Aanu Akin- Taylor

Aanu Akin-Taylor has a diverse work experience spanning several roles and industries. Aanu is currently working as a Product Design Lead at Lendsqr since June 2022. Prior to that, they worked at GTBank as a User Experience Designer from January 2020 to June 2022.

In 2019, Aanu worked as a Business Analyst at Practikus Consilia, where they analyzed and documented business and client requirements, managed requirements at the project level, conducted organizational analysis, and provided recommendations on business strategies and projects. Aanu also translated business needs to and from the technical team during this role, which lasted from March 2019 to October 2019.

Before that, Aanu gained experience as a Strategic Marketing Analyst at Dressmeoutlet.com from November 2016 to July 2017. Additionally, they worked as a Human Resources Summer Intern at CHAMS PLC in 2014 and as a Customer service and Procurement Intern at GTBank in 2013.

Overall, Aanu has a strong background in product design, user experience, business analysis, strategic marketing, and customer service.

Aanu Akin-Taylor obtained a Master's degree in Information Management with a focus on Big Data in Business from the University of Reading from 2017 to 2018. Prior to that, they earned a First-class Honours Bachelor's Degree in Information Resources Management from Babcock University, which they attended from 2011 to 2015.

In addition to their formal education, Aanu Akin-Taylor has obtained several certifications. In 2018, they became certified as a BCS Practitioner in Business Analysis Practice by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT. Aanu also received certifications in various topics such as Enterprise Design Thinking, Digital Marketing, User Experience, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Cloud Computing, Coding, Data Science & Analytics, and Internet of Things from institutions like IBM, Google, and Accenture. Furthermore, they acquired certifications in Business Development Foundations, Mobile Marketing Foundations, and UX Foundations: Prototyping from LinkedIn in 2019. Aanu Akin-Taylor also holds certifications in New Horizons Comptia Project+ Microsoft Suite 2010, PSENSE Employability Skills Certification (Basic), and New Horizon EC-Council Customer relationship management, obtained in 2015 and 2014 respectively. Additionally, they obtained an AdWords Fundamental certification from Google in 2018.

In October 2017, Aanu Akin-Taylor participated in the "Student in Schools" program, although the institution is unspecified.