FORTSCHRITT ENGINEERS LIMITED - Key Persons
Is an HP Accredited Platform Specialist (APS), specialising in building HP racks and HP Server support? His other responsibilities include network cabling installation, systems setup, installation, and maintenance. He has worked as the primary resource person on several of our networking projects, as well as being outsourced to several client sites as an onsite engineer.
He is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at Old Dominion University (ODU), Virginia, USA. He is an engineer who is also an authority in the I.T. industry, having at various times been a member of the council of the Computer Center in a number of Universities. He was a member of the council in the University of Ibadan, University of Lagos, and now at ODU.
He has also at various times been Research Engineer, Research Scientist, and specialist to various Universities in Germany, the USA, and NASA.
He has now brought all this technical know-how and experience to play in the affairs of Fortschritt. He serves as Chairman of the board, as well as technical adviser, consultant, and business development adviser. He's also the President of Phinx Associates, our independent US representative company. Phinx handles all our US activities, sourcing of products and technical assistance.
He holds a BSc (1 st Class honors) and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College, University of London, and has several other professional qualifications and awards. He's a registered member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) and COREN.
Mr. Odunayo holds a B. Sc in electrical electronics engineering from the University of Ibadan, he is one of the site's engineers who manages and oversees maintenance sites. He holds CCNA and MCP certifications.
An Electronics and Computer Engineering (B.Eng.) graduate of Lagos State University, he specialises in Networking, Server, and Software support, with over 8 year's industry experience.
Job Titles:
- Accountant
- Senior Manager, Account & Admin
Mr. Rufus Ajeigbe is a seasoned Accountant with over ten years of working experience. He holds a BSc degree in Accounting (University of Lagos). An Associate Member of The Chartered Institute of Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and An Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN).
Mrs. Funke Soremekun is a seasoned marketing professional with over thirteen (22) years of experience in the industry.
As the head of marketing, she oversees the affairs of all other marketers and their different accounts and makes sure that clients are given prompt responses to prevent downtime as much as possible; and generally makes sure that all clients are happy and satisfied at all times.
She is also involved in sorting out warranty issues for clients and makes sure that all benefits are awarded to the clients accordingly.
Mrs. Soremekun is a marketer with a difference who has listening ears and manages all her clients with passion and sincerity thereby maintaining their loyalty. You can always count and call on her. She holds a B.Sc. degree in microbiology (the University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University) as well as a post-graduate diploma in management studies with a specialty in marketing. She is also an HP Accredited Sales professional (ISS and IPG).
Job Titles:
- Assistant Manager ( Engineering )
Also an HP Accredited Platform Specialist (APS). He is responsible for system maintenance, troubleshooting of systems, ups, and printers. He is in charge of the workshop.
Mr. Demuren is a Systems Engineer with extensive experience, having worked in several countries including Ghana and the Republic of Benin. He has over twenty-five (30) years of working and relevant experience in the computer industry with a strong emphasis on Systems Integration and Maintenance, Server integration and configuration, Network installation, and maintenance.
He is highly experienced in the installation and configuration of Windows and Linux-based Servers. He has been an HP/Compaq Accredited Systems Engineer (ASE) from as far back as 1997, specialising in deploying servers in the Windows environments, and still maintains the said accreditation on the HP track. He also holds Microsoft MCP certification.
He has attended several hardware-specific courses including those by IBM, HP Microsoft, and ALR.
As Engineering Manager in Tara Systems Limited, Mr. Demuren was for four years responsible for the installation and maintenance of several Local Area Networks, Wide Area Networks, SCO Unix networks, and computer installations all over the country including those in Volta River Authority in Ghana and BIBE in Cotonou.