Team
Project Lead: Dr Damilola Oguntola
Experience: 6 years experience in the cryptosphere, worked with Binance, NEAR, Polygon, Unilend and 15 other projects in areas in relation to project management, community building and Marketing. He is the Co-founder of Blockchain BUK, a member of stakeholders in Blockchain association of Nigeria, one of the executives of Arewa Blockchain Community, a previous COO of two startups, Former team lead and Head of Partnership at NEAR NIGERIA and finally a Community Lead and Business Developer for Octopus network Africa. A certified Project Manager with Google and was once a COO of an AI BASED PROJECT called Poly186. He currently holds a MBBS degree.
Technical Lead: José Dimas Luján
Experience 3 years experience in the cryptosphere, working mostly as a frontends dev, app developer and technical lead with NEAR education and ICP. He worked as an ICP instructor where he was tasked with community building and recruitment is also into project management and community building with multiple bachelor degrees in programming and engineering.
Marketing Lead: Ogbuehi Miracle J
Experience: 4 years experience in the cryptosphere, worked with Huobi, FTX as a marketing ambassador, Head of Admin at Ginakev Digital Academy, Marketing Lead and PR at NEUTRINOS CHAIN PoAI. Has a bachelor of science in Biochemistry
Financial Lead: Paul Oguntola
Experience : 4 years experience in the cryptosphere, worked with more than 15 projects as an Ambassador, currently the community Lead of NEAR NIGERIA and the former CFO of Poly186. He finished with a first class in Accounting and is currently doing his masters in business administration
Head of Community: Boon Quan
Experience: 6 years experience in the cryptosphere, worked with more than 5 blockchain projects as community Lead and Partnerships. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Quantity Survey and an active member of Octopus Nation
Ecosystem Growth Strategist: Yujing Wong
Experience: 7 years experience in the cryptosphere, as an investor and in community/venture building, co-founding Tess Network and a youth NGO focused on advocating crypto. Started several NFT projects and contributed to Web3 projects in Malaysia. Malaysian Ambassador for Octopus Network and Founding Member of Avium World. Founder and CEO of FarmDirect.my, an online platform connecting farmers to end buyers. Extensive experience as co-founder and COO in several startups, covering restaurant yield-management, social enterprise, education, travel, and recruitment. 5 years technical experience in operations and project management, as a Field Engineer and Remote Operations Engineer in offshore oil & gas production for a Fortune 500 energy company. Yujing holds a Bachelor and Master of Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London, and speaks in Malay, English, and Mandarin.
Lead designer: Evelyn Sample
Experience: 4 years experience in the cryptosphere, worked with Binance, Okex and 13 other projects as a graphic designer, she is currently the lead designer for NEAR NIGERIA, AI DAO of NEAR and was the community manager of Octopus Network Africa. She is an active member of Octopus Guild and won the logo contest of Octopus Guild, she has more than 4 years experience as a graphic designer and has used more than 10 tools in relation to graphic designing. She holds a BSc in Microbiology
Graphic designer/video editor: Sanusi Muhammad Sulaiman
Experience: 3 years experience in the cryptosphere, worked with Octopus Network Africa, Octopus Guild, spin and others as a graphic designer and a video editor. Currently completing his college degree in engineering.
Social media manager: Dr Kabiru Hussaini
Experience: 5 years experience in the cryptosphere, worked with Unilend and five more projects as an Ambassador, social media manager for Octopus Network Africa and Social media manager for Near Protocol Nigeria. Currently holds an MBBS degree and is a certified social media marketer.
Assist Social media manager: Hannah Sotto
Experience: 2 yrs experience in the cryptosphere, worked with Octopus Network and wonderhero as a social media manager and community manager. She is currently in process of obtaining her bachelor degrees in accounting
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