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Discern LimitedRelevant Practical Solutions for Business Problems

Company Profile



Who we are1

Our Resources2

Our Clients4

Our Services and Offerings3

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About Discern

Discern is focused on assisting the Private, Public and NGO sector build and preserve valuethrough our Advisory, Assurance and Training services in the areas of PerformanceManagement and Business Technology.

Discern is committed to bringing valued, practical insights to clients’ management in our keyareas of key competence which include Strategic Planning, Project and Program Management,

Operations, Monitoring & Evaluation, Financial Management and ICT. We bring together over40 years combined project experience with country experience in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania,Rwanda, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Africa, Botswana, Spain and USA based on projects the keypersonnel have been involved in.

Our Mission is to facilitate Simple, Practical Solutions to the problems businesses face.

Our Vision is to be the first point of call for Strategic, Operational and Technological advice.

Our Motto is “Discuss, Discern, Design and Deploy”.

The basis of our services is international best practices such as the Balanced Scorecard, COBIT,ITIL, ISO, VALIT and Prince2 coupled with the wide experience of our key personnel havingworked extensively in the public and private sector and for the Big Four accounting firms.

Who we are



Our Resources

Isaac Newton Onyango

Isaac has over ten years experience in IT Audit, Advisory and Training work seven of whichwere obtained working for a KPMG in Kenya and South Africa. Prior to joining Discern,Isaac worked as a Senior Manager at Deloitte & Touche. His countries of experience includeKenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa and Botswana. Isaac’s experience includesassignments on Requirements definition, Information Security Services, Risk Assessment,Business Process Analysis, Strategy Formulation, Policy Formulation, Policy Implementationand ICT Auditing.

Isaac holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science (First Class Honours) and is aCPA finalist. He is also a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA – World highest

score, 2001) and is the immediate former Vice Chairman of the Information Systems Auditand Control Association (ISACA). He is currently pursuing an MBA at Strathmore BusinessSchool.



Our Resources

Martin Wanjohi

Martin is a results oriented senior level manager and consultant with over 20 years of progressiveexperience in management consultancy, development and implementation of ICT systems, projectand program management and evaluation, training in ICT assurance and governance in public,non-governmental organizations and private sectors. Martin has an MSc (Information Systems),

CPA(K), a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), has attended numerous local andinternational courses and seminars and educated locally and abroad.

Prior to joining Discern, Martin was the ICT Director at Strathmore University. He has also servedas Programme Director at Strathmore University and as an Acting Director of the MIS Department,Ministry of Finance in the Government of Kenya.

He has expertise in ICT strategy, governance and management; project/program formulation,planning, management and evaluation; ICT management, assurance and governance training; ICTprojects implementation; business process improvement and re-engineering; Financial advisory.He is well versed in higher education management information systems; financial managementsystems; airport management systems, and; national budgeting, debt, planning, monitoring andfinancial management information systems.



Our Resources

Kevin Baraza

Kevin Baraza has over 4 years experience in accounting and financial disciplines coveringsetup of accounting systems, financial planning, financial analysis and financial modelling.Kevin is a renowned financial modeller and has designed and delivered financial models toa range of organizations. Kevin has expertise in financial modelling, financial planning andanalysis.

Among the clients Kevin has consulted for are Acacia Medical Centre Ltd, Wilken Group,Coffee Development Fund, Gap Marketing Ltd, Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC),Nairobi Net Ltd, Open Systems Ltd, Kenya Gatsby Trust (KGT), Gatsby Financial Services,Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV), Cereal Growers Association (CGA), Kenya

Livestock Marketing Council (KLMC), Aberdares Coffee Millers & Marketing Co. Ltd,Mellech Engineering & Construction Ltd, Specialty Coffee Association of Kenya (SCAK),Provident Capital Ltd, Sasatel Wireless Ltd, Nyanza Farms Ltd and Kenya LivestockMarketing Council.



Discuss

Deploy

Discern

Design

BusinessTechnology

PerformanceManagement

Our Services

Capacity Building across staff levels and atvarying levels of proficiency (Awareness,Readiness, Proficiency)

Training

Forward Focused Advicebased on Organizational

Imperatives and Context

Current and BackwardFocused Assurance based

on Organizational Context

AdvisoryAssurance



OfferingsIS Audit and Assurance

Discern can provide assurance and audit services around:

• Strategic aspects like:

– ICT Strategies

– ICT Governance

• Tactical Aspects like

– ICT Policies

– Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

• Operational Aspects like:

– Application systems

– Databases and Operating Systems

– Physical and Environmental Security



Offerings

Capacity Building for SMEs – Financial/AccountingDiscern can provide:

• Training, Advisory and Assurance services in accounting and financial disciplinescovering setup of accounting systems, financial planning, financial analysis and financialmodelling

Corporate GovernanceDiscern can provide:

• Advisory services on the set-up and continual management and oversight of relevant,appropriate corporate governance structures

• Assurance on existing governance structures

• Training services on the nature, role and relevance of proper corporate governance in linewith international best practices



Offerings

Performance ManagementDiscern can provide:

• Training, Advisory and Assurance services in all aspects of effective performancemanagement right from strategic planning through operations and monitoring &evaluation

ICT Solutions/Integrated Business SolutionsDiscern can provide:

• Advisory, Assurance and Training services on the upside of technology integration withinwhich the business optimises on the benefits realisable from use of technology

• Advisory, Assurance and Training services on the downside of technology integrationwithin which the business manages the risks faced from the increasing reliance ontechnology for business needs



Our Clients

Kenya National Audit Office

Nation Media Group



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