Iddris Sandu

Iddris Sandu was raised in Harbor City, Los Angeles, California. He is a Ghanaian architectural technologist. He was born in Accra, Ghana, and raised in Compton in Los Angeles, California. He created the world’s first smart retail store experience along with Nipsey Hussle. The store is called "The Marathon Store". He codes and creates algorithms.[1][2][3][4]

Iddris Sandu
Born (1997-05-07) May 7, 1997
Accra, Ghana
OccupationSoftware engineer, Technology design architect
Websitehttps://www.iddrissandu.com/

Early life

Sandu was born in Accra, Ghana. His family moved to the United States when he was 3 years old. He started learning and doing computer programming at the age of ten using a public library. At the age of 13 Sandu was an intern and worked on several Google projects. One of the projects that he worked on was Google Plus.[5] At the age of 15 he created a smartphone app that made it easier for his classmates to find their classrooms. Sandu also advocated for STEM in the high school curriculum.[6][7]

He chose to not seek attending a higher education institution after high school. He decided to go into interning and consulting; companies such as Boeing, Twitter, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Uber, Snapchat, and Instagram.[8]

At the age of 19, Sandu was creating his own apps and other software.[9]

Career

As a technological design consultant and engineer, he has consulted for companies such as Twitter and Snapchat.[10] For Uber he created the software called Autonomous Collision Detection Interface, a software program that detects a driver's hand motion and position.[11][12][13] Sandu is mostly self-taught.

He has worked with Kanye West, Rihanna and Jaden Smith.[7]

Awards

At the age of 15 he received a commendation certificate from Barack Obama.

References
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  2. "IDDRIS SANDU - Speaker". ComplexCon.
  3. Hawgood, Alex (14 November 2018). "A Tech Wunderkind Who Knows Jaden Smith and Elon Musk". The New York Times.
  4. says, Rose H. (2019-01-17). "A conversation with Architect, Iddris Sandu". SHOPPE BLACK. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  5. Ramalho, Catarina (2019-10-21). "Iddris Sandu worked for Uber, Google and Kanye. Now he wants to fix tech's diversity problem". Wired UK. ISSN 1357-0978. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  6. Taylor, Mildred Europa (16 December 2018). "At just 21, Iddris Sandu is the tech genius behind Uber, Instagram and Snapchat". Face2Face Africa. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  7. Page, Falyn (9 December 2018). "Iddris Sandu - Bridging the gap between technology and minorities". www.cnbc.com.
  8. "At just 21, Iddris Sandu is the tech genius behind Uber, Instagram and Snapchat". Face2Face Africa. 2018-12-16. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  9. Ntreh, Nii (22 December 2018). "Meet the 21-year-old Ghanaian millionaire who works with Instagram and Snapchat". Yen.com.gh - Ghana news.
  10. Gbadamosi, Nosmot. "Meet the 21-year-old tech whiz who's coded for Instagram and Snapchat". CNN. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  11. Gbadamosi, Nosmot. "Meet the 21-year-old tech whiz who's coded for Instagram and Snapchat". CNN.
  12. "Iddris Sandu, a tech genius, software engineer and cultural architect". This Is Africa. 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  13. "Iddris Sandu, the tech wunderkind bringing AI to the people". Document Journal. 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
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