Mayokun Olumeru
Mayokun Olumeru is a multidisciplinary, multilingual, multi-talented personality with multiple master’s degrees. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in Medical Physiology from the University of Ilorin in 2001, after which he began his career as Operations/Sales Manager for Health Afric Magazine before proceeding to the compulsory National Youth Service Corps scheme in 2002. His post-service career started as a teacher at Victory High School/Victory College in Lagos, from which he went on to pursue his first master’s degree in Medical Physiology at the University of Lagos in 2005.
Upon completing his master’s degree, Mr Mayokun Olumeru joined the banking industry, where he assiduously rose to the position of Head of Operations. During his stint within the financial sector of the economy, he was saddled with various administrative roles as part of branch-level management. He resigned in 2011 to pursue his second master’s degree in Computing Science at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle, United Kingdom.
Beyond the two aforementioned master’s degrees, Mayokun possesses a post-baccalaureate and another master’s degree in Instructional Design and Technology (with specialisation in online learning), both from Walden University, USA. He has also featured in a master’s degree programme in Computer Science (Software Engineering) at Babcock University, Nigeria.
Mayokun holds a distinction certificate in Travel and Tourism Services and a Level 2 award in Meet and Greet Services, both from Newcastle College, Newcastle. Returning from the UK, he spent some time gaining industrial experience at the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) facility in Bonny Island before venturing into private business related to the construction industry between 2013 and 2014.
Although he had been offering his services to Caleb Group of Schools/Caleb University on a voluntary basis since 2010, he did not take up paid employment with Caleb Group of Schools until 2014. Extending before and beyond this period (2013 – 2019), he served in the position of Senior Special Assistant to the Founder, Caleb University/Caleb Group of Schools before joining Caleb University as the pioneer Deputy Registrar (Strategic Management Services). In his position as Deputy Registrar, he played a pivotal role in the institution’s ahead-of-the-pack seamless e-learning platform deployment and transitioning to virtual learning during the lockdown.
On the global stage, he played a key role as part of the Newcastle City contingent that welcomed members of the international community to Newcastle City during the London 2012 Olympics.
As an individual with a multifarious educational background and inclination, Mayokun can easily relate to students, staff, faculty and other stakeholders from various fields and academic backgrounds.
A platinum-level member of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), he ranked amongst the national top scorers in the ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor certification examination (2008). He is well-versed in IT Governance and Management, as well as Information Systems Operations and Business Resilience. As an educational technology scholar-practitioner, his interests lie in human performance technology, educational technology adoption, and diffusion of innovations. Mayokun is an accredited member of the Association of Higher Education Professionals in the UK. He is also a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). Mayokun is well-networked and well-travelled, featuring in professional services conferences, higher educational technology seminars and webinars across the globe.
Mayokun Olumeru is happily married with children.