Dotun Akinwale

Experience

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  Information Projects

  Aug 2000 - Mar 2003

  Application Developer/Database Administrator (DBA)
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  Schlumberger

  Apr 2003 - May 2006

  Technical Consultant (CRM, ERP & Database Management)
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  Ericsson

  May 2006 - Apr 2010

  Solutions Architect (Service Layer)

  Prepared and delivered technical presentations to multiple customers to simply understanding of proposed solutions. Oversaw and maintained the preparation of high level and low-level solution descriptions to defined characteristics of the solution. Used Ericsson tools and forecasted data to manage nodes and signaling dimensions. Formulated feasibility reports as well as performed capacity planning and impact analysis for Multimedia Solutions / digital services and products.• Responsible for translating Commercial requirements into a technical solution• Addressed change requests related to solutions and evaluated third party solutions• Developed positive professional relationships with stakeholders including C’ suites and maintained exceptional standards of service delivery• Communicated a comprehensive roadmap, outlining key milestones, dependencies, and deliverables to clients for strategic planning• Received Global Key Contributor award• Collaborated with the sales department to generate sales within own portfolio, including responding to RFI/RFP/RFQ• Created end-to-end technical specifications for digital products and services. Engaged in cross- functional meetings with key stakeholders to develop and deploy new offerings.• Assisted solution integrators and customer project teams in recognizing and resolving design and implementation issues for smooth work flow.• Successfully led real time data charging solution architecture design team for MTN Group and Celtel Africa.• Effectively coordinated duties of 11 Solution Architects.• Prepared HLD and LLD documents, detailing solution components and integration touchpoints for effective delivery and troubleshooting.• Presented actionable risk mitigation strategies to senior leadership based on insights gathered from client workshops, driving informed decision-making and ensuring project success Show less

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  9mobile

  Jun 2010 - Sept 2022

  Championed the management of the Digital Services team, overseeing product conceptualization, configuration, maintenance, and support. Coordinate the oversight of Managed Service teams for Digital Services nodes. Direct product configuration and capacity management, aligning with organizational needs for strategic planning. Liaise with team members and key stakeholders, performing network traffic planning with CS CORE, PS CORE, IPBB, Transmissions, and Digital Media teams. Assist in budget and expenditure planning (CAPEX/OPEX) and translating requirements into solutions. Monitor KPIs and address underperforming areas. Lead Solution Architects, Design Engineers, Support Engineers, and Managed Service partners. Oversee requirement gathering, solution design, and HLD/LLD documentation. Prepare reports on Digital Services nodes and resolve issues.• Collaborated with 9Pay team for the design and implementation of Payment Service Bank solutions, ensuring the right algorithm was used for data integrity and protection• Collaborated IT, Revenue Assurance, Customer Experience, and QA teams to deliver a Convergent Billing Solution to reduce system maintenance costs and increased scalability to support business growth.• API integration and API gateway management• Technical architect in the integration of Content Providers and Aggregators to the 9Mobile network to facilitate differential charging, fulfilment, assurance and proper billing • Developed a middleware for seamless integration of Service and Content Providers solutions using different types of communication protocols on the network.• Championed the migration of on-premise digital services solutions within 9Mobile network to the Azure Cloud• Reviewed As-Is and To-Be solution documents within the technical domain, ensuring alignment with business requirements Show less Designed and implemented a high quality, cloud-based data warehouse architecture that significantly improved performance. Successfully integrated over 15 disparate data sources into transformative business intelligence solutions. Leveraged exceptional communication skills to enable seamless data migration, drive technology adoption, and maximize ROI.• Successfully delivered Customer Value Management (CVM) project• Led the development of efficient ETL mechanisms for seamless data migration from legacy systems to new platforms for improved data quality and system performance• Subject matter expert in the implementation of Business Intelligent solution for data analysis, mining and reporting for effective management decision making• Developed, tested, and deployed Multidimensional Analytic Databases with calculated measures and dimensions using SSAS, MDX, T-SQL• Analysed, reviewed, re-designed and implemented OLTP Database Logical and Physical Data models to conform to requirements specification• Created and reviewed master data in accordance with Data Governance and Business Stakeholders requirements• Analysed, designed, developed, and ensured Source to Target Mapping, Transformation and Data Quality• Developed interactive and user-friendly data dashboards using Power BI to visualize complex data structures, facilitating strategic decision-making processes Show less

  • Lead BSS & OSS (Operations and Architectural Planning)

    Mar 2015 - Sept 2022

  • Business Intelligence Analyst /Data Architect

    Jun 2010 - Feb 2015
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  BST Consulting Limited

  Oct 2023 - now

  Senior Solutions Architect

  Seasoned Solutions Architect at BST, specializing in ERP, CRM solutions and digital transformation. Trusted advisor to clients, guiding them in adopting architectural best practices to optimize their systems and drive business success.• Spearheaded solution analysis exercise for a cloud-based CRM implementation for a leading UK Contact Centre• Requirements gathering and brainstorming sessions with Stakeholders• Developing requirements specification document, high level and low-level solution description documents• Organized a comprehensive risk analysis workshop, identifying critical vulnerabilities and proposing strategic solutions to mitigate potential risks• Developing end to end optimization strategy based on database sharding for a better performance Show less