Babatunde Dada Email & Phone Number

Lagos, Nigeria

Nigeria

Sparklight Property Development Company Limited is an indigenous firm of Real Estate Developers and Managers, actively involved in the development of residential and commercial properties all over the nation. The company was incorporated in 1996 as a subsidiary of Sparklight Engineering Company Limited (SECL) but has now assumed a status of a sister company by virtue of an increase in share capital and expansion of operations.

Lagos

Reporting to the CEO with overall management of the subsidiary investments of the organisation consisting of Anchoria Bureau de Change Ltd, West African Management Services Ltd (Oil & Gas), and Lewis Street Nominees Ltd.Overseeing the daily management and operations of the three companies including strategy and monitoringConducting new business development, identifying innovative methods for business growthProviding strong leadership and management, as well as budgeting and strategic planningActing chairman of the investment committee, as well as the Asset and Liability committeeCoordinating with all departments, overseeing operations, including departments such as accounts and finance, research, marketing and operationsRecruiting and selecting of new employees, monitoring performance and providing motivation and team building activities, ensuring the continual striving towards the corporate mission, goal and targets Liaising with potential clients, banks and the wider business community

London, United Kingdom

Worked within the Digital Publishing and Content TeamLiaised closely with key business stakeholders to conduct analysis and identify key requirementsConducted research and analysis, for the justification of recommended solutions, foreseeing issues including risk, dependencies or release issues, coordinating with the relevant personnel to addressMonitored previous product delivery, identifying process improvement opportunities for continual improvement and increased efficiencies in delivery quality and predictabilityResponsible for making strong technological choices allowing the business to scale and add new featuresProvided expertise on the technology landscape and emerging internet standardsFacilitated group interactions, extracted technical knowledge, documented to be less bound to internal developmentCompleted and submitted of various information and reports as required, including progress against outstanding milestones, status, resource requirements, issues, risks and dependencies

London, United Kingdom

Worked within an established global e-commerce retailer of luxury fashion labelsImplemented new Mobile and Tablet solutions to a sophisticated and fast paced consumer marketLiaised with Project Managers, Business Analysts, Developers, and Business Users to identify requirementsCoordinated with external vendors and agencies ensuring timely delivery of software and acting a gatekeeper of qualityCalculated capacity, preparing work backlog, as well as managing and coordinating software releaseConducted research of trends in Mobile technology, performed detailed analysis, recommending solutionsConducted and supervised user acceptance testing on a regular basisActing 2nd/3rd line of support for consumer complaint/issues, investigating and resolving issues to closureContributed to identifying cross project dependencies, within strategic integrationDelivered 3 mobile e-commerce applications opening up additional revenue streams in the first year, increasing total revenue by 10% and enhancing the customer shopping experience

London

Worked within an organisation specialising in financial derivatives trading, the parent company of IG Index, spread betting business, offering sports and financial betting platforms.Project Lead for project areas including Payments, Mobile Dealer & other Front End areas such as translation projectsTranslated the IG Markets site into German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Swedish and ChineseProject Lead for the Payments project, including PCI compliance; implementing payment systems across various platforms consistent with countries of operation including ACH (Automated Clearing House) in the USALead for the Mobile Team, implementing IG Index, IG Markets, and FX Online (All brands of IG Group plc) on the mobile platforms and the iPhone; maintaining the regression of Mobile platform with support from the Offshore teamWorked on other projects including Delayed Pricing, Exchange PermissionsLiaised directly with the business and IT teams for consolidating project requirements and assisting management in improving testing process using agile methodologyEnsured agreed time scales for test plans and scripts are achieved for the testing phase for projectsPoint of contact and referral for the business for all production and pre-production issuesDelivered several key projects on time including PCI (Payment Card Industry) compliance project ensuring the meeting of required standards for maintaining client information and integrity; over 35000 active trading clientsImplemented payment systems over IG websites (German, French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese) and Mobile Applications

London, United Kingdom

Worked within an organisation supporting the major Reuters products including the industry known Reuters 3000 XTRA, providing financial information on Equities and derivatives, Fixed Income products, FX and Money Markets, and Commodities, Reuters Knowledge, Reuters Data Scope Select and Reuters TraderPerformed QA Gatekeeper reviews of projects, providing sign off for entry into test and production environmentsCoordinated and set up quality review meetings; ensuring teams have the correct documentation for sign off into test and production environments; coordinating and scheduling of testing activitiesCaptured and reported all test metrics during test preparation and test executionResponsible for defect tracking administration for the project groupCollated test results and coordinated the analysis and final sign offLiaised with offshore QA teams in China, providing QA advice, reviewing offshore testing effortsCollaborated with IT development team, business unit representatives and project management on testing requirements, issues and software faultsExposure to Reuters Products including 3000 XTRA, REUTERS Knowledge, Data Scope Select & Reuters Trade

Peterborough, United Kingdom

An organisation publishing magazines, broadcasts radio and developing specialized TV and interactive mediaExtracted test cases and scenarios from User Interface Specification and Use Case Specification DocumentsPlanned, wrote, and executed test plans and scripts for website/software projects including design and construction of testing plans, based on functional specifications and user requirements; producing test strategy to define project scopeEnsured agreed time scales for test plans and scripts are achieved for the testing phase for projectsRecorded, analysed, reviewed, prioritised and re-testing of software faults found in the testing phases

Owner Manager Program, Business/Commerce, General

Activities and Societies: Treasurer, LBS OMP-18 Alumni

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), International Business Management

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Industrial Economics With Insurance