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Graduate Teaching Assistant — EAI Project Methods

Carnegie Mellon University Africa

Assisted students master essential elements of AI engineering like stakeholder analysis, system requirements gathering, prototyping, Agile project planning, and CI/CD by guiding hands-on assignments, clarifying core project methodologies, and supporting the final integration project.

Graduate Teaching Assistant — EAI System Design

Carnegie Mellon University Africa

Advised 40+ graduate students on course content involving the setup and use of resource-constrained edge devices (Raspberry Pi and Arduino Nano BLE) for TinyML tasks and ModelOps (model performance analysis and maintenance) exercises using AWS, Docker, Flask and Plotly Dash.

Product Research Assistant

Embedded Systems Lab, CMU-Africa

Developed a design strategy using the IDDOV (DfX) framework for a low-cost multimodal data acquisition device, conducting Kano surveys in Africa and the USA to identify researcher needs, building a Kano model to define MVP features, and applying QFD to determine core technical specifications and guide SBC/MCU selection within a tiered product strategy.

Student Research Interviewer

Afretec Network, CMU-Africa

Engaged with circa 13 Principal Investigators from 11 multi-institutional projects across partner Universities through virtual interviews to gather relevant information on the progress and goals of the projects.

Decision Intelligence Analyst

Dufil Prima Foods Plc

Handling Business Intelligence tasks and Process Improvement Strategy for the Head of Continuous Improvement & Sustainability and the C-suite at Group Corporate HQ.

• Analysed financial and operational data to indicate areas of interest to process owners and the Six Sigma team at factories
• Led feasibility studies and entry strategy for alternative business opportunities in the Nigerian agriculture, consumer, and financial markets
• Engaged in multiple internal improvement projects assigned by Business Heads and CXOs and led the new business search thinktank
• Developed inflation nowcasting models using online search volume data to inform dynamic pricing strategies

Operations Manager, Warehousing and Logistics

Dufil Prima Foods Plc

Managed a department of 140+ personnel to achieve seamless warehousing operations and better integration with other departments within the Northern Noodles factory and the Corporate Logistics Team. Co-led SAP EWM implementation to replace legacy Orion ERP.

• Led SAP EWM system design and deployment for inbound/outbound logistics, collaborating with SAP functional consultants on warehouse structure configuration, bin management, and RF device integration for 20+ core warehouse associates
• Developed low-code data acquisition system using Google AppSheet to feed SAP PM (Plant Maintenance) module, reducing manual data entry by 65%
• Introduced Kanban principles in document flow tracking between QA, Production Planning and Finance departments, improving OTDIF by 84%
• Completed ISO 22000 (FSMS) and ISO 9001:2015 (QMS) audits with zero non-conformance
• Reduced Warehouse/Logistics downtime from 0.85% to 0.42% YTD in 8 months
• Reduced Turnaround Time for RM, PKG and FG trucks by 57% through ETA tracking and SMED implementation

Data Scientist, Industrial Optimization

Dufil Prima Foods Plc

Black Belt Project Facilitator focused on process improvement endeavors in production settings at Raffles Oil LFTZ Ent. & Northern Noodles Plc, subsidiaries of Dufil Prima Foods Plc.

• Anchored the development of a low-code software for transition to paperless reporting in three factory locations (Raffles, Insignia & Northern Noodles), reducing consumables cost by 95%
• Handled a DMAIC project on laminate variance for low-volume Power Oil SKUs reducing raw material wastage from 3.28% to 1.3% in six months, resulting in $53,900 in year one and $88,800 p.a. afterwards
• Managed a Lean project on packaging reliability for high-volume Power and Emperor Oil SKUs reducing product leakage from 3.2% to 1.3% in six months, with savings of $7,500 p.a.
• Facilitated a project on Noodle Block Fat Content reduction for Indomie, Minimie and Mimee SKUs from 17.0% to 16.5%
• Scheduled and conducted training of 40+ factory staff on 5S, Lean Six Sigma and on-the-job technicalities while mentoring newly recruited Lean Six Sigma Facilitators

Master of Science (with Distinction)

Carnegie Mellon University

Engineering Artificial Intelligence

• Efficient Machine Learning
• Deep Learning
• Machine Learning for Engineers
• AI System Design
• Embedded System Development
• Systems Software Engineering
• Mobile Big Data Analytics & Management
• Cloud Computing
• On-Device Machine Learning

Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours)

University of Lagos

Chemical Engineering

• Process Optimization
• Process Dynamics & Control
• Principles of Plant Design
• Industrial Chemistry
• Reaction Engineering
• Polymer Processing
• Biochemical Engineering
• Environmental Pollution Engineering

Mastercard Foundation Scholarship

Mastercard Foundation / Carnegie Mellon University Africa

Full scholarship for the MS Engineering Artificial Intelligence programme at CMU-Africa.

Batch Topper — LSSBB Mumbai '20 Cohort

Benchmark X 360

Best in class, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification, February 2020 cohort.

Jack Delaney Award — Best Treasurer

Financial DataHouse

Awarded Best Treasurer in the GLITS Fixed Income Trading Simulation.

Society of Petroleum Engineers Star Scholarship

Society of Petroleum Engineers

Undergraduate scholarship awarded during BSc Chemical Engineering at University of Lagos.

MTN Foundation Scholarship

MTN Foundation

Undergraduate merit scholarship awarded during BSc Chemical Engineering at University of Lagos.

NNPC Agbami Professional Scholarship

NNPC / Agbami

Undergraduate scholarship awarded during BSc Chemical Engineering at University of Lagos.

SCADAgric: Agentic Farm Monitoring

CMU Master's Capstone. Agentic AI workflow that continuously monitors environmental sensor data and triggers autonomous interventions without human oversight. Integrates LLM logic via LangChain to analyze sensor streams and execute decisions.

• D. Nsanzimfura, C. Kwizera, G. Igwegbe, M. Awojide

Inflation Nowcasting with Online Search Volume Data

Predictive models using non-traditional data sources (online search volume) to forecast inflation. Co-authored with E. Aiken.

• M. Awojide, E. Aiken

AutoVisionInspector

Google's Gemma 3n Impact Challenge. Automated visual inspection system using Gemma vision models.

• G. Igwegbe, M. Awojide, M. Bless

Real-World Federated Learning on Edge Devices with NVFLARE

Deep Learning Indaba Poster. Multi-site federated learning deployment on heterogeneous edge hardware.

• G. Igwegbe, M. Awojide, A. Adetunji

Stable Quantization-Aware Training for Vision-Language Models

Research on stable QAT techniques for VLMs on edge-class hardware.

• B. Ebiyau, G. Igwegbe, M. Awojide, M. Bless

"Hello Afrika!": Speech Commands in Kinyarwanda

Presented at Data Science Africa 2024. Building speech command datasets and ASR models for Kinyarwanda.

• G. Igwegbe, M. Awojide, M. Bless, N. Kadzo

TinyML Digital Counter for Electric Metering System

Presented at Hackster.io Impact Summit 2023. TinyML-based system for autonomous electricity meter reading on microcontrollers.

• G. Igwegbe, M. Awojide