Emmanuel Fadare
Building from Lagos, Nigeria

Product designer · Software builder · Founder

Designing products.Building what comes next.

I'm Emmanuel Fadare. I've spent over eight years turning complex workflows into products people can understand and use across financial technology and enterprise systems.

Today, I'm building Remllo and expanding my product practice through AI-assisted software engineering.

Experience shaped across

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Global design network

A practice tested beyond one market.

Part of Toptal's global network of vetted independent design talent, working with distributed teams and products across regions.

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The journey so far

From visual craft to products, software, and company building.

My career has grown through connected chapters. Each one expanded the kind of problems I could solve and the responsibility I could take.

01/06

The founder chapter

Taking responsibility for the whole problem.

Founding Remllo brought the earlier chapters together. I wear multiple hats across product strategy, product design, software engineering, customer discovery, fundraising, and the day-to-day work of building the company.

The role moves constantly between understanding the market, speaking with customers, shaping and building the product, making technology decisions, raising capital, and creating an organisation capable of carrying the idea forward.

Current to origins

Where I am now

Building Remllo.

An AI-native risk infrastructure platform for regulated businesses.

Remllo connects real-time transaction monitoring, fraud detection, AML operations, compliance automation, KYC/KYB, and sanctions screening in one system.

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Connected product suiteRemllo

Identity, monitoring, and compliance signals that work together.

  1. 01
    WatchTowerTransaction monitoring and fraud detection
  2. 02
    IdentityKYC and KYB verification infrastructure
  3. 03
    ComplianceRegulatory workflows and audit evidence
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Selected work

Projects that shaped how I think.

A selection of products and systems from different chapters of the journey, built with teams, for clients, and from a blank page.

Giving back

Sharing what the journey has taught me.

My career was shaped by people who shared their knowledge, opened doors, and helped me see possibilities I could not yet see for myself. Mentorship is how I carry that generosity forward.

Why I mentor

Good guidance can change the direction of a career.

From teaching myself visual design to working on global product teams and building a company, every chapter came with unfamiliar questions. I now help designers work through those questions with clearer product thinking, stronger portfolios, and more confidence in the value they bring.

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ADPList

Mentorship for designers finding their way forward.

Product thinking, portfolio storytelling, career direction, and the confidence to take the next step.

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The next chapter

Still learning. Still making. Still moving forward.

Most of my energy goes into building Remllo, exploring how AI changes product development, and helping other designers grow.

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