Hello Everyone, I am planning to apply for the Exceptional Talent track. I’d appreciate reviews, feedback, and suggestions.
I am the Head of frontend dev & UX in a Fintech company with over 8years of experience in the Digital Technology Sector
LOR 1: Divisional Head/Executive, Business Technology and Digital Innovations in a fintech company
LOR 2: Founder of one of the leading SME Accelerator and Business Schools in Nigeria
LOR 3: Divisional Head of my Business Group in my current company(Fintech)
MC
Led the growth of a social enterprise with a specific focus on the digital technology sector
MC 1: I led the digital transformation of a social enterprise by building an e-learning platform, building its website, integrating a payment gateway, and also developing its job recruitment platform which uses AI in reviewing resumes/CVs. I used my technical and product skills to chart and execute a five-year plan.
Evidence includes a screenshot of revenue, a Document of 5 five-year strategy, a Screenshot of the e-learning portal & website, Social media ad result, a Letter of Invitation to the stakeholder’s retreat, Photos of me at the retreat, a Letter of reference from the Board Chairman talking about my impact on the company’s success
Outside of your normal day-to-day job role, you established a large technology-led industry initiative plus contributed/co-authored as a data scientist to a book
MC 2a: I developed an industry-wide initiative in the martech ecosystem that enables designers, content writers, and digital marketers to create customized email templates. 5 major organizations in Nigeria currently use the platform.
Evidence includes a screenshot of the portal, certificate of incorporation, Download History, Screenshot of contributors, Screenshot of major organizations using the portal, feedback from users, and a Letter of reference from an industry expert in the martech ecosystem describing and recognizing my portal
MC 2b: I co-authored a book that explores cultural transformations within a Faith community led by a prominent religious figure of one of the biggest churches in Africa. As a data scientist, my data-driven insights were key to the research, and the book’s impact was recognized in two major publications, highlighting the influence and reach of my work.
Additionally, I included a news article talking about an AI project I built in 2019
Evidence includes a link to the 2 major news publications and a Screenshot of the media reach. Screenshot of the Twitter space of over 500 listeners reviewing the book’s impact.
You led the growth of a product-led digital technology company, product or team inside a digital technology company
MC 3: I led the growth of a payment card company, building campaign portals to promote card usage. As a pioneer developer in the marketing department, I also led a team of designers, researchers, and developers in rebuilding the product’s website including the product’s fitness website, and event portal. The event portal is widely used in Nigerians and countries like Kenya and Uganda. These achievements led to a partnership with foreign brands.
Evidence includes A screenshot of the portal, website, figma design, portal documentation on confluence, a screenshot of revenue generated during campaigns, customer reviews, Google Analytics data, photos of brand ambassadors, several news clippings from major publications (both web and TV) covering the product’s growth and partnerships with foreign brands and others, and a letter of reference from a US-based VC detailing my contributions.
MC 4: Evidence of high salary, shares/stock options, certificate of incorporation of my startup
OC2
1: As a mentor and head of the technology faculty in a social enterprise, I mentor numerous tech enthusiasts. I create video courses for the e-learning platform and also oversee other mentors in producing their content. Additionally, I serve as an admin for the enterprise interest group, where I led a session on remote work for an audience of over 1,000 members. I also developed a blog platform that hosts various contents of the sessions.
Evidence includes a Screenshot of the e-learning portal, including my course videos, a screenshot of analytics from the portal, Photos from physical classes, Evidence of the Structured Program, Evidence of the course curriculum I created, Feedback from mentees, Certificate of Recognition.
2: I provided free technical advice to the conveners of the Nigeria Fintech Festival and Youths for Fintech on the registration portal for the event and also their e-learning platform. This also includes setting up their email integration on MailChimp.
I have also delivered two talks: one at a government secondary school in Ibadan on International Girls’ Day, focusing on Girls in ICT, and another at a private school on Big Data both had an audience of about 100+ attendees each.
Evidence: Screenshots of the virtual meetings, WhatsApp conversations, and the event websites, screenshots of leads generated from the event portal, photos & letters of invitation of the speaking engagements, certificate/letter of appreciation
OC3
1: The significant contribution of my startup and the industry-wide initiative to the digital technology sector. My startup solution is used by one of the leading ed-tech companies in Nigeria.
Evidence of impact
2: A significant contribution to the growth of a Spa business in America by leading the digital transformation as the pioneer developer and product leader. I set up a software dev. team that built a booking and schedule solution which later became the backbone of the business operations. Letter of reference from the founder plus other evidence
3: Letter of reference from an ex-manager detailing my impact on the growth of my company while he was still there and also my impact as an independent contractor to some tech businesses he manages
4: A significant contribution by leading the development and redesign of the marketing lead generation portals of two fintech apps at my company, with one of my thought leadership articles driving the growth of one of these apps.
Evidence of impact