Dr. James Kiarie

Dr. Kiarie has over 26 years working in the field of regulation of education, having gained valuable, practical experience, He has accumulated network and benchmarks with regard to national policy development, implementation, standards, from an international, regional and Kenyan perspective. Notably, he is conversant with the policies and laws in the Kenyan Education landscape, having played a technical role in compiling the Sessional Paper No. 14 of 2012 on Reforming Education and Training Sectors in Kenya.

I have interacted with hundreds of educational institutions all over Kenya, and he is conversant with educational structure, leadership, policies, laws, regulations, standards in Kenya and has further enriched his understanding of the status of research in Kenya work.

In addition to his professional experience, he is a holder of a PhD in Technology with research interests in innovative behaviour, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), curriculum design, and meta-cognition. His publications in the field of innovations are globally highly cited (see Google Scholar Ngugi J.K.) and ORCHID ID: 0000-0002-0530-4164. He has practical ease using SPSS, the Analysis of Moments Structures (AMOS®) software, as well application of Excel macros to conduct thematic analysis in qualitative research. He is an early innovator, and at ease with advanced and often overlooked MS Excel data analysis features such as Power pivot, Power query, Slicers and Timelines. Besides he is competent in generating visualization and report using PowerBI®.

He has also developed strong mentorship, leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, which he is confident will enable him to succeed in this role.  His ability to work under pressure, prioritize and multi-task. He has also gained knowledge of Government functions, and a certified National Trainer of Trainers. He is an influencer, with exceptional meta- cognitive and self -regulatory skills, conditions necessary to lead change in a challenging environment. He is a good team player and committed to quality and excellent services.

Informed by the Chaos Theory, He has the capacity to deal with complex issues and generate logical and innovative frameworks.