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Ayodeji Balogun is the Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer of Terragon, where he is responsible for the continuous development of Terragon’s technology stack to ensure intelligent connection between brands and their customers.

Popularly referred to as Developer Extraordinaire and Chief Problem-Solver, Deji is a self- taught programmer who has a rich wealth of product development experience and competence in various web and mobile technologies. His software engineering expertise stretches far and wide, having designed and deployed scores of applications on both web and mobile.

Deji is armed with over 12 years worth of software engineering experience and over the years, has been able to spearhead several high-level projects and lead critical initiatives for the development of proprietary platforms across various sides of the Terragon business. He has also been able to oversee several partnerships drives for Terragon with Meta, Google and leading telcos across the continent.

Deji was one of the pioneering developers at Jobberman.com, Nigeria’s foremost jobs directory. He helped create the platform on which the portal runs today. He has also worked with FASYL Technology Group, where he was a cardinal part of implementation teams.

He is an alumnus of the Lagos Business School and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.