Dave Ayodeji

Design Engineer / Product Builder / Founder

Dave Olaniyan.
Design engineer.

I build software, interfaces, brands, commerce, and sustainable packaging systems.

Abuja, Nigeria
daveolaniyan@gmail.com
+234 810 419 0898

Dave Olaniyan standing in front of a city and drone mural
Abuja, Nigeria / product, engineering, design, field work.

Primary Links

Open the work.

The main public links: product pages, stores, studios, and ventures. Each opens straight to the work.

Experience

Move by experience.

Software, product, design, AI, sustainable materials, real estate development, and digital commerce.

Software / Product

I turn product ideas into working web products.

Through yesCode I build product websites, dashboards, admin tools, automation workflows, AI-assisted interfaces, PWAs, and production web apps.

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Dave working with laptop during an AI entrepreneurial leadership program
Dave pitching during the AI Entrepreneurial Leadership Program

Technology Record

Dave focused on a laptop during a technology program
Dave focused during training
Dave seated with peers at a technology program
Dave with peers and facilitators at the AI Entrepreneurial Leadership Program
Dave presenting a product idea during the AI Entrepreneurial Leadership Program
AI Entrepreneurial Leadership Program session

Product Management

Research, architecture, planning, validation, launch.

Product strategy, discovery, user research, feature planning, MVP planning, technical documentation, engineering collaboration, validation, and launch planning.

Open project links
Dave presenting product work during an AI program
Dave presenting during a stakeholder session

Artificial Intelligence

AI-enabled products and engineering workflows.

AI product design, prompt engineering, automation, LLM integrations, engineering review systems, AI-assisted workflows, and MCP implementations. Part of the AI Entrepreneurial Leadership Program by Innov8 Hub in partnership with UniStream.

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AI Entrepreneurial Leadership Program session
Dave presenting an AI product idea

Design / Branding

Interfaces, identities, and product systems.

Through yesCode Design I work on UI/UX, brand identity, launch assets, design systems, and clean product surfaces.

Open yesCode Design
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Sustainability

Nature Packs is material work.

Through Looped Innovation I work on Nature Packs, a sustainable paper packaging venture using banana and plantain fibre.

Open Nature Packs
Dave and Blessing forming paper for Nature Packs
Dave and Blessing Ekwerre, co-founders of Nature Packs
Dave standing around single-use plastic waste

Nature Packs Record

Dave and Blessing Ekwerre, co-founders of Nature Packs
Dave and Blessing Ekwerre working on Nature Packs
Dave and Blessing forming paper from agricultural fibre
Nature Packs paper-forming process
Nature Packs founders with the CEO of Engineers Without Borders
Dave standing around single-use plastic waste
Formed paper material for Nature Packs

Real Estate

Field work shaped how I think about products.

Site inspections, construction progress checks, weekly reporting, property research, land evaluation, and buyer/investor conversations.

Dave on a construction site
Dave in a real estate sample room with helmet

Real Estate Record

Construction site view
Dave on a construction site
Real estate field work with an architect
Construction site progress
Real estate field inspection context
Construction site detail
Dave inside a sample room
Real estate development detail
Real estate project management context
Real estate development progress
Dave in a sample room with a helmet
Real estate site context
Real estate site work
Real estate project management meeting
Real estate inspection image
Dave wearing a helmet on site
Real estate inspection context
Construction progress image
Real estate site view

Commerce / Hardware

Products people can open, compare, and buy.

ypod covers the consumer hardware brand and store. DealRadarNG covers affiliate commerce, retail campaigns, and deal discovery.

Professional Record

Programs, service, presentations, and professional rooms I have been part of.

AI Entrepreneurial Leadership Program, UniStream, FES, iFair, stakeholder sessions, civic dialogue, Red Cross duty, NYSC service, and professional networks connected to the work.

Dave presenting in a professional stakeholder session
Stakeholder presentation.
Dave receiving public recognition at iFair
iFair recognition.
Dave on Red Cross civic service duty
Red Cross duty.
Dave contributing during a public dialogue with peers
Public dialogue.
Dave presenting work in a professional public setting
Professional presentation.
Dave receiving a Friedrich Ebert Stiftung certificate
FES recognition.
Dave in a professional network setting at iFair
iFair network.
Dave with NYSC discharge certificate
NYSC discharge.

Professional Record

Dave presenting work in a professional room
Dave at a stakeholder roundtable
Dave presenting during a stakeholder session
Dave receiving FES recognition
Dave at iFair professional network
Dave at iFair
Dave at iFair recognition event
Dave on Red Cross duty
Dave with NYSC discharge certificate
Dave with Dr Olukayode Oladipo
Dave with FES alumnus at a National Assembly event
Dave with FES alumnus at FES 100 event
Dave with Ms Aderonke Ige
Dave with professional network group
Dave with peers during FES fellowship
Dave, Blessing Ekwerre, and Aderonke Ige at FES 100
Dave with geography and environmental studies peers
Dave presenting with peers
Dave with public leadership contacts
Dave at a youth dialogue event
Dave speaking during public dialogue
Dave and Blessing Ekwerre during FES fellowship
Dave with a FES alumnus
Dave with a FES alumnus in an informal professional moment
Dave with Ms Aderonke Ige
Dave standing with peers after a presentation
Dave in group project conversation
Dave with peers during group project work
FES alumni network members

Working Context

Product rooms, field rooms, founder rooms.

The work moves across product rooms, design reviews, material experiments, site inspections, commerce builds, and professional programs.

Dave Olaniyan portrait
Dave Olaniyan in a professional setting
Dave Olaniyan outdoors
Dave Olaniyan standing by a city mural

Profile

Dave Olaniyan

Design Engineer, Product Builder, Software Engineer, and Founder with a B.Sc. in Geography and Environmental Studies. I study the field, map the system, then build the product, interface, brand, or page that makes it usable.

Product management

Software engineering

Design engineering

UI/UX design

Branding

AI-assisted products

Automation

Full-stack development

Creative direction

Contact

Product, software, design, commerce, sustainability, and field-informed work.

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