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CHARLES OLIGBO

Houston,TX

Summary

Dynamic leader with extensive experience in program & portfolio management, AI and cybersecurity. Skilled at driving digital transformation and delivering innovative solutions for enterprise projects. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, align technology with business goals, and deliver impactful results in global and fast-paced environments.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Founder & CEO

Sawport Inc.
01.2021 - Current
  • Managing the entire software lifecycle of 3 innovative projects/products for financial institutions.
  • Skilled at proposing innovative solutions to improve products, services, and processes in collaboration with NVIDIA AI technologies.
  • Led the strategic planning process to define business goals and ensure alignment across all departments.
  • Built a positive organizational culture that fostered creativity, innovation, and employee engagement.

Technical Program Manager – Innovation & Cybersecurity

Varsity Brands (BSN Sports)
01.2023 - 07.2024
  • Managed risk mitigation strategies, release planning, and project metrics to ensure transparency.
  • Collaborated closely with key departments to align technical initiatives with overall business objectives.
  • Drove successful product launches by coordinating with stakeholders, managing schedules, and mitigating risks.
  • Led 4 international project teams to successfully deliver complex initiatives within budgetary constraints.

PMO Manager

BankJoy Inc. (Y Combinator Portfolio Co.)
10.2021 - 12.2022
  • Directed up to 18 medium to large-scale SaaS projects in digital and core banking.
  • Conducted readiness reviews and coordinated Go/No-Go decisions for seamless deployments.
  • Promoted PMO practices to align project deliverables with organizational strategy.

Lead Project Manager

Alkami Technology (Nasdaq: ALKT)
01.2019 - 10.2021
  • Led over 25 SaaS platform configurations for core banking systems, ensuring operational efficiency.
  • Facilitated cross-functional collaboration for project scope, objectives, and milestone alignment.
  • Orchestrated deployment plans and post-launch activities to meet client expectations.

Technical Project Manager

Wondr Health (formerly ACAP Health)
10.2015 - 12.2018
  • Managed over 16 offshore and internal teams through product development lifecycles.
  • Overseeing AWS cloud integrations and streamlined project portfolios for SaaS health applications.

Education

NVIDIA Inception Program -

NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute
Santa Clara, CA
2025

AWS Certified AI Practitioner- Early Adopter -

GITEX Academy
Dubai
01.2025

Graduate Certificate -

Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA
10.2024

Masters In Business Administration -

Park University
Park, MO
12.2016

Bachelors Of Science -

Park University
Park, MO
03.2015

Bachelor Of Science -

University of Akron
Akron, OH
05.2007

Skills

  • AI/ML: AWS AI Tools (Bedrock, SageMaker, & LLMs)
  • Cloud Platforms: AWS AI Services (S3, EC2, IAM, Guardrails, Fraud Detector, Lex, Translate, inferentia, Comprehend, Polly, Q, Transcribe, Rekognition)
  • Project Management: Agile (Scrum/Kanban), JIRA, Confluence, SDLC
  • Development & Security: SaaS, APIs, Core Banking, Cybersecurity, eCommerce
  • Team leadership
  • Strategic thinking
  • Entrepreneurial and innovative
  • Strategic planning
  • Visionary leadership
  • Start-up operations
  • Project management
  • Innovation management
  • Leadership and people development
  • Entrepreneurial leadership

Certification

  • NVIDIA AI Infrastructure & Operations (NCA-AIIO Certification) - 2025
  • AWS Certified AI Practitioner, Early Adopter - 2024
  • Generative AI with Large Language Models (LLM) - DeepLearning AI & AWS, 2024
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, 2020
  • Project Management Professional (PMP), 2020
  • Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), 2019
  • ITIL V3 – IT Service Management, 2017

Accomplishments

  • Successfully deployed digital banking platform & core banking systems for over 40 credit unions.
  • Successfully completed over 10 core conversions and migrated CUs to new core banking systems.

Affiliations

NVIDIA Inception

AWS Cloud

Timeline

Technical Program Manager – Innovation & Cybersecurity

Varsity Brands (BSN Sports)
01.2023 - 07.2024

PMO Manager

BankJoy Inc. (Y Combinator Portfolio Co.)
10.2021 - 12.2022

Founder & CEO

Sawport Inc.
01.2021 - Current

Lead Project Manager

Alkami Technology (Nasdaq: ALKT)
01.2019 - 10.2021

Technical Project Manager

Wondr Health (formerly ACAP Health)
10.2015 - 12.2018

NVIDIA Inception Program -

NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute

AWS Certified AI Practitioner- Early Adopter -

GITEX Academy

Graduate Certificate -

Santa Clara University

Masters In Business Administration -

Park University

Bachelors Of Science -

Park University

Bachelor Of Science -

University of Akron

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