workflows in one system. It gives operations leaders clearer visibility, reduces manual follow-up, and makes procurement activity easier to audit, review and improve over time.

Operations

NGO Sponsorship Operations Portal

A program operations system designed to help teams manage sponsors, students, documents and communication from one reliable place.

Stack

LaravelMySQLQueuesStorage APIsTransactional email

Problem

Program teams manage students, sponsors, documents and communication across disconnected tools.

System Built

A role-aware portal for student records, sponsor communication, document workflows and operational visibility.

Architecture

RBAC-driven Laravel system with queue-backed messaging, external storage integration and structured logging.

Impact

Replaces scattered spreadsheets with a single operational source of truth for real program staff. The portal improves coordination across sponsorship work, reduces information gaps, and gives teams a more dependable way to manage records, communication and accountability.

Donation platform

Ngong Road - Friends Make It Happen

A donor-facing platform experience shaped around trust, storytelling, sponsorship journeys and clearer nonprofit engagement.

Stack

WordPressUI/UXContent architectureDonation UXNonprofit storytelling

Problem

Nonprofit donation and sponsorship stories need to be clear, trustworthy and emotionally legible for supporters.

System Built

A donor-facing digital experience focused on sponsorship storytelling, donation pathways, program visibility and engagement.

Architecture

Content-driven nonprofit web experience with attention to UX, page structure, media presentation and conversion paths.

Impact

Supports donor engagement by making the organization’s mission, sponsorship model and impact easier to understand. The platform helps supporters move from interest to action through clearer stories, stronger trust signals, and donation journeys that feel purposeful.

Additional work

Education, community and early systems work

A broader archive of projects that show teaching, experimentation, community technology and applied learning across different contexts.

Java health system

Remote Health Alert & Monitoring System

A health monitoring concept for alerts, updates and remote visibility into health conditions.

STEM education

STEM Learning Initiatives

Hands-on STEM sessions focused on problem-solving, critical thinking and practical experimentation.

Creative coding

KidsCanCode Scratchathon Events

Scratch-based coding events introducing young learners to programming through games and projects.

Student / community project

Fedha Youth Group System

Administrative system supporting member and event management for a youth group context.

Services

Technical services for organizations that need systems, support and education that hold up in the real world.

I help organizations solve technical problems through software, data, systems support and practical technology education. My work connects strategy with implementation, so teams get solutions that are clear, maintainable and useful in daily operations.

Build

Web & Platform Development

Responsive websites, web applications and full-stack platforms for organizations that need a serious digital operating layer.

  • Frontend interfaces, backend logic and database integration designed as one coherent system.
  • Laravel, PHP, JavaScript, WordPress and custom workflows shaped around real users and operational needs.
CRM

Salesforce Administration

Salesforce support for teams that need cleaner CRM configuration, better user workflows and more dependable operational visibility.

  • User management, permissions, objects, fields, page layouts, reports and dashboard configuration.
  • Process improvement across sales, service, donor, student or stakeholder management workflows.
Enable

Technical Documentation & Training

Clear documentation and training support so teams can understand, adopt and maintain the systems they depend on.

  • User guides, admin notes, workflow documentation and onboarding material for new systems.
  • Training sessions that help staff, learners and stakeholders use technology with confidence.
Maintain

Systems Administration Support

Support for maintaining, improving and stabilizing websites, applications and server-backed systems.

  • Deployment support, production checks, hosting configuration and practical troubleshooting.
  • Ongoing improvements for security, performance, reliability and clean online operations.
Teach

Technology Education & Mentorship

Computer science, ICT, STEM and programming education for learners, institutions and early technical teams.

  • Programming foundations, software development practices, robotics and project-based learning.
  • Mentorship that helps learners move from concepts into confidence, creativity and useful builds.
Support

IT Support & Help Desk Services

Practical technical assistance for users, teams and organizations dealing with computers, software and workflow issues.

  • Troubleshooting for software applications, computer systems, user access and day-to-day technical blockers.
  • Clear support communication that helps non-technical people understand what is happening and what to do next.
Advise

Architecture & Technical Advisory

Technical direction for founders, nonprofits, education programs and teams preparing to build or improve systems.

  • Workflow discovery, platform planning, integration strategy and technology decision support.
  • Guidance that connects business goals, user needs, implementation realities and long-term maintainability.
Structure

Database & Operations Systems

Database-backed systems for teams that need reliable records, reporting, data integrity and smoother day-to-day operations.

  • Schema design, SQL thinking, data organization and admin workflows that reduce spreadsheet dependence.
  • Operational dashboards, procurement records, sponsorship data and structured reporting foundations.

Technical Capabilities

A practical technical stack for building, teaching and operating digital systems.

This is the working layer behind the portfolio: the languages, platforms, workflows and judgment I use to turn ideas into systems that can be understood, maintained and improved.

advanced

Application Engineering

Full-stack platform development with a bias for clear workflows, reliable data and usable interfaces.

LaravelPHPJavaScriptWordPressREST APIsRBAC
strong

Data & CRM Operations

Structured records, operational reporting, Salesforce administration and database-backed processes.

MySQLSQLSalesforceReportsDashboardsData modeling
strong

Infrastructure & Deployment

Practical deployment, hosting, server configuration and production support for web systems.

LinuxNGINXApacheDNSSSLGit
advanced

Education Technology

Computer science, STEM, robotics and programming instruction built around hands-on learning.

ICTScratchRoboticsSTEMCurriculumMentorship

Education & Experience

Education and experience built from computer science, software development and technology education.

My path combines formal computer science training with hands-on work in software development, distance learning support, computer science teaching, nonprofit technology, STEM robotics and operational web systems.

2023 - Present

Developer & Tech Specialist, NRCF / Ngong Road

WordPress, PHP, Laravel, web development, Python, STEM robotics, Google Workspace and computer science education.

WordPressPHPLaravelPythonSTEM RoboticsGoogle Workspace

2022

Distance Learning Support, KCA University

Moodle, WordPress, Google Workspace and computer science education support for distance learning environments.

MoodleWordPressGoogle WorkspaceComputer Science Education

2020 - 2022

Computer Science Educator, Mudasa Group of Schools / International

IGCSE Cambridge computer science, Google Workspace, networking and design.

IGCSE CambridgeComputer ScienceGoogle WorkspaceNetworkingDesign

Engage AURA

Bring the problem. I will help turn it into a system people can use.

Whether you need a platform built, a workflow cleaned up, learners mentored, Salesforce configured, or a technical idea shaped into something practical, this is the point where we turn the conversation into motion.

01 Describe the goal
02 Map the workflow
03 Choose the right technical path
04 Build, train and support adoption