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IT Edge, |
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Olusegun Ohimeh ORUAME
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Date of Birth/Marital
Status Objective |
Excel in my professional endeavour |
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Experience |
2004– IT Edge magazine, Ikeja,
Editor, IT Edge Founding Director/Editorial
Director, Knowledge Media International -KMI (Publishers of IT Edge) § Define and Execute editorial direction for IT Edge. § Create pan-Africa readership and advert support for
IT Edge. § Moved the magazine from a bi-monthly to a monthly
publication. § Give editorial depth to IT Edge and position it as
the industry’s flagship § Create niche area for KMI as a knowledge-centred company. § Provide directorial leadership for KMI as provider
of critical industry information
2004– Founded Zokmak Ventures. § Zokmak
is a multi-functional company but designed to be an investment firm § To invest principally in stocks/shares buying. § First PR contract executed with partnering company Edgeline for leading computer company Omatek
Computer Limited. Contract worth N1.2 5 million and for three-month duration.
2003– IT & Telecom Digest magazine, Ikeja, Editor § Providing new and improved editorial direction for
IT & Telecom Digest. § Expanding readership and advert support for the
magazine. § Moved the magazine from a bi-monthly to a monthly
publication. § Sharpening the editorial depth to position it as the
industry flagship 2001– 2003 The
Comet Newspaper, Ijora, Information Technology (IT)
Editor § Fostered and provided editorial leadership for
8-page weekly pullout. § Expanded readership and advert support for the ICT
section Developed Excellence in Sales training course. 2000–2001
The Comet Newspaper, Ijora, Communications Correspondent § Generated readership and improved the editorial
depth of the ICT News Section § Received company’s recognition in terms of rapid
promotion § Developed wide-readership participation for the ICT
Section by way of publishing insightful columns by industry professionals. § Created the issue-centred weekly column, Matters eRising,
now in its 4th year. 1992–1994 Alpha
Investigations Agency, 25, Security Researcher/
Resource Trainer § Built the intelligence database of the company § Contributed to the image of the company as a first
class trainer on in-house security § Suggested new products/services that increased
company’s profitability by over 60%. § Rewarded with rapid promotion |
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1994–1995 Alpha
Investigations Agency, 25, Head of Research &
Strategic Planning § Improved research content of intelligence/strategic
assignments § Positioned company as a private keeper/provider of
intelligence data on criminal elements. § Suggested new training products/services that
increased company’s earnings. § Built interface for security/safety training for
private firms between the Agency and Law department of the |
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Others §
International
Telecom Correspondent for Communications Weekly, §
Telecom Columnist, The
Comet Newspaper, Ijora Lagos. §
Consulting
Technology Editor, The Comet
Newspaper, Ijora Lagos. |
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Education |
1987–1991
University of Jos, Jos. § B.A.(Hons)
English Studies. 1995
–1997 § M.A (Law & Diplomacy) |
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Interests |
Writing, |
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Published Works/
Research |
Oral Poetry in Otuoland
(Final Year Project for the award of B.A. (Hons)
degree. The Impacts of
International Crimes on Inter-States Relations (Master’ Degree Thesis) Budding Flowers &
other Plays (Zokmak
Publications, 1999) |
Membership:
2003-2004: Coordinator, Joint Action Committee on Information Communication Technology Awareness and Development (JACITAD)
2003- : Member, Ministerial Strategic Committee on Information Technology,
2003- : Chairman, Ministerial Sub-Committee on IT Popularisation & Deployment.
Award
Consumer Writer 2003 (All Associations of Consumers Organisations Unions)
AISI Media Award 2003 (www.itedgenews.com) (Local Content category) UN-ECA
GKP/Panos (
PIWA Media Award (
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