About me
Introduction
Hi Folks. Ikeme here.
Kenyan born Nigerian. Economic-ish Refugee
Aspiring and former Technologist. Optimist
Purdue EE (Boiler Up!) and Wharton MBA (*insert rallying cry here)
Interested in a lot of things. Going to use this to talk about/ showcase them, and me...in due time
- Technology, AI, Product, Design, HW
- Public Policy, Nigeria, Politics, Urban Planning
- Books, Film, TV, Food
Find me eating in a dense, walkable city.
Let’s connect!
Operating System
Technology (science!) is an incredible force. I owe my life to scientific advancement. What a time to be alive! I have no doubt that it will continue the rapid transformation our lives . We just have to keep our fingers on the button to ensure that it is for the better. Progress will look like what we want it to look like.
Everyone should be able to live in a dense, walkable city. It does wonders for humanity on a personal and societal level.
Food is meant to be eaten and cherished and everyone should emulate Jeffrey Steingarten and “try everything once”.
Chelsea FC is the greatest club itw
Read, write, eat, walk, love, laugh, travel, create. You will be happy.
Nigerians deserve more from their leaders.
Substack
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GitHub
github.com/ikemeo
I am an electrical engineer turned customer-facing program manager and recent product manager. I recently completed my Wharton MBA with a desire to work at the cutting edge of technology. I am a tech optimist, hopeful about technology's ability to create progress and prosperity, and I want to work on meaningful and challenging problems. My experience to date has been to seek out difficult challenges that also expose me to a variety of different technologies. Excited about the future!
Where I have been.
What I have done.
Product
@ Delphi
Technologies
Rotation Program. Product Owner for ADAS and Embedded ICE/EV Systems. Drove ML enabled automation changes. ADAS Growth & Sales.
Program Manager &
Sr Design Engineer
@ BorgWarner
Customer Facing role managing global billion dollar programs across embedded systems. Design Engineer <> Product Manager for hardware and software products.
Project Manager
@ Square Roots
Pioneer Project Manager leading growth and expansion at a high-growth series B startup. Drove 100%+ increase in footprint.
PM for monitoring software. Managed ML enabled enhancements to operations process. All hands, did everything, including farming.
Product Manager
@ GitHub
Strategy Product Manager on the Core Platform Team. Increased user interview flow. double digits. Delivered KPI tracking dashboard for Productivity team. Advised on AI strategy. Experimented Copilot Integration.
Angel Investor &
Aspiring Founder
Angel Investor in: Chowdeck, Mira, Olira, Lemfi
Started Ito, a crowdfunding portal for African SME’s to access alternative capital sources through the crowd. Was...non viable, according to SEC/Legal (no JOBS ACT there...yet)
Projects I am working on
AI Powered Job application tracker to display application cadence over time, with insights. Using AI to scrape job apps from your browser and email.
An obnoxious to do list app that blocks access to distracting apps and has an sms native chatbot feature to create a more natural assistance and comms flow
Abuja Master Plan Deep Dive
Will preview these on here in time
Things I find exciting/cool
(Updated Periodically)
- Figma’s Make
- Perplexity’s Comet Browser
- Akara London
- The renewed focus on HW and Robotics, and the companies building in that space: Mbodi, Figure, Viam, Gecko, Agility, OpenMind
- Periodic Labs !
- Villagers
- Taya necklace
- SB79
- DeepMind
- Elara Develops
- Movies: Anemone, Monsters
- DeFi
- TV: Slow Horses S5
- Books: Tokyo: Building the Spontaneous City
- AEO
- Nomi
- October’s Cronut Flavor
- Backyard Beta
More to Come!
