User:Tunde Adebayo

Introduction

Tunde Adebayo (born 28th January, 1966), is a consultant and solution designer in the UK telecoms industry. He has BA Hons in Political Economy and an MSc in Information Systems and Technology both gained from London Universities. Tunde is the CEO of Tida Services Ltd (a consultancy Practice) and is currenlty working on a high profile multi million pound project with British Telecom PLC.

Background

Born in London, he moved to Nigeria in 1970. As a young boy, Tunde attended primary school in Ibadan and later went on to Government College Ibadan (GCI). In 1983, he returned to London to further his education where he completed his A'levels and a degree programme in Economics. In his youth he was active in the gospel music scene in Nigeria and recorded an album with a group called 'Mini Minor Vibrations'. He wrote the signature tune at the age of 10.

Career

In 1989, Tunde worked in the retail sector for an up market boutique on the Kings Road in London selling high fashion clothing to pop stars, actors, models and a host of high profile clientele. After a few years of having a fantastic time working and partying on the Kings Road he decided to settle into a formal career by joining the newly privatised London Electricity as a graduate. He spent the next five years learning every part of the business.

In 1993, Tunde joined British Gas as a Business Analyst where he successfully designed and implemented the first prepay proposition using gas cards rather then the coin meter which was very popular at the time and which encouraged break ins by criminals who saw the meters as an easy way to get moeney. The gas cards saved British Gas millions of pounds

The early 90s saw a big boom in the use of mobile phones and Tunde was begining to get bored of the old style utilities who were reluctant to change. In 1995 he joined One 2 One (now T-Mobile) as a Senior Buisness Analyst. At One 2 One Tunde delivered cutting edge technology which people take for granted today (WAP, SMS, MMS, CRM & Knowledge Management). He joined Logica CMG as the Head Of Business Development in 2000 and started his consultancy pratice in 2003

Tunde, is married to the award winning Sky News presenter Gillian Joseph and is first cousins to the writer/publisher and broadcaster Dotun and Diran Adebayo. He has 3 children and lives in London