About —— The person behind the work
I'm Brian — a product person based in Nairobi who believes technology should reduce inequality, not widen it. That conviction has shaped everything I've built: a payment platform that lets farmers buy solar pumps through M-PESA, a business plan tool that digitises the world's most-used entrepreneurship methodology, and an election system that treats trust as architecture.
I studied mathematics and computer science in Kenya, then earned a Swedish Institute scholarship to complete my master's in IT and Management at University West in Sweden — where I wrote my thesis on how AI fits (and doesn't fit) into real project planning. I'm PMP-certified, ILO SIYB-trained, and a McKinsey Forward alumnus. I also know that none of those credentials matter as much as whether the product actually works for the person using it.
I work async-first across time zones. My products have shipped for London-based organisations, Commonwealth-commissioned programmes, and Nairobi-based enterprises — all from the same desk in Kenya.
The most honest product thinking begins with what you can't do. Bandwidth limits, regulatory frameworks, cultural context, and budget reality are not obstacles, they are the design brief. Products shaped by real constraints tend to be more resilient, more focused, and more useful than products shaped by wish lists.
In fintech, civic tech, and enterprise, trust is not a nice-to-have. It is the product. A payment reconciliation system that users doubt costs more than one that crashes. An election platform that members question delegitimizes the board it elects. I design for trust first, then layer features on top.
I'm PMP-certified, ILO SIYB-trained, and grounded in PMI Disciplined Agile, HCD, and WCAG. I've also learned that no framework survives first contact with a real user unchanged. The value of methodology is structure when you need it and permission to adapt when you don't.
The SIYB trainers who told me where trainees actually drop off, the field engineers who showed me they work on feature phones, and the SANK members who said 'we don't trust self-registration' shaped better products than any roadmap I could have written alone.
These principles show up most clearly in the product stories, especially PAYGO solar reconciliation, SIYB mentorship, and secure alumni voting.
I ship the whole thing.
DayLipa needed a payment layer that worked on feature phones. I designed the M-PESA reconciliation engine, the USSD troubleshooting interface, and the business dashboard — then stayed through deployment across 50+ branches. I don't hand off a spec and disappear.
I build for the hardest users first.
WealthTrack's first users weren't tech-savvy professionals — they were M-PESA-dependent workers on 3G connections who avoid app downloads. That constraint shaped every decision: PWA over native, offline-first over cloud-first, net worth visibility over budgeting guilt. The product is better because of who it was built for.
I make methodologies work as software.
The ILO SIYB programme has trained millions on paper. BizFramer is turning it into a digital product — not by copying the workbook into a screen, but by understanding where the methodology breaks when digitised and redesigning around the break points. I spent 8 interviews learning where trainers lose trainees before writing a single requirement.
Certifications
PMP · ILO SIYB Certified Trainer · McKinsey Forward
Education
MSc IT & Management, University West, Sweden (SISGP Scholar)
Recognition
PMI Kenya Young Professional Award, 2022
Languages
English (fluent) · Swedish (conversational)
Product Owner
2024 - 2026
Led DayLipa and Duka+ product lines covering M-PESA reconciliation, PAYGO solar, and FMCG credit.
Project Manager
2022 - 2024
Delivered Duka+ pilot across 51 retailers and automated tracking systems for scale-up reporting.
London · Remote
IT Project Manager, M-PESA
2022 - 2023
Delivered 3 M-PESA core system projects, drove compliance from 63% to 98% in 3 months, and won the PMI Kenya Young Professional Award.
Nairobi
Business Analyst, Product Development
2023
Handled requirements gathering and sprint planning for a mobile-based survey platform.
Nairobi
Product Manager
2022
Owned the eHealth flagship product and set up the organization's Product Management framework from scratch.
Nairobi
Product Designer · Project Manager
2020 - 2022
Scoped, designed, and delivered 18 client projects with 90% on-time delivery and a 4.5/5 client rating.
Nairobi
Business Systems Analyst, Intern
2019 - 2020
Worked on system requirements analysis and business process mapping.
Nairobi
Research Project Manager
2024 - Present
Managed tracking, recruitment, and reporting across all workstreams for a Commonwealth-commissioned 33-country GBV/SRH research study.
Remote
Founder · Product Owner
2023 - Present
Building BizFramer and WealthTrack, alongside product portfolio and client solutions for emerging markets.
Nairobi
MSc IT & Management
Swedish Institute Scholarship for Global Professionals
2023 - 2024
Project Management Professional (PMP)
2022
Entrepreneurship & Product Innovation
2024
BSc Mathematics & Computer Science
2019
If you need a product person who has shipped under payment, infrastructure, field-operations, and stakeholder pressure, I would like to hear what you are working on.
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