Meet Michael Akindele of Surplus Farms
US based Akindele is recognized as an innovative entrepreneur
NIGERIAN DIASPORA
Named one of top 50 exemplary alumni of George Mason University, one of Forty Under 40 Honors for GMU Black Alumni Chapter and recognized by Forbes, amongst others, as an innovative entrepreneur. Michael’s expertise spans all areas of startup development: from ideation, market research, design, product development, capital raising, and product launch. Michael has led projects and interventions where he successfully provided organizations with frameworks that support leaders to listen, learn, make informed decisions, and establish trust through design. His superpower is helping companies embrace technology, manage process optimization, secure increased efficiency, and achieve transformation.
Meet the brain behind Surplus Farms. Recognized by Forbes as an innovative entrepreneur Michael Akindele is on a mission to improve the quality of lives through Surplus Farms. If you love to eat healthy or you simply value convenience you better get excited! Surplus gets your healthy meals and household essentials straight to your doorstep!
Vision for Surplus
Without access to healthy foods, a nutritious diet and good health are out of reach. At Surplus, we believe developing local supply chains, differentiated offerings and attractive pricing for each community will contribute to healthy, thriving communities. We support farmers locally to grow food hyper local to sustainably meet the demand of each residential community with impact. Our solution addresses:
• Food Waste
• Personalized Nutrition & Health
• Supply Chain Rationalization and Resilience
• Circular Economies
• Novel Foods (including alternative proteins)
Our last mile food supply chain will contribute to a Surplus Future by serving as anchors for further commercial revitalization creating local jobs, generating tax revenues, and capturing local dollars within the community, among other economic and community development outcomes.
Want to know more about this innovative and exciting brand? Follow @surplusfarms or check out www.surplusgo.com
Michael Akindele
15 years of experience in the US, Africa, and other emerging markets with expertise in digital transformation, product innovation and design
Product • UI/UX Design
Washington, D. C., US
Michael's Skills
Startups
Business Modeling
Design Thinking
Product Innovation
Product Management
UI/UX Design
Michael's Experience
Founder & CEO at Surplus Life • Co-Founder
Lighting-fast amenities for properties.
Aug '20 - Present (1 year 10 months)
Product at mbue • Co-Founder
Telemedicine and task shifting to increase access to global care
Jul '20 - Present (1 year 11 months)
Director at Sweetkiwi • Co-Founder
Sweetkiwi makes the best tasting, low calorie Whipped Greek Yogurt.
May '18 - Present (4 years 1 month)
Venture Builder at Uncharted Ventures • Co-Founder
We invest in leaders & empower them with tools to build successful startups
Jan '15 - Present (7 years 5 months)
SwyftBox • Advisor
A logistics technology solution for last mile delivery services in Africa.
UI/UX at Bloomberg Government
Nov '16 - Sep '17 (10 months)
Director, Experience Planning at SOLO PHONE NIGERIA LTD
Aug '13 - Oct '15 (2 years 2 months)
Amazing things Michael's made
I led a UX team of 45 people to redesign an application for a blue-chip pharmacy store chain that is utilized to receive, manage and issue prescriptions across 19,000 stores with over 75,000 users.
Michael's Education
George Mason University
Information Technology • Aug 2001 - May 2006