OLUWATOSIN EZEKIEL YEYE

• Leading the development and implementation of transformative products and solutions in cybersecurity, cloud, DevOps, application development and artificial intelligence opportunities.
• Ensuring that products, solutions and projects are aligned with business objectives and meet specific business needs.
• Collaborating with all stakeholders to ensure effective delivery of projects and products.
• Ensuring that products and projects are delivered on time, within budget and meet required quality.
• Developing and maintaining relationship with key stakeholders.
• Staying up to date with latest trends in cybersecurity, cloud, DevOps, application development & AI.
• Ensuring that all aspects of the product portfolio are optimized by identifying gaps and eliminating such gaps proactively.
• Tracking and evaluating performance and goals measurement throughout the lifecycle of a product or project.
• Maximize revenue and profitability based on good financial performance of the portfolio.
• Eliminating delivery/ project conflicts and risks at the scope definition/ planning stage.
• Ensuring risks to successful project or product delivery are mitigated.

• Managed the development of project objectives, established clear performance expectations.
• Managed successful delivery of project portfolio aligned to strategic and business demands.
• Managed resources, benefits realisation, investment cases, dependencies, and risks at the portfolio level.
• Delivered high-quality results whilst adhering to strict deadlines and budget constraints.
• Maintained PMO Framework and playbook, implementing continuous improvement cycles while ensuring compliance.
• Led cross-functional teams to achieve project goals on time.
• Identified risks, implemented mitigation strategies for secure project outcomes.
• Managed first line escalation across project portfolio.
• Maintained 3-year delivery plan with associated budget.

Major achievement:

• Successful on time delivery of complex projects with budgetary performance.
• Successful Set-up of a PMO Practice

• Developed, implemented and managed operational strategy for Information & Communication Technology, infrastructure, logistics & security.
• Managed operations service delivery teams, system or infrastructure build/upgrade.
• Managed the security & lifecycle for line of business applications, services and Infrastructure.
• Managed stakeholder’s engagement to identify, plan and implement operational and performance goals.
• Proactively identified and mitigated all operational risks to the success of all business objectives.
• Supported program teams with budgeting and advisory services regarding technology, security & procurement.
• Ensured compliance with SCIDaR’s security procedures/ policies and global best practice.
• Directed operations for seamless integration of new technologies, improving overall efficiency.
• Developed comprehensive disaster recovery strategies ensuring minimal system downtime

Major achievements:

• Elimination of paper-based process flow by Implementation of Odoo ERP leading to reduction in operational cost, faster process flow, turnaround time and ability for normal business operations during the Covid-19 lockdown
• Set-up of 6 offices and infrastructure in security challenged locations within budget.

As the Service Integration/Delivery Manager;

• Managed co-ordination of people, processes, tools and technology across multiple enterprise customers while delivering services, products, solutions and operational support, whilst acting as a single point of contact for all stakeholders.
• Managed the service operations/delivery, system integration and project implementation teams.
• Managed service programs, projects and product delivery from the beginning to the end of the lifecycle.
• Managed integration of multiple products, services, service providers and service delivery teams aligning service design, service transition and service execution.
• Identified and utilised effective benchmarks to provide references against which service management process performance can be effectively measured and evaluated.
• Managed service implementation/ product delivery, operational changes, business offerings, and IT solutions.

As the Cloud Service Brokerage Portfolio Manager;

• Managed the cloud portfolio by driving strategic business goals through products, programs & solutions.
• Managed cloud product development and projects implementation teams.
• Strategically & tactically managed the portfolio through but not limited to building business relationships, financial, service operations, service life cycle, service asset lifecycle, service level and contracts management.
• Managed all channels to market responsible for all cloud service offering strategy & life cycle management.
• Established and nurtured relationships with key decision-makers and influencers within customer base and channels.
• Evaluated and reviewed current service offerings, support process and programs in collaboration with internal teams to maintain relevance in the market & proactively meet customer expectation,
• Managed training and technical support for service offerings and programs to internal/external teams.

Major achievements:

• Managed cloud portfolio that delivered multi-million $ parallels cloud automation platform.
• Successfully white labeled cloud products for corporations like Vodacom.
• Managed implementation and supported set-up of 22 ShopRite outlets concurrently.
• Managed implementation and supported subscriber customer registration for a Telco with over 30,000 remote terminals.

• Developed business needs into products/solutions based on customer requirements, market segmentation, competitive offerings, market research insights and feedback.
• Managed solution and product development, delivery, integration projects and post-delivery support services.
• Developed profile for new offerings, managed the overall solution readiness. Coordinated launch and commercialization of new products and offerings with relevant channels and ensured successful go-to-market strategy.
• Managed innovation and vision for products which ensured they were customer-centric and competitively differentiated.
• Identified and analyzed potential partner relationships for products while interfacing at executive level within the organization, customer organizations, alliances, and industry influencers.
• Collaborated with the customer facing business (sales and marketing) to support customer and market opportunities by assisting with bid preparation, key presentations and campaigns.
• Designed bespoke solutions tailored to meet unique client needs.
• Led a team of solution specialists for major project rollouts.
• Participated in relevant professional development events, staying abreast of latest industry trends and advancements.

Major achievements:

• Awarded the best product development team lead of the year.
• Managed implementation of parallels cloud automation platform.

• Managed enterprise product and solution development, implementation and support for all enterprise customers.
• Managed development, implementation and delivery of products and solutions to hundreds of enterprises.
• Managed pre-sales product and solutions presentation, enterprise service delivery/operations team and after sales technical support for enterprise products and services portfolio.
• Developed customised enterprise technical products & solutions from identified corporate needs.
• Assisted sales team in identifying customer’s needs, sales opportunities in all phases of the selling process.
• Managed planning sessions, implementation and ensure adherence to technical terms and agreements for solutions.
• Provided sound commercial and technical contractual advice as part of the commercial management team.
• Ensured development of competitive product & solution with guaranteed value creation for all stakeholders.
• Prepared technical sales materials including collateral and solution proposals where required.

Major achievements:

• Managed over 1000 enterprise product and solutions deployment for banks, government, private organisations and corporations like Google.

Company Overview: (Mortgage Bankers)

• Managed day-to-day running of network services and Infrastructure to meet business goals.
• Managed planning and implementation of additions, deletions and major modifications to support ICT infrastructures.
• Managed VPN, P2P, P2MP and LAN Implementing network security as established by the management.
• Served as a lead facilitator both internally and externally for all ICT projects.
• Managed core servers, databank and other ICT network assets and reporting.
• Managed vendor relationships, purchase of hardware, software and other ICT products.
• Managed information systems and end user support ensuring compliance to the Bank’s policies.
• Managed troubleshooting, systems backup, archiving, disaster recovery.

Major achievements:

• Successfully managed implementation of the banks customised banking application “Perfeczion”.
• Successfully managed set-up of 2 remote branches for the bank.

• Managed ICT accounts from project initiation to handover.
• Managed planning, designing, implementing and troubleshooting of WLAN, LAN and VPN solutions for clients.
• Installed and configured new hardware/software, updates, and implemented security policies for client’s network.
• Provided General IT support and routine systems, hardware, software and network checks.
• Provided leadership for all ICT consulting assignments.
• Ensured consistent quality and timely delivery of ICT projects.
• Ensured maintenance of company assets at ICT project sites.

Major achievements:

• Successfully managed implementation of tens of projects for different enterprise customers.