Mark Makombe — Software Engineer / Systems in Motion

01 About / experience

One career.
Four layers of impact.

More than a decade designing and operationalising digital systems across government, international NGOs and national public-health programmes—combining software engineering, information architecture, cybersecurity and delivery leadership.

23+PROJECTS DELIVERED

10+YEARS BUILDING

7LIVE PRODUCTS

4DELIVERY DOMAINS

A healthcare worker using a tablet with a pregnant patient during an antenatal consultation.

ZIMBABWE / DIGITAL HEALTH

03 / SELECTED SYSTEMSFOUR CASE STUDIESSCROLL TO MOVE THROUGH THE EXHIBITION

01 / 04CLINICAL WORKFLOW

ENGINEERING OBJECTIVETURN GUIDANCE INTO THE NEXT RIGHT ACTION.

Care begins at the interaction.

Across WHO Digital Adaptation Kit work and Zimbabwe's national electronic partogram, I translate clinical guidance into usable, auditable workflows.

WHAT IT ISClinical decision-support workflows

PROBLEM: Clinical guidance has to become a clear next action without losing safety, traceability or programme intent.
MY ROLE: Workflow architecture
ENGINEERING: Modelled decision paths, validation states and auditable clinical interactions.
RESULT: WHO DAK work + Zimbabwe electronic partogram
STACK: Clinical workflows · Interoperability · Data modelling

A healthcare worker using a tablet for patient data capture in a clinic.

ZIMBABWE / DIGITAL HEALTH

02 / 04OFFLINE-FIRST DELIVERY

ENGINEERING OBJECTIVEKEEP THE SYSTEM USEFUL WHEN CONNECTIVITY FAILS.

Resilience is a clinical feature.

I design offline-aware capture and synchronization for facilities where the network cannot be treated as a constant.

WHAT IT ISOffline-capable clinical data systems

PROBLEM: Facilities still need dependable capture and continuity when connectivity is slow, intermittent or absent.
MY ROLE: Offline-first systems
ENGINEERING: Designed sync-aware workflows, resilient states and recovery around real facility conditions.
RESULT: Real-time and offline COVID-19 capture across 7 facilities
STACK: Offline data · Synchronisation · Facility workflows

A public-health team reviewing a health dashboard on a large screen.

ZIMBABWE / DIGITAL HEALTH

03 / 04PROGRAMME INTELLIGENCE

ENGINEERING OBJECTIVEMOVE DATA FROM REPORTING INTO DECISION.

A dashboard matters when someone acts.

For malaria surveillance, I connected facility reporting, validation and analysis so programme teams could see earlier, clearer signals.

WHAT IT ISPublic-health surveillance and intelligence

PROBLEM: Reporting only creates value when programme teams can trust the signal and act on it quickly.
MY ROLE: DHIS2 + data pipelines
ENGINEERING: Connected capture, validation, transformation and decision dashboards into one reporting flow.
RESULT: Malaria surveillance connected across 10 facilities
STACK: DHIS2 · Power BI · ETL pipelines

A clinician reviewing an electronic health record with a patient.

ZIMBABWE / DIGITAL HEALTH

04 / 04NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE

ENGINEERING OBJECTIVEPROTECT CONTINUITY AT NATIONAL SCALE.

Systems become infrastructure.

I helped lead engineering for Zimbabwe's Impilo EHR, bridging clinical workflows, interoperability, security and the teams who sustain it.

WHAT IT ISNational electronic health-record infrastructure

PROBLEM: A national record must connect care, interoperability, security and long-term operational ownership.
MY ROLE: Engineering leadership
ENGINEERING: Led lifecycle decisions across clinical workflows, secure integration and technical team delivery.
RESULT: Engineering contribution to Zimbabwe's national Impilo EHR
STACK: EHR · FHIR/HL7 · Security · Delivery