Summary
Umar Waliyullah is a Technical Director and seasoned software leader with 10 years of experience delivering scalable web platforms, MarTech solutions, and AI-enabled automation across global brands in the Omnicom network. Based in Mauritius, he combines hands-on full-stack engineering roots with strategic architecture and delivery leadership, having progressed from frontend architect to leading enterprise engineering and AI transformation at RAPP IO. Umar has a strong track record in performance-first front-end engineering (multiple 90+ PageSpeed projects), enterprise CMS and Headless implementations, and building CI/CD-driven multi-site platforms at scale. He is passionate about translating AI and data into operational advantage, mentoring teams, and embedding engineering governance to turn technical capabilities into measurable business outcomes. Occasionally he still contributes code and technical proof-of-concepts, preserving a practitioner’s perspective while shaping long-term technology vision.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Msc Software Project Management, Computer Science, First class, Msc Software Project Management, Computer Science, First class at University of Mauritius
Royal College of Port Louis
French, English