Designer, builder and innovator, and founder of DIADI Innovations. Holds a Bachelor of Design (with Distinction) in Industrial Design from OCAD University and a Product Management certification from BrainStation. Works where research, strategy and craft meet: listening for the needs and system gaps people struggle to put into words, then turning ambiguous problems into validated, human-centred products and experiences across digital, physical and spatial contexts. Learns quickly in unfamiliar domains, from regulated energy operations to live broadcast production, and explains design decisions in language non-designers trust.
Experience
Founder
DIADI Innovations
2026 – PresentToronto, ON
Founded an innovation company that studies human motivation and emerging technology to build products that serve real human needs.
Leading its first venture, Abacus, from thesis prototype toward its first school pilots; developing The Gentleman's Corner, a cultural venture.
Design Intern
Little Inventors
Feb – Jun 2026United Kingdom (remote)
Turned a child's invention concept into a finished physical object, owning the whole path from sketch interpretation and material selection through fabrication and client handoff.
Chose accessible, low-cost materials (convertible wood, foam and felt), balancing fidelity, durability and manufacturability against a fixed brief and timeline.
Delivered the piece to the partner school in a live presentation framed around UN Sustainable Development Goal 14 (Life Below Water), pitched for a young, non-specialist audience.
Ran a fully remote, cross-border workflow: self-directed scheduling, progress tracking and asynchronous updates.
Fabrication Studio Monitor, Wood Studio
OCAD University
2024 – 2026Toronto, ON
Supported 200–250 students a week in a high-traffic fabrication facility, supervising up to 20 at a time in an active machining environment.
Certified under the Workers' Health & Safety Awareness program; trained and cleared students on the table saw, band saw, disc sander, jigsaw, router, drill press, and hand and power tools.
First responder for shop injuries and near-misses; wrote incident reports for technician review and kept documentation continuous in staff absence.
Coached students through prototyping, material preparation and build sequencing for coursework and thesis projects.
Brand Communications Lead
BALDOM International School
Jul 2024 – PresentRemote (Abuja, Nigeria)
Own brand and communications strategy for a school of 300+ students, from crèche to secondary, giving its priorities a consistent, trusted public voice.
Launched the school's Instagram and drove it from zero to 10,000+ engagements in the first 30 days, with follower growth compounding from week one.
Direct a four-person media team: assigning event coverage, setting production standards and teaching capture and editing.
Manage content across Instagram, Facebook and YouTube for prospective parents, current families and alumni.
Renewable Energy Technologies Research Intern
National Agency for Science & Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI)
Jul 2024Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
Researched how renewable energy could address Nigeria's energy-poverty challenge, through site visits to NASENI's photovoltaic production plants and controlled materials-science lab sessions.
Worked with engineers to assess innovations and map pathways toward a locally powered, sustainable energy future.
Wrote a life-cycle analysis report proposing more efficient methods of power generation, transmission and storage.
Developed "Eco-Lagos", a concept for transforming Africa's most congested city into a greener, more sustainable urban environment.
Field Operations Intern
TotalEnergies
Summer 2022Lagos, Nigeria
Onboarded quickly into a highly regulated, safety-critical energy environment with strict procedural and compliance constraints.
Supported several teams with competing priorities, adapting communication for technical and administrative stakeholders, and documented operational processes across field and office.
Selected projects
Abacus · Classroom engagement system
Capstone thesis, OCAD University
2026
Designed an end-to-end system that closes the feedback gap between students and teachers, letting students signal confusion or understanding in real time without social exposure.
Chose Bluetooth over Wi-Fi to link device and software, an accessibility decision that makes it deployable in low-connectivity schools worldwide.
Architected parallel teacher and student experiences in Figma from one research foundation: information architecture, user flows and low- to mid-fidelity wireframes.
Tested with 10+ target users over three to four rounds; exhibited at GradEx, OCAD University's graduate exhibition.
Led a five-person cross-functional team from an ambiguous problem statement to a validated product roadmap.
Ran generative research and competitive analysis across four competitor categories to define a defensible value proposition.
Facilitated personas, MVP scoping and backlog prioritisation; wrote OKRs and a success-metrics framework; presented the strategy to a panel of industry evaluators.
CF Eaton Centre · Place-based retail experience
Cadillac Fairview × OCAD University
2024
Worked in a six-to-seven person team, directly with an external client, to reimagine the in-centre retail experience for today's shoppers.
Mapped customer journeys and designed spatial navigation and brand interaction across physical and digital touchpoints.
Presented concepts and rationale to Cadillac Fairview in a live client presentation, translating design decisions into commercial language.
Leadership & service
Communication Lead
GradEx 111, Industrial Design Committee, OCAD University
2026
Led communications on a seven-person committee delivering the Industrial Design cohort's exhibition, from first proposal through a five-day public show.
Pitched an unconventional exhibition format to the Dean of Design, a Vice-President, the Head of Industrial Design and senior faculty, and won their support.
Secured a new exhibition building by making the case to reallocate institutional funding and resources.
Curated 50+ exhibition spaces for about 90 graduating students and directed media documentation across the run.
Leader
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, OCAD University
2024 – 2026
Led the campus chapter for two years, including registration, renewal and representing the group at university meetings.
Secured and administered event grants: budgets, procurement and reconciliation.
Produced large community events such as Waffle Nights, drawing 1,000+ people and serving 500+ waffles in a night.
Planned cross-campus outreach with Toronto Metropolitan University and Carnegie Mellon University.
Head of Media & Event Technician
Christ Embassy
Oct 2022 – Present
Lead a volunteer team of six to eight delivering live multi-camera production and multi-platform streaming every week.
Built the team's onboarding and training programme from scratch.
Run and troubleshoot ATEM switchers, Canon cameras, OBS, OpenLP and YouTube Studio live under broadcast conditions; oversee post-production and distribution.
Undergraduate Representative
Senate Student Appeals Committee, OCAD University
2024 – 2026
Represented undergraduate interests in formal appeals, weighing evidence against policy to reach documented, defensible outcomes.
Global Youth Ambassador
Education Development Foundation for Excellence (E.D.F.E.)
2023 – Present
Represent the foundation's youth and education work in Sub-Saharan Africa, running listening sessions so programmes rest on real, stated needs.
Helped deliver COVID-19 health education to an internally displaced persons camp in Abuja, working with translators to put guidance into plain Hausa.
Coordinated food and learning materials to sustain nutrition and schooling during restricted movement.
Education
Bachelor of Design, Industrial Design · with Distinction
OCAD University · Minor in Science
2026Toronto, ON
Product Management Certification
BrainStation
May – Jun 2026Toronto, ON
Honours
DistinctionBachelor of Design conferred with Distinction, OCAD University
NominatedUndergraduate Representative, Board of Governors, OCAD University
NominatedStudent Leadership Award (Student Group), OCAD University, 2024–2025
Skills
Design & research
User research & interviewsActive listeningField researchInsight synthesisJourney mappingPersonasService blueprintingInformation architectureWireframingSystems thinking