Kola Okunola is currently the Director of Intelligence, Strategic Data Mining and Analysis Department in the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). He has extensive technical and managerial experience spanning over 33 years in Private and Public Sector organizations. He has worked with various companies such as Siemens, Unilever Plc and Xerox, among others. He attended Executive Education programs at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Carleton University, Canada and Harvard University, USA. He is a Senior Executive Fellow (SEF) of the Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, Microsoft Certified Professional, Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS), Fellow of the Nigeria Computer Society (FNCS), Member of the Computer Professional Registration Council of Nigeria (MCPN), Member Nigerian Society of Engineers (MNSE), Member Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). He has a Master Class Certificate in Electronic Auditing and Forensic Investigation, from the Association of Chartered Certified System Accountants, USA. .

Kola Okunola has received local and international awards as follows: