Chek Dek

Accountable for end-to-end solution architecture from discovery through delivery and lifecycle, aligning decisions to organisational strategy. Introduced standardised decision records and integration patterns adopted across teams, improving consistency and delivery clarity.

Built delivery capability by establishing an offshore team contributing ~30–40% of sprint deliveries; progressed towards a self-sustaining feature team. Achieved 100% automated testing coverage across applications/services in scope; strengthened release confidence and reduced disruption risk.

Directed delivery across customer-facing web platforms, aligning engineering priorities with business outcomes and customer experience. Advanced an API-first approach to enable reliable third-party integrations and reduce coupling across systems.

Built and led a 13-person engineering team delivering a no-code SaaS platform for financial services marketing teams. Designed and scaled a hybrid cloud architecture (AWS, DigitalOcean and private cloud) to support performance, security and growth.

Directed regional technology strategy and delivery across Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya; led a 20-person engineering and product organisation. Managed an annual IT and digital marketing budget of $1.5M; established global product architecture enabling expansion into new regions.

Led solution architecture and engineering across SaaS platforms including telematics insurance, revenue collection, identity verification and payments. Delivered systems supporting large-scale citizen identity registration (15M+ users) and transaction-heavy platforms.

Directed 100+ professionals delivering national-scale identity and payment systems; led architecture and delivery for a $30M national ID programme. Supported personalisation of 70M voter ID cards; delivered SIM registration systems for mobile network operators.

Bachelor of Science in Computing and IT Practices from The Open University.

Professional Diploma in Information Technology from NIIT.