Sotaya Yakubu
Founder CEO at ROOTEX Technology
Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
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Top SchoolSotaya Yakubu is a founder-CEO and seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience building cloud, automation, robotics and AI-driven solutions from Abuja, Nigeria. He combines hands-on backend development and systems architecture with a strong open-source ethos—having improved core functionality and tests in the widely used MaryTTS text-to-speech project during a Saarland University research stint. As founder of ROOTEX Technology he delivers durable software, integration and training services for organizations while continuing independent consulting and contract work. A Python enthusiast comfortable in Java and embedded toolchains, he has a track record across startups, research labs and product teams, from DNA-sequencing tools to mobile/web testing. Known for implementing “crazy ideas,” he blends hacker curiosity with disciplined engineering to turn experimental concepts into production-ready systems.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Computer Software Engineering, Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science, Computer Software Engineering, Cum Laude at University of DebrecenComputer Science and Mathematics, Computer Science and Mathematics at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa UniversityMaster of Science (MSc), Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science at Universität des Saarlandes
Hungarian, English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (12)
javas10
text-to-speech10
speech-synthesis10
java10
exception-handling9
unit-testing9
regex8
calculator6
casting6
dictionary6
android6
if-statement6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
marytts/marytts
Sep 2015 - Feb 2016
MARY TTS -- an open-source, multilingual text-to-speech synthesis system written in pure java
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:28 commits, 7 PRs, 38 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Sotaya primarily focused on improving the `LicenseRegistry` functionality, including updating its download function to use third-party libraries, and incorporating exception handling. They also addressed code formatting issues, and made modifications to the German language phonemizer, including fixing a bug related to Greek word phonemization. Furthermore, the user contributed to unit tests for the Italian number expansion feature, and refined the IBAN preprocessing logic.
pure-javaspeech-to-textsynthesisspeech-recognitionspeech-synthesis
Rootex/marytts
Sep 2015 - Jun 2016
Contributions:31 pushes, 19 branches in 8 months
pure-javaspeech-to-textsynthesisspeech-recognitionspeech-synthesis
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