About Ridwan Taiwo
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🚀 Meet Me
I'm a problem solver with about a decade of experience shipping products across different spaces and industries. One of my core problem-solving tools is building systems - I've designed and architected many, scaling them from initial concepts to enterprise-level solutions that handle massive scale.
I love to tinker with systems and have fun while doing it. I'm a learner, a systems-thinking individual, an engineer, and a pretty chilled person. I know when to optimize for perfection, speed, results, or a balanced mix. I've been doing this for a while and I'm pretty good at figuring out how to do things.
⚡ Current Leadership Roles
- CTO at Risevest Technologies Ltd - Leading the technology team in the FinTech space, building investment and wealth management platforms
- CTO & Co-founder at Strongreed Technology Ltd - Building and scaling healthcare solutions, focusing on innovative medical technology
🛠️ Technical Expertise
Programming Languages
- Mastery Level: JavaScript/TypeScript, Python
- Advanced: Golang (more than half decent)
- Emerging: Rust (just starting to play around)
- Recreational: C (for Arduino projects and low-level tinkering)
- Past Experience: Haskell and many more
Cloud & Infrastructure
- AWS Expert: Lambda, ECS, EKS, SQS, S3, EC2, CDK, Amazon Q
- Other Platforms: Google Cloud Platform, DigitalOcean
- Infrastructure as Code: CloudFormation, GitHub Actions
- Architecture: Domain Driven Design advocate
Emerging Technologies
- Web3: dApps on EVM compatible blockchains, Solidity
- AI & LLM: OpenAI, FinChat, MLC-LLM for local use
- Low-Level Systems: Recently fascinated with system-level programming
🏗️ Industry Experience
FinTech (6+ years)
I've weathered a lot of storms in the FinTech space, which came with its own learning. Building financial systems requires a deep understanding of security, compliance, and scalability. I've learned to appreciate building clean and maintainable systems not just for others but even for the future me.
HealthTech (6+ years)
Currently working on building several healthcare solutions, focusing on innovative approaches to medical technology and patient care. The healthcare industry presents unique challenges that require robust, secure, and user-friendly solutions.
🎯 Key Projects & Companies
- Risevest - Investment and wealth management platform
- Assetbase - Access to alternative investments
- FastKlinik - Clinal solutions management platform
- KwickPharm - Pharmaceutical solutions platform
- EazyMed - All in one healthcare access solution built for the populace
🔍 Current Focus & Philosophy
Currently, you'll find me tinkering with AI and low-level systems. I've recently found myself getting fascinated with low-level systems more and more. I love computers a lot and spend a lot of time having fun with them.
While domain driven design is not the holy grail of system architecture, I have learnt, appreciated and applied it to a lot of my systems and it has helped in building clean, maintainable, scalable and resilient systems.
🤝 Let's Connect
I'm always interested in discussing technology, system architecture, and innovative solutions. Whether you want to collaborate on a project, discuss technical challenges, or just have a chat about the latest in tech, feel free to reach out!