Julius is a PMP with a Masters degree in Economic Policy and a Bachelors degree in statistics from Makerere University, Uganda. He is also a trade policy design, analysis and Negotiation fellow from the University of Adelaide – Australia.Julius has also attended other international training Programmes at the University of Cape Town-South Africa, African Training Institute in Ebene Mauritius and the Academy of International Business Officials(AIBO) in Beijing China.

He is currently the Director Strategy at Pride Data Solutions. He is the technical lead for the Research and Evaluations Unit.

Julius currently works with Uganda Revenue Authority as a Customs Statistician and manages international trade data. He also worked with Uganda Cares-AHF as a Data Manager where he participated in the development and review of data collection tools, supervised data collection as well as data analysis on the test and treat project. He began his career as a Field Team leader with Uganda Bureau of statistics where he worked on different socio-Economic surveys.

Julius also currently works as a Consultant-Trade Statistics Trainer with Japan International corporation Agency (JICA) on a project for the introduction of the harmonized system in South Sudan. He has also worked as a Trade Expert at the East African Community-EAC and a Consultant at the Common market for East and Southern-COMESA.

He has done research on Trade facilitation, Regional Integration and food Security in sub Saharan Africa and presented policy research papers in Italy, Philippines, Ethiopia, Kenya and Zambia.

Paulinus is an International Trade Expert. He is a Time Release Study Expert accreditated in Brussels Belgium by World Customs Organisation as WCO Customs Technical and Operational Advisor in the field of Time Release Studies.

He is also a Senior Statistician.He has over 29 years of experience serving in various capacities in the corporate and trade consultancy space. Paulinus has facilitated and undertaken TRS studies, trained and supervised customs staff of various countries on TRS studies on the African Continent and Asia. He has consulted with Trade Mark, EAC, COMESA, and the WorldBank. In his corporate journey, He worked with Uganda Revenue Authority as the Project Manager for the National Electronic Single Window in Uganda;Head of the Data collection Office in Internal Revenue Department, Head of the Business Analysis Section, Head of the Customs Planning Section; Customs Department, Member of the Customs ASYCUDA Project Team;Head of the Customs Statistics Office.

Paulinus is currently a Trade Expert at Pride Data Solutions.He is also a reputable member of the International Trade Statistical Committee. He has served as a technical expert on technical teams on studies and High Level Task Force activities that were done before and after the inauguration of the EAC Customs Union. Pauline was instrumental in adaptation of ASYCUDA++ in Customs and Excise Department of URA having led a Team to Zambia Revenue Authority and gathered facts about the system performance in Zambia and presented a satisfactory report to the Administration.

He also participated in pre-budget preparations of amending and editing of the Finance Bill 2000/2001 in the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development in Uganda. He supported preparation of the draft Harmonized System Tariff Book at the time Customs was migrating from using CCCN classification to HS Code classification.

Pauline has working experience in countries he has worked including; Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Djibouti, Sudan, Oman, and Belgium.

Peter is a multi-skilled analyst who is an International Tax administration and international Trade Data Analysis Expert.

Peter is a Senior Statistician. He has over 11 years of practical experience serving in various capacities in the corporate and trade consultancy space. Peter has facilitated and undertaken numerous research studies, trained and supervised Tax administrations and customs’ staff of various countries on Data analytics on the African Continent. He has consulted with EAC, COMESA and JICA. In his corporate journey, He worked with Barclays Bank of Uganda as a Management Information Analyst, worked with Diamond Trust Bank as Head of Clearing Department before joining Uganda Revenue Authority where he worked as the Lead Business Intelligence Analyst on the Data warehousing Project which was the first successfully implemented project of its scale in East and Southern Africa. He is also a lead performance analyst in Uganda National Roads Authority conducting surveys on transit time of trade across the network of Ugandan Roads. He has also supported projects building capacity of customs officers in South Sudan and worked on numerous Time Release surveys in Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Malawi, Djibouti, DRC and Sudan.

Peter is currently an International Trade and Performance Expert at Pride Data Solutions. He has served as a technical expert on technical teams on studies and High Level Task Force activities after the inauguration of the EAC Customs Union. Peter was instrumental in developing synergies between domestic tax administration and international trade through linkages in the data that created 360-degree profiles that have improved taxpayer compliance. He supported amendment of the Republic of South Sudan Single Administrative Document and was part of the team introducing the Harmonized System to South Sudan Customs Services and part of the team developing a database to automate trade statistics data-capture in the Republic of South Sudan.

Peter has working experience in countries he has worked including; Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Djibouti and Sudan.

Daniel holds a Master of Business Administration from Makerere University. He holds a degree in Statistics from Makerere University. He holds a post graduate qualifications in monitoring and evaluation from Uganda Management Institute. His areas of expertise include project planning and management, monitoring and evaluation, socio-economic & scientific research design and implementation in thematic areas of health, agriculture, livelihoods and organizational capacity building.

Daniel has a wealth of experience having worked in capacities of Monitoring Learning Expert in Africa Innovations Institute; Senior Research Associate in i-train and Evaluate Center; Monitoring and Evaluation Manager in Mango Educational Enterprises, Northern Uganda Literacy Program;Monitoring and Evaluation Officer in Plan International; Research Assistant in World Vision; Data Supervisor in AIDS Information Centre.

Rogers Mubiru holds a Bachelor of Telecommunications Engineering and Diploma of Software Engineering, both from Kyambogo University. Rogers is hardworking and result oriented person. He prioritizes integrity, security and confidentiality of all data pertaining to projects undertaken by PDS inclusive of all administrative and management data.

Rogers has over five years of professional IT and management experience acquired working in Civil Aviation Authority in the IT department, Mpigi District Local Government, JES & E Technical services, Uganda Media Womens Association (UMWA/Maama Fm Radio station), Oriolec and ZTE. Rogers also holds a certificate of competence in finance and business management of Multitech Business School.