Main Modules: E-Commerce Business Models, Internet Programming, Enterprise Architecture, Computer Security, Designing Usable Systems, Programming With Java, Software Construction, Information Retrieval.
MSc Projects
A mobile phone based stock market data visualization application; retrieves real-time market data updates from the London Stock Exchange every 15 minutes and visualizes price changes in form of graphs (J2ME/CLDC/MIDP)
Unix and Windows compatible Spell Checker application (Java)
Website development of a Group Restaurant Recommender (PHP/MySQL/HTML/JavaScript/CSS)
Design and query of an Oracle database for an arts gallery
Course: B.Eng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering
School: University of Ilorin, Nigeria
Grade: Second Class Upper (2:1)
B.Eng Project
Computer aided design and analysis of CAMS (Microsoft Visual Basic)
Certifications
MCP – Microsoft Certified Professional (Messaging)
MCC – Microsoft Certificate of Completion (Enterprise Systems Administration)
BCS – Professional Member,British Computer Society
Skills
Enterprise Systems Administration – Windows (NT, 2000, XP, Vista),Enterprise Messaging (BlackBerry Enterprise Server & Microsoft Exchange), Active Directory Servers, Windows 2003/2007 Servers, Server Clusters, DNS, DHCP, Internet and Acceleration Server (ISA Firewall), Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM), Systems Management Server (SMS), Microsoft Live communication Server, SharePoint, SurfControl, Net App, SAN Servers , HP Blade Servers and McAfee EPO Security Server.
Software Development – UML Modelling, Data Models & Database Structures, Scenario Based Design, Prototyping Methodologies, Software lifecycle testing (Black box, White box, Regression, Integration and System/Usability tests).
Programming – J2ME (Java ME), CLDC/MIDP, Java, BlackBerry JDE, Oracle, MySQL, SQLPlus, PHP, Web Development, Visual Basic, JavaScript, Windows Scripting.
Enterprise Architecture – TOGAF, Service Oriented Architecture, Zachman Framework.
Financial Reporting – COGNOS, Business Objects, ORACLE, TOAD.
Work Experience
United Bank for AfricaNovember 2008-Till Date
Department: Management Information Systems - Project
Position: Application DBA
In this role, I co-ordinate meetings between the project team and UBAGROUP (All countries and Legal Entities), ensure data quality and mappings, carry out screen and business logic tests (COGNOS, Business Objects and Web) on completed modules, ensure the correctness of extractions queries from various Legal-Entity specific primes systems within the financial group and serve as ICT/Business interface between the MIS project team and UBAGROUP ICT department.
Key Achievements
Configured and Deployed Unified Communication Infrastructure (Office Communications Server) for UBAGROUP; this comprised IM, Voice, Conference calls and Video calls. This project increased staff efficiency, reduced Group wide telephone call cost and need for physical meetings.
Developed several BlackBerry based (J2ME, CLDC/MIDP) applications that allows staff to access applications remotely anywhere in the world.
Aarajura Group (Edinburgh, UK) September - October 2008
Position: Systems Engineer
In this role, I was in charge of the messaging infrastructure of the company (E-mail), backup & restore and general administration of the Windows network (Windows 2003 Server, Windows XP and Vista client work stations).
United Bank for AfricaNovember 2005 - Nov 2008
Positions: Enterprise Systems Engineer, Systems Architect
In this role, I managed the Windows Infrastructure and IT HelpDesk escalation for UBAGROUP Plc (www.ubagroup.com - comprising about 8,000 desktop computers and 50 Enterprise Servers); my Systems Engineering team caters to approximately 10,000 users spread across 600 offices in Africa, London and New York. I was also involved in the formulation of Email and systems policies for UBAGROUP.
Key Achievements
Member of a 2 man team that integrated the Microsoft Active Directory infrastructure of Standard Trust Bank (STB) and United Bank for Africa (UBA) during the bank consolidation process; this comprised 9,000 Active Directory accounts and involved the migration of 3,500 mailboxes. This is the largest inter-forest migration in Nigeria to date.
Designed and configured the Microsoft Windows Active Directory platform and messaging infrastructure for UBA Ghana which consisted of Active Directory Servers, Exchanger Servers, Outlook Web Access Servers (Front-End OWA Servers), Web proxy Servers, and Firewall Servers.
Configured various mobile Email services for UBA Nigeria and Ghana; this allows users to send/receive real-time corporate Emails via mobile phones and laptops anywhere in the world (ActiveSync mobile access via GPRS, BlackBerry Enterprise Server, Duality Push EMail and external OWA Access - 128 to 256 AES encryption).
Member of a 4 man team that designed the “best content” financial institution website (www.ubagroup.com - Phillips Consulting award, 2005). All members of the team were given commendation letters and cash award from UBAGROUP
Standard Trust BankJune 2004 - 2005
Position: Enterprise Systems Administrator
In this role, I was in charge of 15 Windows 2000 and 2003 Enterprise Servers comprising Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, DHCP, DNS and Web Servers. I was also responsible for internet, intranet web development/updates and the IT helpdesk that caters to 3,500 users.
CA Consultants Ltd.Feb - June 2004
Position: HVAC Design Engineer
In this role, I was responsible for the design of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems (HVAC) and plumbing/piped services for multi-storey and sky rise buildings. I was also involved in the preparation of budget estimates, technical specifications, site supervision and commissioning.
References:Academic and work references available on request
