Software Engineer, Microsoft. Published Author

My passion for helping Nigerian gain valuable tech skills comes from my experience as one who transitioned from Insurance to tech and has experienced the many benefits of having a tech skill this gave me the drive to start Tech Skills Hack, an organization that does the following and more;

1. Providing tech clarity consultation sessions and tech skills training.

2. Encourage SMEs productivity by training entrepreneurs on the usage of the right digital tools for visibility and accessibility.

3. Advocating for Inclusion in the tech ecosystem.

I'm a Techvangelist, One Young World Scholar, Product School certified Product Manager, Google-certified Android developer with more than 5 years of experience, a Mobile Web specialist, a UX expert, a certified risk manager, and a sucker for Technology and its tools.

I believe that the cure for the ongoing 4th industrial revolution is the possession of in-demand tech skills.

My inspiring contributions to the tech ecosystem have been featured on Techpoint, Nigerian Tribune, and other international National Dailies and blogs.

I ‘m a Brand/Marketing Designer with over 5 years of professional experience in Design and a track record in brand communication, creative direction, community management and marketing design on a global scale.

Thus, I see every project as a chance to “leave my footprint” and explore unique design techniques.

I have given talks/workshops at Design/OS conferences around the globe at UX Professionals Washington, Open Up Summit Asia, iMakeFOSS, Friends of Figma Nigeria, FOSSASIA Singapore, FOSDEM Belgium among many.

Currently serving as a Program Committee Member, DrupalCon North America 2021.

Founded Creative Discourse, a community empowering creatives in Africa.

Over the years, I ‘ve contributed to Drupal, Linux Foundation Public Health, Indian Open Source Organization, Python, Open Source Design.

I speak Mandarin(Chinese) ,中文 when I ‘m happy.

Every brand deserves attention to detail to ensure it is beautifully and thoroughly represented. Fueled by the desire to build businesses & brands, I am passionate about reflecting their stories and core values using design.

I am a Graphic Designer with 5 years of experience. I collaborate with brands with unique goals to create resonating visual identities, print collateral and websites to help magnify their brand presence, using a design approach and creative process that is well thought-out and peculiar.

I'm a Software Engineer, Developer Advocate at JetBrains, and Technical Content Creator. I have an excellent skill of breaking down complex topics into their simplest forms and a deep passion for sharing my knowledge with developers. I've organized several technical workshops for software engineers, taught JavaScript, TypeScript, and frameworks like React.js and Vue.js in various tech communities. I've also been a part of different teams, both on-site and remote acting in the lead and member capacities. My vast experience has equipped me with the ability to be culturally aware of diverse communities, whilst honing both technical and soft skills like communication, teamwork, adaptability, and empathy.

I'm an entrepreneur for entrepreneurs with a strong focus on business model innovation.

I'm the Co-founder and CEO of Chooya, a tech startup helping people around the world to save an extra dollar on every purchase, no matter where or how they want to shop.

I'm featured on Entrepreneurship World Cup (EWC) as one of the 100 global founders in 2021 (EWC100) and a member of the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) Starters Club. With other global recognition and awards from Alibaba Business School and Africa Leadership University in 2020.

In 2017, I started (co-founded) RAD5 Tech Hub, an innovation hub focused on venture building where I still support and work with in-house entrepreneurs to achieve product-market fit.

I spend a large chunk of my leisure time with fellow entrepreneurs and innovators through engagement with RAD5 Tech Hub, Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), and Google Developer Group (GDG) as an adviser/mentor.

Each day comes with a fresh opportunity to learn from others and I will be happy to connect here on LinkedIn.

Jude has an Engineering degree in Computer Science from the University of Lagos and has been programming professionally for over 6 years.

An avid learner of new technologies, he has worked on projects with companies in Nigeria, UK and Canada across varied skill sets spanning Fullstack development, Devops, Ethereum Blockchain and Machine Learning.

His interests are Finance, Energy, Tech and Advocacy

I aspire to a life of service to God and humanity - for, in the words of Eleanor Roosevelt, "When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die."

Currently working to help build the decentralized future at Edge and Node.

Previously led Developer Advocacy for Front End Web and Mobile at Amazon Web Services.

Specializing in GraphQL, cross platform, & cloud enabled web & mobile application development

Developing applications & reference architectures using a combination of GraphQL & serverless technologies built on AWS

4 years experience training fortune 500 companies on web & mobile application development, with the last two focused on React and React Native Training (clients include Microsoft, Amazon, US Army Corps of Engineers, Visa, ClassPass, American Express, Indeed, & Warner Bros).

Mobile consultant specializing in cross platform web & mobile application development

Author of React Native in Action (Manning Publications)

Author of Full Stack Serverless (O'Reilly Publications)

International speaker

Creator of React Native Elements

Creator of JAMstack CMS & JAMStack ECommerce

I'm a Software Engineer, Content Creator, and Community Engineer who currently works as a Developer Advocate at Commerce Layer. I'm an innovative technology professional with progressive IT, documentation, web engineering, technical writing, open-source, community building, and developer relations experience in for-profit startups and non-profit technology and education organizations.

Being able to solve problems systematically and efficiently is my greatest strength. Using a hands-on technical approach paired with strong management and communication skills, I establish and lead teams, professionally develop support, enhance operations and manage information systems, communities, and solutions.

I'm very passionate about educating people about technology and helping developers become better at what they do. I do this by writing technical articles on my blog (blog.bolajiayodeji.com), running a weekly newsletter (bawd.bolajiayodeji.com), building useful open-source projects, speaking at meetups/conferences, and building technical communities.