Otieno Odero
| Otieno Odero | |
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| File:Odero Otieno speaking at Next Canada headquarters in Toronto, Canada.jpgOdero Otieno speaking at Next Canada headquarters in Toronto, Canada.jpg Odero speaking in Toronto in October 2018 | |
| Born | Kisumu, Kisumu, Kenya |
| 🏡 Residence | New York, New York, United States |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Kenyan |
| 🏫 Education | McGill University, University of Toronto |
| 💼 Occupation |
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| 👔 Employer | Microsoft |
| 🏢 Organisation | Microsoft Corporation |
| Known for | Founder and CEO of DawaSwift, Founder and Chief Technology Officer in Residence of Texas Medical Center. |
| 💰 Net worth | $ 3.5 M |
| 🌐 Website | oderootieno |
Odero Otieno is a Kenyan technology executive, computer engineer, entrepreneur and investor [1]. He was the Founder, CEO and CTO of DawaSwift, the largest pharmacy delivery platform based in Canada, New York, Kenya and Texas. In April 2020, he announced that he was working on a global healthcare management platform called Healthipy Technologies. The two companies are based in Toronto, Canada, and Nairobi, Kenya. He is often invited to speak at entrepreneurship conferences globally.[2]
Odero was a 2019 NSERC CREATE DAV Research Scholar [3] in Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence at York University in Toronto, Canada.
Early Life[edit]
Odero Otieno grew up in rural Homa Bay County.
Education[edit]
Odero Otieno is an alumnus McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
Career[edit]
Odero has served in many technology leadership roles at companies in the United States, Kenya and Canada.
Honors and Awards[edit]
Odero is a recipient of several awards and honours including the Next Canada's Next 36 Program[4] for Canada's Top 36 Young Entrepreneurs in 2019, the over $300,000 Mastercard Foundation[5][./Odero_Otieno#cite_note-5 [5]][./Odero_Otieno#cite_note-5 [5]][./Odero_Otieno#cite_note-11 [11]][11][12][12] Scholarship at McGill University in March 2016, the Jim and Barbara Brodeur Innovation Award for Innovation in Engineering[6] (awarded by at McGill University in April 2019) and the 2018 McLachlin Prize for Entrepreneurship in Entrepreneurship.
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