Cynthia Okaja

A passionate project manager with over 5 years’ experience managing project from initiation to closing.

• Over 10 years of experience in the Petroleum Industry with significant exposure to operations in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria
• Extensive knowledge and success with coordinating activities through all phases of product development from inception to commercialization
• Proficient in Waterfall, Agile, and hybrid methodologies
• Well developed skills in prioritizing, organization, decision making, time management, and problem solving 
• In-depth understanding of project process and communication of project requirement to a cross-functional team
• Technical Skills: 
  • Management: Scrum, MS Project Management, Asana, Waterfall, Jira, Basecamp
  • Data Analytics: SQL, Tableau, Python 
  • Office: Google Suite, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), MS Teams

• Project Management Professional - Certified

           Project Management Institute                                                                                           

•     Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering 

                 Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland                                                            2019

                (Canadian Equivalency to a Masters degree as determined by WES)

• Bachelor of Science in Geological Science

        Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Nigeria                                                                2010