Experience

Jean Edwards Consulting

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Country Manager

  • Jan 2021 - Present



Codemode Solutions

• Nigeria
• Information Technology & Services

• CEO

  • Jul 2016 - Jan 2021

  • Successfully implementing business critical solutions that improved business efficiency and productivity across retail, telecom, agriculture, government and security sectors • Achieved over 90% projects completion rate by spearheading project life-cycle in the area of system architecture and critical decision making and ensuring all resources required were made available • Effectively coordinate across multiple teams to complete assigned tasks and projects driven by business needs and growth • Drive success in both technical sales and solution delivery services to clients



Bolt Logistics Ltd

• Founder

  • Mar 2015 - Jan 2021



Konga Online Shopping Ltd

• Snr Vice President Enterprise Solutions

  • Feb 2015 - Aug 2016

• Head of Technology Operations

  • Aug 2012 - Feb 2015

  • Facilitated the design and implementation of an SAP based ERP System to manage and automate the processing of Konga’s inventory of products of over 1 million unique records as well as custom built integration layer that ties into the web store front • Significantly reduced order processing time from 2 days to under 3hours and cutting licensing costs of over $1 million dollars annually • Spearheaded the development and automation of warehouse processes using handheld scanners for Inbound and Outbound processing of orders thereby eliminating all manual steps • Developed business expansion strategies to increase konga market share across other part of Nigeria by introducing delivery outside Lagos • Reduced recurring annual IT overhead by 15% with a combination of reducing outsourcing and moving certain infrastructure assets in-house • Managed Application Development, Business Analysis, Infrastructure and ERPTeams • Responsible for delivering the strategic and tactical framework necessary to support and operate a high paced, dynamic, and rapidly changing 24/7 environment • Responsible for the implementation and management of all hardware, software, networks, vendor connectivity and the operations applications designed to target high efficiency, availability, scalability of internal systems. • Built and led several teams of developers, architects and analysts in building several applications across the organization • Provided leadership and oversight of technology/outsourced resources, requiring mentoring, performance management and career development



Enterprise Solutions Inc.

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Solutions Architect, Independent Consultant

  • 2011 - 2012

  • Designed and led the migration process and integration efforts of Black Entertainment Television’s (BET) internal network with Viacom • Utilized Quest tools and native MS features migrated AD, Exchange and Applications from BET’s legacy network to Viacom for consolidation and management control • Designed and led the migration process and integration efforts of Black Entertainment Television’s (BET) internal network with Viacom • Utilized Quest tools and native MS features migrated AD, Exchange and Applications from BET’s legacy network to Viacom for consolidation and management control



The Judge Group

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Migration Specialist

  • 2011 - 2012

  Worked on multiple EMC Corp. Exchange 2003 to 2010 migration projects providing leadership and experience Worked on multiple EMC Corp. Exchange 2003 to 2010 migration projects providing leadership and experience



Talution Group

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Migration Specialist

  • Jun 2011 - Nov 2011

  • Led a team of consultants brought into a PointBridge project to remediate and complete an 18,000 seat Exchange 2010 migration and AD forest consolidation project that was failing for users in every continent and several nations increasing the complexity of the migration • Identified key risks and issues that were impacting the projects, and provided solutions and migration documentation for project completion • Utilized Quest Migration Manager 8.8 to bring better management to the project, increase migration data throughput by using client’s current VM infrastructure and MPLS Infrastructure



CDW

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Microsoft Senior Consultant - UC

  • Oct 2010 - Jun 2011

  • Designed, created and implemented solutions based on Microsoft’s Exchange 2010, 2007 and Active Directory platform technologies • Applied expertise and proven project methodology to design systems that achieved technical and business goals • Actively led the planning, design, and implementation of Microsoft infrastructure and related hardware for multiple complex projects • Conducted Microsoft Exchange Deployment Planning Services (EDPS) to several Software Assurance Customers • Prepared design documents and presentations clearly describing the design, including rationale for decisions and implications of decisions • Led and participated in workshops, seminars and public presentations on Exchange 2007, 2010 and Active Directory • Maintained good customer relations and feedback by delivering project responsibilities in line with the project plan and as outlined in the SOW • Implemented test plans, migration plans, and delivery plans as well as troubleshot network and application issues • Worked in a team environment, provided direction, support and input to other consultant



Afro Interactive

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Dec 2007 - Mar 2011

  • Part of a group of IT professionals with a vision to fill the gap of online destinations for African web users • Carried out technological researches and developed technology road-map for the company projects • Heavy involvement in developing project scopes, design, development and management of the portals and back-end applications • Part of a group of IT professionals with a vision to fill the gap of online destinations for African web users • Carried out technological researches and developed technology road-map for the company projects • Heavy involvement in developing project scopes, design, development and management of the portals and back-end applications



Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Engineer/Service Operations Manager – Messaging

  • Jul 2009 - Oct 2010

  • Acted as Lead Engineer for Messaging and Active Directory operations and projects for an agency that serves and regulates the energy industry • Worked with Enterprise Architect to design and move Active Directory infrastructure from a legacy 2000/2003 to a 2008 forest/domain mode • Active involvement in the installation of a mix of new virtual and physical 2008 domain controllers across 6 regional offices, AD Accounts and Groups cleanup as well as restructuring the Organizational Units • Introduced new tools such as Quest ActiveRoles Server, QuickConnect and Access Manager for management of AD and shared resources • Responsible for the design and implementation of the agency’s move from a distributed 2000/2003 Exchange structure to a centralized Exchange 2010 design and migration of resources and users to this new platform



Sun Microsystems Foundation Inc

• Senior Consultant

  • Jan 2008 - May 2008

  • Provided consultation by reviewing the infrastructure of one of Sun’s major Managed Services clients and provided an assessment as well as recommendations on where improvements could be made; assisted in migrating major components of this infrastructure to new platforms • Provided consultation by reviewing the infrastructure of one of Sun’s major Managed Services clients and provided an assessment as well as recommendations on where improvements could be made; assisted in migrating major components of this infrastructure to new platforms



SysArc Sr

• Infrastructure Consultant

  • Jul 2005 - Dec 2007

  • Provided technical guidance to the technical teams on infrastructure design and implementation for various projects • Spearheaded infrastructure assessment and consultation, system design and integration, testing, deployment and holding workshops • Acted as Senior Consultant on Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 migration project for a large law firm in Philadelphia, PA • Technical lead on an Active Directory migration from SunOne Directory Services and implementation of a Single sign-on/Identity Management solution at a mid-size government contractor based in Rockville, MD • Successfully acted as Lead Engineer to design and oversee the entire project lifecycle of a worldwide Active Directory domain consolidation project for a 2500-person telecommunications firm based in Linthicum, MD; involved the collapsing of 5 AD Forests into a Single Forest, MultiDomain model • Technical Lead on a Netscape Directory ServicesSendMail to AD and Exchange 2003 migration for a 400person marketing firm in New Jersey • Acted as Technical Lead on a Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 design and implementation; monitored 25 Servers with multiple applications and operating systems • Deployed Active Directory (2K3, 2K8) and Exchange (2K3, 2K7) on Small Business Server platform for a number of SysArc’s smaller clients • Performed Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange workshops for medium and large corporations’ IT departments around the country



SysArc

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Systems Design Engineer

  • May 2005 - Dec 2007

  • Provided technical guidance to the technical teams on infrastructure design and implementation for various projects • Spearheaded infrastructure assessment and consultation, system design and integration, testing, deployment and holding workshops • Acted as Senior Consultant on Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 migration project for a large law firm in Philadelphia. PA • Provided technical guidance to the technical teams on infrastructure design and implementation for various projects • Spearheaded infrastructure assessment and consultation, system design and integration, testing, deployment and holding workshops • Acted as Senior Consultant on Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 migration project for a large law firm in Philadelphia. PA



Avendra LLC

• Consultant

  • 2006 - 2007



Ciena

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant

  • 2005 - 2006



Eraglobe

• IT Director

  • Jan 2003 - Jan 2005

  • Played a vital role in defining the service offerings for Eraglobe on its startup, and developed technical and business strategies for steady growth • Effectively built and managed the hosting environment; hired and managed the technical team in the area of application development • Played a vital role in defining the service offerings for Eraglobe on its startup, and developed technical and business strategies for steady growth • Effectively built and managed the hosting environment; hired and managed the technical team in the area of application development



AFU

• Consultant

  • 2003 - 2003



Bight Networks

• Engineer

  • 2002 - 2003



United Messaging,

• Delivery Manager

  • Oct 2001 - Jul 2002

  • Achieved the development of solutions to client requirements and coordinated technical resources to deliver MS Exchange based messaging products on UMI’s managed services offerings; collaborated with different departments to developed and implement various solutions • Achieved the development of solutions to client requirements and coordinated technical resources to deliver MS Exchange based messaging products on UMI’s managed services offerings; collaborated with different departments to developed and implement various solutions



Exchange Messaging

• Consultant

  • Jan 2001 - Oct 2001

  • Provided leadership in the area of Directory Services (X.500, LDAP, DNS and Active Directory) and it applications within Microsoft Exchange • Developed test and deployment plans of projects; carried out configuration and installations for clients • Worked at UMI’s data centers and also acted as Tier 3 support for all Microsoft Exchange related help desk issue • Provided leadership in the area of Directory Services (X.500, LDAP, DNS and Active Directory) and it applications within Microsoft Exchange • Developed test and deployment plans of projects; carried out configuration and installations for clients • Worked at UMI’s data centers and also acted as Tier 3 support for all Microsoft Exchange related help desk issue



Spatter

• Partner

  • 1999 - 2001



eLink Communications

• Internet Systems Engineer

  • Mar 2000 - Dec 2000

  • Successfully developed and managed an operational platform to host eLink’s customer service portal and customer hosted messaging platform to support 15,000 concurrent user connections with a budget of over $1 million • Ensured the development and production environments was carried out effectively to ensure scalability, availability, data integrity and security • Employed various technologies including: intrusion detection systems, encryption, authentication and authorization filters, server clusters, load balancing and storage arrays among others as well as researched and tested various Internet technologies • Developed an extensive documentation to accompany all systems including operational and security policy documentation



Signal

• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Exchange Engineer

  • 1999 - 1999