Wycliffe O. Ogutu

Ogutu Wycliffe Obia is an Advisory Board Member of the Voice of Diplomacy Institute. He is a Senior Technical Consultant at Seabury Solutions Limited, where he leads and oversees aviation automation initiatives for regulatory and civil aviation authorities. He is also actively engaged at Softclans Technologies Limited, driving improved healthcare regulatory standards across African National Medicines Regulatory Authorities (NMRAs) through systems such as the Integrated Regulatory Information Management System (IRIMS) and Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS).

As a Technical and Automation Consultant, Wycliffe has led ICT initiatives across multiple African countries, including the digital transformation of Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority, delivering SOFIA v2, under guidance from CASSOA and through an ICAO-sponsored programme, he has also delivered the MRTD system implementation for Mauritius (MRU), and Ghana FDA's regulatory digital transformation through the IRIMS.Africa platform. He also drove the development of an AI-powered Compliance Checker Tool (CCT) for the BroadReach Group, under the Gates Foundation grant, as well as other large-scale Management Information Systems (MIS) for various regulatory entities, which have consistently improved service delivery efficiency and reduced operational costs.

He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and a Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management, and is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Information Technology at Strathmore University. Beyond consulting, he currently serves as IT Project Manager for the ASSR Automation Project for the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA), and Project Manager for DCA Mauritius automation re-modernization.

Wycliffe brings this grounded, industry-informed perspective to institutional decision-making, with advisory interests spanning IT innovation, digital transformation, aviation & regulatory technology, and institutional governance, particularly where technology intersects with policy, economic development, and international diplomatic collaboration.