Welcome to my world

Hi, I’m OLU Durojaiye
a Business Program Mgr.

I love helping customers succeed by digging into their problems while solving them using modern technology and strategy no matter the scale of their business portfolios, and I accomplish this by focusing on delivering key project/product outcomes while working with amazing teams, and adapting to new information and/or learnings. My continuous growth mindset has helped me to learn more with the capacity to accept challenges.

I co-founded Lagos SME Bootcamp, a non-for-profit Initiative and Voteguard Election Monitoring System (startup sold) used in 3 consecutive presidential and general elections in Africa.

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My engine room

What I Do

Business Strategy

I have experience identifying business needs while developing strategic plans driven by qualitative and quantitative analysis including market insights.

Digital Product Strategist

I partner with business owners and agile product teams to build product roadmaps, conduct user research and usability studies that will be incorporated into a broader company product portfolio plan.

Business Program Mgr.

I have been responsible for driving the business insights, organizing programs and activities to achieve strong partner satisfaction, implement program improvements as need to accelerate business partner performances.

Product Manager

I oversee the entire lifecycle of digital products, from inception to launch from market and customer research, designing the product architecture, UI design and development.

Program Manager

I drive customer engagements to deliver well-defined products that generate immediate customer value, high-quality & broadly applicable software products with engineering team alignment on technical design.

2x Startup Founder

Co-founded and sold a software services company that built an election monitoring system within a year from just an idea to a business with a small team for political parties and candidates, electing 2 presidents and 6 governors.

Some of my work

My Portfolio

some past to present

My Resume

2008 to present

Work Experience and Education

Program Manager, (UX Programs & Operations)

TheOCC - Options Clearing Corporation (2022 - 2024)

Managed roadmap prioritization to achieve program goals and objectives. Monitored UX/UI demand to improve user satisfaction and reduce development time using a matured design system. Collaborated with business stakeholders and continuously assessed business objectives to inform key project decisions. Orchestrated successful delivery for multiple UX-related projects (23 sub-product teams) simultaneously within the organization towards March 2025 Go-live with a $100M/yr program budget.

Associate Product Manager

AmerisourceBergen - Xcenda FormularyDecisions (2022)

Managed product roadmap while implementing product strategy based on market research and analysis, competitive intelligence and voice of customer (VOC) supporting FormularyDecisions product lifecycle management.

Business Program Manager

Microsoft - Commercial Software Engineering and Worldwide Commercial Business groups (2021)

Established global sales field listening mechanism feedback system and framework to improve Microsoft's sales funnel bottomline with support from regional & country directors, managers, and cross-solutions sales specialists.

Improved data quality issues leveraging PBI, Dynamics CRM, Power Automate and Azure DevOps to generate insights on customer engagements, delivered solutions, and technology impacts to reshape the business.

Associate Product Manager

Zappy Funds - FinTech Startup (2020)

Spearheaded and accelerated product initiatives, from ideation to execution, with a vision to empower low-income earners through financial technology. This resulted in a revolutionary platform offering features like automated micro-saving goals and early access to withdrawals. The platform addressed the challenges of managing finances on an unpredictable income, leading to a 20% increase in average savings rates and improved financial stability users (thrifters).

Product Owner, Research and Design

Qiesto - Career Advancement Platform (2020)

Increased user confidence by 95% basis points through a UX redesign that streamlined product functionality for students. This included redefining content, navigation, and interaction models using wireframes and A/B experiments. For instance, the student internship feature was improved, leading to a more positive user experience.

Product Owner, Research and Design

The Helper Bees (2019)

Championed a holistic approach to product design and UI development, identifying a critical bottleneck in sales funnel between care-givers and payers, specifically related to care-givers record-sheets which were manually generated became automated. One of my recommended solution, such as allowing caregivers streamline shift-picking with geo-located time-reporting, led to a significant increase in investor confidence, resulting in a fresh $6.5M capital injection for the startup.

Product Owner

Edmentum Inc. (2018)

Oversaw different features, from content development up to cross-functional strategic initiatives enabling teams to deliver a Learning and Assessment product ExactPath, a diagnostic assessment for academic growth for all students.

Co-founder, Product & Dev. Lead

Voteguard Election Monitoring System (2011 - 2015)

Deployed and monitored 2 Presidential and 6 Governorship elections in Kenya and Nigeria without server downtime while maintaining 99.99% election results accuracy.

PostGrad Cert. in Product Strategy

Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management (2021)

Learned the cradle-to-grave approach for managing and optimizing the life of a product or service and an opportunity in engaging, interactive, thoughtful discussions with Kellogg professors and subject matter experts.

User Experience Design and Research Certificate

BloomTech (fka Lambda School) (2019)

Learned the UX design and research process with practical real-life experiences which gave me the opportunity to learn more about how product experiences should be tinkered.

Scrum / Agile Certifications

Certified Scrum Certicates in 2017 & 2019

Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) and Professional Scrum Master (PSM-1)

Bachelors in Archaeology & Geography

University of Ibadan (2008)

My education and experience gave me a unique view on human user interaction principles and how to best utilize technology and data driven design to achieve the maximum effectiveness of project goals and conversion.

Technical Skills and Technologies

Microsoft Power BI, Dynamics 365 CRM, MSX Insights CRM, Power Automate, Power Platform, Azure DevOps, MS Projects, SharePoint, Visio, Planner, 365 Apps for enterprise, SQL, Tableau, Google & Adobe Analytics, Excel/Google Sheets, A/B Testing & Experimentation, Agile / Scrum Development, Lean Principles, Jira, Trello, Github, BI Tooling.

Features

Design Skill

PHOTOSHOT
100%
FIGMA
95%
ADOBE XD
60%
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
70%
DESIGN
90%
Features

Development Skill

HTML
85%
CSS
80%
JAVASCRIPT
90%
SOFTWARE
75%
PLUGIN
70%
2007 - 2010

Education Quality

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University of DVI (1997 - 2001)
4.30/5

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College of Studies (2000 - 2002)
4.50/5

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2007 - 2010

Job Experience

Diploma in Web Development

BSE In CSE (2004 - 2008)
4.70/5

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Job at Rainbow-Themes (2008 - 2016)
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Diploma in Computer Science

Works at Plugin Development (2016 - 2020)
5.00/5

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2007 - 2010

Company Experience

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University of DVI (1997 - 2001)
4.30/5

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College of Studies (2000 - 2002)
4.50/5

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2007 - 2010

Job Experience

Diploma in Web Development

BSE In CSE (2004 - 2008)
4.70/5

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Job at Rainbow-Themes (2008 - 2016)
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Diploma in Computer Science

Works at Plugin Development (2016 - 2020)
5.00/5

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Those who trust me

Referees

Kristie Atwood
Microsoft

Kristie Atwood

Chief of Staff Cross Solution Customer Success

Business Program Manager

Microsoft - Worldwide Commercial Business Group
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I highly recommend OLU from my experience managing him in his Business Program Manager role at Microsoft. OLU is a technical thinker that is able to pull together multiple layers or data and business inputs to determine the right path forward. OLU is always eager to learn, to try new approaches and gets better than intended results.

Maria Clara Malori
Microsoft

Maria Clara Makori

Business Program Director

Business Program Manager

Microsoft - Commercial Software Engineering Group
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Olu directly collaborated with my CSE PMO team at Microsoft, during which time I have appreciated his professional qualities, technical skills, and solid commitment and accountability. He shows curiosity and asks insightful questions; identifies flows and connects the dots, bringing thoughtful suggestions into our discussions.

Sophie Bryne
Microsoft

Sophie Bryne

Director, Chief of Staff

Business Program Manager

Microsoft - Worldwide Commercial Business Group
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OLU has a huge appetite for new skills and information. His design thinking mindset means he can break problems down to their component parts, and analyze user feedback and data in order to improve not just products but programs also. OLU genuinely welcomes feedback and alternate perspectives, and is able to grow rapidly as a result.

Draper
BloomTech fka Lambda School

Christijan Draper

Technology Director

UX Design Student

May, 2019
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I found Olu to be an engaged and hard working student. His previous experience in project management helped him quickly understand the importance and value of user research and the UX design process. He was a quick learner, communicated well, and demonstrated a contribution mindset during the sometimes-tumultuous nature of our burgeoning online UX program.

TJ Badru
LPL Financial

Idris Olatunji Badru

Vice President

Mentor

2003 to date

Olu’s super power is in his adaptability. He can take complex situations and break it into simple and clear solutions. His capability to run with an abstract idea and give form to it is amazing. A wonderful team mate and a reliable associate anyone would like to have on his/her team.

Contact

Connect with me

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OLU Durojaiye

Business & Product Consultant

I am available for freelance work. Connect with me by booking a time on my calendly link.

Email: olu@olu-duro.com