Vanessa Mbanefo
Program Advisor | African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative (AWEC) at The Center for Global Enterprise (the_c_g_e)- Claim this Profile
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Grace Adeoye, PMP
Vanessa is an exemplary leader who instilled a strong sense of accountability in us and consistently pushed us towards excellence. Even while juggling multiple challenging projects with demanding clients, I never heard Vanessa raise her voice or lose her composure. I am truly grateful for the privilege of being mentored by Vanessa because through her guidance, I acquired the invaluable skill of providing constructive feedback with both firmness and tact, among many other subtle yet crucial abilities. In a fast-paced, high-pressure workplace, Vanessa is one of the few individuals, regardless of gender, to whom I would willingly defer.
Olusegun Sanwoolu
Vanessa is a highly self-motivated, result-driven team player with hands-on engagement and critical thinking capabilities. Her ability to manage multiple complex projects in a highly co-ordinated , efficient and seamless manner is amazing with often times guaranteed outcome of outstanding success. I have observed Vanessa lead and inspire her team, develop practical KPIs to monitor /track specific project outcomes while facilitating trainings for executives on countless occasions. One of her strong suites is stakeholder engagement and communication. I strongly recommend Vanessa as a value-adding portfolio manager to every organisation she chooses to identify with. It was my pleasure working with her when she consulted for us at the Lagos State Government.
Grace Adeoye, PMP
Vanessa is an exemplary leader who instilled a strong sense of accountability in us and consistently pushed us towards excellence. Even while juggling multiple challenging projects with demanding clients, I never heard Vanessa raise her voice or lose her composure. I am truly grateful for the privilege of being mentored by Vanessa because through her guidance, I acquired the invaluable skill of providing constructive feedback with both firmness and tact, among many other subtle yet crucial abilities. In a fast-paced, high-pressure workplace, Vanessa is one of the few individuals, regardless of gender, to whom I would willingly defer.
Olusegun Sanwoolu
Vanessa is a highly self-motivated, result-driven team player with hands-on engagement and critical thinking capabilities. Her ability to manage multiple complex projects in a highly co-ordinated , efficient and seamless manner is amazing with often times guaranteed outcome of outstanding success. I have observed Vanessa lead and inspire her team, develop practical KPIs to monitor /track specific project outcomes while facilitating trainings for executives on countless occasions. One of her strong suites is stakeholder engagement and communication. I strongly recommend Vanessa as a value-adding portfolio manager to every organisation she chooses to identify with. It was my pleasure working with her when she consulted for us at the Lagos State Government.
Grace Adeoye, PMP
Vanessa is an exemplary leader who instilled a strong sense of accountability in us and consistently pushed us towards excellence. Even while juggling multiple challenging projects with demanding clients, I never heard Vanessa raise her voice or lose her composure. I am truly grateful for the privilege of being mentored by Vanessa because through her guidance, I acquired the invaluable skill of providing constructive feedback with both firmness and tact, among many other subtle yet crucial abilities. In a fast-paced, high-pressure workplace, Vanessa is one of the few individuals, regardless of gender, to whom I would willingly defer.
Olusegun Sanwoolu
Vanessa is a highly self-motivated, result-driven team player with hands-on engagement and critical thinking capabilities. Her ability to manage multiple complex projects in a highly co-ordinated , efficient and seamless manner is amazing with often times guaranteed outcome of outstanding success. I have observed Vanessa lead and inspire her team, develop practical KPIs to monitor /track specific project outcomes while facilitating trainings for executives on countless occasions. One of her strong suites is stakeholder engagement and communication. I strongly recommend Vanessa as a value-adding portfolio manager to every organisation she chooses to identify with. It was my pleasure working with her when she consulted for us at the Lagos State Government.
Grace Adeoye, PMP
Vanessa is an exemplary leader who instilled a strong sense of accountability in us and consistently pushed us towards excellence. Even while juggling multiple challenging projects with demanding clients, I never heard Vanessa raise her voice or lose her composure. I am truly grateful for the privilege of being mentored by Vanessa because through her guidance, I acquired the invaluable skill of providing constructive feedback with both firmness and tact, among many other subtle yet crucial abilities. In a fast-paced, high-pressure workplace, Vanessa is one of the few individuals, regardless of gender, to whom I would willingly defer.
Olusegun Sanwoolu
Vanessa is a highly self-motivated, result-driven team player with hands-on engagement and critical thinking capabilities. Her ability to manage multiple complex projects in a highly co-ordinated , efficient and seamless manner is amazing with often times guaranteed outcome of outstanding success. I have observed Vanessa lead and inspire her team, develop practical KPIs to monitor /track specific project outcomes while facilitating trainings for executives on countless occasions. One of her strong suites is stakeholder engagement and communication. I strongly recommend Vanessa as a value-adding portfolio manager to every organisation she chooses to identify with. It was my pleasure working with her when she consulted for us at the Lagos State Government.
Credentials
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Introduction to Prompt Engineering for Generative AI
LinkedInJun, 2023- Sep, 2024 -
Agile Product Owner Role: Foundations
LinkedInMay, 2023- Sep, 2024 -
Agile Product Owner Role: Techniques
LinkedInMay, 2023- Sep, 2024 -
Agile Project Management with Jira Cloud: 1 Projects, Boards, and Issues
LinkedInMay, 2023- Sep, 2024 -
Agile Project Management with Jira Cloud: 2 Lean and Agile Processes
LinkedInMay, 2023- Sep, 2024 -
Professional Scrum Master™ I (PSM I)
Scrum.orgMay, 2023- Sep, 2024 -
The Ultimate Agile Scrum Master Certification Training
UdemyMay, 2023- Sep, 2024 -
Bring AI to business users in your organization
MicrosoftDec, 2022- Sep, 2024 -
How to build a simple dashboard
MicrosoftDec, 2022- Sep, 2024 -
Introduction to Microsoft Power Platform
MicrosoftDec, 2022- Sep, 2024 -
Introduction to Python Programming Course
Dataquest.ioNov, 2022- Sep, 2024 -
Functional Consultant Trailmix
Trailhead by Salesforce
Experience
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The Center for Global Enterprise (the_c_g_e)
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United States
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Think Tanks
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1 - 100 Employee
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Program Advisor | African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative (AWEC)
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Jun 2022 - Present
Supporting the goals of a visionary international non-profit organisation towards improving the lives of female entrepreneurs that own/operate small to medium scale businesses across a range of industries through skill acquisition in business strategy, innovation, leadership, professional networking etc. Supporting the goals of a visionary international non-profit organisation towards improving the lives of female entrepreneurs that own/operate small to medium scale businesses across a range of industries through skill acquisition in business strategy, innovation, leadership, professional networking etc.
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Nottingham University Business School
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United Kingdom
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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MBA - Future Leaders Scholarship Candidate
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Sep 2021 - Sep 2022
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Deloitte
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Project Delivery Manager
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Jun 2019 - Sep 2021
Delivered a diverse set of projects, such as, the intricate framework development and implementation of a sub-national data analytics solution in which i led a 22-member team and secured execution of contract phase II through dynamic and relentless stakeholder engagement, leading to an outstanding 80% adoption rate across reporting Ministries, Departments and Agencies despite infrastructure and skill constraints. I engaged teams from Deloitte USA and South Africa to deliver strategic advisory and QA on opportunities such as Power Africa (utilities) and a Telco Group ERP implementation within which i grew Deloitte (Nigeria) contract value by 600% by reinforcing executive's confidence in our QA insights on the project. I managed engagements and presentations to Company Boards and Executive Project Steering Committees. Led and coached agile delivery teams with varying skillsets, capabilities and ideologies to deliver on client objectives. Managed relationships within and outside internal teams to ensure optimal service delivery. Show less
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Accenture
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Ireland
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Business and Systems Integrations Analyst
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Dec 2017 - Jun 2019
Radically minimized TAT on system configurations on a client engagement by understudying offshore technical lead for Oracle Taleo implementation, minimising reliance on offshore support, cutting implementation cost and improving overall delivery timeline. Supported various similar implementations of Oracle ERP products (Oracle HR, Payroll, Fixed Asset Mgt etc), IT Service Mgt tools (e.g BMC Remedy), service-oriented middleware solutions and other enterprise technologies.
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Business and Systems Integration Analyst
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Nov 2014 - Dec 2017
Business analysis and implementation support involving process documentation, requirements definition, market trend analysis, data gathering, roadmap development, post-implementation support, change management, communications support, training/ workshop facilitation etc for various enterprise technologies, largely within the Oracle ERP ecosystem.
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Contractor
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Oct 2013 - Nov 2014
Technology growth platform
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Locus Promotions
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United States
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Business Analyst
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2013 - 2013
Corporate marketing strategy development for telecommunications, entertainment, and retail trading clients. Corporate marketing strategy development for telecommunications, entertainment, and retail trading clients.
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Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR)
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Nigeria
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Oil and Gas
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300 - 400 Employee
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Summer Intern
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2010 - 2010
I was engaged in a six month industrial attachment with the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in 2010 as an IT Service Desk support staff. I attended to IT service management issues; logging service requests/incidents, escalations and troubleshooting. I was engaged in a six month industrial attachment with the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in 2010 as an IT Service Desk support staff. I attended to IT service management issues; logging service requests/incidents, escalations and troubleshooting.
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Education
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Nottingham University Business School
Master of Business Administration - MBA -
2006 - 2011
Caritas University
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Engineering
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