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 -
- Challenges of an infrastructural reactivation and socio-economic development programme in a Third World community - Case Study - Okereke -
- 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 -
- Required: A Roadmap for the Achievement of a Successful and Sustainable Power Supply in Nigeria - Commentary - Okereke -
- Patriotism and Integrity are Critical Success Factors for Nigeria’s National Egalitarianism - Commentary - Okereke -
- Failed Governance, major contributor to failed projects in Africa - Featured Paper - Okereke -
- Bankable and sustainable solar projects as a panacea for environmental pollution and unemployment for millions of African youths - Featured Papers - Okereke -
- A Critique of Two Major Programmes of the Buhari Presidency in Nigeria - Commentaries - Okereke -
- Sustainability as a Critical Criterion for Success in the Current Nigerian Railways Projects - Featured Papers - Okereke -
- Clean and Sustainable Energy Supply for Africa leveraged with PPM - Featured Papers - Okereke -
- Causes of failure and abandonment of projects and project deliverables in Africa - Featured Papers - Okereke -
- PPM – A “Silver Bullet” for Eliminating Failure of Projects in Developing Nations - Featured Papers - Okereke -
- Developing and implementing a national strategic change management framework towards the eradication of corruption in Nigeria - Featured Papers - Okereke -
- Development of Infrastructure to stimulate the Nigerian economy and case for a Nigerian National Programme Management Office (PMO) - Featured Papers - Okereke -
- Exploring utilisation options of local energy resources in Nigeria in compliance with the Paris Climate Agreement - Featured Papers - Okereke -
- Dedicated and Competent Human Resources are essential for the Success of Project Nigeria - Featured Papers - Okereke -
- Vision for Change in Nigeria based on Lessons from South Korea - Featured Papers - Okereke -
- The Necessity for Project Management as an Instrument for Continuing Economic Development by the new Nigerian Federal Government - Commentaries - Okereke -
- Required: A Framework for Eliminating Corruption in Nigeria - Featured Papers - Okereke -
- Why Projects Fail or Succeed – A Project Management Preview of the Nigerian General Election of 2015 - Featured Papers - Okereke -
- An Analysis of the Electricity Industry in Nigeria One Year After Privatization - Featured Papers - Okereke -
- Project Management as a Tool to Facilitate the Establishment of Knowledge Economy in Nigeria - Featured Papers - Okereke -
- Preventing Incidents of the Collapse of Buildings by Implementing Lessons Learned - Featured Papers - Okereke -
- A Critique of the Risk Management Strategy in a major Government Programme in a Developing Economy – The Nigerian Electricity Privatisation Programme - Featured Papers - Okereke -
- Long-term Project Management Analysis of the recent $1.1 Billion Chinese Loan to Nigeria - Featured Papers - Okereke -