Experience

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  GTG Consulting

  • Remote

  • Independent Infrastructure Consultant: Nigerian Maritime Administration and S...

    • Nov 2023 - Present
    • Remote

    Provide vision and leadership for the next generation of national infrastructure projects specifically focused on Port Safety, Security, Revenue Generation at the Port of Lagos. Leveraged domain expertise on Smarter Cities, and Instrumented Ports to create a PoV for His Excellency. Researched a...

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  IBM

  • Principal Client Engagement - National Security & Infrastructure

    • Jan 2021 - Nov 2023

    Provide support for IBM client teams supporting Governments around the world. Focus on Account Planning, Sales Enablement, Sales Engagement, Client Growth Workshops and Results.• Develop over the horizon business opportunitieso Work with clients and client teams to understand their future state vision o Identify technologies that position teams for future procurements while understanding the competitive landscape o Develop road map of procurements & partnerships to achieve the vision state• Close out current quarter opportunitieso Assist on the ground teams to solidify current quarter procurementso Provide creative options to expand current procurements with defined business outcomeso Identify options to advance procurements by incorporating emerging technology• Create AI/ML, Automation or Hybrid Cloud assetso Work with clients and client teams to identify emerging technical needso Harvest assets from client teams across the globe to meet local client requirementso Define the business value and outcomes of using AI/ML technologies to solve client problems

  • Global Government CTO - All Government

    • Mar 2019 - Jan 2021

    Global Government Chief Technology Officer for IBM’s Cloud Pak for Data software brand. Responsibilities included:• Bridge the gap between product engineering and on the ground sales teamso Advising product engineering on future client requirementso Explaining value propositions of emerging technologies to sales teamso Advocating for product change requests to meet client procurement standards and security needs (FEDRAMP)• Co-Create use cases with clients/client teams across the AI Ladder (Collect, Organize, Analyze and Infuse)o Gathering business needs and requirements across the client organization (Agency head, C-Suite, Operators)o Translating business requirements to client engineering and data scientistso Conference presenter on ethical and transparent AI practices• Create sustainable implementation models for clients to continue their digital transformation journeyo Identifying client requirements and approaches to maximize technology adoptiono Creating gap analysis of people, processes and technology needs within a client organizationo Developing short, medium and long term roadmaps for clients to meet mission objectives

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  IBM Global Business Services

  • Global Government CoC

    • Apr 2013 - Jan 2019

    Developed the IBM perspective on National Infrastructure, Public Safety, Justice and Corrections. The role defined how IBM would capture mind share, and market share across this domain, in governments around the world. Responsibilities included:• Develop the IBM Point of View of the Industry th...

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  IBM

  • Global

  • IBM Consulting: Associate Partner US Federal & State and Local

    • Apr 2001 - Jan 2013
    • Global

    Focused on selling, delivering IBM consulting projects to US Federal Government Clients. Clients included US Air Force, Task Force for Business and Stability Operations, Office of the Secretary of Defense, NASA. Key projects include:Task Force for Business & Stability Operations: Afghanista...

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  PwC

  • Consultant

    • Apr 2001 - Oct 2002

    U.S. Navy, Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Commander Navy Region (COMNAVREG), Solution Facilitator Initiative (SFI), Consultant, June 2001 to August 2001. Our firm was asked to provide guidance and support for process driven change focused on developing an understanding of “as is” ...