Jack has over 15 years of experience across various business functions and was the MD for Microsoft’s Research and Development Facility (Africa Development Centre). He is currently the Technology Director Office of the CTO at Google in Africa. He also sits on various boards.

He has a wealth of knowledge in management, telecommunications, financial services, and emerging technology. He previously served as the Managing Director at Equity Bank’s Finserve Africa, where he is lauded for Equitel and the Eazzy App, leading the bank’s innovations and technologies for two years as the General Manager.

Before joining Equity Group, he held senior positions as the Head of Information Security and IT operations at the then NIC bank, before which, he held different positions at Stanbic Bank as well as British Telecom, with assignments in the UK, Saudi Arabia, Peru, and Japan. He is a Non-Executive Director at Credit Bank PLC.

He holds two Master’s degrees in Management and Advanced Computer Science both from Harvard University, with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Leicester.

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Agenda:

• Introduction
• Working with Big Tech companies like Google and Microsoft
• Networking

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