I have over 20 years working experience which cuts across both financial and telecommunication industry and over 16 years of this in telecommunication delivering different platforms and services for the business. These experiences have been enhanced through research work, advanced education up to PhD level, trainings, professional certifications and cross functional roles across the business. During this time I have been an active participant in the MTN technology work stream leading the team that was entrusted with creating technology standards and roadmaps in MTN group. Hands on oracle database architect on UNIX, Linux, Windows, Technology infrastructure expert, cloud solution expert etc. I also led transformation initiatives like ICT and digital transformation, cloud and service delivery, Technology Infrastructure management in MTNN. Some of the standards we developed have been shared across the OPCOs and I continue to provide consultancy to the OPCOs. An award winning team builder, though leader and highly exposed to working in a multinational environment. Excellent knowledge and experience on Policy, Process and Procedure formulation. Working in a large enterprising people from different Nations with diverse cultural background. Extensive partner and vendor relationship management. Business Skills: Ability to innovate on products and services, branding, financial management – PL, branding, customer journey and experience management, marketing and sales prospecting, leadership, communication and negotiation, networking, project management and planning, analytical skills and problem solving, building partnership and strategic alliances. Certifications and skills: OCP and ITIL certified. Skilled in data, information, application and IT operation and infrastructure management, technical presales, IT deployments, IT governance, UNIX, SPARC, AIX, LinuX, IT Automation and Orchestration, IT architecture, IT planning, vendor and technology procurement experience etc. Extensive IT project deployments: These include – Active-Active Cloud Infrastructure, Virtual Multi-tenant Data Center (VMDC), Mobile Application management platform (SAP Aferia), Data Center build, Data migration IT Infrastructure Management: Extensive experience in Technology Infrastructure management ranging from data center design and build, starting up new IT initiatives until deployment, IT operation management, Data and Infrastructure Migration experience, Business requirement gathering, process modeling, quite familiar with EMC, HDS, Netapp and Oracle based storage technology, high-end servers amongst Oracle, IBM, X86 and HP, SAN/NAS topology, Cloud Infrastructure, Database and Operation systems. Training: Situational Leadership, Oracle BI, Oracle Databases, Solaris, Critical Conversation, Capacity and Performance Management, Problem solving and analysis, ITIL, Project management, Business continuity, mobile device management, regular attendant at GSMA Mobile world etc.