Jack Otieno is the co-founder and Operations Director at Eco-Frontier Kenya Limited — and the hands-on heartbeat of our project work. With over 13 years of experience working with rural communities across Kenya, Jack is the bridge between technical project design and development and real-world execution.
His background in project design, project certification, Monitoring and Audits coupled with community engagement gives him a unique edge: he understands not only how to implement renewable energy and Nature Based Solutions carbon projects — but how to make them work for the people they’re meant to serve and the impacts they should create.
Jack is a specialist in Nbs Project Design Specialist, and skilled in designing and executing forestry carbon projects following both VCS and CCB, Gold Standard Schemes. He has a wide experience in household surveys, carbon project field protocols, and audit preparations. If there’s a carbon asset to be assessed, Project performance to be reported — Jack’s got it covered.
🎓 BSc. Community Nutrition — Egerton University
📚 Master’s in Climate Change Adaptation (UoN)
Certificate-Greenhouse Gas Accounting
📍 Oversaw delivery & monitoring of 80,000+ clean cook-stoves
Managing of 2 Forestry Projects in Kenya, over 30,000 ha
Consulting for Several Baseline Assessments, Monitoring Assignments
📊 Expert in rural appraisal, data quality, and project ops
🤝 Known for building trust — from Nairobi boardrooms to village barazas
we serve — because carbon credits should come with human value, too.