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Head of Technology & CIO CESA 2

Ecobank Cameroon · Douala

9 CESA 2 affiliates · 30 ATMs deployed · 5+ sites restructured · decision-data platform serving 4 business lines

• Regional leadership. Lead the ECM technology function and act as CIO for CESA 2 and member of the Ecobank Group Technology ExCo, coordinating regional projects and IT teams across 9 affiliates.
• Group delivery. Local lead for Group and eProcess initiatives; translate Group standards into country execution, govern vendor delivery and align deployments with business objectives.
• Resilience. Raised network and ATM availability from 90% to over 96% with Dual LTE and optimized telecom links, reducing OPEX by 30%; deployed an IBM Power10 infrastructure for Oracle core banking database replication across the CEMAC region.
• Vendors & economics. Negotiated SLOs and SLAs with telecom operators to raise availability, with telecom costs tied to the availability delivered.
• Security & compliance. Obtained PCI DSS compliance and ISO 27001, ISO 27701 and ISO 22301 certifications for ECM, strengthening security, privacy and business continuity.
• Simplification. Restructured the local network across more than 5 sites (routing redesign, 30+ end-of-life Cisco, Checkpoint and Fortigate devices replaced); consolidated virtual machines by about 40%.
• Digital & data. Introduced ETL and Power Automate and digitalized customer onboarding forms with the Transformation Squad, with Retail Banking (CCB) as business co-owner; built more than 5 Power BI dashboards and a decision-data platform serving 4 business lines.
• Channels. Rolled out 30 ATMs with deposit modules handling the old and new CEMAC banknote formats, co-owned with Retail Banking (CCB) and Operations/Finance, easing branch queues and contributing to a 25% increase in deposit volumes.
• People & AI. Spearheaded AI adoption across the IT team, moving it to GitHub Copilot and Claude Code; trained 40+ customer-service, relationship and CCB staff on Power BI and AI.

Director of IT & Chief Digital Officer

Banque Camerounaise des PME · Yaoundé

• Defined and executed the bank's digital strategy to improve operational efficiency and customer experience.
• Digitalized core banking and payment services: Amplitude core banking, SYSTAC Clearing, SYGMA RTGS, GIMAC and SWIFT Alliance Lite 2.
• Designed user-centric solutions for staff and customers; led IT teams through organizational change.

Head of IT Production & Operations

Banque Camerounaise des PME · Cameroon

Full bank infrastructure built from scratch · headquarters, branches and disaster recovery site

• Availability. Maintained high availability of mission-critical core banking operations; negotiated SLOs and SLAs with telecom operators, with costs indexed to the availability of the service.
• Greenfield infrastructure. Built the bank's IT infrastructure from scratch across headquarters and branches: data center, Amplitude core banking platform and database, Cisco and Fortinet network, GIMAC connectivity.
• Enterprise systems. Implemented ERP, CRM, HR and ITSM systems alongside the Amplitude core banking platform.
• Disaster recovery. Designed a disaster recovery site with asynchronous Veeam replication, achieving RPO under 15 minutes and RTO under 4 hours.
• Physical security & people. Deployed site-wide CCTV and facility access control; mentored and upskilled the internal IT team.

IT Supervision Division Head

Nexttel (Viettel Cameroon) · Cameroon

• Supervised IT teams and ensured service continuity for a fast-growing national telecom network, improving infrastructure availability.

Systems and Networks Engineer

BCS Vision · Douala

• Administered the Radvision videoconferencing platform and the company's systems and networks.