Just started an IT company and thought to share my dreams with you guys; its called KOGNO WORLDWIDE (a play on the word cognitive). I strongly beleive that the future of developing countries lie in its ability to create, acquare and utilise Knowledge resources effectively. check it out
As a company with a world view and a burning desire to provide world class products and services to its customer base, Kogno Worldwide prides itself in its ability to innovate, create and facilitate functional, useful and profitable business solutions in a professional and engaging manner.
» We believe in the power of an idea and encourage it.
» We believe in our clients dreams and help bring it to life
» we believe in the power of interconnectivity and synergy hence our vision statement:
one platform, one language, one network.
Our services include:
1. E-commerce Design
2. Small Business Development
3. Information Technology Vendors
4. Software Design
5. Idea Managers
6. Information System Consultants
7. Information System Audit, And
8. Web Based Marketing
OUR STRUCTURE
We combine 4 units namely:
1. Information System Consulting (K- CONSULT),
2. Research & Analysis (K- LABS),
3. Marketing (K- MARK), and
4. Information Technology Management (K - TECH)
We are poised to place the creative and innovative synergy that is produced through the interplay of the above units to consistently come up with world clase and customised solutions for your business.
Monday, December 18, 2006
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
the professional me
Education 2001 – 2002 Nigerian Law School B.L 1993 – 2000 Obafemi Awolowo UniversityLL.B
Expertise & Track Record
Developed Simultaneous Approach to Legal Due Diligence that leverages on the integrated use of Information Technology, Specialised Groups (Data Retrieval, Data Collation, Data Management and Roving Teams) and a Modular Due Diligence Report (each focus area can stand as a due diligence report on its own)
Led, trained and devised legal audit strategies for due diligence teams that carried out largest number of merger transactions in the country to date (over 25 banking institutions and associated companies)
Developed an assessment tool for Legal and Capital Risk in Litigation Audits
Developed an assessment tool for Immoveable Assets valuation in Due Diligence
Developed Intellectual Property Marketing strategy for local and international clientele (the Full Spectrum Intangible Asset Management program)
Developed Intellectual Property Audit methodology that was used to asses the IP profile of organisations for valuation purposes.
Participated in the first Merger of financial institutions in Nigeria
managed the design and launch of Professional Service Firm website that offers customised online services
Work Experience2005 – to date
Aina, Blankson & Co (Professional Service Firm)Director, Practice Development Division/ Team Leader, Intellectual Property and Telecoms, Media and Technology Groups.
Practice Development, Business Development, Marketing, Strategy formulation, Intrepreneurial development, Research, Team development, Intellectual Property, Information Technology, Investments, Venture Capital, SME Development, E-Business Platform and strategy formulation.Practice & Business Development
Research leader: re-engineered the Firm’s structure from a centralised multi-practice law firm to a Semi-Independent Practice Group based Professional Service Firm.
Project supervisor: helped to conceptualised, drew up, plan and launch the Firm’s IT based Knowledge Management System comprising of a server based, Intranet and Internet infrastructure along with training and IT Policy formulation.
Organised think-tank group synergy sessions along with Corporate culture seminar’s and new staff indoctrination programmes
Research on Best Practices with regards to business process and service channels & provisionMarketing and Brand development
Developed unique Professional Service Products for the Firm and each of its 6 Practice Groups, uniquely tailored showcase expertise, experience and core competencies
Supervised the Firm’s transition from the old brand to the new brand and the marketing and positioning strategies needed for client retention and acquisition
Design and publish Firm and Group profiles, maintain and update the Firm’s track record and client list, ensure that the brand is used in the stipulated manner and carry out research on best practices The Intellectual Property Group
Pioneer coordinator: responsible for designing and developing growth and market capture strategise locally and Internationally The Telecoms, Media & Technology Group
Pioneer Coordinator: responsible for devising exploratory new market development research to follow emerging trends and design appropriate market capture strategise suited for local and international clientele Capital Markets and Corporate Structuring Teams
member of the capital markets and corporate structuring due diligence team that carried out the largest number of Due Diligence exercises in the country to date covering nothing less than 25 banking institutions and associated companies
also part of the larger transaction team that planned and executed a number of due merger transactions from the pre-merger, merger to the post merger stages
2004 – 2005 Banwo & Ighodalo (Law Firm)Associate
Intellectual Property, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Company Secretarial, Venture Capital, Capital Markets and Small and Medium Enterprise development Intellectual Property, Information Technology and Telecommunications
Member of the Intellectual Property Team that managed the portfolio’s of top local and foreign clientele, including fortune 500 companies
Carried out extensive research and economic intelligence reports on the Regulatory and Business environment of the Nigerian Telecoms and Information Technology sector
Member of the Telecommunications team that advised the largest Telecommunications operator in the country on Regulatory Compliance issuesCapital Markets and Venture Capital
Advised on and participated in biggest capital market transactions in Nigeria
Advised on and helped to structure largest merger transaction of its kind in the Nigerian Financial Sector
Designed marketing strategy and presentations and carried extensive research on the business and regulatory environment of the Financial Sector
Advised and managed Small Business Development Organisation on Copyright and Partnership agreement issues
2002– 2003 Adepetun, Caxton Martins, Agbor & Segun (Law Firm) National Youth Service Corps
worked in the Intellectual Property practice of the Firm
worked in the Telecommunications and Information Technology Practice of the firm and
advised the Firm on its E-Business development and Technology procurement strategy
General Information
Technology Expertise in Word & PowerPoint; Working knowledge of Access, Project, Visio, Corel Draw and InfoPath. Internet, Intranet & Extranet savvy.
Professional Affiliations
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
Intellectual Property Lawyers Association of Nigeria (IPLAN)
Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)
Expertise & Track Record
Developed Simultaneous Approach to Legal Due Diligence that leverages on the integrated use of Information Technology, Specialised Groups (Data Retrieval, Data Collation, Data Management and Roving Teams) and a Modular Due Diligence Report (each focus area can stand as a due diligence report on its own)
Led, trained and devised legal audit strategies for due diligence teams that carried out largest number of merger transactions in the country to date (over 25 banking institutions and associated companies)
Developed an assessment tool for Legal and Capital Risk in Litigation Audits
Developed an assessment tool for Immoveable Assets valuation in Due Diligence
Developed Intellectual Property Marketing strategy for local and international clientele (the Full Spectrum Intangible Asset Management program)
Developed Intellectual Property Audit methodology that was used to asses the IP profile of organisations for valuation purposes.
Participated in the first Merger of financial institutions in Nigeria
managed the design and launch of Professional Service Firm website that offers customised online services
Work Experience2005 – to date
Aina, Blankson & Co (Professional Service Firm)Director, Practice Development Division/ Team Leader, Intellectual Property and Telecoms, Media and Technology Groups.
Practice Development, Business Development, Marketing, Strategy formulation, Intrepreneurial development, Research, Team development, Intellectual Property, Information Technology, Investments, Venture Capital, SME Development, E-Business Platform and strategy formulation.Practice & Business Development
Research leader: re-engineered the Firm’s structure from a centralised multi-practice law firm to a Semi-Independent Practice Group based Professional Service Firm.
Project supervisor: helped to conceptualised, drew up, plan and launch the Firm’s IT based Knowledge Management System comprising of a server based, Intranet and Internet infrastructure along with training and IT Policy formulation.
Organised think-tank group synergy sessions along with Corporate culture seminar’s and new staff indoctrination programmes
Research on Best Practices with regards to business process and service channels & provisionMarketing and Brand development
Developed unique Professional Service Products for the Firm and each of its 6 Practice Groups, uniquely tailored showcase expertise, experience and core competencies
Supervised the Firm’s transition from the old brand to the new brand and the marketing and positioning strategies needed for client retention and acquisition
Design and publish Firm and Group profiles, maintain and update the Firm’s track record and client list, ensure that the brand is used in the stipulated manner and carry out research on best practices The Intellectual Property Group
Pioneer coordinator: responsible for designing and developing growth and market capture strategise locally and Internationally The Telecoms, Media & Technology Group
Pioneer Coordinator: responsible for devising exploratory new market development research to follow emerging trends and design appropriate market capture strategise suited for local and international clientele Capital Markets and Corporate Structuring Teams
member of the capital markets and corporate structuring due diligence team that carried out the largest number of Due Diligence exercises in the country to date covering nothing less than 25 banking institutions and associated companies
also part of the larger transaction team that planned and executed a number of due merger transactions from the pre-merger, merger to the post merger stages
2004 – 2005 Banwo & Ighodalo (Law Firm)Associate
Intellectual Property, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Company Secretarial, Venture Capital, Capital Markets and Small and Medium Enterprise development Intellectual Property, Information Technology and Telecommunications
Member of the Intellectual Property Team that managed the portfolio’s of top local and foreign clientele, including fortune 500 companies
Carried out extensive research and economic intelligence reports on the Regulatory and Business environment of the Nigerian Telecoms and Information Technology sector
Member of the Telecommunications team that advised the largest Telecommunications operator in the country on Regulatory Compliance issuesCapital Markets and Venture Capital
Advised on and participated in biggest capital market transactions in Nigeria
Advised on and helped to structure largest merger transaction of its kind in the Nigerian Financial Sector
Designed marketing strategy and presentations and carried extensive research on the business and regulatory environment of the Financial Sector
Advised and managed Small Business Development Organisation on Copyright and Partnership agreement issues
2002– 2003 Adepetun, Caxton Martins, Agbor & Segun (Law Firm) National Youth Service Corps
worked in the Intellectual Property practice of the Firm
worked in the Telecommunications and Information Technology Practice of the firm and
advised the Firm on its E-Business development and Technology procurement strategy
General Information
Technology Expertise in Word & PowerPoint; Working knowledge of Access, Project, Visio, Corel Draw and InfoPath. Internet, Intranet & Extranet savvy.
Professional Affiliations
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
Intellectual Property Lawyers Association of Nigeria (IPLAN)
Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)
Leaping to relevance
THE LEAP2 INITIATIVE
This is an acronym for LEARNING, LEADERSHIP, ENTERPRISE, EXPERIENCE, APTITUDE, ATTITUDE, POSITIONING and PROMOTION.
The initiative is a model that is designed to identify, facilitate and encourage productive creativity in youths while at the same time ensuring that the fruits of the productive activities are fully harnessed to increase the countries human resource capital.
It focuses on helping to produce the “knowledge worker”. The information age in which we find ourselves has given birth to what is referred to as the new or knowledge economy and thus more than ever before the management of innovation and creativity has become imperative.
The leap2 initiative is an intangible intellectual property development and management model.
This model is a reverse recruitment strategy that is designed to bring young people in contact with potential employees, financiers, mentors etc who are seeking a special breed of human capital that can use 20% of there resources to produce 80% positive results.
Another aspect of this scheme is the management of the lucrative ideas generated by the target source (youths). Now more than ever before, idea management and development is becoming more and more central to the sustainace of the emergent new economy in Nigeria. The value of intangible intellectual property such as innovative ideas, concepts and business methods and the need to give it legal protection is central and has already kicked off in America and parts of Europe with the patenting (registration for legal protection) of such intangibles.
It is clear that the creation of strategic business ideas, innovative and inventive practices has become a highly sought after attribute by top management in global enterprises, people who by virtue of there mentality, background and orientation, bring such a mindset and discipline into the workplace will have a greater advantage than people who simply wait for the enterprise to teach them everything the search for the knowledge worker has begun.
How does the leap2 model create the knowledge worker?
The model is built around 8 (eight) elements/principles of personal development and 1 (one) strategy for empowerment and the elements shall be treated first:
· Each element is embedded in the LEAP2 name which is actually an acronym for;
Learning: Self-learning* is now an important requirement in most organizations and it determines to a large extent how quickly an individual grows into his core competencies and skills.
Leadership: is borne out of a natural tendency towards following through your vision with focus and determination, when you know where you are going, other people tend to want to follow you there.
Enterprise: the ability to think like an entrepreneur and use initiative to create solutions for value out of problems.
Experience: to gain experience which is valuable to your development you have to find the right kind of mentor and present yourself as a worthy steward the emphasis being on find .
Aptitude: a natural/supernatural ability/gift and interest in a particular field or with regards to a particular skill that marks one out if discovered.
Attitude: this determines to a large extent whether you will be able to work successfully with other people and bring value into a group.
Positioning; the ability to network, creating strategic and value driven interrelationships horizontally and vertically such that you are able to increase your portfolio of opportunities.
Promotion: this is the outcome of integrating all the other elements into positive action and making this body of principles a lifestyle.
The aims of the leap2 model
Micro aims.
· The aims and objectives of the leap2 to facilitate and encourage a self learning mentality
amongst youths.
· To explore the full potential of creative ideas and to inculcate the creative mentality.
· To encourage the personal research culture amongst youths.
· To identify and fill the specific needs of enterprises with regards to human resource search
and selections targets and create employment opportunities for youths.
· To build value networks between youths and potential investors, mentors and employees.
· To help youths find there core skills and competencies and properly align it with their faith
base.
· To promote reverse recruitment where the graduate has a choice of work environments to
choose from.
Macro aims.
· To create a cadre of leaders professionals and entrepreneurs with the right skills and
mentality to fully convert Nigerians potential to prosperity.
· To empower economically and spiritually the youths in Nigeria and fully harness the vast
knowledge pool that God has made available to them for the achievement of great things.
This is an acronym for LEARNING, LEADERSHIP, ENTERPRISE, EXPERIENCE, APTITUDE, ATTITUDE, POSITIONING and PROMOTION.
The initiative is a model that is designed to identify, facilitate and encourage productive creativity in youths while at the same time ensuring that the fruits of the productive activities are fully harnessed to increase the countries human resource capital.
It focuses on helping to produce the “knowledge worker”. The information age in which we find ourselves has given birth to what is referred to as the new or knowledge economy and thus more than ever before the management of innovation and creativity has become imperative.
The leap2 initiative is an intangible intellectual property development and management model.
This model is a reverse recruitment strategy that is designed to bring young people in contact with potential employees, financiers, mentors etc who are seeking a special breed of human capital that can use 20% of there resources to produce 80% positive results.
Another aspect of this scheme is the management of the lucrative ideas generated by the target source (youths). Now more than ever before, idea management and development is becoming more and more central to the sustainace of the emergent new economy in Nigeria. The value of intangible intellectual property such as innovative ideas, concepts and business methods and the need to give it legal protection is central and has already kicked off in America and parts of Europe with the patenting (registration for legal protection) of such intangibles.
It is clear that the creation of strategic business ideas, innovative and inventive practices has become a highly sought after attribute by top management in global enterprises, people who by virtue of there mentality, background and orientation, bring such a mindset and discipline into the workplace will have a greater advantage than people who simply wait for the enterprise to teach them everything the search for the knowledge worker has begun.
How does the leap2 model create the knowledge worker?
The model is built around 8 (eight) elements/principles of personal development and 1 (one) strategy for empowerment and the elements shall be treated first:
· Each element is embedded in the LEAP2 name which is actually an acronym for;
Learning: Self-learning* is now an important requirement in most organizations and it determines to a large extent how quickly an individual grows into his core competencies and skills.
Leadership: is borne out of a natural tendency towards following through your vision with focus and determination, when you know where you are going, other people tend to want to follow you there.
Enterprise: the ability to think like an entrepreneur and use initiative to create solutions for value out of problems.
Experience: to gain experience which is valuable to your development you have to find the right kind of mentor and present yourself as a worthy steward the emphasis being on find .
Aptitude: a natural/supernatural ability/gift and interest in a particular field or with regards to a particular skill that marks one out if discovered.
Attitude: this determines to a large extent whether you will be able to work successfully with other people and bring value into a group.
Positioning; the ability to network, creating strategic and value driven interrelationships horizontally and vertically such that you are able to increase your portfolio of opportunities.
Promotion: this is the outcome of integrating all the other elements into positive action and making this body of principles a lifestyle.
The aims of the leap2 model
Micro aims.
· The aims and objectives of the leap2 to facilitate and encourage a self learning mentality
amongst youths.
· To explore the full potential of creative ideas and to inculcate the creative mentality.
· To encourage the personal research culture amongst youths.
· To identify and fill the specific needs of enterprises with regards to human resource search
and selections targets and create employment opportunities for youths.
· To build value networks between youths and potential investors, mentors and employees.
· To help youths find there core skills and competencies and properly align it with their faith
base.
· To promote reverse recruitment where the graduate has a choice of work environments to
choose from.
Macro aims.
· To create a cadre of leaders professionals and entrepreneurs with the right skills and
mentality to fully convert Nigerians potential to prosperity.
· To empower economically and spiritually the youths in Nigeria and fully harness the vast
knowledge pool that God has made available to them for the achievement of great things.
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