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Olajide Olagunju

Olajide Olagunju

Attorney At Law, Mediator, Arbitrator, Business, Government, Education Leader, And Professor Of Conflict Resolution
Lusby,USA

Summary

Results-oriented multidisciplinary executive with demonstrated record of accomplishment in streamlining operations, increasing profits and maximizing market penetration. Decisive leader promoting operational improvements, market expansion and positive corporate culture as keys to success. Versatile business leader bringing 31 years of experience as accomplished institutional leader. Strategic problem-solver, change manager and visionary executive with success implementing plans to meet current and future needs. Key expertise in conflict resolution industry. Performance-driven President with 27 years of experience aligning systems with business requirements, policies and regulatory requirements. Passionate about applying excellent organization and communication skills to manage and lead teams. Results-oriented individual well-versed in interfacing and consulting on business processes to drive results based on sound overall business judgment. Dedicated executive with distinguished career in the conflict resolution, legal, business development and educational industries Visionary leader with proven track record of driving organizational turnaround and change management. Forward-thinking and proactive with achievements across sales, marketing, advertising and executive management. Detail-oriented President with proven success building relationships and maintaining partnerships with top accounts to increase overall productivity and grow profit channels. Expands network connections by effectively determining and meeting customer needs, implementing price models and optimizing inventory control procedures. Results-driven President with forward-thinking approach centered on company success and competitive growth. Demonstrated record of success in building successful teams and managing profitable operations. Dynamic President experienced in positively impacting business direction with successful leadership strategies, tactical decision making and forward-thinking approaches. Proven history of improving operations and boosting financial health through hard work and determination. Accomplished President with progressive industry background and decisive leadership style. Offers strategic planning abilities, background in change management and forward-thinking mindset. Ready for challenges and focused on meeting future demands. Determined Business Owner with commitment to excellence and more than 33 years of experience. Effective collaborator promoting fundraising and leadership. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Reliable employee seeking senior management level position. Offering excellent communication and good judgment. Experienced corporate leader with over 33 years of experience in legal industry. Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction.

Overview

73
73
years of professional experience
36
36
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language

Work History

President

Corporate Mediators
Abuja, Nigeria
07.1995 - Current
  • Developed and implemented new strategies and policies to establish long-term business objectives and provide strong and sustainable organizational leadership.
  • Oversaw hiring, adding valuable, talented professionals to strengthen management team.
  • Achieved under-budget and on-time project management to adhere to project goals.
  • Initiated operational improvements using lean methodologies to drive efficiency and reduce costs.

President

Triune Group of Companies
Lusby, MD
01.2021 - Current
  • Leading, through leveraging local natural resources and a technical multidisciplinary international professional network, a community-wide economic development initiative for the rebirth of a 700-year old economically challenged community in the South West of Nigeria

Principal Partner

Olagunju & Olagunju Solicitors
Abuja, Nigeria
10.1991 - Current
  • Initiated and lead the law firm in general legal practice with a strong bias for human rights, ADR and commercial law practice.
  • Conducted legal research and conferred with colleagues with subject matter expertise to develop strategies and arguments in preparation for presentation of cases.
  • Promoted new business and expanded firm's professional network through attendance and participation in community, government and industry events.
  • Oversaw firm's day-to-day administrative operations, provided guidance to support staff and enforced compliance with state, federal and local regulations across organization.
  • Provided outstanding service to all individuals, promoting effective and lasting business relationships.
  • Engaged in complex litigation under statutes relating to employment contracts.
  • Worked with legislators to assist in drafting creation of electricity regulator legislation and enforcement procedures by offering insights as law practitioner.
  • Chaired partner meetings to drive discussion of matters important to firm operations, keeping discourse on-topic and moving at efficient pace.
  • Spoke with peers to verify task completion, meeting tight deadlines and schedules.
  • Worked with leadership to strategize and introduce office initiatives.
  • Kept meticulous records of all correspondence with customers for future reference.
  • Researched and wrote contracts, agreements and proposals.
  • Interpreted laws, rulings and regulations for individuals and businesses.
  • Communicated with clients and collected information to research cases and prepare settlement offers.
  • Interviewed witnesses and gathered public record research relevant to each case.
  • Researched, wrote and filed motions, writs and briefs for each case.
  • Analyzed probable outcomes of cases using knowledge of legal precedents.
  • Explained available courses of action and possible repercussions of cases to clients.
  • Minimized risk exposure through careful advice on business operations and strategic plans.
  • Questioned and cross-examined witnesses throughout course of trials.
  • Apprised clients of potential risks and costs associated with each course of action.
  • Drafted motions, petitions and waivers.
  • Presented key evidence and exhibits during civil trials.
  • Formulated trial techniques specifically pertaining to each case.
  • Conducted settlement negotiations.

Assistant General Manager

Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency, NEMSA
Abuja, Nigeria
11.2013 - 12.2021
  • Technical regulator of the electricity, :
  • Led in the legal services that impacted private sector by way of highly sensitive electricity regulation in the privatizing electric energy sector;
  • Led in legal and legislative drafting;
  • Led in litigation;
  • Led in legal advising;
  • Led the secretariat;
  • Led in policy formulation and overall decision making as a member of agency management team: provided leadership severally to the management team based on decades of local and international experience in public and private legal practice;
  • Sat on the senior staff disciplinary committee;
  • Sat on the tenders’ board;
  • Sat on the national Central Electrical Installation Contractors’ Certification Board (CEICCB);
  • Anchored the agency’s Presidential Ease of Doing Business Committee: constantly interfaced with the Presidency at Aso Rock;
  • Facilitated agency coming ‘Top 5’ in Presidential Ease of Doing Business ranking nationally.
  • Mentored and motivated team members to achieve challenging business goals.
  • Managed team schedule with eye for coverage needs and individual strengths.
  • Resolved problems promptly to elevate customer approval.
  • Motivated, trained and disciplined employees to maximize performance.
  • Cultivated performance-based culture based on individual accountability, goal attainment and team achievement.
  • Enforced quality assurance protocols to deliver ideal customer experiences.
  • Taught staff strategies for completing work and smoothly carrying out senior management directives.
  • Managed budget implementations, employee evaluations and contract details.
  • Oversaw computer database and physical filing systems.
  • Delivered full-scale business strategies resulting in increased customer satisfaction and operational enhancement.

Special Adviser

Minister Of State For Electricity
Abuja, Nigeria
11.2012 - 09.2013
  • Labor, Conflict Management and Law
  • Office of the Minister of State for, Assisted the minister in the day-to-day running of the government ministry in charge of electricity
  • Anchored labor and conflict management matters, which enabled Nigeria to privatize generation and distribution aspects of the electricity industry in 2013;
  • Led in the provision of ministerial level legal advice;
  • Contributed to weekly national government policy formulation through writing of weekly ministerial council notes for the presidential Federal Executive Council in a wide ranging area of the national economy and polity;
  • Managed electric power sector legislative review of the Electric Power Sector Reform Act 2005, the legislative platform for the reform and privatization of electricity industry in Nigeria.

Director

Salem University
Lokoja, Nigeria
11.2011 - 11.2012
  • Initiated the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Studies Program
  • Worked closely with organizational leadership and board of directors to guide operational strategy.
  • Oversaw operations and provided corrective feedback to achieve daily and long-term goals.
  • Formed strategic partnerships and connected with potential clients to drive business development.
  • Leveraged professional networks and industry knowledge to strengthen client relationships.
  • Analyzed business needs while soliciting customer feedback for process improvements.
  • Authored its curriculum;
  • Taught ADR.

Teaching Fellow; Research Assistant; English Tutor

Brandeis University
Waltham, USA
09.2005 - 05.2008
  • Taught students, from all five (5) major continents, English as a Second Language (ESL);
  • Assisted faculty in teaching Anthropology and African and African American Studies;
  • Provided support for graduate admissions at the Graduate School of Arts and Science.
  • Collaborated with students to complete homework assignments, identify lagging skills and correct weaknesses.
  • Planned lessons for allotted time to strengthen weak subjects and build skills.
  • Developed student confidence through positive reinforcement strategies.
  • Tutored diverse groups of students to strengthen subject comprehension, boost confidence and build important learning skills.

Professor

BAKKE GRADUATE UNIVERSITY
DALLAS, Texas
12.2021 - Current
  • Used variety of learning modalities and support materials to facilitate learning process and accentuate presentations.
  • Encouraged class discussions by building discussions into lessons, actively soliciting input, asking open-ended questions and using techniques to track student participation.
  • Shifted between informal and formal methods of teaching to create multi-layered web of learning incorporating experiments, practical activities, discussions and projects into lessons.
  • Provided students with constructive, encouraging and corrective feedback.
  • Developed diversified course curriculum to meet regulatory standards and support learning objectives.
  • Instructed and evaluated students in classroom in alignment with college mission by incorporating innovative teaching and learning strategies.
  • Used different learning modes and types of technology to engage students in achieving learning outcomes.
  • Created dynamic learning environment that valued instructor and student interaction.
  • Researched and selected course texts and supplemental learning materials.
  • Established and maintained inclusive, collegial and collaborative culture within classroom.
  • Demonstrated strong interpersonal and communication skills, resulting in clear subject matter discussion with students.
  • Maintained regular office hours to provide struggling students with additional course help.
  • Collaborated with faculty and community stakeholders for program improvement.
  • Supported multidisciplinary research teams focused on scholarly publication.
  • Collaborated with tutoring, enrollment, testing and advising services to support students.
  • Graded tests and assignments and uploaded to school database.
  • Identified research opportunities for students, assisting with gathering data and drawing conclusions for projects.
  • Worked with dean to assess and evaluate courses and programs in appropriate discipline.

Education

Fellowship - Program On Negotiation (PON)

Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA
05.2008 - 08.2008

Ph.D. - Legal Anthropology

Selinus University
Roseau, Dominica
12.2017 - 04.2018

Master of Arts - Conflict

Brandeis University
Waltham, MD
09.2005 - 05.2006

Commonwealth Young Lawyers’ Course Certificate-LLM - Law

University of London
London, UK
07.1995 - 07.1995

Diplôme Supérieure d’Études Françaises Modernes - French Language And Literature

Alliance Française De Paris
Kaduna, Nigeria
07.1991 - 07.1993

J.D. - Law

Nigerian Law School
10.1988 - 05.1989

Bachelor of Arts - Law

Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ile-Ife, Nigeria
12.1984 - 05.1988

Fellowship - Peace And Conflict Resolution Studies

Institute of Chartered Mediators And Conciliators
Abuja, Nigeria
07.1999 - 11.2013

Certificate in Post-Conflict Reconstruction - Peace And Conflict Resolution Studies

Austrian Study Center For Peace & Conflict (ASPR)
Stadtchlaining, Austria
09.2000 - 09.2000

Leadership Diploma Course (LDC) - Biblical Studies

Word of Faith Bible Institute (WOFBI)
Lagos, Nigeria
09.1997 - 03.2009

Certificate in International Civilian Peacekeeping Peace Building - Peace And Conflict Resolution Studies

Austrian Study Center For Peace And Conflict (ASPR
Stadtchlaining, Austria
09.2000 - 09.2000

Fellowship - Arbitration

Chartered Institute of Arbitration
London, UK
07.2017 - 03.2020

Skills

Arbitration

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Accomplishments

  • Brandeis University - Waltham, MA, USA, August 2008:
  • Completed PhD residence in Anthropology;
  • Began the fieldwork in the Niger Delta during militancy;
  • Research supported by Harvard and Brandeis Universities,
  • Research further supported by a Chevron Corporation international consultancy that he led in collaboration with the Consensus Building Institute of Cambridge Massachusetts
  • Author of How to Resolve a Conflict, 2021 - Winner of Best Alternative Dispute Resolution eBooks of All Time
  • Author of Free 80-part online audio-video lecture series fully laying out author/presenter’s original ADR/conflict resolution principles, practice and procedure strategy, notably his concept of the “7 Secrets of Effective Conflict Resolution”, which encapsulates his earlier original concept of “10-step-mediation”
  • Published on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtkSf-8tsffgOY5mYeXCFhnmc6Kr0pVqt
  • Author of Learn to Resolve Conflict in 90 Seconds, 2022:
  • Free online audio-video outlining author/presenter’s original “10-step-mediation” model of ADR/conflict resolution;
  • Published on TikTok at: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMN9uXECm/?k=1
  • Author of African Art as Hegemony and Other Essays in Cultural Anthropology, 2017:
  • Theme: exploration of mainstream thoughts in Legal and Cultural Anthropology: Art and Hegemony; Agency; Religion; Gender; Traditional African Dispute Resolution (TADR); and Intercultural Practices
  • Columnist and author of "The Nigerian Narrative" (Weekly Newspaper Column) debuted August 6, 2015: Daily Times Newspapers, Lagos-Nigeria.

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Quote

Business has only two functions – marketing and innovation.
Peter Drucker

Timeline

Professor

BAKKE GRADUATE UNIVERSITY
12.2021 - Current

President

Triune Group of Companies
01.2021 - Current

Ph.D. - Legal Anthropology

Selinus University
12.2017 - 04.2018

Fellowship - Arbitration

Chartered Institute of Arbitration
07.2017 - 03.2020

Assistant General Manager

Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency, NEMSA
11.2013 - 12.2021

Special Adviser

Minister Of State For Electricity
11.2012 - 09.2013

Director

Salem University
11.2011 - 11.2012

Fellowship - Program On Negotiation (PON)

Harvard Law School
05.2008 - 08.2008

Master of Arts - Conflict

Brandeis University
09.2005 - 05.2006

Teaching Fellow; Research Assistant; English Tutor

Brandeis University
09.2005 - 05.2008

Certificate in Post-Conflict Reconstruction - Peace And Conflict Resolution Studies

Austrian Study Center For Peace & Conflict (ASPR)
09.2000 - 09.2000

Certificate in International Civilian Peacekeeping Peace Building - Peace And Conflict Resolution Studies

Austrian Study Center For Peace And Conflict (ASPR
09.2000 - 09.2000

Fellowship - Peace And Conflict Resolution Studies

Institute of Chartered Mediators And Conciliators
07.1999 - 11.2013

Leadership Diploma Course (LDC) - Biblical Studies

Word of Faith Bible Institute (WOFBI)
09.1997 - 03.2009

President

Corporate Mediators
07.1995 - Current

Commonwealth Young Lawyers’ Course Certificate-LLM - Law

University of London
07.1995 - 07.1995

Principal Partner

Olagunju & Olagunju Solicitors
10.1991 - Current

Diplôme Supérieure d’Études Françaises Modernes - French Language And Literature

Alliance Française De Paris
07.1991 - 07.1993

J.D. - Law

Nigerian Law School
10.1988 - 05.1989

Bachelor of Arts - Law

Obafemi Awolowo University,
12.1984 - 05.1988
Olajide OlagunjuAttorney At Law, Mediator, Arbitrator, Business, Government, Education Leader, And Professor Of Conflict Resolution