Following the dot-com bubble, my passions for technology and design converged. Inspired by the Open Source Movement, I built Visual Collaborative, an international festival and publishing platform, in 2007.
Selected Brands & Clients
Awards
2003 – IBM Gerstner Award, United States
2018 – NABF Youth Entrepreneur Achievement Award
2019 – Special recognition Award Grand Finale Judge, University of Lagos PAADC 4.0 design competition
Speaking Engagements, Lectures and Appearances
2019 Columbia University New York City – Guest Moderator, A business case for Arts and Literature
2019 Yale University – Keynote speaker and Panelist, Innovation, and Development
2018 TEDx Lagos, Muson Centre – Spotlight Speaker
2018 Rotary Club of Lagos, Ikoyi – Featured Speaker
2018 London Business School, United Kingdom – Socio-Cultural Panel – Featured Moderator
2018 The Funding Space, Victoria Island – Featured Technologist
2018 Sycamore Africa (Formerly Toogedar) – Featured Mentor
2018 WordPress Technology Conference Lagos – Keynote Speaker
2018 Georgetown University, Washington D.C. – Panelist & Lighting Round Speaker
2018 NABF (Nigerian American Business Forum) – Tampa Florida – Speaker
2017 World Economic Forum – Abuja Global Shapers – Keynote Speaker
2017 TEDxIkeja – Featured Speaker
2017 Pan African University Institute of Water and Energy Sciences – Algiers Algeria – Speaker
2017 Oxford University – United Kingdom, OAC – Speaker
2016 WeThinkAfrica – Lekki Lagos, Welcome & Commencement – Featured Speaker
2016 Covenant University Ota, ICT e-Governance Conference – Featured Speaker
2016 Lagos Business School, Business Conference, Technology & Infrastructure Panel
2015 American Chemical Society, Summer Institute – Presenter
2015 ABC, Carnegie Mellon University — Tepper School of Business
2014 Harvard Business School, 16th African Business Conference
2013 United for Kids Foundation Washington D.C. – Speaker
2013 Social Media Week, Video Art Network – Lagos
2011 America Meets North Africa Conference (New York Chorus Ensemble & Harlem Arts Alliance)
2006 Macromedia Flash Group – Saint Paul Minnesota — Interactive Design Demo
1996 International Baccalaureate English — Featured Speaker, A collaboration with Eric Schneider
Interviews
2022 – ARISE TV – Featured Guest & Interview2022 – BBP – Berendzen Bond Podcast – Episode 90, Interview in Houston Texas.
2019 – The Omenka Pod – Merging Art and Science, Interview
2018 – Voice Of America, Upfront Africa – Washington DC – Featured Guest & Interview
2018 – Spice TV on DSTV – Interview
2018 – Soni Irabor Live – Featured Guest & Interview
2018 – African Music Law – Podcast feature
2018 – Ebonylife TV – Featured Guest
2018 – NABNTV – Mini Documentary & Featured
2017 – Smooth 98.1FM Radio Victoria Island – Featured Technologist
2017 – TVC News – TV Interview – Featured Technologist
2015 – Voice Of America – Washington DC – Featured Guest & Interview
2013 – SaharaFM Radio – New York City — Featured Guest
2013 – Impact Africa Radio by VoiceAmerica — Guest
2013 – The Africas Amplified Podcast Series — Featured Technologist
2007 – AIT (Africa Independent Television) Village Square – Production Feature
Selected Press & Features
2022 – The Sun News Online – Article2020 – Business Day News Paper – Featured
2018 – London Business School – Article
2018 – BellaNaija – Article
2018 – New Telegraph – Career Retrospective
2018 – PM Express News – Feature
2018 – Punch Newspapers – Article
2018 – Vanguard News Paper – Article
2017 – African Music Law – Feature
2017 – Diaspora Quarterly Magazine – Article
2017 – Vanguard News Paper – Article
2016 – Pambazuka News – Work Featured
2015 – Ladybrille – Production Feature
2015 – The Guardian – Production Feature
2012 – MADE Lifestyles Lagos Vol 4 – Technologist Interview
2008 – NewWebPick Issue No. 37 – Work Featured
Education, Academia & Internships
Metropolitan State University, Saint Paul – Computer Science & Multimedia
St. Gregory’s College, Lagos
Helmbridge Study Centre, Surulere
Hinshaw and Culbertson Minneapolis
(Law + Technology Intern 1997)
Affiliations, Past or Present
Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Lagos NigeriaSociety for Neuroscience – Washington, D.C
2009 St. Gregory’s College Alumni Foundation Inc -Miami, Board of Directors
2006 – 2016 Adobe Prerelease Community and Software Beta Groups
Curated Group Exhibitions
2015 VANITY, Visual Collaborative Lustine Center, gateway arts Hyattsville, MD
2013 ENCORE, Visual Collaborative VII Modern Contempo, Columbia, MD
2013 Brave is Beautiful, Hudson Terrace SM Foundation, New York, NY
2012 Visual Grandeur Series Washington DC
2011 Black White + Monochrome & Color, Wonderland Gallery, San Francisco California
2008 Visual Collaborative Miami FL, Undercurrent Arts Gallery
2007 Visual Collaborative Minneapolis MN, Center for Independent Artists
Solo Exhibitions
2014 – Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Boston Massachusett
s2011 – Queens Gambit Series, Crepe N Tearia, (Multiple Locations) Queens New York City, USA
2014 TUM – The Urban Marketplace, University of Maryland College Park, USA
2013 United For Kids Foundation – Passion Ball Civic Center Lagos, Nigeria
FYI — Above is not a complete chronological list