Akin Oyedele
Studied at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Works at Boston Consulting Group
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About Akin
I'm a BCG Partner with eight-plus years at the firm, advising Fortune 500 and private equity leadership teams through their highest-stakes strategic decisions. Before that, I earned a PhD in semiconductor materials from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was valedictorian of my engineering class at the University of Lagos, the top result at the university in two decades, and co-founded a startup that built a materials-modeling algorithm. What makes me different as a coach: I was named BCG's L&D Coach of the Year for the depth of my coaching work with senior executives, peers, and teams. I bring the same rigor I use advising Fortune 500 boards to your career and leadership decisions, structured frameworks, real accountability, and honest pressure-testing, not just supportive conversation. I work best with high-achieving professionals facing a real inflection point: a career transition, a hard negotiation, a decision they keep circling without landing. If you're capable, a little stuck, and ready for both a coach and an advocate, I'd love to work with you.
Why do I coach?
Someone believed in me before I'd fully earned it, more than once, and it changed the entire shape of my career. Colleagues who vouched for me without being asked. Mentors who saw something in me before I saw it myself. My own mother, who led people her whole life, and whose leadership still opens doors for me today, years after she passed. I coach because I want to be that person for someone else, the one who sees your capability clearly, tells you the truth about what's actually in your way, and stays in your corner while you close the gap.
Work Experience
Partner
Boston Consulting Group
July 2024 - Present
Principal
Boston Consulting Group
September 2022 - June 2024
Project Leader
Boston Consulting Group
December 2020 - August 2022
Project Manager Intern
IBM
October 2015 - December 2015
• Reviewed IBM Watson application program interfaces of over 2000 clients to identify solution patterns & portfolio gaps. • Conducted in-depth assessment of IBM Cloud's competitive advantage. • Created and directed training resources and online content for IBM Academy.
Co Founder, Product Lead
TechSmarrt
September 2015 - December 2017
• Developed a hierarchy-based decomposition algorithm to reduce the computing hours spent on predicting the structure of materials by a factor of 100,000. • Managed the company's intellectual portfolio and developed key relationships with clients. • The startup was placed first among 25 UT startups at Vol Court Entrepreneurship Pitch Competition.
Graduate Research Assistant
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
June 2014 - May 2018
• Conducted research in the exploration of the 2-D nanomaterials frontier. • Developed research objectives, conducted research, supported research projects, and analysed results. • Project management: Led the implementation and execution of research projects. • Mentored two students in device fabrication and characterization and assisted in the supervision of student research projects. • Served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant responsible for grading and reviewing graduate energy science classes for 8 semesters.
Research Analyst
air liquide
March 2013 - July 2013
• Conducted surface, electrical and optical characterization of boron-doped zinc oxide (ZnO:B) thin films in solar cells. • Notable achievement: Tripled the performance of solar films by developing a model to optimize synthesis parameters.
Akin was also given offers to work at
McKinsey & Company
Education
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Energy, Science and Engineering
2013 - 2018
Grade: GPA: 3.97/4.00 • Minor: Entrepreneurship • Thesis: Development of novel two-dimensional materials for electronic applications. • Vice-President at Bridges International. • Member at National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
École Polytechnique
Master’s Degree, Renewable Energy: Science and Technology
2012 - 2013
• Thesis: Zinc oxide as a transparent conductive layer in thin-film solar cells: electrical and optical characterizations. • Air Liquide International Scholarship awarded to top 5 African students. • ExxonMobil International Scholarship awarded to top 10 students in Nigeria. • Campus France scholarship from the French government.
Akin was also personally admitted to
University of Lagos
Imperial College London
Notre Dame University
Texas A&M University - College Station
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5.0
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