Tolu Olowu

Hello.cv is dedicated to empowering individuals globally to control their digital identity, providing professionals, job seekers, creatives, and freelancers with tools to supercharge their personal brand and careers.

• Spearheaded comprehensive engineering operations, providing thoughtful leadership and strategic direction to foster a high-performance culture and empower teams to achieve peak productivity.
• Architected and deployed scalable technology infrastructure and robust deployment pipelines from the ground up, ensuring 100% system availability and reliability for a rapidly expanding user base with zero downtime.
• Pioneered the design and deployment of Hello.cv's foundational RESTful APIs, enabling seamless integrations for partner domain registrars and other service providers.
• Developed and launched a robust partner and developer account platform, streamlining third-party integrations and fostering ecosystem growth.
• Directed cross-functional product, design, and engineering teams in developing and deploying AI-powered career tools, including advanced CV/resume parsing, optimization, and tailoring, achieving over 95% resume-purpose fit.
• Led the development and deployment of sophisticated AI agents and pipelines for job-candidate matching and recommendations, demonstrating over 95% accuracy and fidelity.
• Guided product, design, and engineering teams in building and launching AI-powered resume and profile builders, enabling users to create personalized resume and profile websites deployable to .CV domains.
• Oversaw comprehensive product and feature lifecycles from ideation to deployment, collaborating with product and growth teams to ensure the highest quality of delivery.
• Collaborated with product, engineering, and growth teams to optimize AI agent performance by meticulously crafting, testing, and iterating on system prompts.
• Authored and maintained comprehensive user guides and technical documentation, shaping feature development and aligning project objectives with innovative solutions.

ByteFoundry, Inc. specialized in providing outsourced product and feature design and development services to startups and early-growth companies, enabling founders to transform ideas into impactful Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) to attract initial customers and secure funding.

• Led comprehensive user research, including in-depth interviews, to gather critical insights, develop user personas, and identify key pain points for product development.
• Collaborated effectively with cross-functional teams, including designers, developers, and marketers, to define precise product requirements and prioritize features for timely delivery.
• Designed and deployed 'Bonafide,' an innovative non-card and AMEX-esque payments, cashbacks, and rewards platform for the web, successfully launching accompanying Android and iOS mobile customer applications for a venture and product studio.

PayFlexi provided flexible payment solutions for buyers and merchants, including social bill splitting, lay-bys, and buy now, pay later options.

• Secured approximately $100K in seed funding, demonstrating strong investor confidence in the business model.
• Forged and secured strategic partnerships with leading banks, finance houses, payment service providers, and allied fintech entities, expanding market reach and service offerings.
• Architected and developed a multi-channel payment gateway, including browser add-ons, plugins for websites, storefronts, and e-commerce platforms, along with mobile client applications.
• Led the team in developing and deploying robust RESTful APIs for optimal third-party integrations, enabling seamless programmatic transaction initiations and processing.
• Directed the development and management of comprehensive customer/buyer and merchant account dashboards and platforms.
• Developed and maintained well-written user guides and technical documentation, ensuring clear product understanding and adoption.
• Guided the engineering team through complex third-party integrations (e.g., Stripe Connect, Termii, Okra, Paystack, Moneypoint), enhancing value pipelines for personalized merchant accounts, SMS notifications, credit scoring, cross-processor payment processing, and wallet accounts.
• Defined and drove the technical vision, product strategy, and roadmap, aligning engineering efforts with overarching business objectives.
• Provided expert technical guidance, conducted rigorous code reviews, and proactively resolved technical roadblocks, fostering team momentum and ensuring product success.