Résumé

Temitope Dickson Olajide

Lead Engineer · AI Systems Builder · Applied Researcher · Blockchain and Secure Systems Engineer. I build trustworthy, context-aware AI and secure software systems that turn complex real-world signals into reliable next actions.

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Profile

Temitope Dickson Olajide is a Lead Engineer and applied researcher whose work connects trustworthy AI, context-aware computing, cybersecurity, blockchain, cloud infrastructure, and mobile software. He currently leads architecture, reasoning-layer development, and cross-platform engineering for DWIG, a personal context-intelligence product built around action-deadline reasoning, explicit evidence states, deterministic guardrails, graceful fallback, and user-facing explanations. His earlier work includes AI model evaluation, institutional web development, IT systems support, blockchain product architecture, smart-contract security, distributed transaction systems, and engineering mentorship.

Experience

July 2026–Present

Lead Engineer — Building DWIG

Cosmo Connected Inc. · United States / Cross-platform product

Lead system architecture, mobile engineering, reasoning-layer development, privacy, testing, release readiness, and decision-engine behavior for DWIG.

December 2025–May 2026

AI Trainer — Computer Science Expert, Contract

Handshake AI Fellowship · Remote

Develop and evaluate expert computer-science prompts and benchmark tasks; audit technical accuracy, reasoning consistency, hallucination risk, clarity, and depth.

January 2025–December 2025

Graduate Assistant — Web Developer

Western Illinois University · College of Business and Technology · Macomb, Illinois

Developed and deployed responsive institutional web features with nontechnical stakeholders across usability, accessibility, maintainability, analytics, and mobile performance.

May 2024–December 2024

Computer Technician — Student Assistant

Western Illinois University · Library IT Services · Macomb, Illinois

Resolved hardware and software issues and improved maintenance workflows. Any resolution-rate claim remains qualified pending supporting service records.

September 2022–December 2023

Lead Blockchain Developer / Chief Technology Officer

EntityBlock Inc. · Remote

Technical owner for customer-facing blockchain products; architected decentralized ticketing and NFT marketplace solutions, designed and reviewed Solidity contracts, and mentored a distributed junior engineering team.

May 2022–July 2022

Software Developer Trainee

Microsoft ATO / Elev8 Education · Lagos, Nigeria

Built and deployed .NET, React, Angular, Azure, and AI/ML-supported applications. Deployment-time claims remain qualified pending supporting evidence.

November 2021–February 2022

IT Officer

Uptitek Touch of Simplicity · Owerri, Nigeria

Automated ERP workflows, reduced recurring manual error, resolved technical issues, and built Java customizations.

July 2019–July 2021

Software Engineer

Papyrus · Osun, Nigeria

Built enterprise applications and Java/Kafka/PostgreSQL microservices supporting trading analytics and transaction-data pipelines.

Education

M.S. in Computer ScienceWestern Illinois University
January 2024–December 2025
Distinction · Secure Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Secure System Design
ND/HND in Computer Engineering TechnologyFederal Polytechnic Ede
November 2015–October 2021
Distinction· Capstone: Smart Parking System