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Prior to his position at [[NiRA]], Ope Odusan was a Project Manager at Johnson & Johnson, where he managed the QA Laboratory Computer Systems Group; he held this position from 2005 until 2011. His extensive background is largely focused on the cross-section of software applications and research science. He has worked as a Pharmacologist, and held a number of Research and Scientific positions in the filed.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/oodusan Ope Odusan's Linkedin Profile]</ref> He has over 18 years of experience in the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry; spending time with multiple major companies. In that time he has worked on drug R&D, scientific systems implementation and support, and led laboratory automation and quality systems management. Mr. Odusan is a member of the American Society for Quality and American Association of Clinical Chemists.<ref>[http://vc4africa.biz/members/opeodusan/ Members, vc4africa.biz]</ref> | Prior to his position at [[NiRA]], Ope Odusan was a Project Manager at Johnson & Johnson, where he managed the QA Laboratory Computer Systems Group; he held this position from 2005 until 2011. His extensive background is largely focused on the cross-section of software applications and research science. He has worked as a Pharmacologist, and held a number of Research and Scientific positions in the filed.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/oodusan Ope Odusan's Linkedin Profile]</ref> He has over 18 years of experience in the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry; spending time with multiple major companies. In that time he has worked on drug R&D, scientific systems implementation and support, and led laboratory automation and quality systems management. Mr. Odusan is a member of the American Society for Quality and American Association of Clinical Chemists.<ref>[http://vc4africa.biz/members/opeodusan/ Members, vc4africa.biz]</ref> | ||
Before becoming the COO, he | Before becoming the COO, he ran his own registrar. His company Ghotek technology was one of the pioneer registrars. Mr. Odusan attended his first stakeholders meeting in 1996, when [[Randy Bush]] was managing .ng.<ref>[http://www.africasti.com/interview/why-nigeria%E2%80%99s-domain-name-is-today%E2%80%99s-hottest-internet-real-estate Why Nigeria’s domain name is today’s hottest internet real estate]</ref> | ||
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| Country: | Nigeria |
| Email: | oodusan [at] nira.org.ng |
| Facebook: |  [Ope Odusan Ope Odusan]
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| Twitter: |  @oodusan
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Ope Odusan is the Chief Operating Officer at NiRA,[1] which is the non-profit manager of the .ng ccTLD. He is also the Managing Director and the founder of Advanta Laboratories, Ltd.[2]
Mr. Odusan studied and lived in the USA for 21 years, in upstate New York and also in New Jersey.[3]
Current Work
Mr. Odusan's current responsibilities include managing their "Switch to .NG" campaign. The campaign uses a multi-stakeholder approach to bring universities, businesses, end-users, and others together to discuss and improve the national namespace. He also is actively spreading awareness among foreign entities the domain possibilities available in the .ng name space, given that many English words end in "NG". One prominent example is Microsoft's acquisition of the bi.ng domain.[4] He acts as a national IT evangelist, and stresses that the world-class registry that he and his colleagues have created has the ability to create jobs in Nigeria, fuel technical innovation, and support further national development.[5]
He is a member of the American Society for Quality, American Association of Clinical Chemists and Americal Chemical Society.[6]
Career History
Prior to his position at NiRA, Ope Odusan was a Project Manager at Johnson & Johnson, where he managed the QA Laboratory Computer Systems Group; he held this position from 2005 until 2011. His extensive background is largely focused on the cross-section of software applications and research science. He has worked as a Pharmacologist, and held a number of Research and Scientific positions in the filed.[7] He has over 18 years of experience in the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry; spending time with multiple major companies. In that time he has worked on drug R&D, scientific systems implementation and support, and led laboratory automation and quality systems management. Mr. Odusan is a member of the American Society for Quality and American Association of Clinical Chemists.[8]
Before becoming the COO, he ran his own registrar. His company Ghotek technology was one of the pioneer registrars. Mr. Odusan attended his first stakeholders meeting in 1996, when Randy Bush was managing .ng.[9]
Education
Mr. Odusan holds an MS in Technology Management from the University of Maryland , and a MS in Biotechnology from the Illinois Institute of Technology and BSc in BioChemistry from University of Ibadan.[10] Mr. Odusan is a certified Oracle Database and Unix system Administrator.[11]
External Links
Why Nigeria’s domain name is today’s hottest internet real estate Odusan outlines benefits of switching to dot ng
Presentations
Switching Nigerians to .ng ccTLD A Multi stakeholder Approach To Growing ng.ccTLD
References
- ↑ Odusan outlines benefits of switching to dot ng
- ↑ Ope Odusan's profile on VC4Africa
- ↑ ICANN 42 Interview
- ↑ ICANN 42 Interview
- ↑ NG Switch, ITRealms.com.ng
- ↑ Ghotek Technologies
- ↑ Ope Odusan's Linkedin Profile
- ↑ Members, vc4africa.biz
- ↑ Why Nigeria’s domain name is today’s hottest internet real estate
- ↑ Members, vc4africa.biz
- ↑ Ghotek Technologies