Umar A
Founder & CEO at Realms, Inc.
Nigeria
Summary
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Top SchoolUmar A is a founder and seasoned software engineer with eight years of experience building production-grade web and mobile systems across startups, NGOs, and finance. As CEO of Realms, Inc., he’s leading development of an AI-enabled real-time collaboration platform and plans to launch an AI Co-Founder-enabled app in 2025, showing a blend of product vision and hands-on engineering. His background includes front-end leadership on proprietary and open-source projects at Goldman Sachs and practical, offline-first systems for vaccine logistics and student transportation at eHealth Africa and FlexiSAF. Umar combines startup grit with enterprise discipline—having led projects from biometric modules to dependency-management dashboards—while mentoring teams and shipping reliable, user-focused solutions. Based in Nigeria, he pairs a Computer Science BSc and continued study at Georgia Tech with active development of Realms DIY, signaling a maker mindset and long-term commitment to scalable, impact-driven software.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, Second Class Honours, Upper Division (2:1), Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, Second Class Honours, Upper Division (2:1) at International University of East Africa (IUEA)International Advanced Diploma, International Advanced Diploma at Informatics Academy
Github Skills (30)
ide10
legend10
modeling10
chatgpt9
redis9
nextjs9
data-modeling9
shadcn-ui9
react9
ai8
editor8
nodejs8
typescript7
aether7
speedometer6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
umarphaarook/grants-giver
Dec 2018 - Aug 2023
Contributions:3 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 8 months
umarphaarook/legend-studio
Jun 2021 - Jan 2022
Legend Studio
Contributions:43 pushes, 8 branches in 7 months
legend
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