Chuka Anene - Cto/Ciso/Pm Email & Phone Number

Nigeria

Responsibilities1. Technology Strategy and Vision: --- Develop and articulate a comprehensive technology strategy aligned with theoverall business goals. --- Lead the creation and execution of a long-term technology roadmap to driveinnovation and maintain a competitive edge in the retail hypermarket industry.2. Team Leadership: --- Build and lead a high-performing technology team, fostering a culture ofcollaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement. --- Provide mentorship and guidance to technical teams, encouraging professionaldevelopment and skill enhancement.3. Digital Transformation: --- Drive the digital transformation agenda by identifying and implementing cuttingedge technologies to optimize business processes, enhance customerexperiences, and boost overall efficiency. --- Spearhead initiatives to integrate digital solutions across various facets of theretail hypermarket group.4. Infrastructure and Architecture: --- Oversee the development and maintenance of robust and scalable ITinfrastructure. --- Ensure the design and implementation of secure, reliable, and scalabletechnology architecture to support current and future business needs5. Data Management and Analytics: --- Develop and implement data management strategies to harness the power ofdata for business insights and decision-making. --- Experience in database management and data migration --- Drive the use of analytics and business intelligence tools to enhance decisionsupport across the organization.6. Innovation and Research: --- Stay abreast of emerging technologies and trends relevant to the retail industry. --- Promote a culture of innovation by fostering collaboration with external partners,startups, and technology providers.7. Risk Management: --- Implement robust cybersecurity measures to protect sensitive information andensure compliance with industry regulations.

Nigeria

1. Drive the execution of all processes in the Osb product lifecycle, including product and market research, competitor analysis, planning, positioning, requirements and roadmap development, and product launch2. Translate product strategy into detailed requirements for prototyping and final development by engineering teams3. Create product strategy documents that describe business cases, high-level use cases, technical requirements, revenue, and ROI4. Analyze market data to develop sales strategies, and define product objectives for effective marketing communications5. Collaborate closely with engineering, production, marketing, and sales teams in the development, QA, and release of products, and balance resources to ensure success for the entire organization6. Develop product positioning and messaging that differentiates Osb across primary market segments

Lagos, Nigeria

Responsibilities include:• Developing the company’s strategy for using technological resources• Ensuring technologies are used efficiently, profitably and secure• Evaluating and implementing new systems and infrastructure• Develop technical aspects of the company’s strategy to ensure alignment with its business goals• Discover and implement new technologies that yield competitive advantage• Help departments use technology profitably• Supervise system infrastructure to ensure functionality and efficiency• Build quality assurance and data protection processes• Use stakeholders’ feedback to inform necessary improvements and adjustments to technology• Communicate technology strategy to partners and investors• Creating technical documentation such as design diagrams or use cases to communicate the intended design to other members of the team• Reviewing new technologies and updating existing systems to ensure they are compatible with current standards• Conducting assessments of existing systems to identify potential improvements or issues• Developing, testing, and documenting designs for new software applications or enhancements to existing applications• Coordinating with other departments to ensure that applications meet business needs• Communicating with clients about project progress and issues• Determining the project’s scope and creating plans for implementation• Design Server Architecture• Discover and implement new technologies that yield competitive advantage• Supervise system infrastructure to ensure functionality and efficiency• Build quality assurance and data protection processes• Monitor KPIs and IT budgets to assess technological performance• Communicate technology strategy to partners and investors• Monitor KPIs and IT budgets to assess technological performance

Lagos, Nigeria

• Leading a team of Software Engineers responsible for the development of web-based and mobile applications, including cross-browser testing, accessibility, and full software development lifecycle. • Forecasting the resources and budgets needed for each software development project. • Successfully developed a Loan and Saving Software for Oseamo Borealis Ltd. which scaled operations from a 330 customer base to over 7,000, and a daily average savings of N500,000.00. • Solving complex solutions to specific technical problems diagnosed during designing and implementation. • Creating user-friendly features that work across multiple software applications, systems & portals. • Monitoring the effects on changed codes and their effects on the performance on any related software or systems. • Reviewing code for quality, finding weaknesses & ensuring adherence to standards.

Lagos, Nigeria

• Developed and deployed the Nigerian Risk Index software application which aggregates the physical risks in all states and local governments in Nigeria, and generates a Risk Index with the data daily. • Generated visualization reports using business intelligent tools• Raised a team of Software Engineer that developed different software applications and trained sales and marketing team on how to use the built software. • Broke down program specification into its simplest elements and translated into a programming language. • Successfully designed predictive algorithms that generated reports for future incidents • Built and Monitored the research team responsible for Risk Control Project Management • Ensured data reliability across all locations and also ensure that the chart and visualization of all data are accurate and regular. • Conducted a user acceptance test on programs which guaranteed that the programs can be used easily, quickly and accurately.

Akwa Ibom State, Uyo

• Built a team from the existing staff that successfully and effectively handled the state's payroll related functions, tax, and benefits, as well as employee's data. • Successfully monitored, oversaw and processed all retired staff data across the state with the first 2 months of resumption. • Collated and processed pension data from all state Sub Treasuries; audit and applied BVN Validation technology which effectively authenticated and processed Akwa Ibom State pensions. • Proposed the accepted standards for data collation from Permanent Secretaries of the state government of Akwa Ibom. • Successfully trained Akwa Ibom State’s pension department staff on the use of our payroll software. • Reviewed Akwa Ibom state's payroll and ensure all benefits and remunerations are applied and accurate.

Lekki, Ajah

• Developed a team of talented technical experts that executed web production processes and supported business development strategies through conventional and innovative methodologies. • Led the strategic planning team that achieved the business goals by identifying and prioritizing development initiatives and setting timetables for the evaluation, development, and deployment of all web-based services. • Established an effective customer service and support process which was responsible for the successes of web-based services that implemented the support of the functions. • Successfully set up a process that integrated customer service with the support of software engineering processes which resolved customer issues and improved application usability. • Identified and deployed the technology trends and social behavior that increased the company's visibility. • Led the strategic planning team that achieved the business goals by identifying and prioritizing development initiatives and setting timetables for the evaluation, development, and deployment of all web-based services. • Established solutions that increased the company's revenue and client conversion by identifying the opportunities for innovation, assessment of marketplace obstacles and technical hurdles.

Lagos State, Nigeria

• Successfully handled the software development life cycle for 15 projects, end to end from start to finish. • Deployed a 3rd party application for Esofties Nig. Ltd. which reduced company overhead by 30%. • Assisted in physical and logical database design and successfully created prototypes for client engagements. • Built security into new product features which achieved 100% compliance with industry best practices. • Facilitated customization of systems by encouraging software engineering team to adopt emerging standards for software application development architecture and tools.

B.Sc., Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Played for my department, and trained with the School's football team. Was once my class representative.

Certification, Python 3, Certified

Ssce, High School/Secondary Certificate Programs, Ssce

Activities and Societies: Soccer, Long Jump

School Leaving Certificate, General, Elementary

Played football