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Basic Info

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  • Full Name: Chris-Armel IRADUKUNDA
  • Online Handle: daqhris
  • Birth Year: 1992
  • Nationality: Burundian

Formal Training

  • 2021: freeCodeCamp - Web Development Certification
  • 2019: CVO TSM Mechelen - Campus Merode (België)
  • 2017: Université de Namur (Belgique) - Faculty of Computer Science (dropout)
  • 2013-2016: University of Science and Technology Beijing (China) - School of Computer and Communication Engineering (dropout)
  • 2012-2013: Tianjin University (China) - School of International Education
  • 2005-2011: Lycée du Saint-Esprit (Burundi) - Scientific A Section (Maths & Physics)
  • 1999-2005: École Primaire Stella Matutina (Burundi)

Work History

  • Summer 2021 - NOW: Portfolio manager of daqhris.eth Cryptoassets Growth Fund.
  • Spring 2021 - NOW: Founder, developer and photographer for WALK≡DAY Visual Arts Gallery.
  • Winter 2020 - NOW: Audio data contributor/validator for Common Voice (Mozilla Foundation's voice recognition dataset).
  • Summer 2020: House painter and attic renovator in Bastogne (Luxembourg).
  • Winter-Spring 2020: Horse stable helper on a farm in Malonne (Namur).
  • Autumn 2019: Warehouse worker at a second-hand garments exporter in Beveren (Sint-Niklaas, East Flanders).
  • Summer 2019: Tour maker for Brussels Grand Départ 2019 (BXL Tour, European Cycle Messenger Championship and Tour de France 2019).
  • Spring 2018: Dishwasher at a Chinese buffet restaurant in Waterloo (Walloon Brabant).
  • Winter 2017-Spring 2018: Bicycle mechanic in a bike workshop at a Red Cross refugee center in Namur (Belgium).
  • Summer-Autumn 2016: Web developer in Mohandessin (Cairo, Egypt).
  • 2015-2016: Foreign talent recruiter and manager for China Film Group Corporation's blockbuster movies (China Salesman, Wolf Warrior 2, My War) in Huairou (Beijing), Hebei and Inner Mongolia.
  • 2014-2015: Male fashion model and background movie actor in Beijing (China).

Social Commitment

  • Cub leader in the Scout movement as part of the Charles de Foucauld Unit in Rohero (Bujumbura) (2000-2004).
  • Editor-in-chief, online content manager and fundraiser of the secondary school magazine Akanuma Journal (2009-2011).
  • Recipient of the Best Devotion to School Award upon graduation (2011) and Grantee of a full-ride university scholarship to China (2012).
  • Ardent member of the AEBUP (Association of Burundian Students in Beijing) and Promoter of cultural events among the African diaspora (2013-2016).
  • Mechanic renovator of bikes allocated to asylum seekers at the Atelier Vélo of the Collectif Citoyens Solidaires (Namur) (2017-2019).
  • Tech talks host and volunteer at FOSDEM (Free and Open-source Software Developers' European Meeting) (2020-2022).

Technical Abilities

  • Languages: Français, English and 中文 (Kirundi, Swahili and Nederlands)
  • Coding: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, C, Git
  • Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu Linux, Google Android
  • Sports: Cycling, Running, Hiking
  • Hobbies: Photography, Reading, FinTech
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