[01] I AM
Bolaji
Balogoun.
Former Head of Data with seven years building production data platforms and a decade across data science and analytics. I blend Staff-level engineering depth with experience leading teams, shaping data strategy, and delivering cloud-native systems that are reliable, cost-efficient, and built for scale.
~5 TB
Daily upserts (average)
~300
Dataform models & Airflow DAGs
−42.57%
GCP cost in one quarter
650+
Data Hub employees, field agents & partners
[02] SELECTED WORK
5 ENTRIES · ALLIndex, 2018–2026.
01
Data DirectorEmployment
GOZEM
Apr 2025 - Jul 2026
02
Data Management ConsultantConsulting
International Trade Centre - ITC (UN Agency)
2023
03
Head of DataEmployment
GOZEM
Oct 2022 - Mar 2025
04
Global Data AnalystEmployment
GOZEM
Nov 2019 - Sep 2022
05
Data ScientistEmployment
RINTIO
Jul 2018 - May 2019
[03] RECENT WRITING
BLOG.BOLABLG.COM
↗Notes & essays.
May 2026Substack ↗
Oct 2025Substack ↗
Jun 2025LinkedIn ↗
From insight to action: The rise of Data Product Engineering in scaleups
How operational analytics evolved into internal products at Gozem, and how AI-assisted engineering changed the economics of building them.
Beyond standard Google Dataform: Smart templates to save BigQuery costs & Dev time
An extended all-in-one data modeling framework with Google Cloud Dataform
#CAF2025, Gozem x Super Apps: Shaping User Experience or Challenging Data Protection?
Super Apps can drive inclusion while protecting user data when innovation and trust grow together.
[04] RECOGNITION
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CAF2025 speaker: Super Apps & Data Protection
On Gozem's super-app approach to data protection
2025
02
WakeUp Champ podcast guest
On the path from statistics to data science leadership
2023
03
Zindi Africa Award
AI4D African Dataset Challenge (Takwimu LAB)
2020
[05] CONTACT
Let's build →
An idea, a problem, an opportunity? hello@bolablg.com
usually replies within 24h