Michael Alo

I’ve always had a knack for creating magic since I was a kid. In high school I wrote a python program to encrypt and decrypt messages with a key, this was because of the obsession high school kids had with “jungle language” and generally communicating through secret languages to encrypt their messages and it was a really fun thing to do. My journey with coding has always been a love story, I love that it empowers me to solve problems and create impact for others. I never get bored doing these things.

With that drive to solve problems, my friend and I highlighted a data problem in African Sports and challenged ourselves to solve it. We went ahead to build a startup “Sports Avalanche” to help scouts remotely discover African Talents in Sports from a database that details players performance data, help these players showcase their talents, and help eliminate most of the bottlenecks they face in trying to pursue their dreams. This challenge has helped me develop my Technical Skills, specialize in quickly learning new skills, and get a better perspective into Problem Solving.

When I’m not writing code, I love traveling and volunteering to coach college students on improving their communication and critical thinking skills through British Parliamentary Debating.

Tech Stack: Dart, Flutter, Git, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Firebase, React, Design Thinking.

I’m still enthusiastically grabbing onto any other programming languages, Frameworks, or Principles I can integrate into my stack.