Why hire a director?
When you can get more perspectives for less from a team of diverse professional expertise.
SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL PORTFOLIOS AND MANDATES

Coordinating Consultant and Organizational Strategist 01/2017 – Present

  • ENGLEWOOD SMART CITY  DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC

Organizational Development Director 08/2019 – Present

  • FoodHub Canada:
  • Develop strategy for organizational sustainability of Foodhub
  • Develop the entrepreneurship training outline for startup cohorts.

Organizational Consultant 06/2013 – Present

  • Youth In Motion / L’ ASSOCIATION DES JEUNES DE LA PETITE Bourgogne

Founder and Executive Director 07/2017 – Present

  • Center For Public Research and Outreach Initiatives (CEPROI)

Coordinating Consultant 07/2005 – 07/2010

  • Clinique Medical VMS:
  • Directly managed the financial and accounting advisory. Coordinated internal and external relationship in the transitional management and successful sale of one of the clinics in Outremont.

Change Management & Financial Consultant 03/2010 – 05/2016

  • TRDMRK INC, CANADA (Production & Screen Printing):

Portfolio Managing Director / CEO: 01/2013 – 12/2015:

  • Waterhog Dredging and Development Inc, Canada/Nigeria:

Facilitator, Coach and Program Analyst: 03/2013 – 08/2013

  • Little bugundy employment centre:
  • Received award in Recognition for Commitment to the Growth of Others.

Managing Director (MD) / CEO: 04/2004 – 12/2010

  • Eljohnn Properties, Inc. Canada:
  • Provided executive leadership and initiatives that grew the company real estate holdings from $350,000 to $10 million in 5 years. Managed multiple portfolios of Real Estate projects.

Public Accountant and Tax Consultant: 07/1997 – 05/2004

  • InHouse Trust’n Tax, Canada
  • Managed accounting, tax audit, support services of over 500 individuals, SME, and corporations. Advisor on financial and fundraising for Start-ups and growth companies.
SERIAL ENTREPRENUER: 03/1995 – 12/2010

Founded and managed many types of SMEs: Corporate Merchants (Computer Recycling); dailydollar.com: Internet financial services; Resource Plus; InHouse Support and Supply Services; InHouse Trust’n Tax. Ethos Global BI Partners LLP

EDUCATION, CREDENTIALS AND CERTIFICATES
  • MIT PDEE, Leading Organization and Change, Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Sloan, MA, USA
  • Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) Leadership and Strategic Management, CUFCE, CA, USA.
  • Master of Arts (MA) Leading Innovation and Change, York St-John University UK;
  • Bachelor of Art (BA) Human Relation, Specialization, Concordia University, Canada;
  • Bachelor/Higher National Diploma (HND/B.A.) Accountancy Federal Polytechnic /University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria;
CERTIFICATES AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
  • MICA: Member, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria,
  • CPB: Institute of Professional Bookkeepers of Canada
  • Certificate: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Business Leaders, Analytics Vidhya
  • Certificate: Artificial Intelligence A-Z: Learn to Build AI, SuperDataScience
  • Certified ProAdvisor: Intuit QuickBooks, Canada
  • Certificate: Democratic Governance and Public Policy: Workshop on Social Change, Concordia University, Canada
  • Certificate: How to Ask for Money, Concordia University, Canada
  • Certificate: Political Economy of Social Change, Concordia University, Canada
AWARDS
  • Laureate, Black History Month (BHM), 2016
  • Shadd Business Academy, Partner in Education award: 2005, 2006, 2007
  • Recognition for Commitment to the Growth of Others, Little Burgundy Employment Centre, 2013