Marcel Ugwu Email & Phone Number

Oversee technology development, project management, and fostering innovation within the engineering department

Lagos, Nigeria

Essential Duties and Responsibilities- Responsible for handling complex design matters, identifies and addresses possible risks and constraints, and help development teams choose technology stacks such programming language, tools, frameworks, and coding standards- Participate in various events for customer assessments and analyze client requirements- Provides development time estimate and ensures projects are completed in time- Writes example codes, analyze and recommend software development standards and ensures compliance to architecture principles and IT strategies- Communicate business and technology roadmaps for software though emphasis is more on technology- Oversees the development of design and technical documents- Championed with the responsibility to implement and facilitate theadoption of LOW CODE approach to development within the organisation

Essential Duties and Responsibilities- Ensured that team delivers on time, within budget, and with a high level of quality- Architect services and distributed systems using well-accepted design patterns to allow future scaling- Ensured that the software development process is in line with best standards- Fostered a culture of documentation within your team- Managed various teams & team members (engineers), help themdevelop their careers, mentor them appropriately and assign them to projects tailored to their skill levels, expected skill sets, personalities, and work styles- Had frequent one-on-one sessions with the team members to identify problems if any and chart a course for their development- Improved the existing agile SDLC practices which helped improve delivery time and software reliability.- With a booking of over 4.2 million USD in revenue, I led my team to deliver NIN enrollment solution within the telco space in collaboration with National Identity Management Commission NIMC and in line with the federal directive- Promoted to the role of a software architect within 1 year

Lagos, Nigeria

Essential Duties and Responsibilities- Analyzed, designed, and developed software product with focus to driving end-to-end technical solutions for customers- Supported deployment of solutions through interaction with team, customers and partners as required- Participated in knowledge transfer, documentation & information sharing- Carryed out tests regression on products, reviewed codes and provided necessary features documentation- Converted an existing solution developed on Windows and Android to a web application that is platform independent thereby cutting development cost and time by almost 50%- I led the team that maintained and consistently delivered KYC solutions for the biggest telco in the country which has helped MTN Nigeria remain compliant with Nigeria regulatory body on SIM acquisition thus averting 5 billion USD in sanction- Led the team that deployed KYC solutions for GLOBACOM Nigeria and increased company profitability by over 300% in 2020 despite the impact of COVID 19 on business success across the globe

Lagos, Nigeria

Essential Duties and Responsibilities- Worked in Technologies such as Core Java/J2EE, Springboot, Angular, React Native, JavaScript, JSP, HTML, CSS- Used Scrum Agile Methodology in my work Daily Scrum Meeting, Planning Poker, Sprint Backlog, 1on1 meeting)- Optimized a retail solution which improved efficiency by 30%- Promoted to the position of Team Lead in 2016