Ade Adeagbo
Customer success → founder → engineer, now building edge ML systems and moving into technical program management. Currently exploring what it takes to get AI agents out of the lab and into physical systems that see, decide and act on their own. VeeOhTracker, my edge computer vision project, is where I'm learning firsthand what breaks between prototype and real-world deployment.
I like to build products and services that work under pressure — I've learned the best solutions come from understanding both the technology and the people who use it.
Some things about me:
- I was an early employee at Paystack (acquired by Stripe)
- MS in Applied Economics
- Data and Machine Learning engineering background
- Experience working with early users in a high-growth environment
What drives me:
- Bridging the gap between business objectives and engineering delivery
- Partnering with people to get things done
- Keeping the train running
My path here wasn't linear. I've worked some jobs you won't find listed on my resume, including stints as a sports reporter in high school, baker's assistant, events organizer, public relations assistant, and soccer referee.
I am a student of markets, technology, and history.
Outside of work, I love football, art (personal favorites are modern Nigerian and American landscape paintings), Jazz, chess, and tennis. I've also committed to running two marathons every year.
Some things I've worked on:
- Founded an insurtech startup — assembled a team, secured two landmark partnership deals, built an enterprise API product, built two consumer apps, built an internal ops tool, ran out of runway
- Predicting Afrobeats Hit Songs with Spotify Data (this was pretty fun)
- VeeOhTracker: an edge computer vision system that counts how people use trails, running on a small device out in the field. Planned and built milestone by milestone, from prototype to field deployment.