Procept Nigeria / Consultant Profiles - Sola Oduko

Sola Oduko
oduko@procept.com

Sola Oduko is a Vice-President and Director of African Operations with Procept. Sola (pronounced “Shola”) has 20 years experience in IT service management, business analysis, project management, strategy formulation and implementation, department management, risk analysis and management, business process redesign, business continuity and disaster recovery management, using various best practice frameworks, in several countries.

As Information Systems Manager with a subsidiary of Diageo UK, Sola managed a team of 25 people comprising four project managers and one IT operations manager, and he controlled a budget in excess of $4 million. He chaired and facilitated workshops, seminars and conferences; established project organizations and governance structures in all IT related projects and programs; assisted procurement and legal departments in the review, evaluation and negotiation of IT contracts.

He is responsible for the IT service management practices at Procept and at the Professional Development Centre of University of Toronto. He designs and instructs PM, and ITSM courses for delivery by himself and others, and he undertakes consulting assignments in maturity assessments and implementations.

Sola holds bachelor and master degrees in computer sciences, and a second master’s degree in business administration. He also holds the Information Technology Infrastructure Library Manager’s Certificate in IT Service Management. He is a member of various professional associations including: International Institute of Business Analysts (where he is a committee member), IT Service Management Forum, Canadian Information Processing Society, British Computer Society/Engineering Council, UK, and Project Management Institute. Sola is designated as a Project Management Professional, an Information Systems Professional, and a Chartered Engineer