# Umar Rana (Muhammad Umar Farooq Rana)

> The personal site of Umar Rana, an entrepreneur and business leader with 24+ years building technology that scales. Managing Director at Insightive and Senior Vice President at Devsinc; founder of Alchemative (acquired by Devsinc, December 2024) and co-founder of UnumPay. Based in Dubai, UAE.

He writes long-form, opinionated essays on leadership, technology, systems thinking and health, grounded in real experience building companies and leading teams across countries. Publicly known as "Umar Rana"; full name "Muhammad Umar Farooq Rana".

## About
- [About Umar Rana](https://theumarrana.com/about): full biography, career timeline (Devsinc, Alchemative, UnumPay, Ginkgo, HUB47, Telenor), vision and mission.

## Insights (long-form essays)
- [Insights](https://theumarrana.com/insights): leadership & effectiveness, technology & trends, systems & process, health & wellness.

## Journal (short-form notes)
- [Journal](https://theumarrana.com/journal): shorter, dated notes and working ideas.

## Conversations (interviews & collective essays)
- [Conversations](https://theumarrana.com/conversations): text interviews, recorded dialogues, and collective essays drawn from group conversations.

## Mentions (press & podcasts)
- [Mentions](https://theumarrana.com/mentions): podcast appearances and press coverage (Khaleej Times, ProPakistani, The Emirates Times).

## Contact
- [Contact](https://theumarrana.com/contact): book a 30-minute discovery call or send a message.

## Feeds & metadata
- Insights RSS: https://theumarrana.com/rss.xml
- Journal RSS: https://theumarrana.com/journal/rss.xml
- Sitemap: https://theumarrana.com/sitemap.xml