Management Executive

Olabode AGBOOLA

Senior ICT Manager

Industry Experience: Engineering and General Services, Oil and Gas, Technology, Finance, Communications, Manufacturing, Health Care Service, Banking, and Construction Academic Qualification: M.Sc. Computer Security and Forensic, University of Bedfordshire, UK

(Distinction). B.Sc. Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, UK Professional Certifications: Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS), ISO27001 Lead Auditor, ISO27001 Lead Implementer, Check Point Certified Security Administrator, (CCSA), C isco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), ITIL, Global DataProtection Regulation (GDPR) Certified Data Protection Officer (DPO) Email: *******.******@*******.***

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Olabode has spent quality times in the past and presently as a governance and strategy leader. He is presently member of Executive and Management Committees (EMC) at where he presently works. He is in charge of the group strategy, supporting all independent business entities within the group and business units in each of the entities within the group. He helps them meet and surpass their deliverables while accomplishing their set objectives. Olabode has got some degree of expertise in; ICT strategy formulation and execution, strategy road map management, stakeholder engagement, enterprise risk management, Information System (IS) management, infrastructure operations and maintenance, project management, contracting, statutory regulations, budget management, outsourcing, Cyber-Security and Data Privacy. I help organizations manage their overall IT/Infosec portfolio. With my rich experience in some industries such as; power sector, oil and gas, construction, engineering services, manufacturing, and banking. I bring value adding perspectives to the table that help organizations derive value from ICT endeavours, IT investment and maximize investments and opportunities. Leadership Role

2020 – Date Group Strategy and Governance focal point (Corporate Assignment) 2020 – Date Group ICT and Infosec Manager, Amazon Energy Group (AEG) 2019 – Date Executive Director at Cyber Security Expert Association of Nigeria (CSEAN) – Non-paid voluntary role 2017 – 2018 Lead Cyber Security Consultant at BS-Fortis, UK 2012 – 2016 Head of IT and Corporate Strategy, Frontier Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Company 2006 – 2012 IT and Telecom Area Coordinator at Shell Production Development Company (SPDC) Recent Project Experiences

2020 Accountable Leader - SAGE ERP adoption and implementation project 2020 Accountable Leader – Office 365 Adoption and implementation project 2020 Accountable Leader – Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Adoption and implementation project 2020 Accountable Leader – Wide Area Network (WAN) Connectivity of Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt offices Recent Achievements

Executive Commendation: Received official commendation letter for quality leadership – Signed by Chief Operating Officer (COO) and VP HR and Corporate Services

Finances 100% increase in internet bandwidth/speed (from 25mbps to 50mbps) with 35% cost reduction

ICT Operation Executed a zero cost desktop VPN connectivity for key staff as a precursor to Covid-19 induced Work From Home (WFM)

Risk Management Conducted organization wide risk assessment, set up mitigation project and close out within agreed timing

Policy Development: Managed ICT leaders who are direct report to develop more than fifty ICT and cyber security policies within my first 6 months in organization. This was to a cost savings of roughly USD25,000

Work Experience

The Company: Amazon Energy LTD, Nigeria

The Role: ICT Manager – Jan 2020 Date

Responsibilities: Corporately and at the group level, in charge of all ICT and Infosec initiatives, objectives and deliverables. In partnership with GMs, and VPS who head various divisions and entities, contribute to helping all business units meet up with their deliverables towards accomplishment of the set strategic goals. Responsibilities:

Manage direct reports for the day-to-day operations while simultaneously managing multiple projects and programs

Manage rollouts of ERP and other complex systems and technical compliance

Develop short and long term ICT business and Information Systems strategies

Prioritize IT investments to support and accelerate the company strategic directions

Partner with HR to hire and develop leading IT professionals

Develop strong partnership and joint business and technology roadmaps with entities and business unit leaders

Develop integrated data strategy and business decision systems for corporate systems

Provide steers which assist in the ongoing process to monitor actual performance of service costs

Establish and enforce lines of control for current and proposed information systems

Direct development and execution of an enterprise-wide disaster recovery and continuity plan

Participate in strategic and operational governance processes of the business as a member of the executive management committee

Supervise recruitment, development, retention and organization of all IT staff in accordance with corporate budgetary objectives and personnel policies

Develop the strategy for current and future technology and incorporate emerging technology into the solutions platforms

Establish a comprehensive technology vision for the business

Oversee the definition, development, and delivery of innovative, high performing, IT solutions that drive business execution. Includes building a high-performing leadership team and organization with capabilities to deliver world-class software solutions

Partner strategically with Vice Presidents of other business units, entities and stakeholders on leadership strategy, vision, planning, decision making and resource allocation

Consolidates, analyzes and maintains long-range network and application architecture plans to capitalize on technological enhancements, capabilities and improvements in conjunction with business unit and Company strategies, business lines, use of resources (both human and technological)

Manage department’s economy by ensuring that; operation’s fund is available on time; cost and overheads are constantly down-scaled

Coordinate and supervise the various ICT and infosec team leads in ensuring all ICT activities and deliverables of ICT organisation in all the independent business units within the group are in alignment with the group’s global goals and objectives

Scrutinize, justify and approve/disapprove all ICT and cyber security projects execution request from the department managers and confirm all project execution request are budget-covered

Ensure managers develop and execute infrastructure maintenance activities/projects plan as detailed in the approved plan

Review some of the ICT policies, procedures and standards to reflect global best practices. Standards and framework Standards/framework covered are; ISO 20000, ISO 27001, ITIL, COBIT5) and align with the organization culture

Execute cyber security projects/programs that address network security, vulnerability management, standard compliance, risk management and security information and event management

Prepare and engage the board and the executive committee on operation issues, budget performance, project status report, strategy alliance and performance report

Manage direct report to ensure monitoring and reporting of security solutions, testing and response is in place and constantly evaluated with metrics so effectiveness can be evaluated

Conduct organization global risk management in consistency with the approved risk management plan and the corporate risk management framework

Selected Achievements:

Operation Cost: deployed negotiation skill which saw to a tangible reduction in the cost of internet service provision. More than N5,000,000 saved within my first 4 months

Service Quality Improvement: deployed negotiation skill which saw to a tangible increment in the subscribed internet bandwidth. Internet bandwidth od 25mbps was increased to 50mbps (100% increment), this happened with my first 4 months

Service Quality Improvement: managed service provision vendor and setup VPN to staff who worked from home during Covid-19 with zero cost

Process Standardisation: reviewed existing document for policies and procedures for the Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) by developing additional policies and procedures. This happened within my first 8 month

Process Standardisation: reviewed existing document for policies and procedures for the Information Security Management System (ISMS) by developing new policies, new procedures and standards. This happened within my first 8 month

Standard Implementation: Implemented ISO 27001 for ISMS at zero cost The Company: Cyber Security Expert Association of Nigeria (CSEAN) The Role: Executive Director – April 2019 till Date Responsibilities: Worked closely with the presidents, other directors and the board to ensure the organization strategy is met.

Responsibilities

Strategy Development – participate in organization strategy development

Strategy Implementation – review already set road map and ensure the functional unit under my care operate in agreement with the road map

Strategy Performance Matrix – administered resources toward meeting the corporate strategy while ensuring tab is kept on performance matrix

Capacity Development: Organize more than 30 cyber security training and awareness sessions for more than 120 Nigeria covering topics such as PenTesting, Vulnerability Assessment, Threat Modelling, Incidence Response and Digital forensic investigation

The Company: BS Fortis, UK

The Role: Lead Consultant – March 2017 August 2018 Responsibilities: Worked closely with BS Fortis’ clients in manufacturing, finances, social care industry to ensure robust projects and operation of effective and sustainable IT infrastructure management, business application management, Information System (IS) operations, cloud migration, IS auditing, InfoSec and Privacy practices that delivered good return on clients’ investments.

Responsibilities in support of IT Infrastructure, Business Application and Cloud computing Delivered more than 15 penetration testing projects. Worked with team that planned and executed penetration testing for clients

Oversaw operation reporting teams Responsible for the operational reporting team delivering actionable KPIs to all levels of the IT enterprise. IT efficiency improvements resulted in higher productivity and better systems and service availability

Managed corporate IT Business Continuity (BC) and Disaster Recovery (DR) strategy and governance. Collaborated with clients’ management team, human resources leadership team, finance directors and managers and other members of IT to develop a DR/BC response strategy and capability which involved technology appraisal and partnerships with various vendors and comprehensive testing Monitored and tracked resource capacity levelling to support IT operations, IT maintenance, projects assignments, tracked progress, and work within budget Designed and implemented short term and long term strategic plans to ensure infrastructure capacity meet the existing and future business requirements

Enabled Self Service Analytics – Directed initiatives for advancements in self service analytics enabling insights in operations at a faster pace

Defined a 2 year strategic plan to address the system issues, End Of Life of software and hardware issues including core LAN upgrade, server refresh, and Wi Fi refresh Engineered a migration path for the on premise IT infrastructure to cloud infrastructure. Set up a parallel infrastructure, and a gradual migration of key IT services given the 24x7 IT service availability and the clients’ businesses

The Company: Frontier Oil LTD

The Role: Head ICT - March 2012 to 2016

Responsibilities: Worked closely with the Operations director and the Managing Director, steered the overall affair of the corporate IT portfolio

Responsibilities Head ICT

Managed team that pre qualified, deployed and commissioned business critical application, Infor SunSystems ERP for Financials, purchases and requests.

Led enterprise wide disaster recovery project and network architecture re evaluation.

Steered in-house resources and technology required to implement fleet management software development using MS- Visual studio.

Partnered with the release management team to ensure projects were delivered on time to support business objectives

Oil and Gas Technology Support – Implemented internal resourcing, policies and procedures that ensured continued connectivity of the SCADA systems while ensuring the air gap environment is maintained

Provided on going direction, coaching, training and development opportunities to staff members, enabling ability to build new skills and increase engagement

Architect new portfolio management system by engaging key business leaders and designing a software license rationalisation resulting in a 12% decrease in IT budget on business application and increased turnaround for the business.

Services and systems rationalisations – Gave executive direction to team leaders to rationalise business applications, IT services and operating cost. A savings of 18% was recorded after the exercise.

Identified personnel gaps, restructured the IT team, established annual objectives, training plans, motivated the team by defining a growth path for each position. Redefined the shift schedule to create forward momentum for the operations and project execution

Setup data management governance council. Formed and led the data management council involving IT lead from the partnering companies to provide governance to Data management operations and initiatives with a focus on delivering optimal technology improvements

Delivered 3600 customer satisfaction strategy. Collaborated with core business teams and led the definition of ICT 3600 Customer satisfaction strategy enabling senior customer engagement and triggered campaign management drives

Reviewed and support best practice strategy. Gave executive endorsement to the introduced best practices, standards, procedures and policies for all the operations and infrastructure reporting teams

Initiated efficiency improvement strategy. Setup committees that produced a strategic approach that Improved efficiency and reduced costs by endorsing plans and management of infrastructure improvements initiatives such as cloud hosting, WAN optimization and network upgrades

Justified corporate telecom Infrastructure upgrade programs. Engaged Joint Venture (JV) board to present business benefit for the justification of the budget for the corporate telecom infrastructure upgrade projects and u l t i m a t e l y secured Authority for Expenditure (AFE)

Managed IT activities within the JV. Coordinated ICT managers within the JV to manage the executive directions made by the management in the JV for the shared and the common ICT infrastructure. Periodically reported all the relevant operations issues, maintenance issues, projects and the budget’s KPIs to the senior management of each company within the JV

Managed the corporate Business Continuity (BC) and Disaster Recovery (DR) governance. Collaborated with facilities management staff, human resources leadership team, community relations leadership team, finance management team and other members of IT team to develop a DR/BC response plan

Corporate budget and Authority for Expenditure Management (AFE). Worked with sectional heads within the ICT organisation to ensure alignment of IT budget with the business aspirations and objectives. Maintained the culture of annual budget cut

The Company: Shell

The Role: IT Area Coordinator August 2006 to February 2012 Key Responsibilities

Performed regular network monitoring. Managed Web Services Management Agent (WSMA) profile using the ACL command in WSMA listener configuration

Ensured network and IP connectivity of all workstations, application servers, and back end office infrastructure.

Designed and implemented short term and long term strategic plans to ensure infrastructure capacity meet the existing and future oil and gas business requirements

Developed, implemented, and maintained policies, procedures for managing all IT and telecom hardware

Participated in the development of IT strategies in collaboration with Service delivery team.

Conducted research and made recommendations on products, services, protocols, and standards in support of all infrastructure procurement

Established service level agreements with business units.

Prepared contracts, project scope of work, and other documentation for infrastructure development project

Ensured vendors, outsourcers, and contractors adhere to specification of products and services supply.

Assisted in planning and deployment of infrastructure security measures.

Defined hardware and software standards in conjunction with owners and stakeholders.

Conducted near and long term financial forecasts for ICT business and operation.

Utilized motivational leadership style in managing team with diverse back ground

Prepared and made available to the line managers and infrastructure managers, the periodic reports of all activities, staff matter, equipment and infrastructure. Some of the Projects Managed or Was Part of

Information System audit project for 11 clients in the UK

Data privacy policy implementation project for 8 clients in the UK

Information Security Management System auditing projects for 12 organisations in the UK

Business application to cloud migration projects for more than 11 organisations in the UK

Oil and Gas field telecom infrastructure development project covering several different oil and gas facilities (flow stations, Gas plants, central processing facilities, Well heads, Custody transfer facility) with project value of well above four million USD (USD4,880,000)

Implementation of Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) for plant asset maintenance – PIRANA, being a software developed by Shire Systems, UK. Facilitated the overall process from the technical evaluation of the software up to the commissioning stage

Hydrocarbon Accounting (HCA) system implementation. As one of the leaders of the team drawn from all the producing companies using common custody transfer facility, developed HCA standard, policies, procedures and adopted an HCA application for all crude and gas allocation purposes

Implementation of SUN Infor ERP System for Finance management system module, purchases and procurement module and inventory systems module. Facilitated the overall process (pre deployment, deployment and commission) OS migration project from Win NT to Win 2000 (Migration Factory Team lead, 2003) Shell Nigeria.

OS migration project from window 2000 to VISTA (Migration Team member) Shell Nigeria;

Construction of 75m tower for Microwave radio ODU, Shell Nigeria. (Project owner and site coordinator, 2007).

Construction of 100m tower for Microwave radio ODU, Shell Nigeria (Project owner and site coordinator, 2008).

Implementation of Structured office cabling (SOC) and Fiber Optics Cabling (FOC) projects for the new office block and accommodation, Shell Nigeria (Project owner and site coordinator, 2007).

Implementation of replacement project from NEAX PABX to Alcatel PABX, Shell Nigeria (Project owner and site coordinator, 2006 to 2007)

Installation of transmission infrastructure, Eclipse Microwave radio, Shell Nigeria (Site coordinator, 2008, 2009).

Installation and configuration of Tandberg Video Conference Units covering three locations, Shell Nigeria (2010)

Implementation of Structured office cabling (SOC) and Fiber Optics Cabling (FOC) projects for Shell revamped NAG plant, (Project owner and site coordinator, 2011)

Implementation of Structured office cabling (SOC) and Fiber Optics Cabling (FOC) projects,, Shell Nigeria (Project owner and site coordinator, 2011).Implementation of Cable Television Network (CATV) cabling and structured office cabling (SOC) projects, Shell Nigeria. (Project owner and site coordinator, 2011). List of Training attended

S/N Institution Title/Subject of Training Year

1 Uni of Bedfordshire M.SC Computer Security and Forensics (Distinction) 2018 2 Frontier Oil LTD (FOL) Business-driven strategic IT planning 2016 3 Frontier Oil LTD (FOL) IT Service availability management 2015 4 Frontier Oil LTD (FOL) Hot Work Permit

Training

2015

5 Frontier Oil LTD (FOL) Incident Investigation Training 2015 6 Systemspes Nig Ltd Infor 10 Sunsystems deployment Project Team Training 2014 7

Systemspes Nig Ltd

Infor 10 Sunsystems deployment Project Team Training (Inventory, Purchases

and Purchases Requisition

2014

8

NOWTECH System

Limited

General Electrical Safety for Telecom Infrastructural Management 2014

9 Aviat Networks Operation and Maintenance of Eclipse Digital Microwave Radio 2014 10

Shire System, UK

Computerize Maintenance Management System which covered plant and custody transfer units, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) asset register, MJR and PIDs

2014

11 Shire System, UK Computerize Maintenance Management System (Material and Purchasing)) 2014 12

DexNova Consulting

Limited

Project Management Professional (PMP)

2014

13 Frontier Oil LTD Hearts and Mind to manage process safety issues 2014 14 Ezewu International Basic Fire Fighting-Proactive approach to safe operations of Telecoms Infr 2014 15

Network Solutions

Limited

Systems Network Management Training

2014

16 Frontier Oil LTD Contract Management and Balanced score card 2014 17 Petroleum Expert Overview of petroleum expert application suite and digital oil field overview 2012 18 Shell in-House HSSE Management Awareness 2009

19 Shell in-House Conflict resolution training 2008 20 Shell in-House Deploying and supporting windows Vista 2008 21 Shell in-House Customer focus and management training 2007 22 Shell in-House Elis Infosec 2007

23 Shell in-House HSE heart and mind 2006

24 Shell in-House IT infrastructure support and management 2006 Interests: Watching Football

References: Shall be provided on request

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