Ladder Tech Mentorship Cohort 2
With Ladder mentors, knowledge gained is not limited to tech skills but also include techniques, proven tips, experiences, mistakes to avoid, culture shift and mindset transformation.
Cohort 2 Started
January 6, 2024
Started January 6th to February 16th 2024, this Cohort offered weekly online 1-to-1s video calls for 6 weeks as well as Career Webinar sessions with Engineering Leaders every other Saturday.
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Our Mentors
A collection of highly competent and empathic senior engineers and designers with a proven track record of excellence. They will be providing personalised career guidance to tech talents enrolled in the Mentorship program
Temitayo Fagbowore
Temitayo possesses experience across multiple Information security domains such as, Security Architecture, Security Operations (including incident response, red/blue teaming exercises), Security Governance and Security engineering.
He has obtained these experiences as a consultant and also as part of the global operations team of large organizations.
Yemi Olaoye
He is a Software Engineer with years experience in ecommerce, logistics, advertising, real estate and customer service verticals. He specializes in building web services (APIs), Application Performance Monitoring (APM), server management and deployments (Devops).
He is also interested in computer science research particularly in the fields of artificial intelligence and augmented reality.
Richard Itimi
Richard is an experienced Fullstack Software Engineer building scalable web services and mobile apps that drive business growth.
Lately, he has been building Mixed Reality (AR/VR) services in the cloud, powered by Azure. He possesses extensive experience across many technology-driven industries; FinTech, Aviation, Media, and Hospitality.
He has worked at all levels of the tech stack; Frontend, Backend, and DevOps for companies such as BBC , Andela, Sonda Inc, Interswitch just to mention a few.
Moyin Adeyemi
She is a Google Developer Expert for Android, and UK Exceptional Talent who is passionate about solving problems with technology.
She has worked on Android applications with a number of users ranging from 10,000 to 1 Billion users, and is highly skilled at leading teams and shipping products users love
Oluwatomisin Onabajo
Oluwatomisin (Tomi) is a Software QA Engineer with over 7 years of experience testing software applications. She loves to teach and help newbies kick-start a career in software testing. She is also a Postman Supernova, an ambassador that represents the Postman community and values.
Her experience spans various leading tech organizations such as Librestream Technologies Inc, Canada, Global Accelerex Ltd and Venture Garden group.
She currently works as a Software Quality Assurance Consultant at Accenture
Daniel Ojediran
Daniel Tunde Ojediran is an experienced Frontend Software Engineer with over eight years of professional experience with expertise in React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Redux and other web technologies.
As a former Frontend Engineering Lead at Venture Garden Group, Daniel significantly contributed to the development of enterprise platforms, crafting adaptable solutions for diverse sectors. He currently works at Insurity LLC, where he collaborates on enhancing data analytics solutions for insurers worldwide, empowering them with informed decision-making capabilities.
Beyond his technical roles, Daniel has actively engaged as a Technical Mentor, impacting over 200 budding engineers through mentorship initiatives. His commitment to guiding and training the next generation of engineers reflects his dedication to nurturing talent and contributing to the growth of the tech community.
Michael Okuboyejo
Michael is a Software Backend Engineer but an Electrical Engineer by training. He is keen on providing innovative solutions to problems by building Web Services and APIs with high availability, scalability and resilience in mind.
He possesses about 7 years of experience in Backend Engineering working for companies such as Zalando SE (Germany), HelloFresh and Nomba (formerly Kudi).
His other interests are Startups, Distributed Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics.
Chibuzor Obilom
Chibuzor Obilom has spent the last 11+ years in Nigeria’s tech ecosystem across several domains comprising fintech (payments, payments infrastructure, and remittances), software and IT services while working with RightClick, Vatebra, NIBSS, Flutterwave and M-KOPA, where he tested industry applications like VerifyNow, ICAD, eBillsPay, GSI, BVN, NIP etc.,
He is credited with having certified Nigeria’s first Android PoS and tested the Biometric Authentication API for interbank ATM & PoS transactions; his expertise has benefitted the Federal Government of Nigeria, the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Kenya’s IPSL, WAEC, MOH Ghana, Forte Oil etc. – spanning the African continent as far as Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa.
Kolawole Akinwande
He is an exceptional DevOps Engineer with vast experience in designing, automating as well as optimizing mission-critical deployment over both test and production environments.
He is highly proficient with configuration management tools and possesses over 7 years of experience. He started his tech career as a Software backend engineer with a speciality in systems integration and has moved the ranks to lead a number of DevOps teams for fintech companies.
Kolawole currently works as a Systems Engineer at Egym Gmbh from his previous roles as DevOps Manager at Opay and Lead DevOps at Interswitch.
Amarachi Umoren
Amarachi is an experienced Product designer with expert-level proficiency with major design tools such as Figma, Sketch, and AdobeXD. She is highly skilled in UX design and research, prototyping, user testing and design systems. She is very proficient in designing seamless user experiences for websites, mobile apps, web apps and design systems across several industries.
She made a career switch to Product Design years ago from Civil Engineering after several years of practice in the field. She currently works as a Product Designer at Partnerstack Inc, Canada.
Ezekiel Udoh
Ezekiel started a career in software Quality Assurance over 10 years ago and is interested in building quality software applications, product management and timely project completion.
He is proficient in software quality analysis, an advocate of early testing strategies and enjoys working with development teams to adopt a quality mindset. He has worked in the Fintech, Language and Translations, SaaS and Food Delivery sectors and currently works at Hellofresh in Germany.
Babajide Owoshakin
Babajide is currently working as a Senior Backend Engineer at GetYourGuide, where he designs and builds scalable APIs using Java (Spring), PHP, Docker, MySQL, and Kibana.
Prior to his current position, Babajide worked at Andela, Softcom Limited and Cedarview Communication Limited,
Oluwagbenro Oni
Oluwagbenro is an experienced Software Quality Assurance Engineer with a demonstrated history of his thorough contribution to various kinds of products ranging from Insurance, Promotions, Advertising, Automated Account Opening, CMS and CRM Systems and Geospatial applications.
He possesses over 7 years of experience which spans companies such as Wunder Mobility Germany, Cotta & Cush Limited , and LawPavilion.
He currently works with the Thinksurance team in Germany.
Abiola Adebanjo
Abiola is an outstanding Software Engineer who has tinkered with different parts of software development; Front-end, Backend, DevOps and Developer tools with a preference for backend development.
His tech stack includes Java, Kotlin, Groovy, Javascript, MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB and other exciting technologies.
He has over 8 years of experience working with distributed teams such as Indeed.com, Pluralsight, Colorado USA; I&M Bank Ltd, Kenya; and Medici MD at Austin Texas just to mention a few.
Emmanuel Adeoye
Emmanuel is a security management professional, with over a decade experience leading strategic implementation of IT security goals and ambitions for multinational organizations.
He is currently a senior security compliance specialist leading global security assurance operations from Delivery Hero SE Berlin HQ, across its over 70 active countries around the globe.
Emmanuel started his career as a process line engineer in Coscharis group computer manufacturing plant in Lagos and has transitioned to an information security leader and deploying multi million dollar security infrastructures around the world as a security project engineer and consultant including nationwide composite security systems roll out for Diamond Bank Plc. At this time settled in Germany as an internal specialist with focus on IT security certifications/compliance programs such as GDPR, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, NIST, IEC 62443 and product security.
Lateef Koshemani
Lateef Koshemani is a super talented DevOps engineer with experience in managing Linux servers, cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, and GCP), automating software development processes, etc.
He possesses over 8 years of experience which spans different fintech and e-commerce companies such as SmartRecruiters, Lendico Deutschland GmbH, Deutsche Fintech Solutions, Interswitch, and Konga.
He currently works as a Senior DevOps Engineer at Personio, Germany.
Temidayo Aiyedona
Temidayo is an experienced UX designer and a seasoned UX/UI Design Facilitator. He has about 6 years of experience in creating intuitive User interfaces with seamless user experience.
He is also your go-to expert for conducting UX research and creating elegant low fidelity wireframes and high-fidelity mockups.
Kingsley Adio
Kingsley is an extremely talented software engineer with over 12 years of experience in delivering large scale projects to help shape and scale the mobile platform.
He has built solutions across different platforms using Kotlin/Java among others, and now focuses on developer experience and productivity tooling.
Adetunji Akinde
Adetunji is an experienced software engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the internet industry. Skilled in SQL, Java, Spring Framework, Software Development, and C#. Strong engineering professional with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) focused in Computer Software Engineering from American University of Nigeria.
Wilson Ahanmisi
Wilson is an experienced Software Engineer, with focus on Mobile Apps Development using Kotlin, Java, and Xamarin.
He has a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry
Career Webinar Cohort 2
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