Takunda Mudhokwani

As the Founder and Director of Polymath Solutions, I lead our mission to empower organisations across Zimbabwe and the broader SADC region to unlock their full data potential. I drive our strategic vision, spearhead business development, and ensure operational excellence in our remote-first consultancy. We combine technical expertise with a deep understanding of local and regional markets to provide optimised, actionable solutions that transform complex data into strategic intelligence.

• Strategic Leadership & Company Growth: Defining our long-term strategic direction, cultivating key client relationships and strategic partnerships (e.g., assessing data strategy for a large corporate entity in the agricultural sector), and securing initial funding to fuel our expansion and pioneering solution development.
• Client Engagement & Solution Delivery: Guiding our team to design and deliver tailored data solutions that directly address clients' most pressing challenges and drive measurable outcomes. Our expertise spans: - Business Intelligence & Analytics - Data Strategy & Consulting - AI-Powered Data Solutions - Data Engineering & Integrations - Data Governance - Cloud Migration & Management
• Operational Excellence & Team Building: Cultivating our remote-first, collaborative culture; overseeing comprehensive company-wide Protocols and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) development to optimise our service delivery workflows, ensuring a high-performance team focused on efficiency and high-quality outcomes.
• Technology & Innovation Oversight: Directing overall technical strategy & innovation, including proprietary solutions. Expert in utilising a modern technology stack that includes Google Cloud Platform (GCP), AWS, Azure, Firebase, and various Zoho One applications (e.g., Zoho Creator, Zoho RPA, Zoho Flow), alongside leading BI tools like Power BI, Looker Studio, Tableau, and specialised AI models.

Led data engineering initiatives, developing robust data pipelines and BI solutions to support data-driven decision-making across diverse organizational functions.

• Directed data strategy and implementation across multi-cloud infrastructure (CloudSQL, BigQuery, Cloud Bucket, IAM), building agile data pipelines and powerful BI solutions for data-driven decisions.
• Spearheaded enterprise systems engineering initiatives, continuously aligning technical solutions with business goals for streamlined decision-making and optimized operational efficiency.
• Engineered and managed robust data pipelines for application data, warehousing, and reporting, ensuring ongoing data integrity and security for reliable insights.
• Developed user-centric dashboards and reports tailored for diverse audiences, both technical and non-technical, fostering data-driven decision-making across the organization.
• Championed and implemented data standardization and usage policies to safeguard data integrity and compliance, building trust and transparency in data utilization.

Led the establishment of a BI and DBA department, overseeing data management, administration, and problem-solving for the company and its clients.

• Led the establishment of a dedicated BI and DBA department, overseeing all BI solutions, data management, and problem-solving for the company and its clients.
• Managed data warehousing for all financial data from local and regional banks using proprietary tools and SSIS, ensuring data accessibility and integrity.
• Developed Power BI and SSRS reports, and reviewed stored procedures, enhancing reporting capabilities for critical business insights.
• Trained financial institutions on various reporting systems, including Power BI, SSRS, and ELK Stack, improving user adoption and data literacy.
• Managed database architecture and servers for data warehouses, and provided high availability for SQL Server databases through mirroring and replication.
• Enabled automation for fraud detection and analyzed data to support critical business decisions, improving operational efficiency and risk mitigation.
• Developed monitoring dashboards in ELK stack and Power BI for DBAs and First Line Support, enhancing system oversight and incident response.
• Managed Git Repositories for all reports and ensured sensitive data encryption in SQL Server, maintaining robust version control and data security.

Provided comprehensive database support, including development, administration, and performance optimization for SQL Server environments.

• Managed database development, querying, and administration across SQL Server 2012, 2014, and 2016 environments, ensuring robust data operations.
• Configured Windows server and optimized performance, enhancing system stability and troubleshooting capabilities.
• Developed T-SQL programming queries, stored procedures, triggers, and functions, improving data manipulation and reporting efficiency.
• Administered SQL Server High Availability and Disaster Recovery strategies, implementing Backup & Recovery solutions to ensure business continuity.
• Configured, scheduled, and administered routine Jobs, Alerts, and Maintenance Plans, ensuring proactive database health and performance.
• Provisioned SQL Databases to Azure and Windows Server, supporting scalable and flexible database solutions.
• Implemented Reports and Business Intelligence using SSRS and Power BI, and developed data warehouse solutions (ETL, SSIS, SSAS) for insightful reporting.
• Defined and configured security and access in SSMS, creating logins, users, roles, and assigning permissions to maintain data integrity and access control.