Dubai, United Arab Emirates
In a world flooded with AI hype, leaders are asking one question: "What's the ROI?" I don't just answer that question with strategy slides. I answer it with execution. My career hasn't been spent in theory. It has been spent building complex, resilient systems in some of the most challenging environments on earth. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟬 𝘁𝗼 𝟰𝗠+ 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 As CPTO of QuickCheck (Nigerian Fintech), I helped grow the team to 150+ and the product to 4M+ downloads, proving that technical excellence works anywhere. 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 As Partner & CTO at Seedstars, I didn't just invest; I helped scale the organization to 200+ people across emerging markets. 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Now at Lab49, I help large-scale organizations in FS and Telco move from "AI Pilots" to production-grade Agentic AI architectures. 𝗠𝘆 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆 AI isn't magic; it's infrastructure. The difference between a demo and a business asset is architecture, governance, and the ability to execute. I bridge the gap between the "Boardroom" and the "Engine Room". I help leaders redesign their operating models so that AI doesn't just sit in a silo, and it actually changes how the business creates value. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜'𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 You’ll find me kitesurfing, snowboarding, or writing my newsletter, Build What Matters, where I break down AI agents and workflows for leaders. 👇 Follow me for practical insights on AI systems & leadership.
Lab49 is a specialist consultancy that designs and develops bespoke and innovative technology solutions for the financial markets. - Architected Agentic AI Strategy ↳ Leading the development of autonomous agent workflows for a major MNO. - Delivered Banking Digital Transformation ↳ Reduced customer onboarding time from 22 days to <1 hour and Product subscription time from hours to <5 minutes for a Top-Tier Regional Bank. - Organizational Leadership ↳ Revamped product recruitment standards globally, implementing new evaluation metrics that increased talent density. - Industry Recognition ↳ Selected by AWS as the only capital markets firm demonstrating autonomous agents in their Global Partner Hackathon. - Built a GenAI system to improve the quality of large, complex backlogs
Mentor at Ignyte by DIFC, a key Dubai Digital Economy Strategy initiative empowering startups. I'm bringing FinTech expertise to startups in the GCC & beyond to foster innovation and growth.
QuickCheck is a branchless credit-led Nigerian Fintech that has used AI to offer banking services to local micro-entrepreneurs and SMEs since its inception. - Launched the MVP app over a weekend to prove we could acquire cheaply and users were willing to share their data - Grew the company from 0 to 150+ employees in two geographies - Mobile App growth from 0 to 4m+ downloads, 500k+ customers, 4.5★/5 rating, 200k reviews - Defined the product and technology processes and best practices - Mentored and recruited multiple teams (including Product, Tech, and Data Science) - Negotiated first full blockchain-based partnership with Goldfinch and raised funds using their crypto/blockchain protocols
Seedstars is a Swiss-based private group of companies that develops tech entrepreneurship & invest in the most promising entrepreneurs across 80+ emerging markets.- - Set up offices and scaled operations in multiple geographies, including Portugal, Myanmar, and Nigeria - Scaled the tech organization to 30+ people and seedstars as a whole to 200+ people - Recruited and coached multiple teams across diverse geographies and cultures - Defined architecture and successfully led PCI DSS Service Provider L1 certification for a payment company - Fundraising for operations in Nigeria and Myanmar