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I lead technology at the intersection of business, security, architecture, and operations.

My work is centred on making technology dependable enough for the business to trust: secure by design, operationally resilient, financially sensible, and aligned to measurable outcomes.

Profile

From engineering depth to executive accountability

I am Alex Asciencio Ayekha, an IT and information security leader with more than eight years of experience across enterprise technology, software architecture, fintech, logistics, and high-trust operational environments.

I currently serve as an IT & IS Manager, with responsibility spanning technology operations, information security, infrastructure, vendors, audit and compliance support, recovery planning, and digital systems. Earlier in my career I held CTO responsibilities in technology ventures, where the mandate was broader: product architecture, engineering execution, platform scale, and translating commercial priorities into working systems.

That combination shapes how I think. I am comfortable at implementation depth, but I evaluate technology through an executive lens: what risk does it remove, what capability does it create, what does it cost to operate, how will it fail, and can the organisation govern it effectively?

Leadership remit

The areas I am accountable for

My strongest work sits where technology decisions become operational and business decisions.

01

Technology strategy, roadmaps, investment priorities, and operating models

02

Information security governance, risk, audit readiness, and control assurance

03

Enterprise infrastructure, platform reliability, continuity, and disaster recovery

04

Architecture decisions across applications, integrations, data, cloud, and on-premise systems

05

Vendor management, technical due diligence, procurement input, and delivery oversight

06

Cross-functional translation between business leadership, operations, security, and engineering

Career

A progression from systems to strategy

Current
IT & IS Manager
Enterprise IT, information security, governance, resilience, infrastructure, vendors, assurance, and digital systems.
Previous
Chief Technology Officer - OhCargo
Technology strategy, platform architecture, real-time logistics systems, engineering leadership, and product execution.
Previous
Chief Technology Officer - Aviemo
Technology leadership, architecture, and delivery in a venture environment.
Foundation
Software, financial services & digital platforms
Hands-on experience that built the engineering and systems perspective behind my current leadership approach.

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

University of the People · In progress

Master of Science in Information Technology (MSc IT)

Murang'a University of Technology · 2025–2027 · Thesis stage

Research Focus

Blockchain-Enabled Explainable Machine Learning Model for Fraud Detection and Evidence Integrity in Online Financial Transactions

Bachelor of Business Information Technology

Murang'a University of Technology

Leadership philosophy

Technology strategy should be legible to the business.
Security controls should improve trust without making operations impossible.
Recovery capability matters more than recovery documentation.
Architecture should reduce long-term operational complexity.
A technology leader must be able to move between board-level trade-offs and implementation reality.

Contact

For technology, architecture, security, or executive conversations.