Summary
Omar Ayub is a seasoned technology leader and current CTO with 17 years of experience scaling payment platforms, data and AI capabilities across startups and enterprise environments. He has a proven track record of turning customer feedback into rapid product iteration—driving Sendwave to $8B+ in payments, 99.95%+ uptime, and an acquisition by WorldRemit—then expanding AI and analytics adoption at Zepz to 80% of the workforce. Omar combines product-first engineering with pragmatic data strategy, having architected unified data platforms that halved vendor costs and implemented ML-driven anti-fraud systems that kept friction and losses exceptionally low. He focuses on creating high-trust, low-drag teams that ship frequently and measure impact, evidenced by consistent high eNPS and measurable business outcomes like a 20% lift in activations with lower CAC. Based in Washington, DC, he pairs hands-on technical fluency (Python, Kotlin, GCP/AWS, Databricks) with executive experience leading cross-functional organizations through major platform rewrites and global expansions. An engineer at heart, he obsessively instruments customer experiences to surface the shortest feedback loops and embed AI where it meaningfully delights users.
17 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Masters, Computer Science, Masters, Computer Science at The George Washington University - School of Engineering & Applied Science
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at University of Connecticut