Mr. Olaniyi Olukoya is the founder and the current group Managing Director of Softnet Professional Services Limited. He holds a B.Sc. (Hons) in Economics from the University of Ado-Ekiti and is a Chartered Accountant. His years of experience in accounting and management have propelled the company's growth.
His journey to the climax in management began when he was an undergraduate at the University of Ado-Ekiti. He was elected as the Deputy Chief Editor of the Faculty of Social Sciences and appointed as the Vice President of the Christian Student’s Fellowship of the Social Sciences during his university days.
Mr. Olaniyi equipped himself through several trainings and seminars to meet the trend of time and function in the new management age. He acquired numerous experiences that fostered his knowledge of accounting, taxation, auditing, finance, and management. His quest to improve business management and create a better future through tech defines his aspirations.
The knowledge acquired got him a series of jobs that made him exercise his skills in different fields with top companies. He served as a Youth copper and worked as a Senior Auditor at Oladipo Babalola & Co Chartered Accountants in Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria, Hassan &Napodia& Co Chartered Accountants, Palmgrove, Lagos, Nigeria, before getting an appointment with LG Nigeria as an Accountant.
His leadership skill made him become the leader of the team that audited the Nigerian Police Cooperative Society in 2009. His pursuit for greater achievement led to his employment at Hydrodive Nigeria Limited, a parent company to West Africa Oilfield Services Limited (WAOS). He served the organization as a Group Treasury Accountant. Today, he is an accounting, taxation, auditing, real estate, finance, farming, and business management expert.
After years of working under different firms and companies, he sought a better means to allow his creativity to thrive. In 2011, his quest to create an advanced solution to impending problems led to the creation of Softnet Professional Services Limited.
His concern about ending managerial flaws through technological means began to surface. Undoubtedly, his working experience made him encounter how companies face high maintenance costs and how it affects the net profit. Resolving such issues became a burning desire that gave birth to Softnet Professional Services Limited.
Since the company's inception, they have continued to orchestrate means to end several organisational problems. Under the leadership of Olaniyi Olukoya, Softnet Professional Services Limited set-up an accounting software and applications for Nigeria Police Cooperative Society Limited, Unicef Cooperative Society, Ikoyi, Nigeria, Elizabeth Resorts and Motels Ltd, HafmaraSupermart, Usfark Nigeria Limited, Abuja, Institute of Export and Commodity Brokers of Nigeria, Speciality Fats Nig Ltd, Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria, etc.
Olaniyi Olukoya is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, a Fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Export and Commodity Brokers of Nigeria, a Member of Nigeria Institute of Management, a Member of Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN).
He currently resides in Lagos and is happily married with children.