Founder at Realms, Inc. | Nigeria | umar@realms.diy | GitHub | LinkedIn

Building a revolutionary startup creation platform that democratizes tech entrepreneurship through AI-powered tools.

• Architected a unified platform reducing startup time-to-market by 90% through rapid MVP creation.
• Adopted federated communication infrastructure using Matrix protocol to enable real-time collaboration and community building.
• Developing AI Co-Founder feature to help founders execute and validate ideas swiftly.
• Creating dual code/no-code environments to support both technical and non-technical founders.
• Tech Stack: TypeScript, React, Expo, Phoenix/Elixir, Python, PostgreSQL, Matrix Protocol, Generative AI.

Led development of an integrated student transportation system, a pivotal experience that sparked Realms.

• Developed a full-stack MVP for school transportation management.
• Conducted extensive market research and stakeholder interviews.
• Gained crucial insights about startup validation leading to Realms.
• Tech Stack: TypeScript, React, Expo, Next.js, Supabase, Google Maps API.

Worked with the data engineering team and led the development of internal data consumers dashboard.

• Developed a version management dashboard for data models consumers.
• Enhanced the viewers-only mode in Legend studio.
• Tech Stack: TypeScript, React, MobX, Java.

Led development of critical healthcare systems across Africa.

• Enhanced an offline-first last-mile vaccine delivery System (LoMIS).
• Architected and implemented a real-time temperature monitoring system, integrated with LoMIS to identify damaged vaccines, saving numerous children's lives.
• Led a project team of 5-8 people and mentored interns and junior developers.
• Tech Stack: Javascript, React, React Native, Redux, Node.js, Express.js, CouchDB, PouchDB, BlueMaestro Temperature Sensor.

• Platform Architecture: Distributed systems, Real-time communication.
• Full-Stack Development: TypeScript, React, Node.js, Phoenix/Elixir, Python, Java.
• AI/ML: TensorFlow, scikit-learn, Generative AI.
• Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Matrix Protocol.
• Database & Caching: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka.

M.Sc. Computer Science | Deferred - Focus on startups.

B.Sc. Computer Science | 2015.

• Innovation: Pioneering AI-driven startup validation methodologies.
• Open Source: Contributor to Aether, Gather, Legend, and soon, the Matrix ecosystem.
• Leadership: Successfully led multiple projects, mentoring interns and junior developers.
• Impact: Building systems to democratize startup creation globally.

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