Professor Peter Olubusola Olayiwola

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Prof. Peter Olubusola Olayiwola

BBA, MBA (Penn. State), Ph.D. (Delaware), FNCS, C.itp., CPA, MCPN, FCFI, CLWE, ACE, CGEIT. JP+

Professor of Digital Forensics

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Professor PETER OLUBUSOLA OLAYIWOLA is Visiting Professor of Digital. Mobile and Computer Forensics at the Center for Forensic Programmes and DNA Studies, University of Benin. He is the first professor in such disciplines of forensics in Nigeria and West Africa. Professor Olayiwola holds a first degree and a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Pennsylvania State University and his Ph.D. from the University of Delaware, all based in the United States of America.

He is the founder and president of Computer Forensics Institute, Nigeria (CFIN) and he pioneered the training in computer forensics in Nigeria and West Africa. A Fellow of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), he was two times General Secretary and also a former Chairman of Education Committee of NCS. He is a Chartered Information Technology Practitioner and a member of the Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN), where he was a former Council Member. Professor Olayiwola also has over 35 years’ experience in information communication technology, which included the Computerization of Lagos State Government as the Project Director; World Bank Consultant for the Computerization of Cross River State Government and lately, the Ondo State Government. He possesses the Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT) qualification by ISACA.

A Fellow of the Computer Forensics Institute, Nigeria (CFIN), the professor has over 14 years’ experience in digital, mobile and computer forensics. He is a Certified Live Wire Examiner and an AccessData Certified Examiner. He is at the fore-front of the development of the field of digital forensics in West Africa, demonstrated by his launching of computer forensics in Togo, West Africa on 12^th November 2018. In 2014, he was appointed by the Federal Government as forensics consultant to develop Guidelines for Digital, Mobile and Computer Forensics in Nigeria.

He is the Managing Forensics Examiner/CEO of First Digital & Techno-Law Forensics Co. Ltd., the leading digital forensics practicing firm in Nigeria. The corporate Headquarters of the company is based in the city of Abuja, Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. Professor Peter Olayiwola is married with children.

Services

Cyber Security

Consulting. Training and Capacity Building.

Digital Forensics

Acquisition, extraction, analysis, reporting and presentation of electronic evidence. Expert Witness in Digital Evidence; Litigation Support and Advisory Services. Digital Forensics LaboratoryServices. Training and Capacity Building.

Information Technology Project Management

Certified in Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT).

Project Management of large scale government computerization Project. Oracle and SAP ERPs.

Management Consulting

Public Financial Management (PFM). HR and Marketing Management. Financial Advisory Services. Business Development. Training and Capacity Building.

experience

work experience

2019-Date

Visiting Professor, Digital Forensics,
University of Benin, Centre for Forensic Programme and DNA Studies (CEFPADS).

2016-Date

Visiting Scholar, M.Sc. Digital Forensics Program,
Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nasarawa State, Nigeria

2012-Date

Managing Forensics Examiner/CEO,

First Digital & Techno-Law Forensics Co. Ltd., Abuja, Nigeria

2009-2012
Chief Executive Officer
Digital & Computer Forensics Associates (DCFA), Lagos, Nigeria. Pioneered the development of Certification training in Computer Forensics in Nigeria.

  2004-2008
       Managing Consultant/CEO
       Rockshire Computer Technologies Group, Lagos.

  2001-2004
      Project Director
       Lagos State Government Global Computerisation Programme, Nigeria.

  1995-2001
      Director (Computer Services)
       Lagos State Government

1992-1995
Senior Manager
Information Technology Dept., International Trust Bank PLC (Formerly Gamji Bank PLC), Lagos, Nigeria

1990-1991
Head of Consultancy
Deloitte Haskins & Sells (D H & S) Associates Ltd, Lagos, Nigeria. Head of Computer Audit and Management Consultancy.

1989-1990
Managing Director
The EKO Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.

1988-1989
Divisional Director & Principal Consultant
Pannell Kerr Forster Associates, (Management Contancy Division of Pannell Kerr Forster, Chartered Acountants), Lagos, Nigeria. Computer Audit and Management Consultancy.

1985-1988
Lecturer
University of Ilorin, Dept. of Government & Public Administration, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

  1983-1985

Programmer/Analyst
Wilmington Trust Bank, Information Systems Division, Banking Applications, Wilmington, Delaware, USA

  1981-1983
Programmer/Analyst
SCOTT Foam Division, Management Information Services, Eddystone, Pennsylvania, USA

  1978-1981

Programmer
Pennsylvania Blue Shield, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, USA

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1. Project Director, Lagos State Global Computerisation Programme - Nigeria (successfully completed in 2004).

2. World Bank ICT Consultant for the Computerization of the Nigerian Accounting Standards Board (NASB) in Lagos, Nigeria. The project was successfully completed in 2007.

3. BATMIS Coordinator / Project Manager for the Computerization of the Budget and Treasury Management Information System (BATMIS) of the Cross River State Government. Funded by the World Bank, the BATMIS project was successfully completed in June, 2011.

4. From May 2014-November 2017), State Integrated Financial Information Management System (SIFMIS) Coordinator - for the comprehensive Computerization of Ondo State Government under a World Bank Public Sector Governance Reform Programme. The Project went live in November 2017.

5. DFID/SLGP Consultant in a number of other projects. These included:

(a) Kano State: Review of the Computerization of Human Resources Records and design of LAN and WAN.

(b) Lagos State: Computerization and Digitalization of the Staff Records of Lagos State Civil Service at the Central Records Unit of the Ministry of Establishments and Training. Funded by DFID/SLGP.

(c) Lagos State: DFID/SLGP - ICT Consultant in the Design and implementation of the State Government’s Public Expenditure Tracking and Analysis (PETA) system.

d) Lagos State: Funded by DFID/SLGP, - ICT Consultant in the Computerization of the Public Finance/Debt Management Office (PFDMO), and integrating same into the Oracle Financials of Lagos State Government.

6. Senior Manager, Information Technology at Gamji Bank PLC (which later became International Trust Bank) for four years (1991-95) during which period the he led the team that computerized the Bank’s headquarters in Lagos and all its branch network.

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awards, skills

Awards Books Prof bodies Skills

ACADEMIC, MERIT AND FELLOWSHIP AWARDS

Outstanding Achievers’ Award, Insight Magazine, May 2011
Fellow, Computer Forensics Institute, Nigeria (CFIN), September 2010
Science & Technology Merit Award Winner, Lagos State Government, 19 April, 2005
Fellow, Nigeria Computer Society, 2003
Mark A. Haskell Award in Political Economy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA, 1985.
Life Member, Pennsylvania State University Alumni Association, 1979
Student Leadership Award. Pennsylvania State University, Capitol Campus, Middletown, Pennsylvania, USA, 1979.

Olayiwola, Peter Olu..

Petroleum and Structural Change in a Developing Country:

The Case of Nigeria.

New York: Praeger Publishers, 1987.

Olayiwola, Peter Olu.

Professional Course in Digital Forensics.

Abuja, Nigeria: Digital & Computer Forensics Associates,

2020. (Coming end July 2020).

Olayiwola, Peter Olu..

Computer Forensics and Cyber Security: A Compilation of

Glossary and Definitions

Abuja, Nigeria: Digital & Computer Forensics Associates,

2020. (Coming end July 2020).

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Member, Data Processing Management Association - - 1980
Member, Association for Systems Management - - - 1981
Member, British Institute of Management - - - - 1981
Member, Nigeria Economic Society - - - - - 1986
Member, Nigeria Institute of Management (MNIM) - - - 1991
Member, Computer Association of Nigeria / Nigeria Computer Society - 1994
Member, Chartered Institute of Administration (ACIA) - - 1996
Member, Computer Professional Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN) 1998
Member, Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Nigeria - 2000
Fellow, Nigeria Computer Society (FNCS) - - - - 2003
Member, Computer Forensics Institute, Nigeria (CFIN)- - - 2008
Fellow, Computer Forensics Institute, Nigeria (CFIN) - - - 2010
Member, High Technology Crime Investigation Association - - 2010

FIELDS OF EXPERTISE:

Digital Forensics
Mobile & Phone Forensics
Questioned Documents & Handwriting Analysis
Information/Cyber Security/Cyber Warfare
Biometrics
Electronic Voting
Expert Witness in Digital Forensics for Prosecution and Defense.
Information, Communication Technology
Information Technology Project Management
Systems Development & Systems Integration
Public Financial Management (PFM)
E-Accounting
Forensic Accounting
Electronic Auditing
Disaster Recovery
Training and Capacity Building
Public Policy & Administrative Management

incl. professional bodies and books

Contact me

Prof. Peter Olu. Olayiwola

Ph.: +234-802-320-8780

Email: olayiwolaforensics@gmail.com

URL: https://www.professorpeteroluolayiwola.net