Olawale Shodipe
Highland Community Residential Services
New Glasgow,Canada
14
years of professional experience
Highly analytical and collaborative professional with over 11 years of experience operating at the intersection of business needs and technical implementation. Proven track record of leading stakeholder consultations, facilitating workshops to clarify business priorities, and translating complex technical data into accessible insights for non-technical audiences and senior executives. Adept at managing multiple high-priority initiatives in fast-paced environments, optimizing reporting approaches, and building collaborative partnerships across diverse teams to drive data-informed decision-making.
Work History
Senior Commercial & Business Systems Analyst
1 Year 6 Months- Stakeholder Consultation: Lead consultations to gather, analyze, and document complex business requirements into clear functional specifications, ensuring project scope aligns with stakeholder expectations.
- Cross-Functional Liaison: Act as a key liaison between business stakeholders and technical execution teams to establish a shared understanding of project milestones and reporting objectives.
- Agile Initiative Management: Manage multiple project initiatives simultaneously within a fast-paced environment, facilitating story refinement and prioritizing delivery schedules.
- Quality Assurance & UAT: Develop comprehensive user acceptance testing (UAT) plans to safeguard data integrity and system behavior prior to final implementation.
- Remote Support
Nutrition & Food Services Worker
2 Years 1 MonthResidential Counselor
2 Years 2 MonthsGoods Flow Co-worker (Logistics)
8 MonthsBusiness Support & Analytics Specialist
8 Years 7 Months- Insights & Executive Presentations: Translated complex, large-scale system data into clear, accessible, and user-friendly insights for non-technical business units and senior leadership.
- Facilitation & Alignment: Facilitated regular discussions, syncs, and workshops with diverse teams (Sales, Marketing, Advanced Analytics, and Customer Care) to align platform capabilities with enterprise goals.
- Data-Driven Decision Support: Led the end-to-end implementation of new services serving 10,000+ customers, providing options analysis and process recommendations to support business planning.
- Client UAT Leadership: Served as the primary point of contact for corporate clients during User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to validate that final products perfectly fulfilled the original business intent.
Technical Specialist – Product & Data Configurations
2 Years 2 Months- Systems & Integrity Management: Monitored and configured enterprise system business rules to maximize data integrity, reporting accuracy, and operational uptime.
- Collaborative Problem Solving: Partnered with cross-functional partners to diagnose complex database incidents and deliver immediate, practical solutions for high-impact commercial clients.
Education
Post-Graduate Diploma (PGDM) - Business Analytics
B.Sc. (Hons) - Computer Science
Skills
Agility & Change Management: Proactively adapts to shifting priorities and evolving stakeholder needs under pressure while continuously improving reporting processes.
Stakeholder Network Development: Highly skilled at establishing meaningful
collaborative partnerships between business units and technical teams to deliver value-added solutions.
Creative Problem Solving: Strong facilitation and analytical skills to uncover root business needs behind data and reporting requests.
Driving Results: Focused on data-informed outcomes
high-quality deliverables
and clear communication with executive leadership.
Systems Thinking: Deep understanding of broader organizational contexts
data integrity
and aligning solutions with enterprise goals.
Data & Analytics: Advanced Data Analysis
SQL
Database Management
Python
Microsoft BI (Asset)
Business & AI Tools: MS Excel (Advanced)
Copilot-style AI-Assisted Technologies
AgilePlace
Methodologies: Agile/Scrum
User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Leadership
Change Management
Incident Management
Languages
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Senior Commercial & Business Systems Analyst
Knot Solution Africa Ltd.
01.2025 - CurrentRead More
Nutrition & Food Services Worker
Aberdeen Hospital, Nova Scotia Health
06.2024 - CurrentRead More
Residential Counselor
Highland Community Residential Services
05.2024 - CurrentRead More
Goods Flow Co-worker (Logistics)
IKEA Canada
12.2023 - 08.2024Read More
Business Support & Analytics Specialist
Huawei Technologies Ltd.
01.2015 - 08.2023Read More
Technical Specialist – Product & Data Configurations
Huawei Technologies Nigeria
11.2012 - 01.2015Read More
Olabisi Onabanjo University
B.Sc. (Hons) from Computer Science
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Cape Breton University
Post-Graduate Diploma (PGDM) from Business Analytics
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