With a diverse experience spanning over twenty years in the manufacturing sector, Latiff Cherono is driven to deliver value. He has worked in the United States automotive manufacturing sector as well as electronic manufacturing.  He has consulted across Africa as Lean Six Sigma practitioner to manufacturing and service companies. 

In his current as the General Manager of Gearbox-Europlacer in Nairobi Kenya, Latiff is tasked with the setup and growth of the regions first commercial Electronic Manufacturing Services facility. This facility acts as a catalyst to accelerate the  burgeoning electronic hardware innovation ecosystem in East Africa. To this end, one of the major achievements of Gearbox Europlacer facility thus far is to the manufacturing of Raspberry Pi products for the African market (under license).