Mustapha Abiodun Akinkunmi, PhD, is a Financial Economist and Technology Strategist. He has over twenty-five years of experience in estimation, planning and forecasting using statistical and econometrics methods, with particular expertise in risk, expected utility, discounting, binomial-tree valuation methods, financial econometrics models, monte carlo simulations, macroeconomic, and exchange rate modeling. He has done extensive software development on quantitative analysis of capital markets, revenue and payment gateway, predictive analytics, data science and credit risk management.

Dr. Akinkunmi has implemented change management programs and institutional development initiatives in both public and private sector organizations and has served in high profile positions as a Consultant, Financial Advisor, Project Manager and Business Strategist to AT&T (Bell Labs), Salomon Brothers, Goldman Sachs, Phibro Energy, First Boston (Credit Suisse First Boston), World Bank, Central Bank of Nigeria and Information Connectivity Solutions Limited. He is an internationally recognized author and leader in demand analysis, specializing in working with very large databases. Dr. Akinkunmi is the founder of Technology Solutions Incorporated (TSI) in New York, which focused on data science and software application development for clients including major financial services institutions. He has conducted teaching and applied research in areas that include analyses of expenditure patterns, inflation and exchange rate modeling for Manhattan College, Fordham University and American University, Yola, Nigeria.