Biography

Rislan is a Practitioner and a Scholar of Information and Communications Telecommunications for Development (ICT4D) with diversified experience in Information Systems, Digital Transformation, Change Management and Business Process Re-engineering. A resourceful and focused ICT specialist with considerable exposure in Enterprise Architecture, Project/Programme Management, ICT for Development, Business Continuity and Resilience, Higher Education Planning, Administration, Evaluation and Optimisation. Rislan has practical experience in Digital Transformation for Agriculture, Healthcare, Financial and Economic Inclusion, Higher Education Innovation, Data and Funding Analytics, Design and Implementation of Campus and Large-scale Networks, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and many more.

He was involved in various Capacities for Planning and Implementing ICT Interventions (ICT Training, Establishment of ICT Services Department, and ICT4D Project Implementation and Evaluation for optimal performance). Rislan is a Chartered Member of the British Computer Society (CITP, MBCS), a Member of the Computer Professional Registration Council of Nigeria (MCPN), a Member of the Nigeria Computer Society (MNCS), a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (SMIEEE), USA, Member Nigeria Institute of Management (MNIM), Association of Information Systems, among others. Rislan delivered various keynote speeches and presented various technical and academic papers globally. Rislan is interested in how ICTs can be used in sustainable development goals (ICT4SDGs), capability enhancement (Economic empowerment/poverty reduction), Big Data Analytics in disruptive innovation and was involved in many United Nations multi-stakeholder programs targeting the attainment of SDGs (mainly SDG 4.1, 4.2.).