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Koledafe Adeleye

Winnipeg,MB
Koledafe Adeleye

Summary

Kole Adeleye has 20 years quality experience in the telecommunication industry with outstanding leadership skill to drive optima performance from various resources. He is an accomplished professional with a strong background in technology leadership, project management, and fostering collaborative environments to drive impactful results. Aligns technological initiatives with business goals to ensure flexibility and reliability. Skilled in Mobile technology evolution (RAN, Fiber, Microwave), cybersecurity, virtualization, cloud computing, and team management. He is an innovative and pragmatic technology leader with diverse experience in enhancing systems, aligning technical solutions with business objectives, and driving organizational growth through strategic planning and financial management. Recognized for versatility in problem-solving, and collaboration, bringing a fresh perspective and strong commitment to quality and success.

Overview

23
years of professional experience

Work History

MTN Group

Chief Technology Officer – MTN Cote D’Ivoire
08.2022 - Current

Job overview

  • Drive innovation and lead in both Fixed and Mobile Network Roadmap and Architecture planning (3G, 4G, 5G, FTTH, FWA, Virtualization, Cloud-native and AI/ML)
  • Analyzed industry trends, Spectrum and Regulatory Compliance for strategic planning and long-term technological vision.
  • Managed Service and Vendor management for Network Quality with KPIs in following criteria: Service Accessibility, General Service Availability, Service Retention and SLA adherence
  • Reduced total cost of ownership by strategically outsourcing select IT and Network services while maintaining control over critical functions.
  • Oversee end-to-end network architecture, lead capacity planning, QoS improvement, network modernization (2G/3G to 4G/5G) and rollout and lifecycle
  • Champion various innovation in the area of digital platforms OSS/BSS, CRM, Billing, cloud adoption, DevOps culture and process automation (e.g RPA, CI/CD)
  • Network Transmission roadmap (Access backhaul, core transmission and IP architecture (Microwave, Fibre, DWDM, IPMPLS, ASON and
  • Drive Cost Avoidance via sharing of infrastructure and services, outsourcing of services or through more efficient use of existing assets
  • Drive initiatives for improved QoS (Quality of Experience ) and NPS (Net Promoter Score) with analytic to monitor and optimize customer experience and network Health.

MTN Group

Regional CTIO - West and Central Africa
06.2018 - 07.2022

Job overview

  • Provide tech foresight and scenario planning for group-wide decisions and support the Group SVO, and serve as technology SPOC at investors and regulatory meetings
  • Responsible and oversee the development of the regional technology strategy and overall direction in the areas of technology roadmap, shared infrastructure and Spectrum reuse.
  • Driving the agility of technological platform deployments in the OpCo’s in the area of AI-based network optimization, IoT, Mobile Money, and strategic partnerships with cloud providers (AWS, Azure), Hyperscalers and infrastructure vendors
  • Drive technology transformation in the region with special focus on FinTech, Mobile Money, FTTH and Migration of network nodes to a software-based platform.
  • Develop roadmaps for rural/underserved areas, LEO satellite solutions, Smart Energy Solutions (Solar for BTS) and Smart CAPEX solution for Network deployment.
  • Enable and ensure the OpCo’s deliver against the technical delivery roadmap and achieve regional revenue targets with the required technical and network resources.
  • Lead the regional readiness in the area of Crisis Management and Business continuity - Network Outages, Cybersecurity Threat, infrastructure failure due to submarine cable outage major energy crisis and Data center stability.
  • Ensure the Network capabilities in the OpCo is aligned to the commercial requirements.
  • Lead on the Multi-vendor's management across the region for economies of scale, operational efficiency and technology interoperability (Huawei, ZTE, Ericsson, Nokia, etc)

Etisalat Nigeria (Now 9-Mobile Nigeria)

Director of Network Engineering
10.2015 - 05.2018

Job overview

  • Responsible for driving the technical technology roadmap/strategy of Mobile technology evolution LTE, Massive MIMO, WTTx, and Transport convergence to IP
  • Responsible for the annual budget of the Network CAPEX and OPEX requirements and presentation of network plan to the board for approval.
  • Responsible for the VAS network innovation – Cloud based VAS platform
  • Network traffic migration strategy 2G => 3G => 4G
  • Oversee the vendors (Huawei, ZTE, Ericsson Nokia) on Network turnkey project including Data Center Management
  • Set the key Network KPIs for the vendors and key performance indicators for the network team.
  • Drive the initiative at reducing OPEX through network optimization and rationalization strategy; and CAPEX through cost avoidance on infrastructure expansion, Spectrum re-farm for LTE deployment.
  • Mentored senior management teams on leadership practices, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and accountability.

Etisalat

Head - Transmission Network Planning
07.2010 - 10.2015

Job overview

  • Drive cost effective strategy for transmission network through collaboration with other operators to achieve infrastructure share and/or swap. Cost optimization through colocation, efficient tower sizing, and efficient utilization of resources.
  • Responsible for Opex reduction strategy through efficient use of transmission leased lines (Fiber Network) optimal international capacity utilization (DWDM/IPMPLS) and optimal use of assigned radio frequencies (Microwave Link – PtP and PtmP).
  • Responsible for the transmission network technology migration strategy (TDM, Carrier Ethernet, IP migration) to cater for the mobile network evolution (2G, 3G, LTE and Enterprise requirements).
  • Responsible for the DWDM Fiber national backbone and metro transmission planning for Microwave and Fiber to meet the demand of the mobile and enterprise network requirements.
  • Manage the key vendors (Huawei, Alcatel and Nokia) in the network planning to ensure their designs and planning meet the relevant international standard.
  • Define specific and measurable network KPIs in line with the company’s strategic goal and initiate mechanism to monitor performance and measurement.
  • Responsible for identifying resource skill gap within the team and initiate the required intervention.

MTN Nigeria

National Topology Manager
04.2006 - 04.2010

Job overview

  • Responsible for end to end network topology (Radio, Transmission and core network).
  • Responsible for the migration of the radio access network from the TDM based to an IP technology.
  • Responsible for capacity forecast and planning on the DWDM infrastructure for the core, access and the backbone network.
  • Drive the convergence of the backhauling network for the evolution of Next Generation Network.
  • Drive the international transmission connectivity for the international voice and data connection.
  • Identification of Single Point of Failures and development of an efficient protection mechanism and backup network for the entire MTN Network
  • Develop an efficient synchronization system for the network.

MTN Nigeria

Transmission Topology Team Lead
03.2004 - 04.2006

Job overview

  • Responsible for end to end network topology (Radio, Transmission and core network).
  • Responsible for the migration of the radio access network from the TDM based to an IP technology.
  • Responsible for capacity forecast and planning on the DWDM infrastructure for the core, access and the backbone network.
  • Drive the convergence of the backhauling network for the evolution of Next Generation Network.
  • Drive the international transmission connectivity for the international voice and data connection.
  • Identification of Single Point of Failures and development of an efficient protection mechanism and backup network for the entire MTN Network
  • Develop an efficient synchronization system for the network.

MTN Nigeria

Transmission Topology Engineer
10.2002 - 03.2004

Job overview

  • Responsible for end to end network topology (Radio, Transmission and core network).
  • Responsible for the migration of the radio access network from the TDM based to an IP technology.
  • Responsible for capacity forecast and planning on the DWDM infrastructure for the core, access and the backbone network.
  • Drive the convergence of the backhauling network for the evolution of Next Generation Network.
  • Drive the international transmission connectivity for the international voice and data connection.
  • Identification of Single Point of Failures and development of an efficient protection mechanism and backup network for the entire MTN Network
  • Develop an efficient synchronization system for the network.

Education

University of Leceister
Leceister, UK

MBA from Major in Finance And Strategy
01-2008

University of Lagos
Lagos Nigeria

Bachelor of Science from Electrical Engineering
09-1998

University Overview

  • Graduation with Distinction, [First Class Honours 1998]
  • Honour Roll and Scholarships, (1996 -1998)
  • President of Engineering Faculty of University of Lagos Engineering Society
  • [Executive], Student Senate


University of Cranfield
United Kingdom

Leadership Diploma from Management
04-2016

Skills

  • Project Management
  • Network and IT infrastructure management
  • 5G networking
  • IT management and delivery
  • DevOps implementation
  • Adaptable and flexible
  • Technology roadmapping
  • Digital transformation
  • Performance metrics analysis
  • Mobile technologies
  • Technological analysis
  • ITIL framework
  • Contract management
  • Big data management
  • Cloud strategy management
  • Leadership and people development

Accomplishments

  • Achieved Full network modernization by completing swap of Nokia equipment to ZTE in MTN Cote d'Ivoire Operation with improved performance on customer experience in 2025.
  • NPS Network Leadership for MTN Cote D’Ivoire
  • Conclusion and Implementation of Managed Service in MTN with improvement in all KPIs.
  • Network Virtualization and Cloud - Migration of all core network nodes into Cloud
  • First trial and deployment of 5G launch in Cote D’Ivoire.
  • Deployment of Massive MiMo for capacity upgrade on the 4G network.
  • Cost Avoidance of over $20m through fibre infrastructure sharing.
  • Successful renewal of the TowerCo arrangement with 10% savings

Languages

English
Full Professional
French
Limited Working

Interests

  • Nature Watch
  • Travel - Adventure/Work Travel
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning
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Affiliations

  • Member - Project Management Institute Canada

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Important To Me

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Timeline

Chief Technology Officer – MTN Cote D’Ivoire

MTN Group
08.2022 - Current

Regional CTIO - West and Central Africa

MTN Group
06.2018 - 07.2022

Director of Network Engineering

Etisalat Nigeria (Now 9-Mobile Nigeria)
10.2015 - 05.2018

Head - Transmission Network Planning

Etisalat
07.2010 - 10.2015

National Topology Manager

MTN Nigeria
04.2006 - 04.2010

Transmission Topology Team Lead

MTN Nigeria
03.2004 - 04.2006

Transmission Topology Engineer

MTN Nigeria
10.2002 - 03.2004

University of Leceister

MBA from Major in Finance And Strategy

University of Lagos

Bachelor of Science from Electrical Engineering

University of Cranfield

Leadership Diploma from Management

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