Ade Abayomi Olufeko is a pre-eminent thinker, whose fieldwork in humanities influences decision-makers in the creative-commerce economy. Ade is an award-winning American trained Technologist (IT), Business Futurist and International Curator of Ijebu descent. The intersection of his expertise in different domains led to the 2007 formation of Visual Collaborative, a 360 festivals platform for humanities and innovation. He presently serves as its Grand Digital Strategist and executive producer. He previously served as a management consultant in cognitive design for IBM’s Interactive experience and IoT practices.
Ade has lectured around the world on digital new media and the developing technology ecosystem at various institutions such as; Oxford University, Harvard Business School, Georgetown University, Carnegie Mellon and Lagos Business School, he has addressed audiences at conferences and festivals such as TEDxIkeja. In 2017, he was a keynote speaker at World Economic Forum Global Shapers community Abuja. Ade has rendered enterprise and ICT services to various Industries, working with brands such as Adobe Systems, PayPal Inc, WebMD, Bank Of America and Warner Music Group. He is a recipient of the IBM Gerstner Award for client excellence following a computer worm virus in 2003.
An earlier adopter of content management systems, he integrated the use of WordPress and Drupal tools into enterprise projects. Ade studied Computer Science concentrating on multimedia (Non-Traditional) at Metropolitan State University in Saint Paul and is an alum of the prestigious Saint Gregory’s College in Obalende Lagos.