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Osborn Hodges
IT Technician (OHCS) • Full-Stack Developer • Solutions Engineer
★ Best IT/IM Technician 2024/25 — Ghana Civil Service Awards
ohwpstudios@gmail.com +233 54 012 5882 New Bortianor, Accra, Ghana LinkedIn GitHub
Professional Summary
Award-winning IT professional with 8+ years of experience. Recognized as the 2024/25 Best IT Technician within the Ghana Civil Service. IT Technician at the Office of the Head of Civil Service (OHCS) and hands-on full-stack developer. Built production systems including OHCS E-Library chat platform, EA License Management SaaS, MQL5 Expert Advisors for prop-firm challenges, and an AI football prediction platform. Led the shift from manual to virtual promotional interviews (2021/22) — the first institution in Sub-Saharan Africa to run this at service-wide scale. Also led the rollout of electronic staff performance appraisal E-SPAR (2022/23).
Experience
Information Technology TechnicianOffice of the Head of Civil Service (OHCS)
Dec 2019 – Present
  • IT Support & Equipment Maintenance with monthly reporting
  • Salary Management on IPPD II system, coordination with CAGD
  • OHCS Website Development & Management
  • Led Virtual Promotions Interview setup and training — first in Sub-Saharan Africa at service-wide scale
  • Graduate Online Examinations management
  • Coordinated E-SPAR System Implementation across civil service
Founder & Lead Designer84° Design Studio
2014 – Present
  • Creative concepts, brand strategies, website design
  • Design guidelines, content standards, wireframes
Independent Developer / Solutions Engineer
Ongoing
  • Web apps and automation on Cloudflare Workers
  • MQL5 Expert Advisors with prop-firm risk constraints
  • Licensing, payments, analytics dashboards
Core Skills
Platforms: Cloudflare Workers, D1, KV, R2, Durable Objects; WordPress
Programming: JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, Python, SQL, HTML/CSS
DevOps: Wrangler CLI, Git, CI/CD, REST APIs
Trading: MQL5, MetaTrader 5, Telegram Bot API
Payments: Paystack, Ghana Mobile Money, JWT, Turnstile
IT Support: Windows admin, networking, hardware maintenance
Key Projects (36+ total)
AfriLab EdTech
ask-ozzy GovTech
ea-trademetrics-pro Trading
my-llm-council AI
OHCS-Rec-Mgt-Sys GovTech
brilla-study-platform EdTech
AgroTrust FinTech
CivicLens Civic
Galamsey-Monitor Civic
apex10 FinTech
ohcs-elibrary GovTech
seedling FinTech
Education & Training
Rochester Institute of Technology (R.I.T) — Cybersecurity MicroMasters 2017
Florida State University — Web Design Certificate 2017
100 Days of Code Challenge — Completed Dec 2025
Additional: Managing Data in Digital Age, CAGD Oracle Payroll, Trainer of Trainers for Digitization, GIFMIS Help Desk, Virtual HRMIS, DIGSMART Scale-up, RITNAK Program