Stanford Kwenda
Senior Data Analyst Director Health Intelligence (Secondment)
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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Top SchoolStanford Kwenda is a Senior Data Analyst Director currently leading a Health Intelligence pilot seconded to the North West Department of Health, with eight years’ experience modernizing public health surveillance across Africa. He specializes in integrating BI, AI, and data warehousing to deliver interoperable genomic and surveillance platforms, having led the continental AGARI genome data project and authored scalable pipelines like JEKESA for bacterial WGS analysis. His work blends deep bioinformatics and data engineering skills with strategic leadership—standardizing metadata for priority pathogens, designing national dashboards, and building bioinformatics hubs and training programs. Known for turning complex genomic metadata into actionable decision-making tools, he also brings hands-on automation expertise in R, Python and ETL systems that accelerate reporting and outbreak response.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) (Hon) Biological Sciences, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) (Hon) Biological Sciences at Midlands State UniversityMaster of Science (MSc) Bioinformatics with Molecular Biology, Master of Science (MSc) Bioinformatics with Molecular Biology at University of MauritiusDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Microbiology (Bioinformatics), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Microbiology (Bioinformatics) at University of Pretoria
English
Github Skills (21)
genome-assembly10
sequencing10
illumina10
bacteria9
genomics9
genome8
metagenomics8
bash8
bioinformatics8
bam8
population-genetics7
pipeline5
rscript5
zap4
python3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
stanikae/jekesa
Aug 2019 - Sep 2021
Jekesa (Illuminate) is an automated bash pipeline for bacterial whole genome assembly and typing using Illumina paired-end sequencing data.
Contributions:3 releases, 244 commits, 6 PRs in 2 years 1 month
bashgenome-assemblyilluminasequencing
stanikae/Calculate-Haplotype-Frequencies
Jul 2019 - Apr 2020
Contributions:25 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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