Chukwudum Okeke
is a Nigerian American Education Consultant based in New Jersey, USA.
had all higher education in New York City.
– Bronx Community College – AA in
Accounting
– Bernard M Baruch College – BBA in
Finance
– Fordham University – MBA
Introduction
Get to know who I am and what I do.
Full Name: Chukwudum Harford Okeke
Birthplace: Onitsha, Southeast Nigeria. I am Igbo and native of Ukpo Town.
Came to America after fighting in the Nigeria/Biafra war
EDUCATION: MBA International Finance
– Bronx Community College. Bronx, New York City
– Bernard Baruch College, New York City
– Fordham University, New York City
WORK
City University of New York: Taught at Bronx Community College and Lehman College
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC) 1981-2010 Management Consultant
– Member of NNPC/Chevron USA Downstream Joint Venture Committee.
– Committee set up two companies, Hyson and Calson
– I was seconded to both JV companies and worked with Chevron, San Francisco staff.
WRITING
Associate Editor at College Newspaper
– First full novel Published: The Embers of Tradition
Several unpublished Short Stories.
Currently writing a second major story.
CURRENT ACTIVITY
-Helping Autistic children as a Teaching Assistant at Burlington County Special Services School
District(BCSSSD), Westampton, New Jersey.
Interesting Facts:
I love kids and have a passion for the education and development of youth. I am also very interested in culture probably because at least twice I was almost a victim of an asinine extremism of culture. I like to teach, inspire and also learn. I learn a lot from my interaction with kids. I have never experienced boredom because I am always doing something, and the hours of the day never seem to be enough for me.
I briefly taught Corporation Finance at Lehman College, Bronx, New York and Accounting at Bronx Community College also in the Bronx, New York before working for Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation for twenty-nine years. I retired as a Change Management Consultant and Manager Upstream.
Since my retirement from the Oil Industry, I have pursued my other passion- Writing. My first novel, The Embers of Tradition, has been completed and was recently sent to a publisher. I also have completed some short stories and I am writing my second novel. My interest in writing has a lot to do with my interest in telling stories about the things that happen around me and the human condition.
I find it often amazing thinking of the multitude of encounters, near misses, that I have seen in life. Often, I may not be able to do anything about these situations, but I will be able to write about them in a dispassionate manner.