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WalterOkumu/README.md

👋 Hey there, I’m Walter Okumu

Full-Stack Engineer | Customer Success Leader | Tech Mentor
📍 Nairobi, Kenya · 📧 [email protected] · 🔗 walterokumu.github.io

🚀 About Me

I’m the Head of Customer Success & Web Development at Yellow Pages Group, where I lead a 14-person, multi-country team to deliver scalable web apps and AI-powered automations. I specialize in Next.js, React, Node.js, GraphQL, and PostgreSQL, and I’m passionate about using technology to solve real-world business challenges.

🏆 Highlights & Impact

  • Led development of a multi-tenant procurement tool adopted by 50+ branches across East Africa
  • Scaled Yellow Pages Kenya’s Ollama-powered chatbot to serve 10K+ monthly queries
  • Built a headless eCommerce platform with integrated M-Pesa checkout, increasing transaction speed by 40%
  • Mentor at Microverse: guiding full-stack cohorts in JavaScript, React, and best practices

🛠️ Tech Stack

JavaScript
Next.js
React
Node.js
GraphQL
PostgreSQL
Docker
AWS
Tailwind CSS

📂 Featured Projects

Project Description Repo
Procurement Tool Multi-tenant request management with SSH-tunnel & RLS on Postgres WalterOkumu/procurement-tool
Headless eCommerce Next.js + Headless WordPress store with M-Pesa Express integration WalterOkumu/headless-ecommerce
AI Chatbot Workflows Ollama + LangChain automations for custom LLM pipelines WalterOkumu/ai-chatbot
Digital Signage Dashboard Real-time analytics & content management for Rhodium Digital Signage WalterOkumu/rhodium-dashboard

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🎯 Learning & Goals

  • 2025 Focus: Rust • Solidity • Web3 protocols
  • Always exploring: AI-driven market research, blockchain for fintech

🤝 Let’s Connect

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“I build tools that empower teams to do more, faster.”

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    Awesome Books project with ES6

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  2. crypto-watcher crypto-watcher Public

    A React Crypto Web App with Real-Time Data from API

    JavaScript 2

  3. ecommerce-nextjs-app ecommerce-nextjs-app Public

    Sample Ecommerce App built with NextJS, utilizing Redux

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  6. react-metrics-webapp react-metrics-webapp Public

    A React mobile web application to check a list of metrics (numeric values) using of React and Redux. The metrics of choice are Crypto currencies.

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