YAHYA, SEKINAT OLUWAKUNMI

PERSONAL DETAILS

Surname: Yahya
First name: Sekinat
Other name: Oluwakunmi
Contact details: +234 8165981703
yahya.sekinat@gmail.com
sekinat95@gmail.com
Home address: No 38, Igbo Owu Street,
Tanke, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
Date of Birth: 2nd December, 1995
Gender: Female
Age: 22 years old

PROFILE

A talented multi-skilled trainee software developer with an excellent academic record. Ability to think logically to solve problems.
Possesses excellent communication skills and an ability to communicate professionally with people at all levels and adapt quickly
to a new environment. Reliable, punctual, hardworking, passionate, willing and eager to learn new tasks and skills quickly.
Immensely passionate about software engineering and its related fields and would like to pursue it as a life’s work.

EDUCATION

Tertiary Education

Institution: University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

Period: 2012-2017
Qualification: Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng), Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Graduating Class
Of Degree: Second Class (Hons), Upper division. CGPA 4.21

High school

Institution: Unilorin Secondary School

Period: 2006-2012
Qualification: WASSCE certificate
Subjects: Math, English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Economics, Agric Science, Yoruba
(7As 2Bs)
Achievements:
Course: Android Development for Beginners Course
Period: April 2017 – June 2017
Issued By: Andela, Google and Udacity
Qualification: Certificate of Successful Completion of Course

Course: Full stack web development course

Period: February 2017 – October 2017
Institute: Femtech Institute, Ilorin, Kwara State
Qualification: Certificate of successful completion of course

Course: AutoCAD 2D and 3D course

Period: 2013
Institute: Femtech Institute, Ilorin, Kwara State
Qualification: certificate of successful completion of course

Publication: Yahya S.O. “A Microcontroller-based Temperature Logging System” Final Year Project
Thesis, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Ilorin. (October
2017). – Unpublished

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Software development: PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, React, Redux, Android

Academic Research

Communication Skills
WORK EXPERIENCE

Period: December 2017 – till Date

Company: Colab
Position: Junior Developer
Work description: Dedicating my time to teaching myself how to program the web using JavaScript technologies
like ES6, React, Redux & Node
Duties:
 Find efficient solutions to problems and complete tasks using JavaScript, HTML and CSS
 Work mostly on the frontend
Key skills acquired:

 Component declaration and manipulation

 Advanced CSS implementations
 Git , working in a team
 Business structure design

Period: December 2017 – till Date

Company: Nigerian Defence Academy
Position: Youth Corps Member (National Youth Service Corps)
Work description: Assisting officers and superior staffs with technical problems in their day to day tasks at the
Directorate of Admin
Duties:
 Technical support for non-technical personnel
Key skills acquired:
 Interpersonal skills

Period: August 2016 – October 2016

Company: Hotels.ng
Position: Developer Intern
Work description: contribute to software product development while learning on the job
Duties:
 Find efficient solutions to problems and complete tasks using php and other web
technologies.
 Work mostly on the backend
Key skills acquired:

 MVC product design pattern

 Communication skills
 Git, microservices
 Business structure design

Period: August 2015 – October 2015

Company: Network Operating Centre, University of Ilorin
Position: ICT Intern
Work Description: Troubleshoot local area networks, wide area networks, deploy new network equipments and
maintenance of the network equipment, all while learning on the job

Period: 2017 till date

Company: Self employed
Position: Web developer
Role: Development of profile websites for Individuals, NGOs etc
Implementation of hardware projects using microcontrollers like Arduino, Galileo
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 INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES

Hobbies: Reading books, collecting books,

Professional registration:
Volunteering:
Research Interests:
Student member of the Association of Professional Women Engineers
of Nigeria (APWEN)
Student Member of the Society of Black Engineers
Member of Women Tech Makers (WTM)
Establishing Tech the Girl Child (TGC), an initiative to educate, enlighten and encourage young
children, mostly girls to pursue careers in technology
Computer Science: Application of mathematical concepts to solving computational problems and
intense knowledge on best practices in software development.
Advanced Control Engineering: Application of technological, mathematical and engineering
knowledge to solving everyday problems. Ensuring efficient use of available material resources
to achieve optimal system behaviour

REFERENCES

1. Dr. Isaac Avazi Omeiza

Associate Professor
Department of Electrical/Electronics Engineering
University of Ilorin
Ilorin, Nigeria
e-mail: isaacavazi@yahoo.com
Tel: +234-8065671604

2. Dr J. F. OPADIJI
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Engineering
University of Ilorin,
Ilorin, Nigeria
e-mail: jopadiji@unilorin.edu.ng
Tel: +234-803-574-9007