ENTREPRENEURIAL
- Organized several investment forums for more than twenty (20) African countries.
- Facilitated transactions between the United States Department of Commerce and African countries.
- International Consulting: SME Development, Value Chain Development, Contract Review/Development, Project Financing, Project Management, and Monitoring and Evaluation.
- Supervised an average of 60-member team staff, depending on the project.
- Facilitation of vessel procurement, financing, and documentation.
LEGAL
- At the Centre for U.S. Immigration Services, I have been the director since 2014 till date, expert on a wide range of immigration issues, from labor certification to deportation defense, to employment and business visas.
- Legal Adviser, International Multiracial Shared Cultural Organization (IMSCO), Category II NGO under the United Nations: 1994 to 2001
- Focus on Millennium Development Goals.
- Representation of clients at the port of New Orleans.
- Expert Opinion on U.S. Maritime Law before Panama Maritime Court.
CORPORATE
- Provided consultancy services at the UN Economic and Social Council, New York.
- Managing Director, African Chamber of Commerce: 1994 to 1997.
- Liaised with the World Trade Centre on African-related trade interests.
- Liaised with African missions in the United States.
- Principal Consultant to Northern Tanker Oy of Helsinki, Finland.
- Participated in the design of the proposed Port of Southeast Louisiana.
TECHNOCRATIC
- Board member of the Imudia Foundation, a non-profit organization that focuses on bringing sustainable healthcare and education to the most vulnerable people in Africa.
- Worked with the U.S. Congress on the Development of African Growth and Opportunity Act during President Bill Clinton's era.
- Advise investors on Vessel Financing through the U.S. Maritime Administration.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- Member, Louisiana State Bar Association.
- Member, Project Management Institute
- Member, Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS), Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.
- Member, Institute for Supply Chain Management, Tempe, AZ, United States.
- Member, American Maritime Law Association.
- Member, American Bar Association.
- Member, World Trade Center.
- Member, Board of Directors of African Chamber of Commerce, U.S.A.
- Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association.
- Member, American Collectors Association.
- Member, American Arbitration Association.
- Secretary, Organization of Nigerian Professionals, U.S.A.
- Member, Louisiana Solar Energy Society.
RECOGNITIONS
- Selected and Participated in Governor of Louisiana State Trade Missions to Panama and Costa Rica: 2005 & 2006.
- Outstanding Nigerian Award ? African Chamber of Commerce/World Trade Center: 1998.
- Best Student Award (Legal Research & Writing) - Tulane LLM Program: 1995.
- Tulane Maritime Law Canter Award, 1994.
- Graduate Representative to the Students Bar Association: 1994.
- Best Overall Graduating Student ? Abo Akademi: 1993.