Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
With over 5.5 years as a Design Executive Officer, my focus has been on leveraging design thinking principles to drive strategic planning and innovative solution architecture in the sharing economy, also as an advisor. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, I have contributed to enhancing value exchange in both intrinsic and non-physical assets, while utilizing expertise in GSM and 3G/4G/5G/IOT technologies to address market needs. Previously, as Acting Vice Presidentæ of Business Reforms at Nasarawa Investment and Development Agency, I facilitated business-friendly policies and collaborated with key stakeholders to support economic growth and streamline processes for MSMEs. I am committed to fostering innovation and creating platforms that empower emerging markets and drive impactful change.
• Spearheaded strategic planning initiatives for a multi-level portfolio in the sharing economy. • Applied design thinking principles to enhance value exchange in both intrinsic and non-physical assets. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to architect innovative solutions tailored to market needs.
• Supported the creation of a business-friendly environment in Nasarawa State through strategic policy recommendations. • Collaborated with State Reform Champions to implement reforms across various business-related MDAs. • Engaged with stakeholders in the MSME sector to drive economic growth and remove administrative bottlenecks. • Achieved significant developments in business reforms, enhancing the ease of doing business in the state.
Vantage-Collabo is the first emerging markets Service Networking Platform that aims to create an online Environment where B2B & B2P, can advertise, create, channel, transact, get, find Services in a relatively secure hub. Its also meant to promote the vision and development of Advantage Collaboration concept where we intend to create an online platform where providers and users of any service can connect / interact and make business. With emphasis on emerging market countries in Africa , Asia , Middle East , and South America
Project Management Handling Ongoing Project Planning for New Redknee Unified IN and Integration to include new Huawei 3 G New (MMSC, SMSC, CRBT etc) . Project Management which included but not limited to Vendor verification process (HUAWEI, ZTE, ERICSSON, NSN and MOBILIS proposals ) RFP, SOW, Project Charter and Business requirement specification documents preparations; Integration planning and execution of new network elements; Service implementation Promotions Pre-launch technical discussions with commercial teams; Testing and commissioning of Marketing Use Cases (MUCs); Pre-launch and post- launch testing and acceptance; One-to-one mapping of pre-paid feature/MUCs for swap projects, Resource enabling; Analysis & Integration Technical project management of Mobile money solution; Transfer of knowledge to local engineers; On-site service layer troubleshooting and issue resolution; Root Cause Analysis of issues related to platform; Optimization of service implementation; Offer Manager tuning and optimization; Troubleshooting issues reported by local operations teams; Third Party Recharge/Charging integration.
Migrations Management Testing, commissioning, optimization and quality management of IN Services; like migration from Nokia Siemens Networks Charge @ Once Version 7.6 to IN-Select 1.8; Team Lead for NSN VoMXpress / eRefill to eServ Global Pay Mobile 1.0 (include Voucher Management system and Mobile Point of Sale); from NSN SIMXpress to Serve at Once Activation Manager (SAAM) 5.0Solution; also to NSN CARE 8.2. Sigtran / SS7 planning and implementation. Third Party Integration 3rd Party Online Transaction recharging Integration Specialist(SOAP API) and migration System health checking and performance tuning Testing, Optimization and Quality management of IN Services. Project Management, Monitoring, Operations and Maintenance. SOAP API, Web Services, Business Intelligence (Pentaho), and Testing. Backup storage, data center, 3rd Party Integration Specialist(SOAP API) and migration, Project Planning(SS7, Sigtran, IP), Implementation, Integration and Migration to Nokia Siemens Networks IN@SELECT 1.8 Double Cluster Solution(SUN Netra T2000 Cluster Control, SUN-T5240 IN-Select Servers nodes, & SUN-ST6180 Data Storage Base);NSN Offer Manager(Tar iff Tool) ;Nokia Siemens Networks Serve at Once Activation Manager (SAAM) 5.0Solution(HP DL380, IBM blade LS21 & HS20); Nokia Siemens Networks CARE 8.2 Solution (SUN- T5120Cluster Console, SUN-T5240Care Nodes, and SUN- ST6180/ST6140 Storage Base/Extension) ; eServ Global Pay Mobile 1.0 VoMS /MPOS Solution(SUN-x4270 Pay Mobile Servers, SUN-ST2530 2xRAID Storage), QOS testing for Remote Signaling links, Tariff /Charging, SOAP API testing. Plans, Also backup support for existing system operations task as stated below. Sigtran & TDM integration with NSN R4 MSS and NSN NT-HLR. Tariff/Offer Manager definitions for Promotions /MUC (Market Used Cases). Participated in ATMN for above mentioned equipment.