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Onesmus Wachira

@onesmuswachira

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Governance and systems architect and senior technical writer specialising in secure, AI-enabled documentation.

Kenya

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles that leverage my security-literate, AI-enabled documentation skills to design governance, model-training and resilience solutions in research-led or regulated organisations.

I am a Governance and Systems Architect and senior technical writer with over 10 years' experience designing and documenting complex socio-technical systems, policies, technical manuals, and AI-enabled tools to enable engineers, regulators and frontline workers.

Grounded in a BSc in Economics and Statistics and currently completing an MSc in Computer Science (Cyber Security) at the University of York, I combine quantitative rigour with security-literate, AI-enabled documentation practice to strengthen compliance and system resilience.

I have produced more than 200 high-stakes regulator-ready documents and over 1,000 articles and 700 essays, converting dense legal, statistical and engineering material into precise policies, manuals, training assets and model-ready corpora.

I lead consultancy and product work across healthcare, fintech, education and manufacturing, designing privacy-preserving edge-AI architectures, penetration-testing workflows, BCP/DRP playbooks, and repeatable policy templates that support licensing, inspection and operational assurance.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Consultant Technical Writer

Current

The Write Direction

Jan 2023 - Present (3 years)

Lead consultant producing regulator-ready policy and procedures manuals, BCP/DRP playbooks, technical equipment manuals and AI-enabled documentation workflows, delivering 200+ bespoke documents that supported licensing, inspections and grant applications.

Technical Writing policies DRP Information Governance Stakeholder Engagement

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Volunteer Reviewer

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Stability: Int. Journal of Security & Development

Oct 2019 - Present (6 years 3 months)

Peer-reviewed scholarly manuscripts on security, development and governance, providing methodological and policy-relevance feedback for editorial decisions.

Peer Review

Current

Strategic Advisor

Current

Africa Alliance for Health, Research and Economic Developmen

Jan 2019 - Present (7 years)

Advised on strategy and designed data-driven health and market-mapping platforms, indicator frameworks and governance structures, and co-led multi-partner grant development and programme design.

& Strategy Data Platform Indicators Development GIS Program Design Stakeholder Management Monitoring & Evaluation

Current

Co-founder / Director

Current

Staff On Skills Ltd

Jan 2014 - Present (12 years)

Co-founded and directed a consultancy/product studio delivering technical writing, AI model training pipelines and cyber-security-aware data solutions for startups and NGOs across UK and East Africa.

AI Training Data Governance Product Strategy Technical Documentation Commercial Development

Consultant

Content CX Consulting

Jan 2018 - Sep 2019 (1 year 8 months)

Led capacity-development assignments improving institutional capability, customer experience architecture and operating models for SMEs and service organisations.

Institutional Capacity Building Customer Experience SOP Development Business Planning Process Mapping Change Management

Consultant

Institute for Peace and Security Studies

Jan 2019 - Apr 2019 (3 months)

Contributed analytical inputs for the Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa, producing background analyses on regional peace and security dynamics and governance frameworks.

Policy Analysis Research Strategic Advisory Stakeholder Engagement Report Writing

Regional Director

Africa Alliance for Health, Research and Economic Developmen

Mar 2017 - Dec 2018 (1 year 9 months)

Managed a 10-person research team, directed regional policy audits and led health and nutrition interventions, improving regional integration and programmatic response capacity.

Team Leadership Research Management Public Engagement Capacity Building

Programmes Director

Southern and Eastern Africa Trade Information and Negotiatio

Jan 2016 - Feb 2017 (1 year 1 month)

Spearheaded projects on SME internationalization and managed donor-funded research and advocacy, strengthening trade-policy dialogue and regional negotiation capacity.

Project Management Grant Management Research Advocacy Strategic Planning Policy Analysis

Programmes Officer

Centre for Economic Governance

Aug 2014 - Aug 2015 (1 year)

Oversaw programmes on development financing, tax justice and participatory governance, led capacity-building and contributed to national budget analysis and strategic planning processes.

Public Finance Participatory Budgeting Capacity Building Research Stakeholder Engagement Policy Analysis Strategic Planning Report Writing

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of York

Master of Science, Computer Science (Cyber Security)

2025 -

MSc Computer Science (Cyber Security) in progress with focus on secure-systems design, cryptographic protocols, network defence, human–technology interaction, and research methods.

University of Nairobi

Bachelor of Science, Economics and Statistics

2010 - 2014

Grade: Distinction (A)

Bachelor of Economics and Statistics with joint training in economics and applied quantitative methods; undergraduate thesis on credit and Kenya's manufacturing sector (graded Distinction).