Her Story
About Angela
Angela Omogbeme is a Business Analyst at the University of West Georgia, where she specializes in fraud analytics within banking operations. With 19 years of professional experience, her career began in civil engineering before transitioning to banking at Zenith Bank in Nigeria, where she progressed from customer service officer through multiple departments in operations to head of operations. She earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, followed by an MBA with a concentration in strategic management from Edinburgh Business School, and later a master's degree in business analytics from the University of West Georgia, graduating with a 4.0 GPA. Omogbeme is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and a senior member of IEEE. Her contributions include research publications in fraud and AI that have received 135 citations, two Best Presenter awards from global presentations, recognition by GTA Black Women in Tech, the Best Graduate of the Year award, and first runner-up in a pitch competition at the University of West Georgia. She serves as a mentor with SCORE for small businesses, a judge for competitions including those of the American Society of Statistics and various universities, and a member of Women in Tech. Omogbeme attributes her success to hard work, creativity, and community involvement, and she advises young women entering the industry to pursue continuous learning, seek mentors, and maintain strong values.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Angela
01What do you attribute your success to?
I attribute my success to hard work, creativity, and involvement with my community. Sometimes when I'm having my bath or just idle, I think how can I make this better? How can I give back to the community? In every lesson I do, I look at it like I make this environment even better. My involvement has really helped me because I get more involved with people, with my society, with my community and I also learned from them in return.
02What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
For young women looking to enter my industry, I would advise them not to give up. Starting a new career could be sometimes very challenging and discouraging. When people do things and they don't get results, it's part of it. I would advise them to abuse their career tools, continuous learning. Qualifications may open the first door, but discipline and ability to solve real problems are what sustain us in a career. They shouldn't be discouraged if the journey does not follow the timeline they've expected. Life is usually not a straight line. Every stage should give them the skills that become valuable to the next one. I would also encourage people to start before they feel completely ready. They should seek mentors, ask thoughtful questions, have role models. They shouldn't neglect communication, have good sound judgment, and shouldn't measure sources only by titles or income. I built a reputation for reliability, and that is justice. Strong values are very key.
03What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
My biggest challenge has been people management. I'm someone who is very hardworking, I love to push, but sometimes not everyone will be like me. Some people are just not cooperative. The biggest challenge is trying to integrate, get a buy-in of such people, make them more involved, how to engage them more. Over time, I've learned when I have a new team, the first thing I should do is let them know why we are working, the aim, the objective, and try to get everyone involved. That reduces the conflict.
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