Dr. O. Chima Okereke
Nigeria / UK
Total Technology Consultants, Ltd.
Dr. O. Chima Okereke, Ph.D., MBA, PMP is the Chairman and Managing Director of Total Technology Consultants, Ltd., based in Port Harcourt, Nigeria and in the UK. He was previously a chief engineer for Delta Steel Company in Aladja; a project engineer/technical trainer for Shell Petroleum Development Company in Warri; and Principal Engineer and Section Head for Instrumentation & Control in the National Electric Power Authority Thermal Power Station, Sapele. Chima sponsored and founded the potential chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) in Port Harcourt, acting as president from 2003 to 2010.
Dr. Okereke has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Lagos, and a Ph.D. Degree following his research in robotic vision, and Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degree; both from the University of Bradford in the UK. He also has a PMP certification. With over 25 years of experience in industrial operations and project management, he has been a registered engineer with COREN in Nigeria since 1983. Total Technology is a partner for Oracle Primavera Global Business Unit, a representative in Nigeria of Oracle University for training in Primavera project management courses, a Gold Level member of Oracle Partner Network (OPN) . In the UK, he is a member of the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce., and of the Institute of Directors. Chima is also an editorial advisor for the PM World Journal.
More information can be found at http://www.totaltechnologyconsultants.org/.
Chima can be contacted atchima.okereke@totaltechnologyconsultants.com, and OkerekeOC@aol.com.
Updated 10 October 2016
Articles and Papers
- Project management as a tool for eradication of institutionalised national corruption by a servant leader - Commentary - Okereke - March 2023
- Challenges of an infrastructural reactivation and socio-economic development programme in a Third World community - Case Study - Okereke - December 2021
- Circles of Corruption in the Global Construction Industry and Suggestions for its Mitigation and Elimination Including the Use of Enterprise Risk Management - Featured Paper - Okereke - May 2020
- Required: A Roadmap for the Achievement of a Successful and Sustainable Power Supply in Nigeria - Commentary - Okereke - October 2019
- Patriotism and Integrity are Critical Success Factors for Nigeria’s National Egalitarianism - Commentary - Okereke - February 2019
- Failed Governance, major contributor to failed projects in Africa - Featured Paper - Okereke - November 2018
- Bankable and sustainable solar projects as a panacea for environmental pollution and unemployment for millions of African youths - Featured Papers - Okereke - July 2018
- A Critique of Two Major Programmes of the Buhari Presidency in Nigeria - Commentaries - Okereke - April 2018
- Sustainability as a Critical Criterion for Success in the Current Nigerian Railways Projects - Featured Papers - Okereke - November 2017
- Clean and Sustainable Energy Supply for Africa leveraged with PPM - Featured Papers - Okereke - April 2017
- Causes of failure and abandonment of projects and project deliverables in Africa - Featured Papers - Okereke - January 2017
- PPM – A “Silver Bullet” for Eliminating Failure of Projects in Developing Nations - Featured Papers - Okereke - November 2016
- Developing and implementing a national strategic change management framework towards the eradication of corruption in Nigeria - Featured Papers - Okereke - June 2016
- Development of Infrastructure to stimulate the Nigerian economy and case for a Nigerian National Programme Management Office (PMO) - Featured Papers - Okereke - April 2016
- Exploring utilisation options of local energy resources in Nigeria in compliance with the Paris Climate Agreement - Featured Papers - Okereke - January 2016
- Dedicated and Competent Human Resources are essential for the Success of Project Nigeria - Featured Papers - Okereke - October 2015
- Vision for Change in Nigeria based on Lessons from South Korea - Featured Papers - Okereke - August 2015
- The Necessity for Project Management as an Instrument for Continuing Economic Development by the new Nigerian Federal Government - Commentaries - Okereke - June 2015
- Required: A Framework for Eliminating Corruption in Nigeria - Featured Papers - Okereke - April 2015
- Why Projects Fail or Succeed – A Project Management Preview of the Nigerian General Election of 2015 - Featured Papers - Okereke - February 2015
- An Analysis of the Electricity Industry in Nigeria One Year After Privatization - Featured Papers - Okereke - December 2014
- Project Management as a Tool to Facilitate the Establishment of Knowledge Economy in Nigeria - Featured Papers - Okereke - September 2014
- Preventing Incidents of the Collapse of Buildings by Implementing Lessons Learned - Featured Papers - Okereke - May 2014
- A Critique of the Risk Management Strategy in a major Government Programme in a Developing Economy – The Nigerian Electricity Privatisation Programme - Featured Papers - Okereke - August 2013
- Long-term Project Management Analysis of the recent $1.1 Billion Chinese Loan to Nigeria - Featured Papers - Okereke - November 2012