User talk:Kennedy.okafor

Kennedy Chinedu Okafor is a Senior Member of the IEEE,USA, an Expert in High Performance Computing, Cloud Automation/Energy Management,Embedded Computing and Cybersecurity. He had his B.Eng in Electrical Electronics Engineering from Enugu State University of Science and Technology,(ESUT), M.Eng and Ph.D in Electronic Engineering from the University of Nigeria Nsukka, (UNN), respectively. He is the CEO of Kswitche Consults, a leading R&D organization in Nigeria and have worked with Electronic Development Institute (Former Center For Adaptation of Technology-CAT), Awka under National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, (NASENI-FMST), Nigeria as a Senior R&D Engineer from 2006-2014. He has various vendor certifications including CCNA,CCNP (Fog, edge, routing and switching), ComPTIA A+, and Server+. In 2009, he served with the House of Representative Committee on Cyber-security and Information Protection Bill. In 2010, he executed a major World Bank project (ICT) in Anambra State. Also, he was the lead consultant in the Biometric Data Capture for PHCN in 2011. He has worked in various areas of advanced digital electronics and computer systems design such as Smart Meters, Cloud SOA applications, Smart green automation with IoTs, Cyber-Physical Apps, Modelling/Simulation of Real Time Systems; FPGA/CPLD implementations using VHDL WARP Cypress, Quatus II, JAVA Netbeans, MATLAB Sim & Riverbed Modeller. His areas of interest include - HPC Design Infrastructure, Middlewares, Embedded /VLSI computational intelligence, Enterprise-Wide Systems, & CyberSecurity. He has over 125 technical publications, and has presented papers in both Int'l and local conferences. He has won several Awards including IEEE Region 8 Most Outstanding young professional/IEEE Volunteer (2017) and have Chaired various IEEE Events/Committees in IEEE Region 8. Currently, he is a dedicated Lecturer/Researcher in the Department of Mechatronics Engineering (Computer Systems and Software development Option), Federal University of Technology, Owerri, (FUTO, Nigeria. Professionally, he is a cooperate Member of NSE, NCS, IAENG, AASCIT, CSEAN & COREN registered. He is a member of editorial board in IJCAC (USA),IJACSA,(UK), IJISP(USA), SJET(India), Computer Science Archive,(USA),etc, indexed in ISI Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics).

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