Olugbenga Ajala, P.E

Olugbenga Ajala, P.E has a diverse work experience spanning multiple industries. Olugbenga is the Founder and CEO of Ashipa Electric, Corp since September 2020. Prior to that, they served as the Director on the Board of Directors at Southeastern Wind Coalition starting from March 2019.

Olugbenga Ajala also worked at Southern Company where they held various roles. Olugbenga served as the Senior Research and Development Portfolio Manager from June 2019 to September 2020. Before that, they worked as the Research and Development Portfolio Manager from March 2018 to June 2019. Olugbenga also had a role in Commercial Optimization and Trading where they managed the implementation, financial, contractual, and commercial operation activities of wind and solar farms from May 2016 to March 2018.

Before joining Southern Company, they worked at Chevron as a Senior Facilities - Project Manager from June 2013 to August 2014. Prior to that, they were an Instrumentation and Electrical Engineer at Chevron from February 2009 to June 2013.

Olugbenga Ajala started their career at ExxonMobil as a Project Engineer from May 2006 to August 2008.

Olugbenga Ajala, P.E completed their Bachelor's of Science in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana State University, where they studied from 2004 to 2008. Following that, they pursued a Master's of Business Administration (MBA) degree at Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business from 2013 to 2016. In May 2017, they obtained a Professional Engineer certification from the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES).