Speaking & conversations
Practical questions.
Useful conversations.
Offered topics for keynotes, workshops, panels and podcasts on procurement, institutional buyers and accountable work.
Alongside leading IT Custom Solution, Lu is developing Winrove, OpsTicket, ClaimKeel, Alex Folzi and Karboii. Each is at a different stage. The ventures and their current stages
Lu brings more than a decade in enterprise technology and IT consulting, and an operator’s view of procurement: IT Custom Solution has registered, certified as an MBE, bid and delivered competitively awarded public-sector work in two states.
Apart from the upcoming session listed below, these are offered topics. Dates, format, travel arrangements and availability are agreed through an inquiry. No past appearance is implied.
Upcoming · Live webinar
Identity Before Intelligence: Securing Hybrid and AI-Enabled Networks
- Event
- Intelligent Network Summit (virtual), hosted on BrightTALK by Informa TechTarget
- Track
- Network Security and Governance
- Date
- Format
- Live webinar: a 30–35 minute talk, followed by Q&A
Session abstract
Hybrid networks connect people, cloud services, remote devices and automated workloads. But the introduction of AI assistants adds another access question: when software acts on a person’s behalf, whose permissions govern the data it uses and the actions it takes? A successful sign-in alone does not address that.
In this vendor-neutral session, consultant and business owner Olufela "Lu" Fagbure will work through an illustrative support workflow to show how teams can map human and workload identities, define resource and action boundaries, and separate drafting from approved execution. The webinar connects access policy to enforcement, administrative controls, review evidence and recovery, with practical attention to legacy systems and lean teams.
Attendees will come away from this session knowing how to:
- Document one workflow’s access policy.
- Identify where authorization must be enforced.
- Set a meaningful approval boundary for AI-assisted actions.
- Plan a controlled revocation check. A companion worksheet and a suggested 30-day starting plan help turn those decisions into an owner-led review.
Registration link coming soon.
Keynote · Procurement literacy
Procurement Is a System.Learn the System.
How small and minority-owned firms understand institutional requirements, use certifications honestly, and build the discipline to compete.
- Who buys, how they buy, and realistic entry points.
- What registration and certification open, and what they do not.
- Reading requirements, making bid decisions and learning from debriefs.
For chambers of commerce, supplier-diversity programs, procurement associations and founder communities.
Workshop
Your first
government bid.
A hands-on session on SAM.gov, relevant certifications and reading one solicitation. Offered formats include a 90–120 minute working session; scope is agreed with the organizer.
Participants work through registration, requirements and a first-bid checklist. Certification is discussed with a clear distinction between programs held and applications submitted.
Workshop · Accountable workflows
Remove repetition.
Keep responsibility.
A working session on mapping one process, identifying the evidence decisions need, naming the accountable owner, and defining when the process must stop for review.
Offered as a 90-minute session on governance and operating design. The topic does not expose a company’s internal systems.
Panel, fireside & podcast
One firm.
Two buying environments.
What government and commercial markets teach a multi-practice technology firm about requirements, speed, evidence and buyer risk.
Other offered conversations include procurement as a language, what certifications actually get you, and the role of software in accountable work.
Read the related essayFor organizers
- Formats
- Keynote 30–45 minutes; keynote with Q&A 60 minutes; workshop 90–120 minutes; panel, fireside or podcast. Adaptations discussed by inquiry.
- Planning
- Share your audience, event date or window, location or remote format, and intended outcome.
- Technical setup
- Microphone for in-person sessions; HDMI or USB-C display connection for workshops. For remote sessions, screen sharing and a short technical check.