Credentials
What can be checked: awards, certifications, degrees, public-interest work with named institutions, a teaching record that runs continuously for twenty-five years, and publications.
Faculty and teaching recognitions
- FY25 Gold Faculty AwardAccenture Architecture Community · 2025Awarded for teaching the highest number of sessions across Accenture's architecture schools
- FY23 Bronze Faculty AwardAccenture Architecture Community · 2023Awarded for teaching the highest number of sessions across Accenture's architecture schools
- Bronze Faculty tier, Reinvention with Agentic AI programmeAccenture · 2025Awarded for facilitating 5–14 sessions
- Chief Learning Officer recognition for learning facilitationAccenture · 2023
Certifications
| Certification | Body | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Technology Architect Certification | Accenture | 2021 |
| Song Delivery Lead, Certified | Accenture | 2021 |
| Digital Delivery Lead, Foundation | Accenture | 2019 |
| Acquia Certified Developer, Drupal 8 | Acquia | 2017 |
| Acquia Certified Front End Specialist, Drupal 8 | Acquia | 2017 |
| Acquia Certified Site Builder, Drupal 8 | Acquia | 2017 |
| Acquia Certified Site Builder, Drupal 7 | Acquia | 2015 |
| Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA), Windows Server 2003 | Microsoft | |
| Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) | Microsoft | |
| CompTIA Network+ | CompTIA | |
| CompTIA A+ | CompTIA | |
| Canon ATSP Certified Systems Engineer | Canon |
Education
| Degree | Institution | Field | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor of Professional Studies in Computing (candidate) | Pace University, New York | Research: open source software development, agile development, low-power computing | In progress |
| M.Sc. | Polytechnic Institute of New York University (now NYU Tandon School of Engineering) | Information Management and Telecommunications | 2010 · Graduated top of class |
| B.Sc. | New York Institute of Technology | Information Technology and Telecommunications | 2008 · Cum laude |
| A.A.S. | TCI College of Technology, New York | Applied Science | 2006 · Magna cum laude |
Associate 2006, bachelor's 2008, master's 2010: three degrees in four years, earned while working full time.
Public-interest work
Sierra Leone Learning Passport
Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation; UNICEF; Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education
National digital learning platform delivered with the Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation, UNICEF and the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, providing curriculum-aligned learning to school-age children nationally.
Outcome. Reached 50,000+ students.
Sierra Leone Open Election Data Platform (SLOEDP)
Open election data initiative, Sierra Leone · 2018
Design and delivery of Sierra Leone's first open election data platform, providing structured public access to election monitoring data.
Outcome. Adopted by the Independent Media Commission. 29 monitors trained. Hosted and maintained at Njala University: capability transferred to a national institution rather than retained by a contractor.
Teaching and capacity-building record
| Period | Role | Audience |
|---|---|---|
| Secondary school, Sierra Leone | Paid peer tutor, mathematics | Classmates |
| Early career, New York | Peer tutor, TCI College of Technology | College students |
| Early career, New York | IT consultant and instructor, Church on the Hill Older Adults Club | Older adults; digital inclusion |
| 2001 – present | Founder and instructor, TpISENT (SL) | Community and institutional learners, Sierra Leone |
| 2005 – 2014 | Trainer, SaloneTech client engagements | Government staff, university faculty and students, human rights defenders, election monitors, company executives |
| 2014 – 2020 | Adjunct Professor, Pace University, Seidenberg School of CSIS | Graduate students; IT610, Web Development with Content Management Systems |
| c. 2022 – 2025 | Faculty, Accenture Architecture Schools (TAF, MAPS, AAS, ETAS) and Reinvention with Agentic AI | Practising enterprise architects, globally |
| Present | Lead instructor, TpISENT Talent Development | Architects, engineers, developers, IT managers and IT executives |
500+ people trained and 200+ supervised as at 2014. Documented audiences include programme and project managers, high school teachers, university professors, students, older adults, developers, product owners, CIOs, CTOs, CEOs, managing directors, human rights defenders and political violence monitors.
Publications and thought leadership
- Agentic-First Architecture, Substack — Ongoing
- Contributor, Sierra Express Media
- Featured in Gullah Roots, South Carolina ETV
Professional affiliations
Project Management Institute (PMI) · IEEE, including the Communications, Computer, Education, and Systems, Man and Cybernetics Societies · Drupal Association · Information Architecture Institute · AIIM · Computer Measurement Group · Computer Science Teachers Association · Internet Society · International Network of Crisis Mappers
Civic and governance roles
Founding President, Sierra Leoneans in Technology (SLinT) · Advisory Council, TIEAC · Contributor, Sierra Leone Research and Education Network (SLREN) · Executive Director, The Village Link (US 501(c)(3)) · Founder, LAM-TECH Foundation · Advisory, Bo Innovation Hub