Chronic builder here!You know that Kid who constantly has one new experiment up his sleeves every weekend, that was me growing up… I once tried to convert a tin cylinder into a submarine and plugged it into the mains to give the propellers extra juice…oh dear, the fireworks!Back to the chase.Started learning to code at 12, built lots of 2D games and apps with then Macromedia Flash, and wanted to go 3D so I toyed with Java and C++… C++ I could deal with, but Java?… Thank God I found Blender3D. Anyway, I needed a way to share my games with the world, so I learned PHP, MySQL, and everything in between. A Few years later, I’m building projects for university CS students, campus social networks, accounting and ERP applications for corporates and financial institutions, custom scripting languages for software and multimedia companies. Heck, once made a DNA visualizer for a Swedish Lab while in my second year of medical school (I know right, why Medicine? Hit me up and we can talk about that someday).Nowadays I lead the technology team that powers all the magic behind curacel.ai (truth be told, I built a good chunk of it) and guide businesses or people that need some problem solved with technology. I'd obsess over a problem, dissecting it to the minutest detail thereby identifying the bits that matter most before involving any technology. As a result, I've architected some amazing systems that solve the most complex problems with somewhat simple technology playing together nicely like an orchestra.When I’m not building some new thing, or talking business & technology with people, you’d find me serving in Christian community outreaches or getting punched/punching someone in the face at the gym, literally… Trust me, martial arts training helps you see a lot of situations differently
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Chief Technology OfficerCuracel Sep 2019 - PresentNewark, Delaware, UsCuracel is setting the new industry benchmark for claims automation & AI fraud detection in health insurance.As Engineer number zero, I- Single-handedly built version 1 of our health claims collection product.- Then Designed and built the Health Detection AI which ensures clinical accuracy of health insurance claims.- Handled the setup and management of all cloud infrastructure.- Hired and managed our first engineers.- Did everything else a startup CTO would do. Now I, - Still hire and manage Engineers across our multiple product teams.- Define high-level system architectures - Bridge the gap between technology and business - Frequently contribute to shipping on major projects- Still do everything else a startup CTO has to do -
Chief Technology OfficerCuracel Sep 2017 - Aug 2019Newark, Delaware, Us -
Founder'S Program Cohort For 2020Station F Jan 2020 - Jan 2021Paris, France, FrStation F is a business incubator for startups, located in 13th arrondissement of Paris. Noted as the world's largest startup facility. Situated in a former rail freight depot previously known as la Halle Freyssinet.Curacel was part of the 2020 cohort. -
Cohort Member - Curacel Part Of 2019 Cohort.Startupbootcamp Aug 2019 - Dec 2019Amsterdam, North Holland, NlCuracel has been selected as one of the top 10 Africa focused FinTech startups around the world.Startupbootcamp is a network of industry-focused startup accelerators. It was founded in 2010 and now operates globally with 20+ industry-focused programs in key locations including San Francisco, Amsterdam, Cape Town, Chengdu, Berlin, Dubai, Hartford, Istanbul, Rome, London, Melbourne, Miami, Mumbai, Mexico City, New York, and Singapore. -
Remote Full-Stack DeveloperGitesoft Apr 2019 - Jul 2019Ankara, Çankaya, Tr -
Lead Application DeveloperOncopadi Aug 2018 - Feb 2019Lagos, Lagos, NgOnopadi is a telemedicine platform that provides cancer patients access to specialist consultations from the comfort of their homes. - I built the web application with multiple access levels for different stakeholders- Implemented Video calls and instant messaging sessions using WebRtc -
Lead Application DeveloperGaba App Nov 2016 - Feb 2019New York, Ny, UsGabaApp is an ecommerce platform focused on liquor. It enables Liquor Vendors in the US have their inventory online and receive orders without the need to setup and manage their own websites. I handled the development of several improvements to the platform including- integrations with multiple Inventory management systems like as E-stage, LiquorPos, CRE Pos, etc which ensure that the Vendor's offline inventories are automatically synced to the web platform daily.- Automated calculation of shipping fees based on cart weight, distance and state restrictions- Integration of payment processors such as PayPal's Braintree, Venmo, then later Stripe.- Geofencing capabilities to notify customers when their favourite bottle is available in a Store near them.Just to name a few -
Medical DoctorMilitary Hospital Lagos Sep 2018 - Oct 2018
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FounderJeda Solutions 2010 - Sep 2017Small Software development agency through which I bided on, won and executed myriad projects with a nimble team of two. A few of such projects include- Numerous Wordpress sites and custom plugins - An interoperable employee workforce management system with attendance clock-in and clock-out- A web application that could interpret and render genetic data- Upgrading a massive legacy php4 ERP to be php5.6 compatible You can see some of my reviews here- https://www.freelancer.com/u/johnflashAlso built and launched a couple of self-conceptualised products and platforms such as - Campusitic (2011): A closed community Social network for my University mates which had over 1k users within 1 month- QPally (2014): A SASS platform that made it ridiculously easy for medical students to effectively design and carry out data collection and analysis for their research projects, without the need for complex, boring and tedious tools like SPSS or EPI-info- QuickChow (2016): created this with a friend & class mate, a food delivery platform that made it possible for medical students to order food from on-campus vendors and have it delivered to their hostel rooms. We processed almost a thousand orders before the hostel authorities put a clamp on our operations.- Hosteltrade.com (2016): Every year, students reshuffled hostel rooms and often times sold-off items to each other. I decided to make this process easier by creating a market place where students could list their items for sale and find items they would love to buy. -
Technology OfficerPlaycenter Nigeria May 2011 - Mar 2017Lagos, Ng- Handled the Setup and management of company servers - Developed several of the organization's websites - Developed the registration portals, and website, and built the SMS voting system for the Dance with Peter reality TV show, which handled over 1000 SMS votes per hour every day for multiple weeks- Built the p-Square mobile app -
Software EngineerSekat Technologies Nov 2009 - Sep 2013- Made feature contributions and bug fixes to the MicMac Coop VB6 desktop application- Built web versions of multiple products within the MicMac CERM suite making it possible for the organization to sell cloud versions of their products.- Built a mini custom script language and interpreter (using VB6 i think) which the org could use to compile and deploy patches (think DB migrations over the air) to their installed products at scale-
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Application Developer & InstructorZercoms Systems Ltd Jul 2009 - Nov 2009Created e-learning applications with rich multimedia content.Trained staff on multimedia content creation using adobe flash.
John Dada Skills
John Dada Education Details
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Y Combinator -
Creative Destruction LabFintech Stream -
College Of Medicine, UnilagMedicine -
Ladoke Akintola University Of TechnologyHuman Anatomy -
Jireh Computer InstituteComputer Hardware Engineering
Frequently Asked Questions about John Dada
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John Dada works for Curacel
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John Dada's current role is CTO | Co-founder at Curacel (YC W22).
What schools did John Dada attend?
John Dada attended Y Combinator, Creative Destruction Lab, College Of Medicine, Unilag, Ladoke Akintola University Of Technology, Jireh Computer Institute.
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John Dada has skills like Html, Javascript, Css, Sql, Team Leadership, Project Planning, Java, Windows, C#, Asp.net, Php4/5, Xml.
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