JP Attueyi

JP Attueyi (Bsc, Msc, CISM, CCNSP) is the Chief information Officer, Eko Electricity Distribution Company. He oversees the strategy development and technology roadmap for the Enterprise Architecture, Business Applications and Solutions Development, Digital Transformation, Advanced Analytics, Infrastructure and Technology Operations, information security, and innovation orchestration. JP has a Bsc Computer Science from Dillard University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA where he graduated a Summa Cum Laude and was a Dillard University Scholar, Louisiana Alliance for Minority program (LAMP) Scholar, UNCF Scholar, and Sponsor for Equal Opportunity (SEO) Scholar. He also has a master’s in business administration (MBA) from Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland, UK. He started working as a software programmer over 2 decades ago and has seen a career span that given him an opportunity to work in Non-profit, Sales, Customer Service, and Information Technology. Post college, he worked with the Wallace Foundation in New York USA as a tech support, before Joining Enterprise Holding in Houston Texas (USA) and worked his way up into management. He joined EKEDC post privatization in 2013 as an IT manager. Post privatization, the closest thing EKEDC had to an IT department was prepaid and post-paid billing. Over the years, he has helped build the IT department from scratch. Today, he runs the IT Operations, Network and Communications, IT Risk Management and Software Development. Having set the foundation in place, he is working tirelessly to digitally transform EKEDC. Following his enormous contributions in the transformation of the company, he has won several recognitions, prizes and awards including the CIPM Awards for improved HR process through implementation of HR information system, EKEDC Departmental creativity | Innovation in process | Systems improvement, EKEDC Cost optimization | Savings Award, EKEDC Milestone Achievement /Excellence in Project Delivery, EKEDC Life line award for the implementation of the Human Resource Information System, EKEDC MD/CEO Growth Award, MD/CEO Execution of projects within timelines, budget and quality parameters.