Having received overwhelming endorsement from members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and floating voters across the 16 Regions per a survey conducted, it will do good for the NDC’s flagbearer to go for Laslie Mensah Tamekloe as his running Mate for the 2020 election.
Deep throat sources told the media that as the next John Mahama-led NDC government inches to another year mandate, the genteel Volta Region born Bookworm, Laslie Mensah Tamekloe must be appointed the Running Mate to match Whoever the Npp will appoint in the coming days.
He will bring the founder and all annoyed cadres hearts back to the party,they added.
The brouhaha around the choice of who partners Presidential Candidate of the National democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama is about to simmer down as it seems to the public the headcount is over.
One of the names getting supports from the grassroots of the party and thousands of the floating Voters and likely to be the running mate to John Mahama is Mr. Laslie Mensah Tamekloe.
It has been speculated the hierarchy of the party will announce the name right after the pandemic, and already the signals are clear it’s going to be Laslie Mensah Tamekloe looking at the way the youths, card bearing members and floating voters across the country are doling their supports behind the economic wizard, Mr. Laslie Mensah Tamekloe.
Suggested names until this Day were founder’s Daughter, Dr. Zenator Agyamang Rawlings, former Education Minister Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang, Professor Kwesi Botchwey, Dr. Kwabena Dufuor among others but the rotational Map seemed to have settled and Mr. Laslie Mensah Tamekloe is likely to partner John Mahama to face whoever will be the Npp’s flagbearer and their Running mate.
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Leslie Mensah Tamakloe Professional profile
PERSONAL PROFILE
DATE OF BIRTH: 18 April,1957
MARITAL STATUS: Married
RELIGION: Christian
NATIONALITY: Ghanaian
PROFILE
An accomplished entrepreneur and Consultant in the ICT, Energy and National Infrastructure Development in Ghana and abroad, with over 30 years working experience in related endeavors.
A keen business acumen and entrepreneurial spirit led to the incorporations of several businesses in these related fields.
A successful developmental and infrastructural Consultant.
A key Science and Technology Enthusiast with interests in Computers, Renewable Energy, Robotics and AI, Rockets and Space Travel amongst others.
A serial entrepreneur, with Five (5) Limited Liability Company setups both in Ghana, UK and Japan.
- Founder and Chairman, Electromod Co Ltd. A company focused on ICT, Power Systems and Renewable Energy. ElectromodSolar a brand name.
- Founder and Chairman; InternetGHANA Co Ltd, an Internet Service Provider
- Co-Founder; Ghana Japan Oil Co. Ltd, Japan, a Japanese Oil and Gas Company with additional business interest in National Infrastructural Development in Ghana and Africa.
- Others include Electromod Co. Ltd, Accra and London
CURRENTLY ENGAGEMENTS ARE;
- Chairman & CEO, Electromod Co Ltd, Renewable Energy
- Chairman & CEO, InternetGHANA Co Ltd
- Managing Director, Ghana Office, Ghana Japan Oil Co. Ltd, engaged in wide range of Infrastructural Development and Oil and Gas related Businesses.
GOVERNMENTAL APPOINTMENT
2015
Board Chairman, Board of Directors, Metro Mass Transit Ltd Key Initiatives at Board Level
- All Bus Route Map, Key Cities
- Partner with Bus Manufacturer, Stop Buying buses.
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION
2007 – 2008 (Part)
Executive MBA, Entrepreneurial Management
(Attached Transcript),
University of Ghana Business School, University of Ghana, Accra
1980 – 1983
PG Dip. Architecture – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
(KNUST)
1977 – 1980
BSc. Environmental Design – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
(KNUST)
CONSULTANCY
2010
Technical Consultant – Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications, GIFEC. Contract for the Audit of Telecommunication Network Infrastructure built by GIFEC.
2011 – 2014
Ghana Japan Oil Consultancy
Consultancy services to the Japanese Company for the development of a varied set of key National Strategic.
Infrastructure for Ghana. Worked with Directors of GJO and Consultancy Firm Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO).
PROJECTS INCLUDE
- Volta 2GW Thermal Power Plant & LNG Import
Infrastructure Proposal, estimated US$4Billion Project.
- STEM Colleges Project Proposal, Qty x50 as part
200 SHS Commitment, US$1Billion, Consultant
Architects;- and Architect Mike
Amui, Ghana, Project Client, Ministry of
Education, MOE & GETFUND
- Housing Project for Security Forces Project
Proposal, Client National Security Council, (NSC)
Contact. Lieutenant Colonel Larry Gbevlo-Lartey
(rtd)
- Construction of Demonstration 2 Semidetached
House at Okponglo, Accra, 2 Bedroom, Study, Living & Dining, fitted Kitchen, Construction completed in 14 days, Consulting Architect, Mike Amui, Client, National Security Council, (NSC),Contact. Lieutenant Colonel Larry Gbevlo-Lartey
(rtd)
- Others;
- Railway Rehabilitation
- Tama Port Rehabilitation Plus Cruise Ship
Terminal
III. Monorail, Accra
- New International Airport, including Rail, Road Access, Prampram
2011 – 2014
World Bank ICT Consultant,US$15 million Health Insurance Project (HIP), National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA). Key Achievements include;
- Professional implementation of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) integrated Electronic Claims Management (eClaims) under the HIP.
- Developed the Concept Paper for electronic Claims, component B of the World Bank, Health Insurance Project, HIP.
- Developed the Terms of Reference, TOR’s, documents and obtained “No Objection” from the World Bank for (i) eClaims, the (ii) procurement activity under the project. Including.
▪ Health Service Providers, HSP, Hardware systems, comprising Desktop Computers with Wifi Capability, High caliber Computer servers, Local Area Networks based on Wifi Connectivity, comprehensive Power Assurance Systems for 6/12 hours power backup time.
▪ The NHIA CPC Data Centre architecture upgrade to accommodate the approximately 19 million eClaims to be submitted annually.
▪ The Data Connectivity Solution linking the NHIA HQ, the CPC at Dzorwulu and the Ghana Internet Exchange, GIX at the Kofi Annan ICT Centre, KAICTC.
▪ The Data Connectivity Solution that links up the selected 47 selected Health Service Provider Sites to the CPC Servers in Accra including a VPN based
Security layer.
▪ The TOR for the Software Application to deliver automatic electronic Claims submission, adjudication and vetting.
- The Preparation of all required TOR, RFP’s, relating to each Procurement Activities.
- Evaluation of Tender Submissions and the recommendations for award of Contracts for each activity.
- The Project Management of the vast resource of hardware, accessories and software supplied under each contract for the delivery of eClaims from the HSP, the reception of eClaims under the defined eClaims Standard Interface, eCSI, the software adjudication of eClaims, etc.
- Worked to successfully move the World Bank Health Insurance Project from the status classification of “threat of Closure” at time of appointment to “Satisfactory” Completion at point of exit.
2012 – 2013
PROJECT CONSULTANT, MARUBENI, GHANA OFFICE
“Weather Surveillance and Disaster Reduction System” Project Proposal for Ghana, Key client: Ghana Meteorological Authority.
ARCHITECTURAL
1986 – 1990
Residential Home for Mr. Rene Tamakloe, Lomé, Togo,Design Concept leslie Tamakloe, Construction Supervision.
1990 – 1994
Residency of Leslie Tamakloe, Remodeling of Estate House, Teshie Nungua Estate, Design Concept leslie Tamakloe.
1998 – 2008
4 Storey Office building, Accra, Electromod Co Ltd, InternetGHANA Co Ltd Head Office, Design Concept, Leslie Tamakloe.
2009 – 2011
Residency of Leslie Tamakloe, Custom Modern Design, Construction of Master Residential house, Community 20 Estates, Tema (Design Concept architect B. K. Acheampong)
ENTREPRENEURIAL
2011 TO DATE – DIRECTOR, GHANA OFFICE
Ghana Japan Oil Co. Ltd, a Japanese Oil and Gas Company with added business in Real Estate Development & Construction.
FOUNDER AND CEO
1997 – 2005
Datamatrix Co. Ltd Data Service Firm
1996 TO DATE FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN
Internet GHANA Co. Ltd, a Data and Internet Service Provider
Firm.
1986 TO DATE FOUNDER AND CEO
Electromod Co. Ltd in UK and Ghana, a Computer Equipment,
Hardware, Software, Power Assurance and Accessories.
LECTURER
2011 – 2012 PART TIME
Lecturer in ICT Course, Students Citation Catholic Institute of Business and Technology, CIBT, Tantra Hills, Accra
.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
ELECTROMOD CO. LTD.
Defacto Project Team Manager, Key Lead Engineer, Technical Resource Expertise and Consulting for Projects Design, Implementation and Commissioning. Projects both Inhouse and External.
PERSONAL TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
- Electrical Systems, Electrical Environmental Design, Wiring, configuration, Repair and Maintenance.
- Electronics Systems, Diagnosis, Repair, Maintenance
- Computer Systems, assembly, OS Programming, Diagnosis, Repair, Unix/Linux Operation Systems, desktop to servers and cloud computing.
- Software, DOS, Windows, Linux, Business Office Suites both MS & OpenOffice, various Application Software packages both on Windows and Linux Platform, Apache, DB Systems Access, MySQL, Postgres, Squid, Web Email platforms, etc.
- Solar Energy Technologies, Design, Dimensioning, _____ , for Home, Commercial, Industrial Solar Systems, Energy savings computation, On-Grid, Off-Grid and Hybrid, BatteryTechnologies types and Choice Dynamics.
- Extensive knowledge of computer systems across windows and
ELECTROMODSOLAR, Brand Name
2018 15,000Watts Hybrid Solar Power System for various Homes
2017 Design, Dimensioning, Installation and configuration of 10,000Watts Hybrid Solar Power system, Donation to the Archbishop of Accra, Archbishop Palmer Buckle, Holy Spirit Cathedral, Accra
5,000Watts Hybrid Solar Power System, Donation to the Arch
Bishop of Kumasi Diocese, Archbishop __________________
40,000Watts Hybrid Solar Power System, Head Office Building,
Adabraka.
2016 Design, Dimensioning, Installation and configuration of a total of
60,000Watts of Domestic Solar Power Systems
ELECTROMOD
1989 – 1996
Assembling and sale of Smile Computers
1994 – 1996
Introduction of Best UPS Products into the Ghanaian market
1989
Ghana Commercial Bank, GCB
- Supply and Installation of several of UPS to the GCB
- Computerization Project at GCB Branch, High Street.
- Control UPS Power Distribution to Central Servers and PCs
- Supply and Installation of UPS to GCB Branch Offices nationwide.
- Supply and Installation of UBD to GCB Head Office, Unilever HQ,
- USAID
- AVR/ACCRA BRANCH
- UPS
- UBS
1989
Tema Oil Refinery, T.O.R.
- Installation of Uninterruptible Power Plant for the Petroleum refinery critical electronic process control system.
1986 – GNPC- Ghana National Petroleum Corporation
- Supply and Install 950KVA Diesel Generator System for the GNPC Building, Tema.
- Supply and Install 30KVA UPS System to Seismic Data and Plot up Room, GNPC and several Power Distribution Networks across five (5) floors GNPC Building, Tema.
1986 – Controller and Accountant General’s Department
- Supply and Install Industrial AVR and UPS at the Compute Room Ref: AG, Controller and Accountant General- Mr. Ewin Tohma,Project Experience
INTERNETGHANA CO LTD
Defacto Project Team Manager, Key Lead Engineer, Technical Resource Expertise and Consulting for Projects Design, Implementation and Commissioning. Projects both Inhouse and External.
Personal Technical Expertise
- Extensive knowledge of telecommunications systems and Equipment, technologies and protocols.
- Including key competence in Data and Network Systems Design, Configuration and Troubleshooting across various
Platforms like Cisco, Huawei, Navini, Madge Networks, TeleMobile, Storno, etc
- Digital technologies Cable media, such as ISDN, XDSL, etc
- Wireless digital technologies such as WIFI, SDH, WIMAX, IP, LTE Systems.
- Fiber Solution in LAN MAN and WAN configuration
Key Inhouse Projects
1996
Implementation of Ghana’s first digital connection to the Global Internet, 64kbps, in partnership with Ghana Telecom and MCI, USA.
Implemented InternetGHANA’s first Dial-in Internet Access platform, based on US Robotics platform, Linux based DNS, Web Server Platform, Authentication systems
1997
Pioneering Design, implementation of backbone Networks, last mile solutions based on Cable technologies of xDSL and Radio for Corporate Institutions. This involves integration solutions, project commissioning and handover.
1997
Pioneering Designed, engineered, implemented the Integrated Services Digital Services, ISDN, technology based on Madge Equipment, and implementing the 1st digital ISDN 128kbps based on leased line cable for Standard Chartered Bank, Accra.
The successful implementation of the Technology formed the basis of the incorporation of DataMATRIX Co Ltd to commercialize the technology for delivery of several Data Wide Area Networks for multinationals Banks and Industries.
1999
Designed, engineered, Implemented provisioning of Enterprise wide solutions using RAD, Israel, Cisco, USA equipment. These are Digital Cross-connects, Integrated Access Devices, Radios (IP
and nxE1), Routers and Switches.
2000
Installed a 4.7metre Earth Satellite Station, installed and Provisioned Internet bandwidth Services working with Sprint USA as internet backbone network provider.
2001
Pioneering Designed, engineered and implemented Ghana’s 1st commercial xDSL platform, for the simultaneous provision of Internet and phone services based on Ghana Telecom telephone cable network, covering more than 8 POP’s in Accra Tema for Internet access and Data Connectivity Services.
2003
Expanded the Commercial xDSL platform to 25 POP nationwide including Kumasi, Cape Coast, Takoradi Tarkwa, Obuasi, Koforidua based on Bank Loan.
2004
Installation and Configuration of pfsense as Access Network
Gateway, Router, Captive portal server, Security/firewall, Managed Internet Server and Open VPN server, backup server over 3G networks for Internet and Data services.
Design, Implementation and Management of Linux E-mail systems using MDaemon and Zimbra mail platforms.
SIGNIFICANT CONTRACT PROJECT
2001 TO DATE
SITA/Equant/Orange
Led a Team of Technical personnel to implement a wide range of contracted data circuits nationwide using various transport media and technologies.
2006 – 2010
InternetGHANA
Owner and supervisor of the 1million dollar Pre-Wimax Project implemented by InternetGhana. Skyburt Project
- Designed Engineered, Implemented Ghana’s 1st WiMAX network solution based on the technology from Navini Networks, USA in the 2.3GHz frequency Spectrum. Cellular Radio Frequency planning for design and implementation of fixed and mobile Wireless Data Networks.
- Developed the Financial Proposal to Cal Bank
- Led Technical Officers to put together the Technical Implementation Proposal, Overall Supervisor for implementing projects that covered;
- 14 Base Stations, Accra-Tema, Kumasi and Takoradi
- Backhaul links to each Co-location Site
- Commission and handover of Project to Operational Team
- Team Engineers Mr. Raymond Bill and Mr. Senanu Afoh
2010 SITA/EQUANT
Developed and Supervised the Implementation of Ethernet Private Line (EPL) and Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL) circuits over
Layer 2 platform for International Ethernet circuits. Team Engineers Mr. Raymond Bill and Mr. Senanu Afoh.
2011
GCNet/CEPS
Design and successfully implemented and tested an access platform to GCNet/CEPS Servers over the 3.5G Network using APN services from MTN Ghana. This solution is available for all the freight forwarders and Warehouses in Ghana.
FINANCIAL BUSINESS PLANS
Completed Concept Paper, Project Appraisal Documents, and Business Plan that successfully resulted in approvals of Bank Loans as follows:
2005
InternetGHANA: DSL Project, US$500,000
2006
InternetGHANA: WiMAX Project, US$1.5million.
2014
InternetGHANA: International Wholesale Carrier License,
(IWCL), GHC1.1Million
TRAINING AND SEMINARS
2011
Cisco CIO, Accra
LEADERSHIP FORUM
2007
Navini, Ghana.
WIMAX, Technology Implementation.
2006
ZTE, China.
ADSL Technology 1997 – Madge, Netherland.
ISDN Technology Implementation
1992
Best Power, UK, USA.
UPS, UBS, Power System Technology
1992
Telemobile, UK.
Mobile Radio Telephony Technology
1989
Storno, UK.
Mobile Radio Telephony Technology
1986
Claude Lyons, UK.
AVR, UPS, Power System Technology
Presentations
2018
Catholic Church Solarisation Project Proposal, Accra
Solarisation of Catholic Churches, Parishes and Institution
HO Diocese Solarisation Proposal, Ho
Solarisation of Catholic Churches, Parishes and Institution
SVD Solarisation Proposal, Accra
Solarisation of Catholic Churches, Parishes and Institution
2017
GOIL STATIONS SOLARISATION PROJECT PROPOSAL
2014
NHIA HIP Project Closure Activities
Submission of various reports and presentations relating to
Project implementation Updates, targets and milestones to World Bank Office and stakeholders.
PROJECT COMPLETION RATED:
SATISFACTORY
2013
NHIA Management Conference, Elmina
eClaims Status Report and the future
2012
NHIA Management Conference, Sogakope
eClaims, the Concept
2012
World Bank Project Appraisal Team
eClaims, the Concept, Activities and Status
2011
National Security Council, NSC .
“National Security Digital Archive” NSDA Project Proposal presentation
2010
Social Security and National Insurance Trust, SSNIT, Accra.
Key Resource Person at the 1st Conference, “ ICT Driver for Social Growth”, using ICT tools to redefine the provision of Social Security and Insurance including pension funds.
2007
USAID Trade and Investment Forum, San Francisco, USA.
- Embassy Sponsored.
2006
Rotary Club Ghana and Foreign Members of Rotary Club
Annual Conference, Accra. Key Resource Person, . “The Role of ICT in Literacy Promotion in Ghana”
2005
CTO Conference, South Africa
“Challenges to Broadband access in Africa”. The InternetGHANA Experience.
Committees
2011 – 2014
CHAIRMAN
NHIA Call Center Implementation Committee
2011- 2014
CHAIRMAN
NHIA Data Center Upgrade Committee
2010 – 2014
Member
NHIA Board of Directors Sub-Committee on Membership Data
Integrity
2001 To 2009
Co-Founder & Honorary Member, Ghana Internet Service
Providers Association, GISPA
2010 – 2012
Member of the Ministerial Advisory Committee,Ministry of Communications
2004
Chief Negotiator
GISPA/Ghana Telecom, GT Bandwidth Price Negotiations
2001
Founding Member and First President –Ghana Internet Service Providers Association, GISPA
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