Enabling Seamless Migration for Immigrants

(Founder/Executive Director): Ajibola Oluwatosin, is a computer scientist and graduate of the University of New Brunswick, Canada. Prior to his M.Eng Degree from UNB, he worked as a Lead project manager at Appzone Group in Nigeria for over 3 years. He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Babcock University Nigeria.

Tosin’s professional career is centered around IT service delivery and End to end automation in various sectors including Settlement industry, Financial technology, education and telecommunication. Oluwatosin has also been involved in voluntary activities that give back to the community with focus on ensuring Children have access to quality education early in life.

Tosin is also an advocate for young people in business, entrepreneurship, and in the corporate space. In addition, he is a strong basketball fan and seeks to get more involved in the sports much later in life.

(Founder/Executive Director): Olubukola Abiola, bagged her first degree in Computer Science (Magna Cum Laude) from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Oyo State, Nigeria in 2007. She immediately started working for CITzar Nigeria Limited; an IBM premium partner where she implemented several IBM products for clients tailored to their specific needs.

She furthered her studies in India with IBM University Bangalore and became an advanced certified deployment professional with IBM security stack implementing the IBM security suites for Financial institutions, Telecommunications and Oil and Gas industries in Africa and Europe. She has since continued in the security space and has bagged a couple of certifications and awards.

She founded Infitage Limited, a technology, management and consulting LLC in 2014 and started business in 2015. Olubukola is a public speaker, teacher and youth mentor. She has a pet project; My beauty My brain (an NGO for young girls in ICT). She holds a master’s degree in Technology, Management and Entrepreneurship from the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton Canada.

( Non-Executive Director): Dominic Blakely, is the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Strategist in the J Herbert Smith Centre and a Senior Advisor to the President of UNB. He joined TME after 13 years at UNB where he held roles in fundraising (Development Officer) and senior administration (Chief of Staff in the Office of the President).

He is an instructor within the Masters in Technology Management and Entrepreneurship Program, manages a student support fund for prototype development and customer acquisition as well as one for TME student travel, develops and maintains the Mentorship and Residence programs for TME and works to develop new program offerings within the unit. Dom has a diverse work history having worked provincial and federal politics, sales, non-profits, and fundraising but he brings most of all his work back to the need to develop deep and long-lasting networks to accomplish our goals.

(Founder/Executive Director): Ifeoluwa Williams, is a software developer. After pursuing her Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science at Babcock University, she worked at Appzone Group; a Financial Technology company in Lagos state, Nigeria as E-Channels Application Support for 3 years.

She then obtained her master’s degree in Technology Management and Entrepreneurship at the University of New Brunswick. She enjoys solving problems using technology and firmly believes that every manual process can be automated. She also has aspirations of being a professional chef and believes that can still be achievable in the not too distant future.

(Founder/Executive Director): Sosan Babajide, is a computer scientist with a Bachelors of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from Babcock university Nigeria and a masters in Big Data Analytics from Sheffield Hallam University. Prior to His Msc at Sheffield Hallam he worked as the functional lead of a system integrations unit at Appzone group, a fintech company in Nigeria for 4 years.

In his time at Appzone he was able to work with leading banks in Nigeria in end-to-end automation for financial services like interbank transaction, transaction switching Systems, instant bank card issuance, and core banking applications. It was also during this time that he joined a team of developers to build an automation platform, a low code environment for building business processes.

He believes technology should be accessible to all, which is why he founded a company called Purple Stack for helping SME's automate their processes and have a chance at competing with large enterprises in the market. Babajide is a massive believer in globalization and philanthropy, he is also a public speaker, podcaster, and lover of sports.

(Founder/Executive Director): Olamide Ojolo, is a computer scientist and a banker. He holds a master’s degree in Technology Management and Entrepreneurship from the university of New Brunswick and a bachelor’s in computer science (Information system) from Babcock University. His career in the banking industry started in Nigeria where he worked for three years and rose up in ranks to becoming a team lead.

He worked for Zenith Bank of Nigeria where he started his banking career in Operations in 2016. He contributed to the growth of a start-up bank (commercial bank-ProvidusBank), also using that to gain his knowledge in the banking industry especially in operations and the processes within the banking industry. Olamide has a passion for technology and how it can be used in different areas of life to make the world a better place to live in.

He is looking to leave a positive and impactful footprint on earth. He has also been involved with volunteer activities through NGO organizations such as the SERAPH Empowerment foundation. The organization assists in tackling a number of issues ranging from mental health, illiteracy for kids and rehabilitation assistance for those in need of it. Olamide loves to watch movies in his spare time and listens to almost all genres of music.

( Non-Executive Director): David Foord, is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Management at the University of New Brunswick. His research experience is in the fields of innovation and entrepreneurship, science and technology studies and history of science and technology. He has professional experience since 1993 in technology and innovation management.

Dr. Foord has a doctorate in interdisciplinary studies from the University of New Brunswick, a bachelor of laws degree from Dalhousie University and a Bachelor of Arts (history) from Campion College at the University of Regina. He is a member of Emera and NB Power Research Centre for Smart Grid Technologies. He is also an affiliated member of the Canadian Institute of Cybersecurity, member of the Interdisciplinary Studies Advisory Group and member of the Graduate School in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies.