Sammie Ruona Edigbe, Ph.D.

Founder/CEO at Premiumreal
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Greater Ottawa Metropolitan Area, CA

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Experience

    • Canada
    • Financial Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Founder/CEO
      • Apr 2022 - Present

      I am responsible for constantly developing the company’s short- and long-term strategy, vision and mission. Acquiring financial partners. Owning and monitoring the finances (top / bottom line) and managing the cash flow cautiously, tracking revenue targets among others. Maintaining awareness of the competitive market landscape, expansion opportunities, industry developments, etc. Being the mouthpiece for the company at conferences, events, etc. and establishing strategic partnerships. Recruiting and developing the best talent for your company. I am responsible for the day-2-day running of the company, etc. Show less

    • Canada
    • Professional Training and Coaching
    • 1 - 100 Employee
      • Jul 2020 - Present

      Work with companies to develop or change an organization’s plan in areas such as operations, human resources, records management, and communications.Determine efficiency and effectiveness of managerial policies and programs.Conduct quality audits and develop quality management and quality standards for ISO (International Organization for Standardization) registration.Study company reports, financial statements, and industry publications.Maintenance of customer relations and participation in the organization's sales activities.Consultation of the clients regarding insurances, duties and taxes.Assessment of new marketing and sales opportunities as well as presentation of those estimations to the respective management.Monitoring of the shipments to ensure the compliance of regulations.Search for possibilities to reduce taxes.Ensuring the efficiency and effectiveness of imports and exports, etc. Show less

      • Apr 2013 - Present

      Maintain current knowledge of various payment methods and processing flows, card brand regulations, technology and competitive trends in the electronic payment industry. Monitor and control SharePoint site, control of project artifacts, version control and manage project site request approvals and user permission. Prepare and present timely status reports to the project team, business stakeholders and internal senior management using MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.Conducted product analysis for Daily and Monthly KPI reports, analyzing and recommending new potential sale packages and forecast marketing campaigns.Translate business user concepts and ideas into comprehensive business requirements and design documents and analyze unstructured data to build customers behavior models.Lead Agile meetings to ensure high value software solutions are delivered to contribute to the success of our technology initiatives. Manage projects end-to-end to ensure coverage of all facets of testing, to achieve a successful end-user experience. Successfully engaging in design reviews, test case reviews and completing acceptance testing to validate application functionality, etc. Show less

    • United States
    • Internet Marketplace Platforms
    • 1 - 100 Employee
      • Jun 2022 - Present

      1. Managing the product backlog and prioritizing them based on changing requirements.2. Overseeing all stages of product creation including design and development.3. Learning the market and customers' needs.4. Implement Project Management/Best Practices. 5. Keep all Parties on Track and Informed.6. Introduce Agile Engineering Practices.7. Coach Team Members.8. Host Daily Stand-up Meetings. 9. Remove Roadblocks.10. Teach Scrum Practices and Principles.11. Serving as a liaison between product and development team. Show less

      • Jun 2021 - Present

      Continuous monitoring and reporting on product performance (features, UX, user flows from sign-up until Monetization, etc.) as well as market research.Modelling insights gained from user research into formats to enhance organizational understanding of our users – such as personas and user journey maps.Working closely with designers and developers to turn user data into actionable product/service requirements that feed into prototype development, and influence product direction.Analyze and report on business related data (Daily and Monthly KPI, Payment processing, Member, Partner and Adhoc reports.Planning, designing and conducting usability testing process from developing user recruitment through to test moderation, analysis and reporting.Designing, directing, and monitoring solutions to acquire and retain users.Conducting research to gather insights for new product and concept developments.Presenting findings and related design/business recommendations and customer insights to product team, etc. Show less

    • Nigeria
    • Financial Services
    • Principal Managing Partner
      • Oct 2021 - Present

      Monitoring the day-to-day business operations. Assessing organizational and personnel performance, implementing changes as needed for improvements. Working with the executive committee to set organizational strategies and goals. Implementing organizational policies and procedures. Communicating and collaborating with stakeholders, including executives and employees. Reviewing financial activities, including accounting tasks, budgets, financial statements and reports. Overseeing hiring and firing activities, along with payments and evaluations. Ensuring the business complies with relevant laws and regulations, etc. Show less

    • Co-Founder
      • Nov 2017 - Present

      Development of policies and procedures for asset management. Provided professional development resources for faculty, developed, revised and implemented policies and procedures when needed. Head process documentation project through process mapping to increase controls and process efficiencies. Lead requirements gathering sessions with internal stakeholders to gather system and business process flow requirements. Successfully delivering of policies and procedures documentations to improve business communication and structure within the university. Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to define project scope and analyze information needs and elicit requirements. Delivering of business artifacts: workflow diagram, business process maps, business requirements documents (BRDS). Collaborating with IT to create sample data extracts for delivery to external stakeholders to reflect project future state. Collaborating with internal IT teams to ensure project deliverables meet business requirements. Lead scrum meetings to ensure high value requests are prioritized within agreed upon timelines, etc. Show less

    • Nigeria
    • E-Learning Providers
    • President/CEO
      • Feb 2016 - Present

      • Provide effective, innovative and sensitive leadership in fulfilling the school’s Mission, Vision and Strategic Outcomes/Ends Policies. • Work with business partners and key stakeholders to define business scope and ensure enhancements are in line with business objectives. • Document high-level and detailed business requirements utilizing workflow analysis to define and explain business processes. • Develop and recommend to the Board short- and long-term plans for the benefit and advancement of the School. • Assess, on a continuing basis, the educational needs of the school catchment area; devise and deliver appropriate programs and services to meet these needs; monitor results to ensure high quality. • Lead monthly project meetings with external vendors to expedite issue resolution and ensure projects are on schedule, scope, and budget. • Negotiate Service Level Agreement (SLĀS) delivery times with business units, brokers, and cross-functional teams across Nigeria and West Africa. • Maintain master tracking document to ensure Change Requests, fixes, and enhancements are logged, prioritized, and resolved. • Acquired business Sign-offs on Business Requirement Documents (BRD) and Functional Requirement Documents (FRD). • Collaborate with external partners to implement automated reconciliation tools, which increases productivity. • Attract, assemble and lead effectively a high calibre senior management team • Select, appoint, promote and remove school employees in accordance with School Policies and State/Federal laws. • Develop, approve, implement and administer fair and equitable human resource policies, including salary, wage and benefit programs. • Maintain the School's buildings, facilities, equipment and operating services in optimum condition to support all programs and activities; plan for and secure funding for the expansion of facilities when required. Show less

    • France
    • Outsourcing and Offshoring Consulting
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Customer Service Specialist
      • Sep 2019 - Aug 2020

      • Worked closely with producers and account managers to handle day to day the client relationship complex support delivered across a wide variety of channels, aided by automation and innovative technologies (B2C, B2B, SMB, B2E, and engineering environments. • Assisted with clients insurance programs, including endorsements, certificates, auto ID cards, checking and binding policies. • Receiving and placing customer service telephone calls. • Maintaining solid customer relationships by handling questions and concerns with speed and professionalism. • Resolving customer complaints, managing database records, drafting status reports on customer service issues. • Data entry and research as required to troubleshoot customer problems. Show less

    • United Kingdom
    • E-Learning Providers
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Director of Academic and Institutional Affairs
      • Mar 2017 - Jul 2020

      • Oversaw a variety of academic programs and departments. • Supported curriculum initiatives, faculty hiring and promotion events, faculty research and teaching, and all academic departments and programs. • Responsible for supporting student learning and experiences, program initiatives, and faculty support. • Provided professional development resources for faculty, developed, revised and implemented policies and procedures when needed. • Oversaw a variety of academic programs and departments. • Supported curriculum initiatives, faculty hiring and promotion events, faculty research and teaching, and all academic departments and programs. • Responsible for supporting student learning and experiences, program initiatives, and faculty support. • Provided professional development resources for faculty, developed, revised and implemented policies and procedures when needed.

    • United States
    • Wholesale Building Materials
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Extrusion Specialist
      • Feb 2018 - Oct 2018

      • Responsible to change out production tooling on shift when required. • Responsible to provide leadership in the absence of the Shift Supervisor. • Stopping bleeding using pressure and elevation. • Assisted in line start-ups, monitor machine performance, product quality and ensure the machine is producing at standard rates, sheet gauge, etc. • Participated in organization / preparation for product changeovers. • Placing unconscious casualty into the recovery position. • Assisted other Operators with troubleshooting and repairs on other lines. • Responsible to ensure Operators have a clear understanding of their work assignments and monitor against same. • Responsible to ensure knowledge is maintained within the crew as improved process methods are developed and/or new equipment is added. • Performing Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). • Responsible to ensure that all the necessary equipment, process, quality and sanitation checks are conducted by Operators, as per established procedures. • Acted as floating trouble-shooter as requested. • Using an automated external defibrillator (AED). • Trained Junior Operators. Show less

    • General Manager
      • Sep 2011 - Nov 2016

      • Authored business requirements documents (BRDS) for use by the Development team to code functionality into the Enterprise Wealth Management System (EWMS). • Collaborated with the Product Management team to establish priorities for product areas and enhancement requests. • Documented system requirements in the form of Use Cases, User Stories, and system workflows. • Executed functional, regression, and system testing with focus on documenting defects and executing test cases. • Documentation of Release Notes to summarize changes being delivered and supported the QA team through User Acceptance Testing (UAT). • Participated in Release and Sprint planning to ensure high value requests are prioritized. • Worked effectively with cross-functional design teams to create software solutions that elevated client-side experience and significantly improved overall functionality and performance. • Attended client meetings, which involved proposing solutions, system training, and status updates regarding project development. Show less

    • Product Specialist
      • Jul 2008 - Sep 2011

      • Responsible for supporting the senior manager business analysis and other project resources during the project lifecycle (SDLC & PMLC). • Assisted in the development of various communication materials such as status reports, presentation decks and other project communication documents using Excel, PowerPoint and Visio. • Provided support and guidance to business and technical subject matter experts, as well as assisted with the integration of processes into the system development life cycle and ensured the development of appropriate project artifacts. • Managed and tracked project schedule using MS Project to establish linkages (leads and lags) between activity predecessors and successors. Updated project plans as needed to track ongoing deliverables, milestones and work packages. • Tracked and reported project issues, risks, and other ongoing project deliverables; investigated and ensured that all project issues were effectively resolved or escalated in a timely manner • Manage all project logs including: RAID (Risk, Action, Issue, and Decision), Change Management, and Sign-off status log. Show less

  • Anthonex Nigeria Limited
    • Warri, Delta, Nigeria
    • Project Manager
      • Aug 2005 - Jul 2008

      • Scheduled brainstorming sessions, requirements workshops, focus groups and distributed survey/questionnaires, as required, in order to elicit requirements from stakeholders. • Successfully identified organizational needs and created technology plans and business processes accordingly. • Developed specialized technical requirements and managed project deliverables, timelines, and resource allocations. • Developed process documents to effectively manage the identification of requirements between the client and the development teams thus getting information to develop faster and with fewer errors. • Supported day-to-day operations including sales and training support, and all documentation for the application including testing all bug fixes, enhancements, and release changes, and identified when additional regression testing is needed. • Captured business processes and produced technical specifications; translating the business needs effectively into what the technical team required to implement. • Defined and documented customer business functions and processes act as a liaison among departmental end-users, design, configuration, testing and maintaining case management systems to ensure optimal operational performance. • Managed end-to-end projects and project teams, focusing on excellence in timeline, budget, quality and customer satisfaction (software delivery, process improvement, and third-party software evaluation and delivery projects). Show less

Education

  • Charisma University
    Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Business Administration
    2014 - 2017
  • Tekedia Institute
    Mini-MBA, Business Administration and Management, General
    2022 - 2022
  • Saint Monica University
    Master of Science (MSc.), Strategic Management
    2013 - 2014
  • Charisma University
    Master of Business Administration - MBA
    2012 - 2013
  • African Marketing Business School
    Postgraduate Diploma (PGD), Brand Management
    2009 - 2010
  • Ambrose Alli University
    Bachelor of Science (BSc.), Economics
    2001 - 2005

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