Oliver Osuagwu:  

Professor Oliver Eberechi Osuagwu was born on January 12, 1952 at Umuhu Okwuato in the Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State. He is Professor of Information Technology at the Department of Information Technology, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria and Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the Imo State University, Owerri, Professor of Computer Information Systems at the American Heritage University of Southern California, San Bernardino California and her Director of Operations in Nigeria, Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the Department of Computer Science, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. Professor Osuagwu has been Immediate Past Vice-President, Vice-Chairman, Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN), a Federal Government Regulatory Agency responsible for the control of IT profession in the territory of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. CPN was established by Act of Parliament No. 49 of 1993 and is under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Education. A distinguished Professional Fellow of both the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) and the CPN, Professor Osuagwu is registered as Chartered Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS-Citp); Association of Computing Machinery (MACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers of the United States (MIEEE). He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Data Processing Management (FIDPM) of Nigeria and England, Fellow, Institute of Corporate Administration and Member, Chartered Institute of Administration, Nigeria (MCIA). Professor Osuagwu earned B.Sc(Computer Science ¿ Magna Cum Laude)(1982)(Missouri), MBA(IS)(1985(Delft, Holland), PhD(CIS)(1989)(Missouri), D.Sc(AI)(2002)(Denton, N.C), M.Sc/PhD(Computer Forensics)(Calif.)(2008), Cert(Sys Dynamics)(MIT Boston)(2007), B.Sc(Mass Comm & Journ.)(2005)(Denton), PGD in Computer Engineering (CCE-FUT)(1996). Dip. (J & Mscom)(Berks)(1978) and Cert(Tech.Neg.)(Harvard)(2008). Professor Osuagwu amassed his wealth of technical, prolific, oratory and administrative experience from several institutions amongst which are: RVB now MSM, Delft University of Technology, Holland; Clayton University, St. Louis, Missouri, United Christian Univrsity, Denton, North Carolina (formerly Carolina Christian University, Thomasville, N.C), Centre for Computer Engineering-Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria; American Heritage Univrsity, San Bernardino, California, School of Journalism and Television, Berkshire England,, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard University both in Boston, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was once the Chairman (Education and Manpower Development Committee) of the Nigeria Computer Society and served her National Executive Council from 2001-2005 during which period he brought about tremendous changes that positively revolutionalized the IT profession in Nigeria. He was one of the key Senior Academics that represented the NCS at the Global IT Submit held at George Washington University, USA in 2003. Professor Osuagwu has contributed immensely to the educational development and administration of many tertiary institutions in Nigeria; having worked with the University of Lagos as administrator from 1977-1979; Federal University of Technology, Yola (Ag. Director/Coordinator, IST ¿ 1983-85), Imo State University (IDEA)(1988-89), Federal University of Technology/Centre for Computer Engineering, Owerri (1990-2005), Benue State Univers...Expand for more