{"id":262,"date":"2020-03-04T17:25:27","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T12:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/?p=262"},"modified":"2020-03-04T17:25:27","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T12:55:27","slug":"business-personality-of-the-week-olubayo-adekanmbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/business-personality-of-the-week-olubayo-adekanmbi\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Personality of the Week- Olubayo Adekanmbi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Business Person of the Week is Olubayo Adekanmbi. He is the Chief Transformation Officer at MTN Nigeria. He is a hands-on Data Scientist with a track record of conceptualizing and implementing the analytical strategy for MTN Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olubayo earned postgraduate education from several institutions, including the Columbia Business School, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, University of Reading UK, INSEAD Business School France, Telecoms Training Institute, ETH Zurich, and Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>See also:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/crenov8.com\/blog\/business-personality-of-the-week-sudhir-ruparelia\/\">Business Personality of the Week- Sudhir Ruparelia<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He has previously worked as the General Manager for Business Intelligence, Chief Marketing\/Strategy Officer, and Senior Manager for Business Intelligence for MTN Nigeria. Olubayo was one time Lead Strategist at MTN South Africa, Intelligence Director for MTN Business Group, Head of Customer Insight\/Intelligence &amp; Data Planning for Tequila 121 and Biomolecular Research Analyst\/Brand Manager at UB.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is also the convener of Data Science Nigeria, a non-profit organization that seeks to build a world-class Artificial Intelligence ecosystem. Olubayo is a leading expert in Data Science, Analytics, Business Transformation and Strategy with over 19 years of experience. 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