obinna onyimadu

Head of Data Engineering at Gumtree

Obinna Onyimadu has a strong background in data engineering, software development, and informatics engineering. obinna is currently working as the Head of Data Engineering at Gumtree.com since October 2022. Previously, they held roles at eBay as a Senior Backend Engineer/Associate Manager from April 2019, and at SAP as a Developer from April 2018 to April 2019. Prior to that, they worked at SAP Concur as a Software Developer from April 2018 to April 2019. Obinna also has experience as an Informatics Engineer/Developer at Public Consulting Group from July 2015 to April 2018. Earlier in their career, they worked at System Associates Ltd as an Internet Informatics Engineer from August 2011 to July 2015, at PassivSystems in the field of research and development of assisted living and home monitoring algorithms and systems from February 2010 to April 2011, and at NRC as a Software Engineer/DBA from September 2006 to September 2008. Obinna started their career as an Engineer at Siemens from May 2002. At Durham University, they served as a Demonstrator for the Masters module Object-Oriented Programming in JAVA and UML in October 2009. Overall, Obinna Onyimadu has gained expertise in various aspects of data engineering, software development, and informatics engineering throughout their professional journey.

Obinna Onyimadu's education history is as follows:

From 2012 to 2017, Obinna attended the University of Reading, where they pursued a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Informatics.

In 2008, Obinna studied at Durham University and obtained a Masters degree in Computer Science, specializing in Internet Systems and E-Business. This program lasted until 2009.

In 1998, Obinna completed a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Mechanical Engineering at OAU (the specific duration of this program is unknown).

Obinna also achieved additional certifications throughout their career, including becoming a Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) from the CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation) in August 2020. In 2012, they obtained the GATE Certified Text Analyst certification from GATE. Additionally, Obinna earned the Oracle Certified Professional DBA 10g certification from Oracle in 2008 and the Oracle Database 10g Administrator Certified Associate - Version Retired certification in September 2007. Furthermore, they became an Oracle Certified Administrator DBA 10g in 2007, also from Oracle.

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  • Head of Data Engineering

    October, 2022 - present