This curriculum vitae is for Zachariah Pabi Gariba from Ghana. He received a BSc in Electrical/Electronics Engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in 2008 and is currently pursuing an MPhil in Telecommunication Engineering. His work experience includes serving his national service from 2008-2009 at the Volta River Authority, where he maintained substations, calibrated meters and relays, and helped design protection and control systems. His areas of research interest include wireless system and data communication security.

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CURRIC ULUM VITA E
FORMAT
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name Zachariah Pabi GARIBA
Address P. O. Box MD 125, Madina-Accra, Ghana
Telephone +233243037786, +233267670006
E-mail garibazp@ieee.org, pabizak@gmail.com
Nationality Ghana
WORK EXPERIENCE
• Dates (from – to) 20th October, 2008-31st August,2009
• Name and address of employer Volta River Authority, Power Transmissions Department (GRIDCo), Protection and Control(P&C)
Section, Tema
P. O. Box CS 7979, Tema, Ghana
• Type of business or sector Power Transmission
• Occupation or position held National service
• Main activities and responsibilities  Recalibration of Landis and Gyr combi three phase four wire energy meters at
VALCO, Achimota, Mallam substations of VRA
 Troubleshoot power instrumentation and automation system at VRA substations
 Involved in the design of protection & control (P&C) system, and installation of
AREVA numerical relays for 50/66 MVA transformer at Achimota VRA substation
 Troubleshoot transformer differential faults at New Tema substation
 Calibrated of electromechanical relays at various VRA substations
 Installed relay panel for Sinon Asogli Power Project at Volta Substation
 Performed monthly inspections for various VRA power transmission substations
 Maintained VRA substations backup generators
 Performed injection tests for both HV circuit breakers and ABB numerical relays
respectively
 Did Megger test for underground cabel faults at New Tema VRA substation
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
• Dates (from – to) August, 2009-Date
August 2004-June, 2008
• Name and type of organisation Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi-Ghana
providing education and training
• Principal subjectl Master of philosophy (MPHIL) Telecommunication Engineering
skills covered
• Title of qualification awarded BSc (Bachelor of Science) Electrical/Electronics Engineering
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2. PERSONAL SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
Acquired in the course of life and career
but not necessarily covered by formal
certificates and diplomas.
MOTHER TONGUE Guan & Twi
OTHER LANGUAGES
English
• Reading skills Excellent
• Writing skills Excellent
• Verbal skills Excellent
T ECHNICAL SKILLS  Very good in design and installation, skill acquire from the protection and control
AND COMPETENCES
(P&C) section of VRA
 Good troubleshoot skills, acquired from the VRA
 Excellent in research methodologies/methods
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP  Graduate Student Member IEEE, GStMIEEE
 Member Communication Society (MComSoc) of IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Headquarters in New jersey, USA
ACADEMIC CONFERENCE ATTEND International Conference on Adaptive Science and Technology-ICAST’09, 14-16
Dec, 2009, Accra, Ghana
Presentation on Security in Mobile Computing over WiMAX
RESEARCH INTEREST Wireless system security and data communication security
REFEREES ING. KIRK KOFFIE
Deputy Chief Executive Officer Engineering/Operations
Volta River Authority (VRA)
P .O. Box M 77 Accra, Ghana
Mobile: 0244326564
DR K O BOATENG
Department of Computer Engineering
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology- Kumasi, Ghana
SIGNATURE AND DATE 2010
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