Akintunde Ismail Maiyegun

Chairman / CEO at Big Wolf Games

Akintunde Ismail Maiyegun has a diverse work experience spanning various industries and roles. Akintunde Ismail co-founded Big Wolf Games, a mobile gaming developer and publisher, where they served as the Chairman/CEO and helped raise funding and establish partnerships. Akintunde Ismail also co-founded Hingeto, an online retailer platform, where they held the role of CTO. Additionally, Akintunde has provided advisory services to companies like Realtime Labs and Resilia, offering guidance in areas such as technology, team building, and fundraising. Akintunde Ismail was also the founder of Digitalvaliance, a mobile and web application development firm, where they worked with notable clients and achieved successes such as winning international awards and becoming a public company. Akintunde has shown a passion for supporting others, serving as an advisor and board member for organizations like Music For Tomorrow, a nonprofit fostering performance opportunities for jazz musicians. Prior to their entrepreneurial ventures, they worked as a senior software engineer at MyVest and as a student researcher at Stanford University.

Akintunde Ismail Maiyegun's education history is as follows:

Akintunde Ismail attended Kuwait English School from 1994 to 2003, where they completed their A Levels in Computer Studies, Physics, Chemistry, and Math.

Akintunde Ismail then pursued a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University from 2003 to 2007.

In 2016, Akintunde participated in Y Combinator, focusing on entrepreneurship. However, no specific degree was obtained during this period.

In addition to their formal education, Akintunde has also obtained several certifications. In September 2020, they completed the "Typescript: The Complete Developer's Guide" course from Udemy. In October 2020, they obtained a certification for the "NestJS Zero to Hero - Modern TypeScript Back-end Development" course, also from Udemy. In November 2020, they received a certification from the UC Berkeley Executive Education for completing the Black Venture Institute program. Prior to that, in August 2019, they obtained a certification for the "Docker and Kubernetes: The Complete Guide" course from Udemy.

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