Jerome Obada MBCS, HCIB, MSc.

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About me
Chief Infrastructure & Enterprise Officer
Education
- University of Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
  2007 - 2008
  Masters (MSc) Computer & Internet Technologies Distinction (Best Graduating Student)
  Activities and Societies: Main Modules: Information Retrieval, Enterprise Architecture, E-Commerce Business Models, Internet Programming, Computer Security, Designing Usable Systems, Programming With Java, Software Construction
- Trainings (2018)
  2018 - 2018
  Cloud Data Science with Azure Machine Learning - Microsoft General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Lead Implementer - DNV-GL
- Trainings & Conferences (2017)
  2017 - 2017
  o Scrum Master Trainingo Team Foundation Servero Big Data & Predictive/Decision Analytics (Jube.io) • • Norsys Netica and Bayesian Analysis. • • NeuroSolutions & Artificial Neural Networks • • Linear & Logistic Regression • • Palisade StatTools & NeuralTools • • Abstraction and Transformations • • Probability, Product and Decision Tree
- Africa Technical Academy (IBM)
  2016 - 2016
  Predictive Analytics Specialist with SPSS Modeler v16 (Certification)
  Data MiningData ExplorationData PartitioningPredictor Selection for ModelingIBM SPSS ModelerUnit of AnalysisIntegrating DataDeriving & Reclassifying FieldsRelationshipsModelingModel EvaluationUsing FunctionData TransformationsWorking with Sequence DataSampling RecordsImproving EfficiencyDeploying Models
- Certifications, Trainings & Conferences (2016)
  2016 - 2016
  • Big Data Developer Mastery (Certification)• Predictive Analytics Specialist (Certification)• PRINCE2 Foundation• Oracle Reports Developer 10g• ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)• COBIT (Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology)• PMP (Project Management Professional) - Foundation
- Africa Technical Academy (IBM)
  2015 - 2015
  Big Data Specialist (Certification Training)
  BigInsight, Big Data, Hadoop, HBase, Hive, Pig, BigSQL, JaQL, AQL, Stream Computing, Text Analytics
- EMC Educational Development
  2015 - 2015
  Data Science and Big Data Analytics for Business Transformation
- Trainings & Conferences (2015)
  2015 - 2015
  • Emotional Intelligence - Self Awareness & Management, Social Awareness and Relationship Management
  Activities and Societies: • Results-Based Leadership (ZOLTS - Lagos, Nigeria) • Building an Intelligent World Using the IoT - One Community at a Time (Oracle - San Francisco CA, USA)• Accelerating Time to Value of Big Data Enterprise Solutions (Oracle - San Francisco CA, USA)• End-to-End Analytics Across Big Data and Data Warehouse for Data Monetization (Oracle - San Francisco CA, USA) • Simplifying Big Data-Best Practices for On-Premises and Cloud Architectures (Oracle - San Francisco CA, USA)• The Next Big Thing in Warehousing: Internet of Things and… Show more • Building an Intelligent World Using the IoT - One Community at a Time (Oracle - San Francisco CA, USA)• Accelerating Time to Value of Big Data Enterprise Solutions (Oracle - San Francisco CA, USA)• End-to-End Analytics Across Big Data and Data Warehouse for Data Monetization (Oracle - San Francisco CA, USA) • Simplifying Big Data-Best Practices for On-Premises and Cloud Architectures (Oracle - San Francisco CA, USA)• The Next Big Thing in Warehousing: Internet of Things and Big Data (Oracle - San Francisco CA, USA)• Big Data Analytics with Oracle Advanced Analytics 12c and Oracle Big Data SQL (Oracle - San Francisco CA, USA)• Discover How Oracle Big Data Appliance Can Help You Know Your Customers (Oracle - San Francisco CA, USA)• Big Data Application Development for Analytics Using Industry Use Cases (Oracle - San Francisco CA, USA) Show less
- Trainings & Conferences (2014)
  2013 - 2014
  • Oracle Hyperion Platform, EPM, Planning and Budgeting (Oracle - Lagos, Nigeria)• Build a Big Data Strategy for your Organization, Gain Insight & Make Decisions (IBM – Lagos, Nigeria)• Smarter Cloud: Rethink IT and reinvent Business with Cloud Computing (IBM – Lagos, Nigeria)• Big Data Analytics (IBM – Lagos, Nigeria)• Getting Started with Big Data (IBM - Nevada, USA)• Using All the Data in the Organization (IBM - Nevada, USA)• Predictive Maintenance & the Internet of… Show more • Oracle Hyperion Platform, EPM, Planning and Budgeting (Oracle - Lagos, Nigeria)• Build a Big Data Strategy for your Organization, Gain Insight & Make Decisions (IBM – Lagos, Nigeria)• Smarter Cloud: Rethink IT and reinvent Business with Cloud Computing (IBM – Lagos, Nigeria)• Big Data Analytics (IBM – Lagos, Nigeria)• Getting Started with Big Data (IBM - Nevada, USA)• Using All the Data in the Organization (IBM - Nevada, USA)• Predictive Maintenance & the Internet of Things (IBM - Nevada, USA)• Why the Convergence of Data Integration and Application Integration Matters (IBM - Nevada, USA)• Understanding & Modelling Data Using Industry-Standard Formats – DFDL xsd (IBM - Nevada, USA)• What’s Next in the Era of Mobile, Cloud, Social, Big Data & Analytics (IBM - Nevada, USA) Show less
- Hi Tech College, Israel
  2009 - 2009
  Information Security & Forensics
  Activities and Societies: Fundamentals of Network Security, Check Point Firewall Security Administration I &II NGX (R65), Information Defense Technologies (Advanced Information Security & Fundamentals of Risk Analysis, From Offensive activity to defensive countermeasures, Information Security Networks, Computer Forensics)
- University of Ilorin, Nigeria
  1998 - 2002
  B.Eng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering Second Class Upper (2:1)
- Federal Polytechnic Offa
  1995 - 1997
  Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Global Knowledge Dubai
  2021 - 2021
  Power Systems for AIX II: AIX Implementation and Administration
Experience
- Schlumberger
  Nov 2002 - Aug 2003
  Trainee
- CA Consultants
  Feb 2004 - Jun 2004
  Engineer
- Standard Trust Bank
  Jun 2004 - Nov 2005
  Merged with United Bank for Africa in 2005 Merged with United Bank for Africa in 2005
  - Enterprise Messaging Administrator
    Jun 2004 - Nov 2005
  - Website/Intranet Administrator
    Jun 2004 - Apr 2005
- UBA Group
  Nov 2005 - now
  Key Implementations 1. Deployment of Oracle Exadata Engineering System 2. Deployment of Oracle ZDLRA (Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance)3. Deployment of IBM Power9 Infrastructure4. Deployment of Dell/EMC VxBlock Converged Infrastructure (Virtualized and Distributed Storage) 5. Huawei FusionCompute CI and Storage (Dorado, Pacific)6. Deployment of two new Electrical Power Rooms for UBA Group’s Global Datacentre (UPS, Stabilizers, Electrical Panels, Environmental Monitoring Systems, CCTV, Transfer Switches etc.)7. Negotiation of multiple deals (Microsoft, Dell, Oracle, IBM, Huawei etc.) worth over $XXmillion dollars and associated technical implementations. 8. Robotic Process Automation - Supervised and Unsupervised AI9. Oracle Exadata x10M10. Development of AI/GenAI Policy and AI Strategy DocumentTeams: 1. Global Data Centre & IT Power Mgt2. Unix Administration (IBM Power Series)3. WINTEL Virtualization (Dell VxBlock/VxRail , HP, Huawei etc.)4. Cloud Technologies 5. Backup & Storage (IBM, Dell, HP, Oracle Exadata, ZDLRA)6. Database Administration7. Enterprise Applications Support8. SWIFT System Support9. Enterprise Data Warehouse & Analytics10. Messaging & Collaboration11. AI & Advanced Analytics 12. Software Asset Management 13. AI Governance - Chief AI Officer Show less Department: IT Enterprise Applications/SystemsConstituent Teams: Messaging & Collaboration, Business Intelligence & Analytics, Data Quality, Data Warehousing, Performance Mgt, E-Business Analytics, Application Support (approximately 170 Enterprise applications).In this capacity, I act as the CDO (Chief Data Officer) for UBA and also manage specialist teams, consultants etc. comprising about 40 personnel spread across the globe (22 countries in 3 continents).Key Tasks: Project Management, Systems Implementation, Data Analytics, Advanced Analytics, Data Warehousing, Messaging & Collaboration, Enterprise Systems Support. Show less I manage the technology teams in charge of the following 1. Data Warehouse2. Biz Intelligence & MIS3. HR - Workforce & Talent Management Applications4. Compliance & Risk Applications5. Other Administrative Applications==Deployments and PoT==2017Data Cleansing, Customer Data Consolidation & EnrichmentMobile Analytics using Microsoft Power BIExecutive Global Dashboards - Realtime overview of key areas of the bank (Desktop & Mobile versions)2016Location Intelligence for ATM Analytics and other VaaSU360 Program: -- 1. Customer Data Consolidation & Enrichment -- 2. MDM (Master Data Management), Data Quality -- 3. Re-Engineering of in-house MIS and MPR infrastructureAuto-Reconciliation Project: Automated and real-time reconciliation of ATM, E-Channels, Nostro, Suspense and other account transactions2015Consolidated BVN Submission, Validation and Customer Update platform (USSD, Web, Branch, NIBSS)Big Data - BigInsight, HBase (Hadoop/Big Table variant), Big Sheet etc.InfoSphere Information ServerIBM InfoSphere Warehouse & Design StudioRisk - Actimize E-Banking Fraud, Employee Fraud, Suspicious Activity Monitoring etc.Informatica PowerCentre (Enterprise Data Integration or Codeless ETL)IBM DataStage (Enterprise Data Integration or Codeless ETL)Data Quality Assessment2014Anti-Money LaunderingFinacle 10x UpgradeIFRS Implementation Project Management; o SIT, ETL and Technical UAT o Deal Type Overview o Product Data Capture o ETL Checklist Mapping o Interface Implementation o Data Extraction Automation o Unit and Integration Testing o Entity Consolidation and Financial Statement developmentIBM MDM - Master Data ManagementCOGNOS BIMobile Analytics (On and Off Network Cube Analysis)Data Standardization & CleansingCustomer Data Enrichment (Demographic Attributes etc)Performance ManagementCOGNOS Infrastructure upgrade (Front-End clustering for load balancing) - OngoingABC - Activity Based CostingEtc. Show less
  - Chief Infrastructure & Enterprise Officer
    Sept 2022 - now
  - Department Head, Global Data Centre & IT Enterprise Applications
    May 2021 - Sept 2022
  - Department Head, IT Global Enterprise Applications
    Jul 2017 - May 2021
  - Head - Data Warehouse & Business Intelligence
    Jan 2014 - Jul 2017
  - Head, Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence & MIS
    Nov 2013 - Jan 2014
  - Business Intelligence Architect
    Nov 2008 - Oct 2013
  - Enterprise Systems Engineer, Infrastructure Architect
    Nov 2005 - Nov 2008
- Aajura Group, Edinburgh, UK
  Sept 2008 - Oct 2008
  Systems Engineer
Licenses & Certifications
- Information Storage and Management v5
  Dell Technologies
  Sept 2022
- PRINCE2 Foundation Certification
  ACQUIROS, Inc.
  Nov 2016
- Certified Predictive Analytics Modeler - Mastery Award for Professionals 2016
  IBM
  May 2016
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- British Computer Society
  British Computer Society
  Sept 2023
- Certified Big Data Developer - Mastery Award for Professionals 2016
  IBM
  Oct 2016
  View certificate
- MCP
  Microsoft
  Feb 2006
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Jerome Obada MBCS, HCIB, MSc.
  Award for Enterprising Innovation - UBA CEO Award 2018 United Bank for Africa Apr 2018