Ope Odusan
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| Country: | Nigeria |
| Email: | oodusan [at] nira.org.ng |
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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]
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.[3] He 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.[4]
Career History
From 2005-2010, he was the Manager of QA Labs Computer Systems at Johnson & Johnson. Prior to which, he was a Senior Research Scientist at Centocor for two years. At Accelrys, he was the software application scientist from 2000-2003. He has also been a Research Scientist/Lab Supervisor at Wyeth Research, an Associate Pharmacologist at Abbot Laboratories and a Laboratory Scientist at Gas Technology Institute. From 1991 to 1997, he was an Associate Pharmacologist at Abbott Laboratories.[5]
Education
Mr. Odusan holds an MS in Technology Management from the University of Maryland University College, MS in Biotechnology from the Illinois Institute of Technology and BSc in BioChemistry from University of Ibadan.