Opeyemi Oluwamayowa Olowonyo
Magodo Phase 1
Summary
Digital Transformation Specialist with a strong track record in managing diverse financial payment and transformational projects. Demonstrates expertise in driving customer satisfaction, business expansion, and revenue growth through strategic project execution. Proven ability to enhance operational efficiency while adapting to evolving market demands. Committed to leveraging innovative solutions for sustained organizational success.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Program Manager
CR2 Limited
Dublin
01.2020 - Current
- I work in the professional service division of CR2 where I oversee the end to end on-boarding of banks/financial institutions onto ʻBankworld Omni-Channel Payment Solutionʼ across the EMEA region
- Ensure that customer projects are delivered on time, within scope, to budget, and to the required quality standards
- Manage and track issues raised during functional testing (i.e UAT, SIT, performance testing and vulnerability testing) and ensure these issues are given proper attention and prioritization internally in time for GO-LIVE
- Periodic presentation of the project health-check to steering committee members to facilitate key project decisions/next steps
- Work with the sales team and the Solution Architect to define solution pre-contract signing, provide a realistic implementation approach and professional service effort estimates
- Work with local partners to developed and nurtured key customer and stakeholder relationships to drive revenue growth and domestic relevance in key markets
Strategic Project Manager
Wirecard AG
Aschheim
03.2019 - 12.2020
- I was a team lead in the POS Solution division and my primary role was to onboarding tier 1 merchants onto ʻWirecard Payment Platform as a Service (i.e
- WPPaaS)ʼ for transaction processing in Europe &APAC Regions
- WPPaaS is a suite of payment and commerce services that combines proprietary solutions for managing terminals with third-party applications and alternative payment methods
- SDK integrations and acquiring certifications of different brands/models of POS & mPOS terminals across different payment networks i.e MasterCard, VISA, AMEX, JCB & UnionPay
- SDK integrations and acquiring certifications of different brands/models of POS & mPOS terminals across different alternate payment networks i.e Alipay & WeChat pay
Project Manager
CR2 Limited
Dublin
02.2016 - 02.2019
- I led the team that successfully on-boarded Access Bank internet banking user to ʻBankworld Omni-Channel Payment Solutionʼ
- Migration of 3 million plus internet banking users
- Internet Banking UI/UX localization and redesign
- Integration with 48 third party applications via IBM Enterprise Service Bus
Project Manager
InterSwitch Group
Lagos
08.2013 - 02.2016
- As a key member of TransPro (Switching & Third Party Processing Team), my team was responsible for the continuous delivery of technology solutions on the ʻInterswitch Payment Processing Networkʼ
- Integration of EFT Switch with third party processors including Visa &MasterCard
- Integration of EFT Switch with several core banking applications including Flexcube, Finacle, Basis and T24
Project Manager
Computer Warehouse Group
Lagos
08.2011 - 08.2013
- As the single point of contact to Tier 1 banks/financial institutions, I led the project delivery team within Computer Warehouse Group in collaboration with Infosys Technical Team to deliver ʻFinacle Digital Banking Solutionʼ across diverse client sites, overseeing testing, production deployment and post Go-Live support
Project Implementation Consultant
Technology Support Centre
Abuja
04.2007 - 01.2009
- As part of Hewlett-Packard monitoring team, I led a 15 man team that supervised and monitored the implementation of ʻTeachers Assisted Personal Computer Purchase Programʼ across High/Secondary schools in Nigeria
- This program is an education empowerment and capacity building scheme that enabled secondary school teachers to purchase a discounted Hewlett-Packard laptops with pre-configured government approved teaching curriculum
Education
Msc - Project Management
University of Greenwich
London, United KingdomMsc - Business Information System
University of Bolton
Bolton, United KingdomBsc - Accounting
Babcock University
Ilishan Remo, Ogun State, NigeriaSkills
- Strategic Partner Management
- Effective Communication
- Collaborative Negotiation Techniques
- Data-Driven Problem Solving
- Strategic Project Oversight
- Resilient Change Management
- Open to Change
Certification
- Management Accelaration Program, Lagos Business School
- Project Management Professional, Project Management Institute, 2999632
- Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption (Global), Thomson Reuters Compliance Certification
- PRINCE 2 Certification, 02507179-01-1133
- General Data Protection Regulation, Thomson Reuters Compliance Certification
Projects
Dashen Bank Ethiopia- Integration to Safaricom Postpaid and Airtime Purchase Solution via Mobile App, Internet Banking and USSD.
Dashen Bank Ethiopia- Digital Branch Automation through self-service devices i.e Internet Banking and Mobile App.
Seychelles Commercial Bank- Migration of 300 ATMs & 600,000 cards from S2M Application to BankWorld to drive in-house ATM Acquiring and card issuing respectively.
Dashen Bank Ethiopia- Redesign of Amole Lite Mobile App User Experience and Interface.
Access Bank Nigeria- Direct integration to VISA for Acquiring and Issuing services
Access Bank Nigeria- Direct integration to MasterCard for Acquiring and Issuing services.
OraBank Holding Group- Onboarding of 15 Affiliate Banks across Africa into one single instance of BankWorld to drive Internet Banking, Mobile App and USSD
Access Bank Nigeria- Migration of 2 million plus cards across MasterCard and VISA BINs from Tranzware CMS to Bankworld to drive in-house card hosting, issuing and processing.
Timeline
Senior Program Manager
CR2 Limited
01.2020 - Current
Strategic Project Manager
Wirecard AG
03.2019 - 12.2020
Project Manager
CR2 Limited
02.2016 - 02.2019
Project Manager
InterSwitch Group
08.2013 - 02.2016
Project Manager
Computer Warehouse Group
08.2011 - 08.2013
Project Implementation Consultant
Technology Support Centre
04.2007 - 01.2009
Msc - Project Management
University of Greenwich
Msc - Business Information System
University of Bolton
Bsc - Accounting
Babcock University
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