Dayo Olukayode

Owned core exchange product roadmap, directing architecture and delivery of high-throughput spot order books, multi-currency liquidity bridges, and institutional digital asset custody. Re-engineered P2P escrow settlement and dispute workflows, cutting merchant dispute turnaround by 35% and lifting trade completion rates from 78% to 92%.

Architected global fiat checkout rails integrating cards, bank rails, and local APMs, scaling monthly fiat volume from $3.2M to $18.5M while cutting checkout drop-off by 28%. Shipped a zero-slippage Instant Swap engine aggregating external DEX liquidity and internal books, lifting user trade frequency by 45% and clearing $22M+ in quarterly swap throughput.

Re-architected catalog search indexing and semantic filtering pipelines, reducing search response latency by 30% and elevating search-to-cart conversion rates by 18%. Shipped modular merchant SDK libraries and API integration runbooks, cutting developer integration lead times from 3 weeks to 4 days and expanding merchant onboarding by 35%.

Engineered and scaled lightweight crypto payment APIs, reducing on-chain confirmation and settlement processing times by 60% and lifting merchant Net Promoter Scores by 25%. Designed plug-and-play crypto checkout widgets for e-commerce platforms, onboarding 120+ merchants while maintaining 99.8% gateway uptime.

Directed the redesign of POS terminal firmware UX and cash-in/cash-out settlement flows, lifting transaction success rates and driving a 20% increase in retail volume and 30% in enterprise throughput. Implemented automated terminal diagnostics and remote incident escalation workflows, reducing device operational downtime by 25%.

Completed the AI for Product Management certification in January 2024.

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from ESCT University, Benin Republic, completed in 2024.

Completed the Software Product Management Specialization in June 2021.