Summary
Olakanmi Oluwole is a SOC Manager and Threat Intelligence lead with 11 years of blended experience in software engineering, red teaming, and security operations across Africa. Based in Nairobi, he currently leads CyberSOC Africa’s Kenya operations while overseeing continent-wide threat intelligence and vulnerability management programs. He combines hands-on exploit and security tools development with backend and cross-platform mobile engineering, enabling pragmatic detection, monitoring, and remediation workflows. A former startup co-founder and senior software consultant, he brings product-minded thinking to incident response and threat hunting. Notably, he pairs ransomware research and negotiation experience with mentorship and operationalizing security playbooks, helping organizations move from ad hoc response to measurable, repeatable security programs.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science at Redeemer's University
English, Yoruba, French, Swahili