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Nigeria

As the CTO at KAWA, I lead the development team in creating one of the most advanced last-mile delivery aggregator systems. This platform is equipped with cutting-edge features such as:Advanced Route Optimization – Ensuring efficient fleet management by optimizing delivery routes to minimize time, fuel consumption, and costs.Real-Time Fleet Tracking – Implemented a robust tracking system for real-time monitoring of delivery vehicles, enhancing visibility and operational efficiency.Order Management System – Developed a comprehensive order management solution, integrating order tracking, fulfilment, and customer communication into a single platform.Beyond my technical leadership, I have played a pivotal role in shaping the company's vision and strategy. As a serial entrepreneur and a full-stack evangelist, I drive innovation through:Strategic Technology Decisions – Spearheading the adoption of advanced technologies and frameworks that align with business goals and improve product scalability.Team Leadership & Mentorship – Managing and mentoring a multidisciplinary team of developers, ensuring continuous growth, productivity, and adherence to best practices.Product Roadmap & Vision – Defining the long-term product roadmap, aligning technical execution with business objectives, and introducing forward-thinking innovations in the logistics space.Cross-functional collaboration – Working closely with product, sales, and operations teams to ensure seamless technology integration with business processes, ultimately improving customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.Full-Stack Expertise – As a full-stack developer, I am actively involved in both the frontend and backend architecture, ensuring the system is robust, scalable, and secure.As a visionary leader with a deep understanding of technology and business, I consistently push the boundaries of what’s possible, driving KAWA’s growth and innovation in the competitive last-mile delivery space.

United States

As a Professional Service Analyst at Aurea Retail, I am responsible for implementing key features and strategies to enhance the performance of clients’ e-commerce businesses. My contributions included:I Developed and implemented core features driving over 159 e-commerce sites, enabling smooth functionality and improving the overall customer experience.I designed and implemented advanced learning recommendation strategies tailored to user search and ordering behaviours, aligning with customer objectives to boost conversions.I Integrated SLI System's AI search solution across more than 20 clients, introducing predictive search environments. The AI search leveraged strategies such as:- Search Term Relevance – Displayed results based on the relevance of search terms to user behavior and purchasing patterns.- User Intent Recognition – Predicted user needs based on their browsing and previous interactions.Popular Searches – Prioritized popular and trending products to increase visibility and sales opportunities.- Personalized Results – Customized search results based on individual user profiles, enhancing the shopping experience.

United States

At Aurea Retail, my role expanded to providing more advanced, tailored support to meet specific customer needs. My key responsibilities included:SLI SystemsI Implemented custom logic to enhance customer e-commerce sites, driving sales and improving performance. Analyzed customer data reports and proposed strategic optimizations to harness sales potential.I Utilized advanced in-house monitoring tools, complemented by external solutions, to continuously track and assess customer site performance and search indexing, ensuring optimal site functionality.PlaceableSupported Placeable, a location data management and distribution platform, assisting customers with data loading and troubleshooting to ensure accurate location-based searches for services. I also helped debug Bing Maps integrations for Placeable Pages, a customizable local landing page locator, ensuring smooth functionality and accurate service data delivery.

United States

As a Level 2 Support Agent at Trilogy, I provided advanced technical support across several key products:Verdiem – Assisted with the remote configuration and advanced customization of this power management tool for computers and appliances, helping customers optimize their energy consumption.Kayako – Supported users of this helpdesk and customer service platform, addressing complex configuration issues and ensuring smooth operations for support teams.Jive – Provided technical support for this employee engagement platform, troubleshooting issues, resolving customer-reported bugs, and implementing fixes to enhance platform functionality.SLI Systems – Delivered expert guidance for this SaaS-based enterprise e-commerce solution, helping clients fully utilize the platform’s features. Additionally, I organized and conducted remote training sessions for customers to ensure effective usage of the platform.My role required a deep understanding of each product, keen problem-solving abilities, and excellent customer interaction skills to deliver high-quality support and training.

Lagos, Nigeria

Managed technology budgets and time frames and also create timelines for the development and deployment of all technological services.Maintained a consumer-focused outlook and aiding in the delivering of IT projects to market ensuring all technology practices adhere to regulatory standards.Lead developer on a School Information System project deployed to University of Abuja and University of Ibadan, Distance Learning Centre. I handled the backend of the application and led other developers in building a robust system that handles automated accommodation booking, Transaction audit system, 360 reporting system of all activities on the portal, Grading and Result generation system, Senate summaries and reports different levels, Transaction security system e.t.c. The application is currently used by over 70,000 active users.Built a campaign website for Fidelity bank’s #ToughJobStory Campaign, users were to upload a one minute video of their tough job story and get people to like and share, the highest number of likes and shares becomes the winner. The campaign got over 20,000 entries across the nation.Led a team to develop BeLydiaSmart website(http://belydiasmart.com), A project that creates awareness on the use of contraceptive for the prevention of pregnancyLed a team of developers to redesign the Consolidated Hallmark Insurance website(http://chiplc.com) and build a new insurance purchase and claim portal. The portal has features like claim verification and payout for approved claims, purchase of insurance policy, multiple policy purchase, policy details, auto-policy renewal, e.t.c

Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria

Led and managed a team of software developers, supporting them in building industryleading, search engine optimised, robust and innovative software solutions that are fit for purpose.Developed strategies for the team to meet the company’s goals and objectives, and to improve the quality of the service it delivers internally and externally also planned and monitored the successful implementation of this strategy.Responsible for the quality and technical approach taken by team members, ensuring it is in-line with the company strategy – and that projects are delivered on time and on budget.Created and maintained a professional culture within the team, where individuals take ownership and are fastidious and proud of delivering excellence and quality.I took part in hiring new developers to join the company

Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria

I took over development and maintained zowasel, a price comparison web application at the time I joined. The application compare prices of product across listed merchant websitesI built a plugin to install on merchant website to get their data feed to our web app in real-time, this reduced the workload on the content department in updating the price of products on the price comparison engine.I worked with the customer support team to assist with technical problems relating to product feed integration, web crawler failure on merchant sites.Evaluate, prioritize and Take ownership of customer issues reported and seeing problems through to resolutionLed a team to build unionVibe, A your account for Union bank, Nigeria, The web applications have features like Custom ATM card request, Account opening. This was built on a custom web backend.

Lagos, Nigeria

Train students on the use of web scripting languages (PHP, Javascript, HTML, CSS)Mentor students and supervise them on given task and projects

Lagos, Nigeria

I led the development of XHS Nigeria website, the website is built on a custom CMS developed by the company and we integrated a print request system where customers can request for their documents printed and delivered to them.I managed and maintained the company’s custom CMS with other developers in the company, I built new plugins such as order request, custom product slider. I also optimized the code to speed up the application.I handled support for the company’s custom CMS to solve technical issues our customers had.

Master Of Education - Med, Educational/Instructional Technology

B.Sc Ed, Automobile Technology

Activities and Societies: Football Team

Nce, Automobile