Experience

VerifyMe Nigeria

• Nigeria
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Technology Officer (CTO), VerifyMe Nigeria

  • Mar 2021 - Present

  VerifyMe Nigeria is a vibrant tech company that is enabling and transforming trust in Nigeria by providing digital identity and verification services. As CTO, I have the charge of defining VerifyMe’s technology strategies. I oversee the development and deployment of technology infrastructure/solutions. I align engineering and architecting activities with the company’s overall goals. I set and implement technology SOPs. And I manage multiple internal and external projects. My role also entails that I lead a team of high-performing engineers and architects with diverse specializations, provide technical and non-technical guidance to my team members, develop and effectively harness my team members’ skillsets, foster a positive culture of excellence, and remain on the edge of innovation. Show less



Deimos

• South Africa
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Engineering

  • Oct 2018 - Feb 2021

  Deimos is a company that helps businesses improve their service through cloud-native transformation strategies, developer and security operations (DevSecOps), software engineering/architecture, data engineering, and analytics observability. My role as Director of Engineering required me to: • Provide executive-level support for the realization of the company’s strategic goals. • Provide technical direction/expertise for engineering and architecture projects. • Design scalable solutions for clients across various industries. • Manage, mentor, and evaluate a team of technical workers. • Develop and implement SOPs for the technical team. Show less



Konga Group

• Nigeria
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Apr 2018 - Sep 2018

  In this capacity, I was responsible for directing software engineering activities and providing day-to-day oversight of the engineering team’s efforts. I was also responsible for managing business cloud spends and optimizing processes that ensured spends remained within budget.As Head of Engineering for Konga, I achieved many significant feats. Notably, I led the engineering aspect of the merger project that unified ‘Konga’ and ‘Yudala’ (a former player within the Nigerian e-commerce space), and I ensured that both companies’ systems and processes were smoothly harmonized. I also designed the architecture of a refreshed ‘konga.com’ platform that delivered enhanced product discoverability, enhanced search, greater compatibility with iOS and Android apps, and better user experience (UX). Show less

• • Jul 2017 - Mar 2018

  After 2 years in the Software Architect role, I was promoted to the position of Team Lead. This required me to:• Liaise with various engineering teams for the development of architecture and SOPs.• Supervise the daily operations of my team members.• Develop clear architecture documentation for developers.• Participate in code review exercises.• Serve as the bridge between the business and engineering teams for various projects.Some key accomplishments:• I designed and implemented a recommendation service using ‘Recombee Engine’ and this increased Konga’s conversion rates by 40%.• I led a project that delivered smooth migration of infrastructure from Amazon Web Service (AWS) to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Kubernetes and resulted in a 70% decrease in Konga’s cloud spends. Show less

• • Jan 2015 - Jun 2017

  I contributed to the efforts of the Software Architecture team and accomplished many projects. For example, I:• Assisted in the designing and implementation of services for breaking down a monolith into a microservice architecture. This entailed me using different programming languages and frameworks (like NodeJS, PHP, Java, and .NET to name a few).• Helped build a shipping service as part of the ‘Service-Oriented Architecture’ (SOA). This delivered a more robust and well-rounded shipping experience on the Konga.com platform. • Helped build ‘Catalog Service’—a program that powered product listing on Konga’s platform and helped the platform withstand massive traffic inflows, especially during Konga’s Black Friday & Cyber Monday sales. • Helped build a reliable asynchronous messaging system between the company’s micro-services using RabbitMQ.• Eliminated the business cost of renewing a third-party CRM licence by designing and implementing a custom CRM system. Show less

• • May 2013 - Jan 2015

  I was responsible for leading the enterprise development team that built applications to power warehouse and logistics processes. I also had the task of driving continuous integration efforts across multiple teams.Some of my accomplishments in this role include:• Building Konga’s marketplace platform (SellerHQ)—a platform that allows thousands of merchants list their products on Konga.com and manage their orders. • Contributing to the design and implementation of a new ‘Distributed Warehouse System’—a system that cut the general order fulfilment time by 50% and enabled the shipment of over 70,000 orders in less than 1 week during Konga’s Black Friday & Cyber Monday sales.• Decreasing the average request time (on Konga’s shopping app) from 2 seconds to 250 milliseconds. Show less



Kudaba

• Lagos, Nigeria

• Software Engineering Consultant

  • Mar 2015 - Sep 2016

  Kudaba is an online platform that enables users find and review local businesses in Nigeria. I provided consultancy services to Kudaba at their early startup phase, and this helped them develop the first iteration of their live-event streaming app (iOS and Android). I also mentored Kudaba’s junior software engineers and helped improve their performance. Kudaba is an online platform that enables users find and review local businesses in Nigeria. I provided consultancy services to Kudaba at their early startup phase, and this helped them develop the first iteration of their live-event streaming app (iOS and Android). I also mentored Kudaba’s junior software engineers and helped improve their performance.



SiNet Technologies

• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Solution Developer

  • Sep 2012 - Apr 2013

  SiNet Technologies is an international tech consulting firm that provides technology services and solutions to private and public sector clients in North America, Africa, and other parts of the world. In this role, I executed and contributed to some projects for clients in the Nigerian market. Some of these include: • A metrics solution for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to capture daily and monthly metrics of products in all refineries across Nigeria. • An interdepartmental SLA (Service Level Agreement) solution for Oando Plc to measure the performance of its departments and personnel. Show less



FPT Software

• Vietnam
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Developer

  • Jan 2012 - Aug 2012

  FPT Software is a global technology and IT services group headquartered in Vietnam. The group provides smart, cutting-edge services to Fortune 500 companies in diverse industries and geographies. In my role as Software Developer, I helped migrate a web application built for Directv from Java Strut 2 to Java Spring Framework. I helped build a robust service directory system that helps individuals and businesses find/locate businesses across several geographical regions. FPT Software is a global technology and IT services group headquartered in Vietnam. The group provides smart, cutting-edge services to Fortune 500 companies in diverse industries and geographies. In my role as Software Developer, I helped migrate a web application built for Directv from Java Strut 2 to Java Spring Framework. I helped build a robust service directory system that helps individuals and businesses find/locate businesses across several geographical regions.