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Modupe Y. Akinola

Ikota

Summary

Dynamic Technical Lead and Project Manager at Nigeria Interbank Settlement Systems PLC, credited with 50% revenue growth through Agile-driven delivery. Expert in API integration, payment systems testing, and cross-border payment infrastructure projects, with a strong focus on stakeholder engagement, compliance, and documentation excellence. Recognized for mentoring high-performing teams, streamlining certification processes, and enhancing operational efficiency to achieve timely, high-quality project outcomes.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Technical Lead Project Manager

NIGERIA INTERBANK SETTLEMENT SYSTEMS PLC
Lagos, NIgeria
03.2015 - 07.2025
  • Spearheaded Agile teams to enhance the go-to-market strategy, increasing application deployment frequency and reliability, driving 50% revenue growth and 90% improvement in operational efficiency.

    Led cross-functional teams to deliver the PAPSS cross-border payment integration project, ensuring technical alignment with strategic business goals.

    Directed and supervised engineers in the daily implementation of all NIBSS APIs (NIP, BVN, GSI, TSA, PAPSS) with institutions, ensuring smooth integration within set timelines.
  • Mentored junior engineers and coordinated with stakeholders to maintain project alignment, mitigate risks, and ensure on-time delivery.

    Initiated and automated the POS & application certification process via the NIBSS Sandbox, reducing turnaround time by 25%+ and increasing capacity without additional headcount.

    Spearheaded the NIBSS Developer Portal initiative, consolidating API documentation into a single, standardized source.

    Led the team in achieving the first biometric device certification in Nigeria’s financial services industry under the NIBSS/CBN project.

    Introduced quarterly stress/load testing for high-volume products such as NIBSS Instant Pay, ensuring resilience under real transaction loads.

    Implemented structured defect reporting and documentation processes, improving software quality and developer productivity.

SOFTWARE TESTER (Payments, Identity & Collections)

NIBSS PLC
03.2013 - 03.2015
  • Testing developed software against specified requirements.
  • Accurately monitoring and recording results in test documentation.
  • Preparing detailed test plans, acceptance criteria and test scenarios for each project.
  • Liaising with developers and programmers to swiftly resolve faults.
  • Analyzing, writing reports & communicating results to colleagues & managers.
  • Monitoring the testing process and identifying and logging test failures.
  • Testing full product suite's, identifying problems & resolving them with the development team.
  • Involved in Performance Testing, Scalability / Stress and Load Testing.
  • Performing peer reviews and estimates.

INSTANT PAYMENT OPERATIONS

NIBSS PLC
01.2012 - 01.2013
  • Worked with other team members to successfully design NIBSS Instant Payment (NIP), developed the support process for NIP within the organization and with external stakeholders like banks, merchants, fintech companies, and other parties across the financial services industry with processing capability in thousands to millions of transactions daily.
  • Drive partnership engagements with banks, fintech’s, OFIs and PSPs connected to the real-time payment system (NIP).
  • Designed the processes for dispute resolution portal on NIP.

Education

Master of Science - Strategic Information Systems

Cardiff University, Wales
United Kingdom
07-2009

Bachelor of Science - Electronics & Computer Engineering

Lagos State University, Ojo
Lagos - Nigeria
08-2004

Skills

  • Documentation
  • User support guides
  • Open GI applications
  • Web service applications
  • SOAP
  • RESTful
  • Linux
  • Functional testing
  • Reliability testing
  • Performance testing
  • MySQL
  • MSSQL
  • Java
  • Lead cross-functional teams

Accomplishments

  • NIP implementation/certification, 2014, technical lead, implementation engineer/support NIBSS Instant Payment (NIP)
  • Biometric device certification - 2018, project manager/technical lead, biometric device certification for the Shared Agency Project.

Training

  • ISTQB – INTERNATIONAL SOFTWARE TESTING QUALIFICATIONS BOARD, 2013
  • BIOMETRIC DEVICE CERTIFICATION BY DERMALOG (HAMBURG – GERMANY), 2016
  • AGILE TESTER CERTIFICATION – ISTQB/ICAGILE (STAR EAST TECHWELL EVENT), 2019

Skills Expertise

  • Expertise in documentation and comprehensive user support guides.
  • Extensive knowledge of Open GI applications and Web Service Applications (SOAP and RESTful).
  • Experience testing Web Service Applications in a Linux operating system environment.
  • Proficient in functional, reliability, and performance testing.
  • Strong working knowledge of MySQL, MSSQL, and Java.
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and collaborate with diverse stakeholders to provide support.
  • Excellent attention to detail and strict adherence to testing standards.
  • Effective communication and stakeholders engagement, ensuring smooth collaboration.
  • Proficient in documentation and user support guide development.

Timeline

Technical Lead Project Manager

NIGERIA INTERBANK SETTLEMENT SYSTEMS PLC
03.2015 - 07.2025

SOFTWARE TESTER (Payments, Identity & Collections)

NIBSS PLC
03.2013 - 03.2015

INSTANT PAYMENT OPERATIONS

NIBSS PLC
01.2012 - 01.2013

Master of Science - Strategic Information Systems

Cardiff University, Wales

Bachelor of Science - Electronics & Computer Engineering

Lagos State University, Ojo

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