Dr. Dimie Shively WARIOWEI holds a PhD in Information Technology Systems Efficacy from the prestigious Seoul National University, South Korea and an MSc Computer Science from Aberystywth, The University of Wales, United Kingdom. His first degree, a BSc Computer Science, was obtained from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1990.

He worked for slightly over a decade with a number of firms in the IT industry, rising from a Programmer/Analyst to a Systems Manager, with several bespoke Accounting, Pensions Management, Payroll and Personnel Management software for Public and Private Organizations, to his credit, singularly and as a team member.
On obtaining his MSc, he proceeded to Academics and lectured Computer Sciences at the Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, for six years before joining NITDA in 2007.