# Rich Kitibwa

> Software & Product Engineer, Kampala, Uganda. Software engineer working across many domains, such as healthcare, AI, sport, enterprise and media.

I'm Rich Kitibwa, a software engineer who builds whole products: backend, frontend, deployment, CI/CD and debugging. I work on clinical decision-support software piloted in Uganda (with a pilot under way in Zambia), a medical knowledge platform, a respiratory screening device, an enterprise procurement system and a sports streaming platform.

Availability: Open to new roles, projects and collaborations, remote or international.
Contact: https://richkitibwa.com/contact · richkitibwa@gmail.com
Resume (PDF): https://richkitibwa.com/resume/Rich-Kitibwa-Resume.pdf
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kitibwa-rich
GitHub: https://github.com/RichKitibwa

## Case studies

- [HealthNavi](https://richkitibwa.com/work/healthnavi): Engineering clinical decision-support software for real-world healthcare environments. Status: Piloted in clinics. Role: Core engineer on the MamaOpe product team.
- [Empirico](https://richkitibwa.com/work/empirico): Engineering an AI-powered medical knowledge platform. Status: In production. Role: Engineer on the platform and model service.
- [MamaOpe Smart Auscultation Device](https://richkitibwa.com/work/mamaope-device): Bridging hardware, biomedical science and software to build medical technology. Status: Research & development. Role: Team member across hardware, signal processing and Android.
- [Bench](https://richkitibwa.com/work/bench-sports): Building a sports streaming product across mobile, web and payments. Status: In production. Role: Software engineer across web, mobile, streaming and payments.
- [Ascension](https://richkitibwa.com/work/ascension-procurement): Turning complex procurement processes into enterprise software. Status: In production. Role: Full-stack software engineer.

## Experience

- Software Engineer — Full-Stack, AI/ML, Signal Processing & QA, MamaOpe Medicals (Feb 2021 – Present)
- Software Engineer, Ascension Services (May 2025 – Present)
- Software Engineer, Bench Sports Media (Mar 2026 – Present)
- Software Engineer, Powem (Jun 2019 – May 2020)
- Medical Laboratory Technologist, Lancet Laboratories (Aug 2018 – Feb 2021)

## Publications

- Performance Evaluation of a Clinical Decision Support System (MAMAOPE AI) for Tuberculosis and Pneumonia Diagnosis. Babirye S, Turyabagye B, Tigist M, et al. (incl. Kitibwa R). VeriXiv 3:147 (preprint), Apr 2026. https://doi.org/10.12688/verixiv.2433.1