Risul Islam
Founder at Gain.io
Oslo, Norway
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Top SchoolRisul Islam is a serial founder and technology leader based in Oslo with over a decade of hands-on experience founding and scaling product-focused software companies, including Gain.io, EasyDesk, Payrun, and Gain Solutions. He has a deep background in project and system management from large enterprise settings through early roles at Vital Forsikring and DnB NOR, which informs his ability to bridge product, operations, and engineering. As CTO and later CEO of Unite Living he led product and technical strategy through growth and transition, demonstrating both engineering depth and commercial leadership. Risul combines formal management education from BI Norwegian Business School with practical expertise in building resilient systems and teams across multiple startups. He favors pragmatic, delivery-oriented engineering practices and has a track record of repeatedly launching new ventures rather than staying in a single role. Based in Norway, he brings entrepreneurial grit, institutional delivery experience, and a pattern of founding companies that tackle operational pains in real markets.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Management, Bachelor of Management II, Bachelor of Management, Bachelor of Management II at BI Norwegian Business School
2. english, 1. norwegian, 3. bengali, 4. hindi & urdu
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Github Skills (35)
javascript10
npm10
realtime10
build-system10
app-platform10
rpc10
nodejs10
reactive-programming10
mongodb10
react10
zero-configuration9
microfrontend9
meteor9
bun9
inferno9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
risul/meteor-chance
Dec 2014 - Sep 2016
Contributions:12 commits, 10 pushes, 1 comment in 1 year 8 months
risul/meteor-moment-timezone
Jan 2015 - Oct 2016
Contributions:10 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
moment-jstimezonemeteor
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