Arthur Ponsiane, CEO

Arthur Ponsiane

CEO

Pure Pro

Location
Rwanda
Education
High school or equivalent, Computer Science and Computer Networks
Experience
23 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :23 years, 11 Months

CEO at Pure Pro
  • Rwanda
  • My current job since October 2014

Pure Pro Rwanda is a National Innovational Automobile Company with various innovations in automobile business, with a vision of implementing innovation products on market and also train other young mechanics to adopt the rapid growing technologies in our business. Pure Pro, work hand in hand with Rwanda Garage Association as a board member also managing the RGA mechanics Incubation center.

Duties:
Set the vision for the company providing strategic orientation as well as responsible for the daily business of the company. Represents and conclude contracts in the name of the company, look for partners with advanced auto-mechanics technologies all over the work and bring their expertise to advance our industry.

regional consultant at Ethiopian Airlines
  • Rwanda
  • March 2000 to June 2014

some of my duties included staff computer training and Company system periodical trainings to Rwanda, Uganda, and Burundi staff.

I was also in charge of Maintenance & management of the Critical Windows troubleshooting, Interconnecting Routers, Switches and Firewall, Working with ISP provider and maintaining up to date Antivirus levels on all machines company wide.

Working on Active Directory accounts, configuration of all Equipment, Managing and monitoring of backups in multiple locations.
Providing maintenance support and break-fix solutions troubleshooting technical problems and implementing solutions. Producing reports for Addis Ababa senior IT manager.

Providing technical support via helpdesk systems for a wide range of internal & external applications updating and monitoring IT user accounts Interconnecting Routers, Switches and Firewall

Director at Health-Unlimited Kigali-Rwand
  • Rwanda
  • November 2011 to May 2012

Health Unlimited head of ICT department, lead and coordinates all the technical team be it Computers and studios. Manage the mail server and File server on both with Mac platform.
Deploy and monitor all computers on network. Carry all responsibilities of ICT on behalf of the organization by recommending new technology products to buy. Test and verify all supplied ICT equipment.

Attend ICT conferences on behalf of the Organization and produce monthly reports to the country director. Prepare Tender technical Specifications and head of tender evaluation technical team and do ICT new product online research for the better performance of the organization. Direct the Organization monthly ICT meetings.

Network Administrator at American Refugee Committee International
  • Pakistan
  • February 2007 to October 2011

Of Work:
Managing a team of four technical IT staff as well as strengthening the IT infrastructure through implementing new technologies.
Responsible for the day-to-day IT requirements of the Organization such as user management, trouble shooting, helpdesk and advise. Maintaining desktop applications, intranet, local area networks, IT security, and telecommunications.
ARC Network Administrator in 3 Camps and Kigali Head Offices managing a mail server, in charge of design and development of network solutions, manage over 106 clients and maintain intranet and local-area network (LAN), and head the technical team in providing day-to-day on site administrative support and periodic servicing of the network and peripherals.

C-panel Administrator, monitor and service of mailing system, diagnose and resolve multifarious technical tribulations, related with computer hardware and software interrelationships/dependencies and ensure availability to system users. Install, assemble and configure computers, networks infrastructure and peripherals such as printers, scanners, CCTV, Security Systems and related hardware, lead/direct the team in pulling and wiring of cables as required for new offices, network installations and reconfiguration.

Liaise closely with the technical operations team to design exceptional solutions for the delivery of office related IT issues, investigate, and propose improvements to ARC International platforms. Hardware and software acquisition recommendations, for users assess needs providing justification for equipment and services, as well as training users, responsible for all connectivity and network. Coordinates field drivers and monitor all vehicles that operate in the three Camps using online/offline Vehicle Tracking system software.

ICT Specialist at American Refugee Committee International
  • Rwanda
  • August 2005 to January 2007

Managing a team of four technical IT staff as well as strengthening the IT infrastructure through implementing new technologies.
Responsible for the day-to-day IT requirements of the Organization such as user management, trouble shooting, helpdesk and advise. Maintaining desktop applications, intranet, local area networks, IT security, and telecommunications.
ARC Network Administrator in 3 Camps and Kigali Head Offices managing a mail server, in charge of design and development of network solutions, manage over 106 clients and maintain intranet and local-area network (LAN), and head the technical team in providing day-to-day on site administrative support and periodic servicing of the network and peripherals.

C-panel Administrator, monitor and service of mailing system, diagnose and resolve multifarious technical tribulations, related with computer hardware and software interrelationships/dependencies and ensure availability to system users. Install, assemble and configure computers, networks infrastructure and peripherals such as printers, scanners, CCTV, Security Systems and related hardware, lead/direct the team in pulling and wiring of cables as required for new offices, network installations and reconfiguration.

Liaise closely with the technical operations team to design exceptional solutions for the delivery of office related IT issues, investigate, and propose improvements to ARC International platforms. Hardware and software acquisition recommendations, for users assess needs providing justification for equipment and services, as well as training users, responsible for all connectivity and network. Coordinates field drivers and monitor all vehicles that operate in the three Camps using online/offline Vehicle Tracking system software.

Helpdesk support at Ethiopian Airways
  • Rwanda
  • March 2000 to June 2004

to the field offices by providing technical support software and hardware problems, periodical computer training to all ARC Local staff.

Education

High school or equivalent, Computer Science and Computer Networks
  • at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Indi
  • January 2000

High school or equivalent, Science and Education
  • at PRIDE ACADEMY SS
  • January 1997

High school or equivalent, Sciences and Technology
  • at St JUDE SS
  • January 1994

Specialties & Skills

Pro Tools
Active Directory
Pro Intralink
LAN WAN
Computer Maintenance
MANAGEMENT
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
CABLEADO
COMPUTER HARDWARE
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
DELIVERY
DRIVERS
INNOVATIVE

Languages

English
Native Speaker