Tech Trivia with Immaculata Ojadi, Business Analyst at James Chase

Business analysis is one of the most overlooked careers in technology. While many people associate tech with software engineering, data science, or cybersecurity, business analysts play an equally critical role by ensuring technology solves real business problems. 

They bridge the gap between business needs and technical teams, translating complex requirements into digital solutions that improve operations, customer experiences, and organisational performance.

One woman making her mark in this space is Immaculata Ojadi, a Senior Business Analyst at James Chase Consulting. This is a UK-based technology and transformation consultancy company that connects organisations with specialists in digital transformation, business analysis, project delivery, software engineering, and data. 

Her work sits at the intersection of regulated industry transformation, AI-enabled delivery, and the unglamorous discipline of fixing how businesses actually run.

Over the past six years, she has architected enterprise change across UK and US insurance, African financial services, and consulting environments, earning a reputation for translating ambiguous transformation mandates into decision-ready roadmaps that leadership teams can move on.

Before this, Immaculata led portfolio governance and process re-engineering as a Business Analyst at FSDH Merchant Bank in Lagos and also as a Core Banking Business Analyst at AXA Mansard, where she owned the delivery of the insurer’s enterprise-wide Core Business Application, coordinating a 12-person distributed team through Agile and Waterfall cycles in a regulated environment.

Beyond her technical skills, Immaculata publishes a bi-weekly LinkedIn newsletter on career development and modern leadership, and mentors early-career professionals through the Global Mentorship Initiative (GMI).

She holds certifications in Agile Business Analysis (CABA), Scrum Mastery (PSM I), and Six Sigma, and is completing her CBAP® with IIBA. 

1. Summarise your mornings in one sentence

My mornings tend to run on three tracks at once. I usually start with whatever client engagement is live; that means stepping into a systems integration project as the Business Analyst. Once that’s in motion, I switch gears and write my newsletter on career reinvention.

And depending on what day of the week it is, I’m somewhere in between, meeting my GMI mentee or checking in on Wavecrest Study Centre, both NGOs where I mentor young girls. It’s a strange but energising mix of structure, story, and service, all before lunch.

2. Describe your gadget setup

I have a really simple setup consisting of my Mac, a router and my phone, but I switch between profiles a lot due to work complexities and my need to stay organised. You will also always find me with a pen and paper for my to-dos or just to pen down important info. 

3. What tech tools/ applications do you use the most for work?

Google Workspace (Slides, PPT, Forms, Calendar, etc), Claude or ChatGPT depending on my need, Lovable/Miro/Napkin AI, because I believe in visual work for easy understanding. And very recently, Postman because I’ve been doing a lot of API work recently. 

4. What do you do when you need inspiration?

I visit the tabernacle and spend some time with Jesus or listen to classical music while taking a stroll. At odd times, you may find me sky-gazing; something about the clouds or rain clears my head instantly and helps me think better. 

5. What mobile application can you not do without daily?

Samsung Calendar and WhatsApp. 

6. What tech solution do you wish someone had created?

A solution to help African SMEs diagnose, track and fix their operational health for scalability and productivity. It’s the biggest challenge I see SMEs facing but with the least attention. Because you can make N50million in a year as a business but still run an engine that requires over N30million in operations due to inefficiencies. I am building it myself instead of waiting for someone else to. 

7. If you had unlimited time and money, what problem would you solve?

If given unlimited time and resources, I would dedicate my time to solving inefficiencies in operational workflows. I’d also work on social projects that make a difference in the lives of marginalised women and children, ensuring that education is a right, not a privilege, in all African countries. 

8. Which woman in tech inspires you the most?

I have two, actually. Chloe Shih – She was a previous tech product manager, now turned content creator and solopreneur, and Melanie Perkins, the CEO of Canva. Her story of resilience and detachment to give back to society humbles me. 

9. Which profound statement inspires you the most?

Memento Mori – Remember you will die. I am very aware of the fact that every day of life is a closer step to death, and so I strive to ensure that my days are spent to the fullest. That my life not be barren but instead felt. 

10. Whose women in tech trivia would you love to read?

Ada Nduka Oyom – Founder of SheCodes Africa. I would love to understand what motivated and inspired her to begin such a revolutionary endeavour in Africa.

What pains she felt, what stumbling blocks came her way and what she pictures as the future or vision for SheCodes Africa in the next 10 years. 

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