B.Eng., Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Covenant University
2008–2013About
Founder · Engineer · Technology entrepreneur
Layefa Okiy
Layefa Okiy is a Nigerian-Canadian entrepreneur and technology professional based in Ottawa. He is the founder of Scalebotics, creator of Sable, and author of the forthcoming The AI Value Gap.
His work sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence, management, governance, technical operations, and institutional design. He focuses on the systems organizations need to turn AI capability into useful, measurable, and accountable business outcomes.
- Current work
- Scalebotics · Sable · The AI Value Gap
- Based in
- Ottawa, Canada
- Primary fields
- AI management · Governance · Systems design
Education
Technical depth, management training, and applied research.
Layefa’s academic path combines engineering, business management, innovation management, machine learning, and data science.
MSc, Engineering Business Management
University of Sussex
2014–2015M.Eng., Technology Innovation Management
Carleton University
2017–2019Diploma, Data Science
BrainStation
2024Research foundation
Graduate work included machine-learning research on financial data and software defect detection, alongside later applied data-science training in Python, SQL, statistical modelling, and modern ML tooling.
Current work