Chibu Onyendi - Lead Consultant

Q: Where is Chibu based?

Chibu is based in Bonn, Germany and can operate in on-site , hybrid , and remote work models.

Q: What languages does Chibu speak?

Chibu speaks the following languages: English (Native), German (Intermediate), Spanish (Elementary) .

Q: How many years of experience does Chibu have?

Chibu has at least 15 years of experience. During this time, Chibu has worked in at least 11 different roles and for 11 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 3 months . Note that Chibu may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Chibu's latest experience?

Chibu's most recent position is Lead Consultant at Addlestone Advisory Partners .

Q: What companies has Chibu worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Chibu has worked for Addlestone Advisory Partners , Cleverbridge GmbH , Undisclosed Law Firm , and Home Office .

Q: Which industries is Chibu most experienced in?

Chibu is most experienced in industries like Professional Services , Government and Public Administration , and Information Technology (IT) . Chibu also has some experience in Aerospace and Defense .

Q: Which business areas is Chibu most experienced in?

Chibu is most experienced in business areas like Project Management , Information Technology (IT) , and Operations . Chibu also has some experience in Procurement and Purchasing , Customer Service , and Business Intelligence .

Q: Which industries has Chibu worked in recently?

Chibu has recently worked in industries like Professional Services and Information Technology (IT) .

Q: Which business areas has Chibu worked in recently?

Chibu has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT) , Operations , and Project Management .

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Bonn, Germany

Experience

Oct 2022 - Sep 2025

3 years

Lead Consultant

Addlestone Advisory Partners

Attained buy-in and accountability from key stakeholders on regulatory, technology, functional as well as process engineering and project delivery issues.
Guided stakeholders through decision making processes.
Increased organisational maturity levels and data process flows.
Business analysis duties as required.
Project and or programme management duties as required.
Bridged between operational, technical and management teams.

Mar 2022 - Sep 2022

7 months

Strategic/Technical Consultant

Cleverbridge GmbH

Renegotiated improved telecoms provider terms at reduced cost.
Migrated to a SIP trunk and added hardware and service resilience to the organisation’s global telephony.
Negotiated extended leasing agreement with Apple Europe at zero additional cost.
Arranged equipment and service cost reductions from local network manufacturers.
Implemented structured training for support staff.
Dramatically rationalised the hardware and software landscape.

May 2021 - Nov 2021

7 months

Undisclosed Law Firm

Rehired to manage the migration from on-premises to cloud hosted IaaS, PaaS and SaaS solutions.
Implemented Kubernetes virtual containers.
Reorganised the DevOps teams to fully embrace Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
Migrated physical infrastructure resources to the software environment.

Jan 2019 - Apr 2021

2 years 4 months

Primary carer

Home Office

Primary carer for my son when his mother resumed her career.

Aug 2017 - Dec 2018

1 year 5 months

Data Governance Programme Manager

Undisclosed Law Firm

Lead the data governance programme.
Defined the relevant process changes.
Translated technical complexities into plain, accessible terms.
Aligned ICT with business strategy.
Ensured readiness for process and related technology changes.

Mar 2016 - Apr 2017

1 year 2 months

Senior Business Analysis Consultant

European Aviation Safety Agency

Identified synergies between projects, processes and architectures in order to reduce unnecessary duplication.
Defined streamlined requirements.
Walked business architects, systems architects and project managers through new processes and functional requirements.
Proposed the establishment of the universal certification process.
Harmonised the noise and type certification processes.

Sep 2015 - Dec 2015

4 months

ICT Strategic Analyst (HRIS)

European Parliament

Identified inefficiencies within the HR IT management process.
Documented methods for improvements in efficiency, cost savings and management oversight.
Introduced best practices (ITIL/PRINCE2).
Defined coordinated and aligned systems strategies (COBIT).

Jan 2014 - Sep 2015

1 year 9 months

Strategy Consultant

Systems Thinking Ltd

Assisted clients in the planning and deployment of strategic ICT implementations.
Conducted analysis, process improvement and change management.

Dec 2011 - Jan 2014

2 years 2 months

ICT Management Consultant

United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change

Implemented frictionless transformation between project and business as usual phases.
Implemented standard metrics for greatly improved planning.
Initiated the ITS service catalogue (ITIL).
Budgeted, defined, procured and implemented the mobile ICT infrastructure that underpins the global climate conferences.
Liaised directly with the Government of Qatar for COP18.
Reduced SLAs from 80 pages to a more user-friendly bullet point summary of five pages on average.
Established standard unit costs for section managers, resulting in significantly improved accuracy of the annual ICT budgets.
Identified other standard metrics to ease planning and reporting.
Analysed, defined and documented their ICT strategy.
Architected their solutions and managed the transition from UN tenant to fully operationalised independent global agency relocated to South Korea.
Liaised directly with the Korean Finance Ministry.
Specified the state-of-the-art boardroom with audio visual, voting, live broadcasting and translation capabilities.
Elicited equipment sponsorship from major local manufacturers.
Assisted the GCF in migrating from Lotus Notes to Microsoft.

Dec 2009 - Dec 2010

1 year 1 month

Programme Office Planning and Reporting Coordinator

European Patent Office

Assisted in drafting of the programme office operating manual and process maps.
Implemented and trained project managers on Microsoft enterprise project management (Project Server 2007) resource, capacity and budget planning.
Parsed staff costs obtained from the SAS RDBMS in order to provide senior management with dashboard and burn-down charts indicating planned versus actual costs.
Provided support for budget and resource planning by implementing capitalisation principles and rigid reporting of development activities in order to reduce tax liabilities.
Contributed to the production of the programme newsletter.

Sep 2009 - Dec 2010

1 year 4 months

Data Security Analyst

Department for Work and Pensions

Assured compliance with ISO 27001 data privacy requirements.
Implemented Check Point’s full disk encryption server, media encryption server and clients to prevent any portable media’s data falling into unauthorised hands through loss or theft.
Liaised with the user community to understand work methods and essential devices to be added to the preliminary white list.
Ensured all other devices were restricted to read-only access.
Analysed whether external media were uniquely identified within the Check Point security software as originally quoted.
Analysed, documented and implemented the endpoint data encryption security policy.

Jun 2008 - Dec 2008

7 months

Lead Governance Analyst

Ricoh Europe

Managed the customer data landscape for the Siebel CRM and Oracle sales order applications.
Made recommendations to eliminate corruption of the Oracle RDBMS and new Siebel DB.
Ensured that all regulatory and contractual obligations would be adhered to.
Performed process modelling and mapping onto data sources to identify system to business impact.
Established, developed and managed local data steward network EMEA-wide.
Assisted in the harmonisation of data standards EMEA-wide.
Prepared offices and their customer data for the changeover to the new system by organising and hosting workshops.
Identified, owned and resolved all customer related data issues.
Translated business users’ issues into developers’ action plans.
Conducted data and entity relationship modelling.
Shadowed staff in order to efficiently identify source of downstream data corruptions.
Reported change and defect statuses to senior business and programme stakeholders.

Industries Experience

See where this freelancer has spent most of their professional time. Longer bars indicate deeper hands-on experience, while shorter ones reflect targeted or project-based work.

Experienced in Professional Services (6.5 years), Government and Administration (3.5 years), Information Technology (2.5 years), and Aerospace and Defense (1 year).

Professional Services

Government and Administration

Information Technology

Aerospace and Defense

Business Areas Experience

The graph below provides a cumulative view of the freelancer's experience across multiple business areas, calculated from completed and active engagements. It highlights the areas where the freelancer has most frequently contributed to planning, execution, and delivery of business outcomes.

Experienced in Information Technology (9.5 years), Project Management (9.5 years), Operations (5 years), Procurement (2.5 years), Customer Service (2.5 years), and Business Intelligence (2 years).

Information Technology

Project Management

Operations

Procurement

Customer Service

Business Intelligence

Summary

In partnering with me, you will take onboard a well travelled and skilled strategist. One with a creative approach to problem solving and proven ability to communicate effectively from the ‘factory floor’ to senior government official levels.

Skills

Business Strategy Alignment
Stakeholder Management
Technology Planning
Programme Management
Process Engineering
Workshop Facilitation
Reporting
Budget Management
Procurement
Cross-cultural Teams
Workload Prioritisation
Cloud Solutions
Ict Architecture
Systems Integration
Data Governance
Data Privacy
Data Cleansing
Document Management
Unified Communications
Critical Thinking
Change Agent
Perceptiveness
Listening Abilities
Instructional Abilities
Non-hierarchical
Approachability

Languages

English

Native

German

Intermediate

Spanish

Elementary

Education

Oct 2006 - Jun 2007

London South Bank University

MSc, Information Systems Management · Information Systems Management · London, United Kingdom

Certifications & licenses

MSP - Managing Successful Programmes

Undisclosed Law Firm

CSPO - Certified Scrum Product Owner

DasScrumTeam

ITIL - IT Service Management

EXIN

PRINCE2

Profile

Created

November 2025

Last Update

February 2026

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Frequently asked questions

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Where is Chibu based?

Chibu is based in Bonn, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

What languages does Chibu speak?

Chibu speaks the following languages: English (Native), German (Intermediate), Spanish (Elementary).

How many years of experience does Chibu have?

Chibu has at least 15 years of experience. During this time, Chibu has worked in at least 11 different roles and for 11 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 3 months. Note that Chibu may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Chibu be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Chibu would be well-suited for roles such as: Lead Consultant, Strategic/Technical Consultant, Primary carer.

What is Chibu's latest experience?

Chibu's most recent position is Lead Consultant at Addlestone Advisory Partners.

What companies has Chibu worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Chibu has worked for Addlestone Advisory Partners, Cleverbridge GmbH, Undisclosed Law Firm, and Home Office.

Which industries is Chibu most experienced in?

Chibu is most experienced in industries like Professional Services, Government and Public Administration, and Information Technology (IT). Chibu also has some experience in Aerospace and Defense.

Which business areas is Chibu most experienced in?

Chibu is most experienced in business areas like Project Management, Information Technology (IT), and Operations. Chibu also has some experience in Procurement and Purchasing, Customer Service, and Business Intelligence.

Which industries has Chibu worked in recently?

Chibu has recently worked in industries like Professional Services and Information Technology (IT).

Which business areas has Chibu worked in recently?

Chibu has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Operations, and Project Management.

What is Chibu's education?

Chibu holds a Master in Information Systems Management from London South Bank University.

Does Chibu have any certificates?

Chibu has 4 certificates. Among them, these include: MSP - Managing Successful Programmes, CSPO - Certified Scrum Product Owner, and ITIL - IT Service Management.

What is the availability of Chibu?

Chibu will be available full-time from February 2026.

What is the rate of Chibu?

Chibu's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.