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Work History
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Ajabiowe Abolaji

Ajabiowe Abolaji

Chief Operation Officer
Abuja

Summary

Experienced and result oriented Product Management expert backed with practical software engineering experience. Well versed with all facets of product development and management from idea to product launch. Possess in-depth experience of translating complex needs into requirements to deliver features that provide competitive differentiation for the product. Adept in understanding product requirements from a business point of view as well as in-depth technical know-how.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
13
13
years of post-secondary education
7
7
Certifications

Work History

Chief Operating Officer

Tyrus Technology Inc
09.2023 - Current
  • Leading operational oversight and budgetary supervision for Tyrus across it's entities.
  • Refined organizational structure to consolidate, streamline, and delineate necessary functions.
  • Aligned organizational objectives with company mission to increase business growth and integrate work strategies.
  • Collaborate with legal, accounting and other professional teams to review and maintain compliance with regulations.

Senior Product Manager

Venture Garden Group
04.2021 - 02.2024
  • Distilled software requirements from business to development teams across our payment solution for both our Web and Mobile applications
  • Oversaw projects with key third-party integrations, thereby increasing our value-added service offerings
  • Implemented a seamless entry point for issue resolution and continuous improvement sourced from feedback from the market, business development and customer support
  • Oversee the Product Development, Project Management Office, Technical Program Management, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX) teams.

Product/Customer Experience Manager

Suburban Fiberco LTD
04.2020 - 04.2021
  • Establish clear retention goals and process milestones for the client and employees to work toward
  • I conceptualized and led the team that worked on securing partnership with NETLIX as part of the Legend product catalogue which led to a major revenue growth especially during the pandemic
  • Designed a workflow that integrates all the company's touchpoint to simplify seamless onboarding
  • Led the team that worked on integrating 10 vendors on the Legend Pay app, with AEDC also as a vendors' customers could pay for their services using the Legend Pay app
  • Promote an energetic fan base for products and locate brand ambassadors to share the product benefits and value
  • Maintained a detailed understanding of products and services, assist customers with questions and suggest the best products to suit their needs based on assessment.

Team Lead Customer Success/Experience

Flexisaf Edusoft LTD
01.2019 - 07.2020
  • Interacted with the customers and internal teams to gather requirements for development purposes
  • Performed activities related to enhancement creation of documents for CMMi and client requirements
  • Provided client support by presenting data, information, ticket resolution and day to day support activities like monitoring client requirements activities
  • Provided support for enhancement (major and minor) or new developments based on business requirements as provided by the client with collaborations from functional and technical teams on the project
  • Provided technical guidance to junior developers, also troubleshoot and restore server availability
  • Deployed offline school management system for over 30 schools across the country Ensured process compliance in the assigned module and participate in technical discussions/review Manage the codebase and also wrote codes for bugs and enhancement.

Product Manager

Flexisaf Edusoft LTD
08.2018 - 01.2019
  • Maintained superior customer focus through customer visits and communication, effective responsiveness and timely delivery of products and services
  • Conducted a new product market survey with analysis to develop goals, objectives and strategies for implementing innovative solutions
  • Idea conceptualization and design; customer journey mapping, customer experience Design
  • Developed customer facing release material
  • Led a team designers and engineers to conceptualize, document, design and develop new product concepts
  • Developed and managed a backlog of product requirements (user story development, sprint management and scrum team management)
  • Worked closely, as part of a cross functional team of development, technical sales, support and marketing expert to ensure overall customer satisfaction.

Product Owner

Flexisaf Edusoft LTD
07.2015 - 07.2018
  • Conceptualized and documented a seamless application workflow for M.Sc
  • And PhD scholarship candidates Examine and evaluate current systems
  • Led the team that esigned a robust verification process to reduce application fraud
  • Ensured products met or exceeded client expectations
  • Collected constant feedback and technical requirements from clients and communicated needed changes to the development team, overseeing seamless, high-quality rollouts to on- time and on-budget conclusion
  • Developed a deep understanding of the business objectives of internal and external stakeholders, evangelized the product vision and built trust by maintaining an accurate and achievable roadmap Trained and implemented agile methodology with ICT team
  • Validated changes by testing programs
  • Conducted customer interviews and gathered feedback from different sets of users.

Education

PM, Product Management -

Injini Edtech Incubator
Cape Town South Africa
06.2019 - 09.2019

Postgraduate Diploma, Computer Science -

Kumasi Technical Institute, Kumasi
Ghana
09.2013 - 08.2015

BSc, Zoology -

University of Ilorin
Nigeria
09.2007 - 07.2011

WASSCE, Secondary Education -

Kinsey Academy College
Nigeria
09.2000 - 06.2007

Skills

Design Thinking Methodologiesundefined

Certification

Lean Masterclass, Udemy - NOVEMBER 2019

Accomplishments

  • Product Manager - JANUARY 2018: I led the team that developed OTRAC LMS an online platform for medical doctors to take CPD courses and accumulate point for their license renewal.
  • Product Design & Development - MAY 2018: I led the team that developed and launched DISTINCTION.NG an online platform for secondary school student to practice NECO, WAEC and JAMB past questions.
  • Technical Product Design - MAY 2017: I led the team that worked on the new PTDF SIMS (Scholarship Information Management Systems). An application that enabled over 60,000 students to apply for Ph.D., MSC and Undergraduates scholarship to both foreign and local universities.
  • Product Manager - AUGUST 2017: I collaborated with a team of engineers and designers to lunch the new SAFSMS a school management software for Secondary and Primary schools.
  • Product Development - SEPTEMBER 2019: I led the Team that worked on the new NECO registration portal NECO EXAMINATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM(NEMIS). Which led to increase in the number of registered students across the different types of NECO Examination due to ease of registration on the new portal.
  • Product Management - JUNE 2020: I conceptualized and led the team that worked on securing partnership with NETFLIX as part of the Legend product catalogue which led to a major revenue growth especially during the pandemic.

Training

  • Google Dev Fest, Abuja, Nigeria - NOVEMBER 2017
  • Greenhouse Lab Accelerator, Lagos, Nigeria - SEPTEMBER 2019
  • Injini EdTech Incubator, Cape Town, South Africa - JULY 2019
  • AfricaTech Conference, Paris, France - MAY 2018
  • Viva Technology Conference, Paris, France - JUNE 2018

Timeline

Chief Operating Officer

Tyrus Technology Inc
09.2023 - Current

Senior Product Manager

Venture Garden Group
04.2021 - 02.2024

Product/Customer Experience Manager

Suburban Fiberco LTD
04.2020 - 04.2021

PM, Product Management -

Injini Edtech Incubator
06.2019 - 09.2019

Team Lead Customer Success/Experience

Flexisaf Edusoft LTD
01.2019 - 07.2020

Product Manager

Flexisaf Edusoft LTD
08.2018 - 01.2019

Product Owner

Flexisaf Edusoft LTD
07.2015 - 07.2018

Postgraduate Diploma, Computer Science -

Kumasi Technical Institute, Kumasi
09.2013 - 08.2015

BSc, Zoology -

University of Ilorin
09.2007 - 07.2011

WASSCE, Secondary Education -

Kinsey Academy College
09.2000 - 06.2007

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