Covenant University Canaanland, Ota.

Faculty Member, Computer and Information Sciences

Lecturer I & Healthcare Informatics Researcher

College of Science & Technology

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Biography
OMOGBADEGUN, Zacchaeus Oni holds B.Sc (Hons) Computer Science (University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 1979), M.Sc Computer Science (University of Lagos, Nigeria, 2003), PhD (Computer Science, Covenant University, Nigeria, in view - 2012). He has over thirty years of progressively cognate working experience either as an employee or Information Technology Consultant in bluechip industrial organizations within and outside Nigeria: Mobil Oil Nigeria Ltd (1980-1990), Equitorial Trust Bank (1990-1994), Information Technology Consultant to: Ghana’s Social Security & National Insurance Trust Software Replacement, Accra, Ghana,  (1994-1996); Information Technology Consultant [Contract], FAO of the United Nations, Regional Office for Africa,  Accra, Ghana ( 06/1997 – 09/1997); Edo State Government of Nigeria’s Ministry of Education (01/1998- 12/1999); Ondo State Government of Nigeria & UNDP (09/2000);  and Ekiti State Government of Nigeria’s Ministry of Health (09/2001). Represented his employers in Tanzania, United Kingdom, and Zimbabwe at Software Internationalization Project  programmes (1985-1997). He became Lecturer I (Computer Science) at The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria (06/2001 – 09/2005); Lecturer II (Computer Science) in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria (10/2005), Lecturer I (04/2008), with PhD (Computer Science) degree in view. Research interests are Software Engineering, Healthcare Informatics, Artificial Intelligence, Education Informatics, Neural Networks, Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Security, Multimedia Database System, and Information Technology Laws.  His latest international journal publication in September 2011 was titled “Multimedia-based Medicinal Plants Sustainability Management System”. International conferences presentations included “Security in Healthcare Information Systems”, “Impact of Mobile and Wireless Technologies on Healthcare Delivery Services”, “3G and 4G Technologies' Framework for Realising Millennium Development Goals in Healthcare in Nigeria”, and "Clinical Decision Diagnosis Support System for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practitioners in Lifestyle-related Diseases Management".  He is a member of IEEE, Nigerian Computer Society, and Computer Professional Registration Council of Nigeria.

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