Adora Nwodo

Adora Nwodo is three-time cloud engineering author, public speaker, founder of NexaScale, and an experienced software engineer working at the intersection of cloud infrastructure and developer platforms.

Education
Nwodo holds a bachelor's degree (First Class) in computer science from the University of Lagos and is also an alumnus of Stanford LEAD from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Career
Nwodo's first interaction with computers was early on in her childhood. This sparked an interest in computers and technology in general. She started writing code in Visual Basic and later on discovered HTML & CSS.

Nwodo is the Founder of NexaScale, a social enterprise connecting entry-level technologists to simulated work experience, apprenticeships, and other opportunities that help them start and scale their careers.

Nwodo currently works at the intersection of Cloud Infrastructure and Developer Platforms. Prior to her current role, she worked on Microsoft Mesh, a Mixed Reality collaboration and communications platform. Prior to Microsoft Mesh, Nwodo worked on the team building Azure Object Anchors, a mixed reality service that helps you create immersive experiences by automatically aligning 3D content with physical objects. Before Microsoft, she was a Software Developer building web experiences at Neukleos.

In 2021, Nwodo released her first book, "Cloud Engineering for Beginners ," which introduces people to the concept of cloud computing, viable career paths in cloud engineering, and how to navigate a cloud engineering career. In 2023, she released her second book, "Beginning Azure DevOps, " which is a detailed guide on how to plan, build, test, and release applications on Azure. In 2024, she released her third book, "Confident Cloud, " which is a detailed guide into the world of cloud computing.