Jacobs Edo 2017 Speaker

ERP Systems Coordinator

OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID)

Biography

Jacobs Edo is the author of the best-selling book “Digital Transformation: Evolving a digitally enabled Nigerian Public Service”, co-founder of the Austrian based “DigTrans – A Think Tank Group for Digital Transformation and the chair of the Vienna Digital Transformation Meetup. Jacobs is a globally certified enterprise architect, trusted advisor and a public speaker. He is known for his dedication and tireless efforts in ethics, change management and digital transformation. He earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering (Second Class Upper Division) from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, a diploma in Information Technology from Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, an MSc degree in Telecommunication and Internet Technologies from the Technical University of Applied Sciences, Vienna and a Global Business Transformation Management (GBTM) Master’s certification by SAP AG and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Northwestern Switzerland’s Business Transformation Academy. As a volunteer Consultant for the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies (Stanford SEED), he support its vision of bringing the power of innovation, entrepreneurship, and leadership to established businesses in sub-Saharan Africa and their leaders on the ground and in their communities.