7 notable African tech executives making a mark in corporate America

Mildred Europa Taylor December 01, 2018

7 notable African tech executives making a mark in corporate America

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Dele Oladapo

He is the Vice President and Chief Enterprise Architect and Technical Innovation Officer for Prudential Financial, Inc. where he implements technology strategy and delivers technology services designed to advance the company’s business strategy.

The IT executive oversees efforts within the Global Business and Technology Solutions department to drive governance, architecture, systems automation, relationship management and the development of enterprise applications and solutions, according to liftcommunities.org, where he serves as one of its national board of directors.

Having worked at Prudential for more than 20 years, Oladapo was involved in the company’s demutualization, the Prudential of Japan/Gibraltar data centre migration and other technology plans of the company.

Named to STEMconnector’s list of CIO/CTO Leaders of STEM in 2015, Oladapo, the son of Nigerian immigrants recently moderated Face2Face Africa’s new empowerment masterclass series featuring NBA executive Masai Ujiri.

Last Edited by:Sandra Appiah Updated: December 2, 2018

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