Oladiran Tayo Arulogun is an astute manager of peopleware, hardware and software. He is a Professor of Computer System Engineering from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Nigeria. He oversees the University’s Vision of opening and expanding access to qualitative education as the Director of LAUTECH Open and Distance Learning Centre. His main objective is to simplify processes, drive innovation, harness impactful opportunities, infuse novel research outcomes into society, and inspire and prepare the stakeholders for the future.
Tayo Arulogun holds a Doctorate and a Masters’ degree in Computer Science; Microprocessor and Control Engineering from LAUTECH and the University of Ibadan in 2009 and 2004 respectively. He was a research fellow at Hasso Plattner Institute for Computer System Engineering, Germany in the year 2012. He has supervised and mentored many master’s and PhD students who are key decision-makers in industry, government and academia. Some mentoring of students has yielded positive results: The 2013 global finalist of the Microsoft Imagine Cup for innovation (Russia, 2013); Winner of 2014 the Middle East and African Region, Google Online Marketing Challenge; 2015 Middle East and African Region finalist of Google Online Marketing Challenge; incubation and floating of a start-up company named Sanwo Touch2Pay Solutions Limited in the year 2017 that leveraged on some results of research on RFID communications. He is a co-founder of Striving for Greatness EdTech Initiative, a non-profit organization that focuses on how to educate, empower, and inspire educators globally.
He rose through the rank from graduate assistant in the year 2001 to a full professor in the year 2016 garnering administrative experiences ranging from Level Advisor, Departmental Examinations Officer, member of the Departmental Postgraduate Committee, Coordinator of Computer Engineering laboratories, Member, COREN BMAS Committee for Computer Engineering Programme, Member of the Local Organizing Committee for FET Conference, Director, LAUTECH ICT Center, Member, University Strategic Plan Committee, Implementation Committee on Computer-Based Examinations, Member, Implementation Committee LAUTECH Open and Distance Learning Center (LODLC), Director of LODLC, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and many more.
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