{"id":82,"date":"2022-11-28T13:55:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T13:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imudia.com\/?page_id=82"},"modified":"2023-01-29T21:11:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T21:11:50","slug":"career","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imudia.com\/?page_id=82","title":{"rendered":"Career"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" style=\"\" >\n    \n    <section class=\"u-clearfix u-section-2\" id=\"sec-9a26\">\n      <div class=\"u-clearfix u-sheet u-sheet-1\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"u-align-left u-image u-image-1\" data-image-width=\"1718\" data-image-height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/imudia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/50263200_00301_0182-scaled.jpg\">\n        <div class=\"u-align-center u-container-style u-custom-color-1 u-group u-group-1\" data-animation-name=\"pulse\" data-animation-duration=\"1000\" data-animation-direction=\"\" data-animation-delay=\"0\">\n          <div class=\"u-container-layout u-container-layout-1\">\n            <h2 class=\"u-text u-text-1\">Career Highlights<\/h2>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n    <section class=\"u-align-center u-clearfix u-grey-10 u-section-3\" id=\"sec-84db\">\n      <div class=\"u-clearfix u-sheet u-sheet-1\">\n        <div class=\"u-list u-list-1\">\n          <div class=\"u-repeater u-repeater-1\">\n            <div class=\"u-align-left u-container-style u-list-item u-repeater-item u-white u-list-item-1\">\n              <div class=\"u-container-layout u-similar-container u-container-layout-1\">\n                <h4 class=\"u-text u-text-default u-text-1\"><b>ENTREPRENEURIAL&nbsp;<\/b>\n                <\/h4>\n                <ul class=\"u-text u-text-default u-text-2\">\n                  <li>Organized several investment forums for more than twenty (20) African countries.<\/li>\n                  <li>Facilitated transactions between the United States Department of Commerce and African countries.<\/li>\n                  <li>International Consulting: SME Development, Value Chain Development, Contract Review\/Development, Project Financing, Project Management, and Monitoring and Evaluation.<\/li>\n                  <li>Supervised an average of 60-member team staff, depending on the project.<\/li>\n                  <li>Facilitation of vessel procurement, financing, and documentation.<\/li>\n                <\/ul>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"u-align-left u-container-style u-list-item u-repeater-item u-video-cover u-white u-list-item-2\">\n              <div class=\"u-container-layout u-similar-container u-container-layout-2\">\n                <h4 class=\"u-text u-text-default u-text-3\">LEGAL<\/h4>\n                <ul class=\"u-text u-text-default u-text-4\">\n                  <li>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.<\/li>\n                  <li>Legal Adviser, International Multiracial Shared Cultural Organization (IMSCO), Category II NGO under the United Nations: 1994 to 2001<\/li>\n                  <li>Focus on Millennium Development Goals.<\/li>\n                  <li>Representation of clients at the port of New Orleans.<\/li>\n                  <li>Expert Opinion on U.S. Maritime Law before Panama Maritime Court.<\/li>\n                <\/ul>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"u-align-left u-container-style u-list-item u-repeater-item u-video-cover u-white u-list-item-3\">\n              <div class=\"u-container-layout u-similar-container u-container-layout-3\">\n                <h4 class=\"u-text u-text-default u-text-5\"><b>CORPORATE<\/b>\n                <\/h4>\n                <ul class=\"u-text u-text-default u-text-6\">\n                  <li>Provided consultancy services at the UN Economic and Social Council, New York. <\/li>\n                  <li>Managing Director, African Chamber of Commerce: 1994 to 1997. <\/li>\n                  <li>Liaised with the World Trade Centre on African-related trade interests. <\/li>\n                  <li>Liaised with African missions in the United States. <\/li>\n                  <li>Principal Consultant to Northern Tanker Oy of Helsinki, Finland. <\/li>\n                  <li>Participated in the design of the proposed Port of Southeast Louisiana.<\/li>\n                <\/ul>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"u-align-left u-container-style u-list-item u-repeater-item u-video-cover u-white u-list-item-4\">\n              <div class=\"u-container-layout u-similar-container u-container-layout-4\">\n                <h4 class=\"u-text u-text-default u-text-7\"><b>TECHNOCRATIC<\/b>\n                <\/h4>\n                <ul class=\"u-text u-text-default u-text-8\">\n                  <li>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. <\/li>\n                  <li>Worked with the U.S. Congress on the Development of African Growth and Opportunity Act during President Bill Clinton's era. <\/li>\n                  <li>Advise investors on Vessel Financing through the U.S. Maritime Administration.<\/li>\n                <\/ul>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n    <section class=\"u-clearfix u-container-align-center-lg u-section-4\" id=\"carousel_fd48\">\n      <div class=\"u-clearfix u-sheet u-sheet-1\">\n        <div class=\"u-container-style u-custom-color-1 u-group u-radius-30 u-shape-round u-group-1\">\n          <div class=\"u-container-layout u-container-layout-1\">\n            <h2 class=\"u-text u-text-default u-text-1\">PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS<\/h2>\n            <ul class=\"u-text u-text-default u-text-2\">\n              <li>Member, Louisiana State Bar Association. <\/li>\n              <li>Member, Project Management Institute <\/li>\n              <li>Member, Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS), Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. <\/li>\n              <li>Member, Institute for Supply Chain Management, Tempe, AZ, United States. <\/li>\n              <li>Member, American Maritime Law Association. <\/li>\n              <li>Member, American Bar Association. <\/li>\n              <li>Member, World Trade Center. <\/li>\n              <li>Member, Board of Directors of African Chamber of Commerce, U.S.A. <\/li>\n              <li>Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association. <\/li>\n              <li>Member, American Collectors Association. <\/li>\n              <li>Member, American Arbitration Association. <\/li>\n              <li>Secretary, Organization of Nigerian Professionals, U.S.A. <\/li>\n              <li>Member, Louisiana Solar Energy Society.<\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"u-container-style u-group u-radius-30 u-shape-round u-white u-group-2\">\n          <div class=\"u-container-layout u-container-layout-2\">\n            <h2 class=\"u-text u-text-default u-text-3\">RECOGNITIONS&nbsp;<br>\n            <\/h2>\n            <ul class=\"u-text u-text-default u-text-4\">\n              <li>Selected and Participated in Governor of Louisiana State Trade Missions to Panama and Costa Rica: 2005 &amp; 2006. <\/li>\n              <li>Outstanding Nigerian Award ? African Chamber of Commerce\/World Trade Center: 1998. <\/li>\n              <li>Best Student Award (Legal Research &amp; Writing) - Tulane LLM Program: 1995. <\/li>\n              <li>Tulane Maritime Law Canter Award, 1994. <\/li>\n              <li>Graduate Representative to the Students Bar Association: 1994. <\/li>\n              <li>Best Overall Graduating Student ? Abo Akademi: 1993.<\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n    \n    \n    \n  \n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Career Highlights ENTREPRENEURIAL&nbsp; 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. 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