Aniedi Udo-Obong
Program Manager and Software Developer in Mountain View, California
Experienced Program Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the technology industry across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and more recently North America (NA). Currently US & Canada Regional Lead for Google's flagship developer community offerings - Google Developer Groups (GDG) and Google Developer Experts (GDE) - driving awareness, adoption, advocacy and feedback for Google's products and platforms, as well as open technologies for mobile, web, cloud and machine learning.
Information Technology (IT) professional with a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Product Manager, Open Source advocate, Machine Learning (ML) enthusiast with working knowledge of Python (& JavaScript) developer and Product Manager, with over 15 years practical experience working with startups in the Human Resources (Computer-Based Testing), Media (Online News Publishing), Finance (Mobile Money), Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Education, Logistics and Location-Based Services (Ride-Sharing) industries.
Passionate about early-stage startups and aspiring technology professionals ("newbies") and speaks regularly online - especially on Twitter (@aniediudo) - and in-person at meetups and technology conferences.