Tajudeen Adewale Oladele was born to Alhaji Samotu Oladele and Mrs. Falilat Oladele on May 13, 1963 in Ilobu, Osun State located in the Southwest of Nigeria. Both parents are native of Ilobu. Tajudeen early years was spent with his grandmother, Mrs. Abusatu Salami Ayegbajeje, a cocoa merchant based in Garage Olode, a small town near Ile Ife also located in Osun state.
Attended Ansarudeen (AUD) elementary school in Garage Olode and Gbobamu Local Authority School Ilobu from 1971 to 1977, Tajudeen was the school time keeper during his final year at L.A primary school. He attended Ilobu Secondary Commercial Grammar School (1977-1982). He obtained admission to the Polytechnic Ibadan in 1984 where he studied Science Laboratory Technology (Major in Physics and Electronic Engineering) from 1984 to 1989.
National Service: Served in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) at the 51 Signal Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Kaduna from 1989 to 1990.
Professional Career:
Radio Engineer at RCN Nigeria limited (1990-1995)
Compliance Engineer at Rockford Engineering Services, Sunol, CA United States (1996-1997)
Telecommunication Engineering Manager at EMC Technologies Inc. (A subsidiary of Underwriters Laboratories) (1997-1999)
Hardware Diagnostic Design Engineer at Alcatel USA (now Alcatel Lucent) (1999-2005)
Lead Validation Engineer at Intel Corporation (2005-2007)
Quality Assurance Specialist/Project Manager at Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. (2007-2009)
Tajudeen is founder and Chief Executive of Kalmah Engineering Services Inc. A sub-contractor with TUV SUD America.
Spouse Semiat Oladele. Blessed with Four Children
Hobbies
Tajudeen is well versed in Islamic Religious knowledge through attending after evening classes and weekend schools under the leadership of Sheikh Oluyere in Garage Olode and Alhaji Jamiu Omotosho in Ilobu (both now deceased, Mercy of God on them).
Tajudeen is currently the missioner of NASFAT (Nasrullahi Fath-I) for California Bay Area in United States of America.
Play Lawn Tennis, engaged in community service as a member of Osun states Ambassadors (a community service organization based in Oakland, California.
Community Service
General Secretary of NIDO Pacific Rocky Mountain Region Caretaker Committee in the United States of America.
Financial Secretary of Osun State Ambassadors (A Community Service Organization based in California Bay Area of United States of America).
Elected as a member of the Board of Directors for Nigerian in Diaspora Organization in the Americas (NIDOA) since June 2009.
