Ugi Augustine Ugi
President/Chief Executive Officer
LONDON,Lagos
Summary
Experienced and accomplished Executive with a demonstrated history of working in the tech industry, bringing expertise in business planning, revenue development and change management. Equipped with natural leadership talents and proven business acumen. Specializes in effectively running and continuously optimizing technology operations. Proven talents in building strategic partnerships with stakeholders and driving necessary change for growth.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Chief Innovations Officer
Bosscab
Abuja, ABJ
12.2022 - Current
- Used strong analytical and problem-solving skills to develop effective solutions for the transportation industry in Nigeria.
President
Nugi Group
Lagos, LA
11.2022 - Current
- Developed and implemented new strategies and policies in collaboration with executive partners to establish and achieve long-term business objectives, providing company with strong and sustainable organizational leadership.
Chief Executive Officer
NUGI TECHNOLOGIES NIG LTD
Calabar, CRS
01.2016 - 12.2022
- Team lead to deliver 4 Campus wide software projects which included students, finance, identity, staff, results and data management and analytics.
- Development of a Road map for all future projects centered around core school management.
- Human Resource management which included hiring every software developer and other staff who worked in the company between 2016-2021.
- Distribution of Software task, including monitoring and supervision of delivery of every engineer deployed across several software projects remotely.
- Research and Development for all software projects, providing framework for future development and integration of services.
- Quality Management using Agile project management tools.
- Coached and guided senior managers to improve effectiveness and policy enforcement, resulting in improved employee job satisfaction and higher performance levels.
- Worked with department heads to stay current on needs and offer high-level support for day-to-day operations.
- Spearheaded initiatives to better target business metrics tracking and improve decision-making with real-time data.
- Led strategic and business initiatives to successfully grow revenue
- Managed partnerships and strategic business relationships, including negotiating contract terms and handling conflicts.
- Developed key operational initiatives to drive and maintain substantial business growth.
- Monitored use of best practices at all levels and implemented corrective actions to bring employees into compliance.
- Cultivated forward-thinking, inclusive and performance-oriented business culture to lead industry in innovation and push progress.
- Negotiated terms of business acquisitions to increase business base, solidify market presence and diversify offerings.
Information Technology Manager
Faculty Of Science, University Of Calabar
Calabar, CRS
08.2014 - 08.2015
- Developed a framework for adoption of technology at the faculty level.
- Implemented a faculty wide library information system for the faculty of science.
- Managed a dedicated information system for the faculty.
- Oversaw the day to day running of the Information room of the faculty of science.
- Established cost-saving measures and alleviated compliance risk for the faculty.
Chief Software Engineer
GTCO CALSCAN NIGERIA LIMITED
Calabar, CRS
12.2012 - 01.2015
- Supervision of all IT staff in the Faculty of Science, University of Calabar.
- Daily Management of Network/Software infrastructure.
- Planning and Deployment of a Wide Area Network and Library Information System.
- Development of a HR platform for proper management of Staff including meeting and schedules reminders.
- Directed software design and development across multifaceted team to meet client needs for functionality, timeline and performance.
- Reviewed project specifications and designed technology solutions that met or exceeded performance expectations.
- Orchestrated efficient large-scale software deployments, including testing features and correcting code.
- Supported software integration and implemented maintenance enhancements.
- Interfaced with cross-functional team of business analysts, developers and technical support professionals to determine comprehensive list of requirement specifications for new applications.
- Reviewed requirements, specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback.
- Worked closely with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability and performance.
- Improved system performance by making proactive adjustments and resolving bugs.
- Consulted regularly with internal customers on application development project status, new project proposals and software-related technical issues.
- Discussed project progress with customers, collected feedback on different stages and directly addressed concerns.
- Communicated technical development stages and provided design support to businesses and other stakeholders encouraging participation for on-time execution.
- Monitored debugging process results and investigated causes of non-conforming software.
- Revised, modularized and updated old code bases to modern development standards, reducing operating costs and improving functionality.
- Prepared detailed reports on updates to project specifications, progress, identified conflicts and team activities.
Software and Network Intern
Hot-Minet Services Ltd
Calabar, CRS
11.2009 - 12.2012
- Provided network support and performed troubleshooting to resolve various WAN/LAN connectivity issues.
- Improved overall user experience through support, training, troubleshooting, improvements and communication of system changes.
- Monitored network hardware operations to evaluate proper configuration.
- Set up hardware and software in optimal configurations to meet network performance requirements.
- Utilized source code control for tracking configurations and changes.
- Investigated and corrected problems with printers, copiers and other peripheral devices.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Performed duties in accordance with all applicable standards, policies and regulatory guidelines to promote safe working environment.
- Diagnosed and executed resolution for all network and server issues.
Cafe/Systems Administrator
YAYA COMPUTERS, CROSS RIVER STATE
Calabar, CRS
08.2008 - 08.2009
- Implemented marketing strategies which resulted in 12% growth of customer base.
- Investigated all security and safety violations.
- Collected and organised all surveillance data and information to protect client possessions and workspaces.
- Maintained accurate and detailed logs of all events that occurred during each shift.
- Client Relationship management and improvement of overall services offered.
- Administration of all Network systems and devices.
- Installation of Necessary software and maintenance of Microsoft server and client OS.
- Provided comprehensive training to internal and off-site users to optimize systems maintenance and resolve recurring issues.
- Designed and evaluated WAN and LAN connectivity technologies.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology & Business information Systems
MIddlesex University
Higher National Diploma - Software Engineering
National Institute of Information Technology
Skills
Policy development and optimization
Corporate leadership
Operational leadership
Business start up
Relationship Management
Business administration
Strategic Planning
Contract Management
Business Development
Organizational leadership
Staff Management
Consulting
Negotiation
Process improvements
Product development and expansion
Business Intelligence Analysis
Business Intelligence Roadmap Design
DevOps Integration
Business process mapping
Project Management
Quality assurance
Strategic planning
Accomplishments
- Successful Deployment of Campus platforms including (Alvan Ikoku College of Education-https://app.alvanikoku.edu.ng, Cross River University of Technology-https://portal.crutech.edu.ng, College of Health Calabar-https://portal.chtcalabar.edu.ng).
- Ongoing Development of Syncventory (https://syncventory.co) with distributed software developers.
- Deployment of Cloud Services on Azure, Google cloud, AWS and Host1plus.
- Design and Deployment of Development Architecture including Management of all Cloud Services.
- Business Initiation, development and execution.
- Developed new process for employee evaluation which resulted in marked performance improvements.
- Supervision of all Management staff.
- Successful Management of 35 team members to develop and deploy several software solutions.
- Successful deployment of Campus wide applications for Alvan Ikoku College of Education, College of Health, Calabar and Cross River University of Technology.
- Successful Design, Development and Deployment of 360datalytics.com, a Data and Collection aggregation Platform for Government and Revenue Agencies in Nigeria, successfully deployed in 1.
- Oversee successful deployment and management of Hospital and revenue management solutions in 9 Federal and State hospitals and over 80 primary health care centers.
- Successfully managing Nugi Technologies from a 3 team members to 37 team members currently sustaining management and engineering teams with effective communication.
- Successfully designed and develop a data aggregation platform for drug management in Benin Republic to reduce the menace of Fake drugs, deployment scheduled for 2019.
- Design, development and deployment of Bosscab, Nigeria's premier ride hailing solution to ease movement. (www.bosscab.com)
- Implementation of revenue systems in Kano, Ekiti, and Lagos state.
Affiliations
Member Institute of Software Association of Nigeria
Certification on Cybersecurity and Its Ten Domains
Certification
Cyber Security and its Ten Domains
Hobbies
Writing
Cooking
Reading
Work Availability
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Quote
Growing up isn't finite! At some point, you become something and it just won't end there, you can become a lot, we all have the energy to do anything! No need killing to become one thing when you can just become you.
Ugi Augustine Ugi JNR
Timeline
Chief Innovations Officer
Bosscab
12.2022 - Current
President
Nugi Group
11.2022 - Current
Chief Executive Officer
NUGI TECHNOLOGIES NIG LTD
01.2016 - 12.2022
Cyber Security and its Ten Domains
11-2015
Information Technology Manager
Faculty Of Science, University Of Calabar
08.2014 - 08.2015
Chief Software Engineer
GTCO CALSCAN NIGERIA LIMITED
12.2012 - 01.2015
Software and Network Intern
Hot-Minet Services Ltd
11.2009 - 12.2012
Cafe/Systems Administrator
YAYA COMPUTERS, CROSS RIVER STATE
08.2008 - 08.2009
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology & Business information Systems
MIddlesex University
Higher National Diploma - Software Engineering
National Institute of Information Technology