About KIPNA

Our community, culture, leadership and why we are here

Our Misson

KIPNA is an organization of (mostly) Kenyan diaspora IT professionals primarily in the North America region. KIPNA is a way for us to come together and provide a platform to grow members' professional networks, develop and foster relationships, learn from collective experience, and mentor the next generation.

The specific objectives and purpose of this organization shall be:

  1. Teamwork - Develop the power of “we” by leveraging like-minded and industry professionals to discover your next opportunity and get help solving your current problems.
  2. Entrepreneurship - Provide a platform for members for talks by local innovators who show how they leveraged their passion and started their own business.
  3. Professional Empowerment - Interview coaching to develop interview strategy & build strong resumés by sharpening your interview skills and learn what's killing your resumé from guest HR managers & recruiters.

Board of Directors

  • Philip Kilolo
    Chairman
    Telecommunications / Networking
  • Gladys Mohochi
    Vice-Chairman
    Cloud Architect
  • Neddy Nyatome
    Secretary
  • Ray Makasi
    Treasurer
    Cloud Security
  • Assistant Treasurer
  • James Ongera
    Director of Communication
  • Ken Alusa
    Assistant Director of Communication
    Telecommunications / Networking
  • Daniel Karanja
    Director of Programs
  • Catherine Biwott
    Assistant Director of Programs
    Cybersecurity
  • John Ng'anga
    Director of Professional Development
    Cloud / Cybersecurity
  • David Ojunga
    Co-Assistant Director of Professional Development
    Cybersecurity
  • David Gitonga
    Co-Assistant Director of Professional Development
    Software Development / Data Science
  • Milka Gikunju
    Director of Youth Mentorship
    Reliability Engineer / Application Developer
  • Assistant Director of Youth Mentorship

Advisory Board

  • Denis Mboti
    Cybersecurity
  • Mike Muu
    Cybersecurity
  • Iddah Mwaniki
    IT Governance, Risk & Compliance
  • Nzisa Kiilu
    PM, Software Automation, Datacenter Hardware
  • Russell Okoth
    Cybersecurity

Non Profit Organization - 501(c)3

This corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code.