Port Harcourt · Gulf of Guinea

Maritime cybersecurity
& GRC, end to end.

IMO-compliant cyber risk management, OT/IT convergence, and vessel network hardening for African shipping operators. Fleet IT & Cybersecurity Lead · ISC² CC · ISPS CSO.

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About

Practitioner. Researcher. Builder.

I lead vessel digital operations and cybersecurity governance in the Gulf of Guinea — delivering IMO-compliant GRC, OT/IT convergence, and mission-critical network hardening for offshore fleets.

As IT Lead and Technical & Executive Assistant to the Managing Director, I provide executive technical operations governance and fleet assurance coordination. I have engineered vessel network infrastructure, authored controlled Safety Management System (SMS) cyber suites aligned to IMO MSC.428(98), deployed multi-bearer SATCOM architectures (Starlink Ocean Mode, Inmarsat C, VSAT), and created operational Python and TypeScript automation pipelines across dynamic-positioning (DP2) fleet operations.

I'm also a published lead-author researcher — three peer-reviewed papers in 2026 from my MSc work in plant genetics at MOUAU, in the Nigerian Journal of Horticultural Science and the Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

On the engineering side, I build AI-native systems: a 20-tool TypeScript MCP server integrating Microsoft Graph and Claude, local AI deployment stacks (NemoClaw/OpenClaw) on WSL2/Docker, and autonomous agent frameworks — designed to run on constrained hardware for African operators.

Kelvin Uduma

Cybersecurity

ISC² CC certified. Enterprise IT security policies, cybersecurity audits, NIST CSF assessments, and maritime cyber risk management.

AI Engineering

20-tool Microsoft Graph MCP server (TypeScript). Local AI stacks on WSL2/Docker. Vector Institute Scholar. Python, R, SQL, Power BI.

Maritime Cybersecurity

IMO cyber risk management, vessel OT/IT hardening, ISM Code compliance, SMS documentation, and NIST CSF assessments.

Expertise

Where I go deep

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Maritime Cybersecurity & GRC

IMO cyber risk management (MSC-FAL.1/Circ.3), NIST CSF assessments, a full enterprise security policy suite, IT Disaster Recovery Plans, and ISM Code compliance. OT/IT convergence and vessel network hardening across an offshore fleet in the Gulf of Guinea.

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AI Engineering

Shipped a 20-tool TypeScript MCP server integrating Microsoft Graph (Outlook, Calendar, OneDrive, Teams, SharePoint) with Claude. Built local AI deployment stacks (NemoClaw/OpenClaw) on WSL2/Docker and autonomous agent frameworks designed for constrained hardware.

TypeScriptMCPAgentsDocker
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Data Science & Analytics

Vector Institute Scholar (ML for Black & Indigenous Students). Proficient in R, Python, SQL, Power BI, SPSS, GenStat, and SAS for both agricultural and operational data analysis.

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Projects

What I've shipped

Live tool

ISM Code ↔ NIST CSF 2.0 Crosswalk

An open, MIT-licensed practitioner reference mapping 21 NIST CSF 2.0 subcategories — across all six functions — onto ISM Code sections, IMO MSC.428(98), and MSC-FAL.1/Circ.3/Rev.3. Six rows are flagged as genuine gaps rather than smoothed over. Filterable and exportable, instead of another prose PDF.

NIST CSF 2.0ISM CodeIMOOpen source
Fleet GRC

Offshore Safety Management System (SMS) & Cyber Suite

Comprehensive ISM Code compliance and safety governance suite for a DP2 offshore fleet — 22 fleet procedure sections including dedicated Section 13A (IT & Cybersecurity), 49 operational forms/checklists, and 3 shipboard incident-response playbooks aligned to IMO MSC.428(98).

ISM CodeIMO MSC.428(98)GRC
Ops Automation

Automated Vessel PMS Video Training Engine

Automated 25-video curriculum pipeline for shipboard Planned Maintenance Systems (PMS) — screen capture automation, text-to-speech voice synthesis, and Whisper-aligned subtitles for remote crew onboarding across offshore vessels.

PythonWhisperVoice SynthesisPMS
Mobile & Telemetry

QR-Code Vessel Safety Observation Workflow

Paperless hazard reporting system replacing physical safety cards across an offshore fleet and shore operations. Leverages mobile QR codes and Python/Node.js telemetry pipelines to capture 168+ hazard reports per week with zero paperwork latency.

Node.jsPythonMobile TelemetryHSE
SATCOM & Cloud

Offshore SATCOM Telemetry & Cost Optimization

Multi-bearer maritime connectivity architecture (Starlink Ocean Mode, Inmarsat C, VSAT, DGPS) across DP2 vessels. Implemented active telemetry and data routing, reducing fleet satellite OPEX ~90% below budget while maintaining 98%+ fleet uptime.

StarlinkInmarsat CNetwork TelemetryOPEX
Policy suite

Cybersecurity Policy & Maturity Roadmap

Enterprise IT/OT security policy suite aligned to NIST CSF 2.0, elevating maturity from 1.5 to 2.3/5.0 across shore and shipboard networks, with a 20-action remediation roadmap targeting Tier 3 by Dec 2026.

NIST CSF 2.0AuditRoadmap
OT/IT deploy

Vessel OT/IT Infrastructure & Dry-Dock Spec

Hands-on OT/IT deployment documentation across an offshore fleet, combined with a yard-ready 112-item dry-dock engineering specification and valve register that caught 9 critical missing valves before yard arrival.

OT/ITDry-DockEngineering Spec
20 tools

Microsoft Graph MCP Server

20-tool Model Context Protocol server in TypeScript integrating Microsoft Graph API — AI agents can read and draft email, manage calendar, search SharePoint, access OneDrive, and interact with Teams. Ships with persistent DPAPI token cache and prompt caching.

MCPGraph APITypeScript
Research

Peer-reviewed publications

Lead-author output from my MSc in Plant Breeding & Genetics at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike. Three papers published in 2026 on the genetic characterisation of Nigerian crop germplasm. The canonical record is my ORCID profile.

  1. 2026

    Genetic Variability, Heritability, and Trait Associations for Yield Improvement in Amaranthus hybridus (L.) Genotypes

    Uduma K. C., Edugbo R. E., Nwofia G. E.

    Nigerian Journal of Horticultural Science, 30(3)

  2. 2026

    Characterization of Some Nigerian Pawpaw (Carica papaya L.) Accessions Using Pomological Traits

    Uduma K. C., Edugbo R. E., Nwofia G. E.

    Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 23(1), 1–10

  3. 2026

    Assessment of the Nutritional and Phytochemical Variability of Some Nigerian Pawpaw (Carica papaya L.) Accessions

    Uduma K. C., Edugbo R. E., Nwofia G. E.

    Nigerian Journal of Horticultural Science, 30(1), 158–171

    doi.org/10.82552/njhs.v30i1.158-171
Credentials

Certifications & affiliations

Certified in Cybersecurity (ISC²)

International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC²)

Company Security Officer (ISPS CSO)

International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code Certification

Published Researcher

Lead Author — Nigerian Journal of Horticultural Science (NJHS)

NextGen Food Hero

CropLife International, 2022 — Food Security & Sustainability

Vector Institute Scholar

Machine Learning for Black & Indigenous Students Program

WEF Global Shaper — Alumnus

World Economic Forum — Port Harcourt Hub · ex-Vice Curator

Climate Reality Leader

Carbon Accounting & ESG Awareness

MSc Plant Breeding & Genetics

MOUAU — Thesis Defended Oct 2026 · Comparative Genomics & RNA-Seq

BSc Agronomy

Second Class Upper (4.32/5.00 CGPA), MOUAU 2018

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I write about maritime cybersecurity, OT/IT convergence, and the GRC gap in African shipping.

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