Valerie Edozien
Valerie Edozien Personnel Manager, Thailand
Quick Bio
Born In
Ibadan, Nigeria
Education
- The American Graduate School of International Management "THUNDERBIRD"
- Master's Degree International Management
- Glendale, Arizona
- Master's Degree Architecture
- Columbia University, New York, NY
- Master's Degree Science, Design
- Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
- Bachelor's Degree Science, Textiles
- University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
Areas of interest outside work
Walking, hiking, and tinkering
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"I learnt that it takes a long time from the time you plant a SEED to the time you see its manifestation, that is, when it is in full bloom, majestic in all its glory with enough fruit to feed the world for generations." |
My family moved to the US in the 1970's so I spent my early years in Nigeria, my teens, college years and early career in the US and returned home in 2001.
I love formal and informal education. I believe it is the best way to liberate one's mind hence my mosaic background. I was working on a PhD in Organizational Systems Theory when I joined Schlumberger in 2001. Perhaps one day I will finish it.
My job at Schlumberger, as Communications Manager for Nigeria, involves publishing a quarterly employee newsletter the Naija Drum, documenting and championing Corporate Social Responsibility activities and PR. Prior to joining Schlumberger I worked in the US in the banking industry, in Seattle on banking applications, and in architecture in New York City on buildings that included the World Bank Headquarters in Washington DC and Bank Niaga in Jakarta Indonesia.
I enjoy anything that is creative and requires a challenge and exploration, like creating or working on new ideas, buildings or applications.
Before interviewing at Schlumberger, the SEED website caught my attention, I wondered why there wasn't a project in Nigeria. When I came I learnt the first project was underway. I like the challenge of SEED in Nigeria, because of the environmental limitations seemingly simple ideas require a lot of support. In order to get SEED to work we have to plant a lot of other seeds, these include seeds of patience, commitment and reorientation. This is necessary because SEED is a project that can have a great impact on the children Schlumberger is able to reach. 20 years from now I hope Nigeria will produced a scientist who will solve one of our many problems and when we read his or her bio it will say "I was introduced to the world on science when Schlumberger planted a SEED in my school."
