Hello,

I'm Victor Ariama

(A.K.A. ovac4u)

Founder & CEO at Gidipex — AI, applied strategy, crypto. Remote, worldwide.

17+ years shipping production software · 500K+ developers use my open source · 5M+ users impacted

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About me

Ariama Victor (ovac4u)

Founder & CEO — Gidipex

Hi — I'm Ariama Victor (ovac4u). I'm the Founder & CEO of Gidipex, building at the intersection of core AI programming, applied business modelling & strategy, and crypto technologies. Gidipex is where I turn research-grade ideas into shippable products — AI systems that actually do work in the real world, with the business model and on-chain infrastructure to match.

I'm also a co-founder of Bitnormous, and recently served as Tech & Team Lead at Payplux Ghana — leading engineering and shipping payments infrastructure into production. Earlier I founded RescopeNet, a studio that contracts engineering work and ships its own products. All of it sits under Ariama Silicon Hub, my holding company — with ovac4u as the personal brand and operating entity for open-source, consulting, and advisory work.

On the engineering side I work primarily in PHP/Laravel, TypeScript/Node, React/Next.js and Python for AI work. A lot of my open-source time goes into Laravel tooling and LLM/MCP integrations: idoc for API documentation (481K+ Composer installs), laravel-mcp-inspector for inspecting MCP servers from Laravel, and guardrails — an operational approvals engine that routes every high-risk Laravel change through multi-step reviewer sign-off.

I take on a limited number of advisory engagements each year — usually for founders working on AI-native or crypto-native products. Outside code: long-form reading, travel, and the occasional side project that escapes containment.

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About Me
5M+
Happy customers & users
96
Public repositories
500K+
OSS package installs
5
Companies founded / co-founded

Resume

Over a decade and a half shipping software for the web, with a focus on backend systems, developer tooling, and product engineering.


Experience

  • Present

    Ariama Silicon Hub

    Founder — Holding Company

    Parent holding for my portfolio of companies and ventures — covers Gidipex, Bitnormous, RescopeNet, and ovac4u.

  • Present

    Gidipex

    Founder & CEO

    Building at the intersection of core AI programming, applied business modelling & strategy, and crypto technologies — turning research-grade ideas into real, shippable products.

  • Present

    Bitnormous

    Co-founder

    Co-founded Bitnormous — shaping product direction and technical foundations alongside the founding team.

  • Recent

    Payplux Ghana

    Tech & Team Lead

    Led the engineering team and technical direction at Payplux Ghana — architecture, code review, hiring input, and shipping payments infrastructure into production.

  • 2017
    -
    Present

    RescopeNet

    Founder & Senior Software Engineer

    Backend services, APIs and developer tooling in PHP/Laravel, TypeScript/Node and React. Open-source maintainer (idoc, laravel-mcp-inspector, hubtel-payment).

  • 2013
    -
    2017

    Freelance

    Full-Stack Developer

    Web applications and integrations for startups across fintech, e-commerce and SMS/payments — including the original Hubtel Mobile Money PHP client.

  • 2009
    -
    2013

    Freelance

    Front-end / UX Developer

    Started early on the web — static sites, jQuery-era front-ends and the first version of what became RescopeNet.

Education

  • 2013
    -
    2017

    Wisconsin International University

    BSc. Business Management & Computer Studies

    Graduated 2017.

  • 2011
    -
    2013

    NIIT

    Oracle Database & Programming

    Foundations in relational databases and software design.

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How I work with companies

Five ways I take on work in 2026 — pick the one that fits, or write me with what you actually need. Rates anchor on US/EU market for senior engineering and founder-level advisory. Discounts available for early-stage / mission-aligned work.

  • AI Engineering

  • Fractional CTO

  • Smart Contracts & Web3

  • Cloud Architecture

  • Strategic Advisory

  • LLM integration & RAG
  • MCP servers & agent tooling
  • Evals, guardrails & safety
  • Production deployment & cost tuning
  • Fine-tuning & model selection
$250 – $450 / Hour

AI Engineering & LLM Integration

Designing and shipping production AI systems — RAG pipelines, multi-agent orchestrations, MCP servers, evals, and the unglamorous plumbing that makes them reliable. Author of laravel-mcp-inspector and idoc (481K+ installs). Project-based engagements typically $20K–$80K.

  • Engineering leadership
  • Architecture & tech roadmap
  • Hiring & team structure
  • Code review & standards
  • Investor & due-diligence support
$15K – $30K / Month

Fractional CTO / Engineering Lead

For startups that need senior engineering leadership but aren't ready for a full-time CTO. Typically 8–20 hours/week. I led engineering and shipped payments infrastructure at Payplux Ghana, and currently run engineering for Gidipex. Hourly available at $300–$500/hr for shorter engagements.

  • Solidity / EVM contracts
  • DeFi protocol architecture
  • Tokenomics design
  • Smart contract audits
  • On-chain payments / custody
$300 – $600 / Hour

Smart Contracts & Web3

Crypto and on-chain work via Bitnormous and Gidipex. Solidity development, DeFi mechanism design, tokenomics, and pre-deploy contract reviews. Audit-style engagements priced per scope — typical small-protocol audit $15K–$50K. I won't audit code I wrote.

  • AWS / GCP architecture
  • Kubernetes & containerization
  • CI/CD & infra-as-code
  • Performance & cost optimization
  • Migration & scaling
$200 – $400 / Hour

Cloud Architecture & Platform Engineering

Designing infrastructure that scales without bankrupting you. AWS-first, Docker / Kubernetes, Terraform, GitHub Actions. Strong on cost optimization and migrations off legacy or over-engineered stacks. Project-based engagements typically $15K–$60K.

  • Founder & product advisory
  • Applied business modelling
  • Go-to-market strategy
  • Fundraising & pitch prep
  • Technical due diligence
$500 / Hour · or equity

Strategic Advisory

Founder-to-founder advisory for AI-native, crypto-native, and platform startups. Monthly retainers from $5K–$15K/month, or 0.25–1% equity for early-stage companies I'm philosophically aligned with. One-shot strategy sessions: $1,500 for a 90-minute deep dive.

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What i do

My skills

I have useful skills in coding, business planning, management, data science, cyber security, marketing, e.t.c. Infact, I have started, run and sold several businesses and online platforms. I have also worked with some wonderful people accross different business sectors. You will see more information in my portfolio.

AI

LLM Engineering & Prompt Design
95%
MCP / Agent Tooling & Orchestration
92%
RAG & Vector Search
88%
Fine-tuning & Evals
82%

Cloud

AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS)
85%
Docker & Kubernetes
82%
CI / CD (GitHub Actions, GitLab)
88%
Infra as Code (Terraform)
75%

Crypto

Solidity & EVM Smart Contracts
82%
Web3 / ethers.js / viem
85%
DeFi Protocols & Tokenomics
80%
Wallet / Custody / On-chain Payments
85%

Business

Applied Business Modelling
92%
Strategy & Go-to-Market
90%
Product Management & Roadmap
88%
Fundraising & Pitching
80%
Team Leadership & Hiring
90%

Development

System Design & Architecture
92%
API Design (REST / GraphQL)
95%
Code Review & Mentorship
95%
Testing, Observability & Reliability
88%

Tools & Tech

A curated cross-section of what I actively use day-to-day — not everything I've ever touched.

AI & LLMs

95

Anthropic Claude API

92

OpenAI API

90

MCP (Model Context Protocol)

88

LangChain / LlamaIndex

85

Vector DBs (pgvector / Pinecone)

82

Fine-tuning & Evals

Backend & Languages

95

PHP

95

Laravel

92

TypeScript

90

Node.js

85

Python

80

Go

Frontend

90

React

88

Next.js

90

Tailwind CSS

92

HTML5 / CSS3

82

Vue / Nuxt

78

React Native

Data & APIs

92

PostgreSQL

90

MySQL

82

Redis

80

MongoDB

92

REST APIs

85

GraphQL

Cloud & DevOps

88

AWS

78

GCP

85

Docker

80

Kubernetes

78

Terraform

90

GitHub Actions / CI

Crypto & Web3

82

Solidity

85

EVM Internals

85

ethers.js / viem

80

Hardhat / Foundry

80

DeFi / AMMs

78

Tokenomics

Business & Leadership

92

Applied Business Modelling

90

Strategy & GTM

88

Product Management

90

Team Leadership

85

Hiring & Mentorship

80

Fundraising

my skills

My Portfolio

Just a few among others without NDA's.

All Open Source AI / Tooling Products Web
Gidipex

Gidipex — Current Venture

Core AI + applied strategy + crypto. Founder & CEO.
Bitnormous

Bitnormous

Co-founder — product & technical direction
ovac/idoc

idoc

Interactive Laravel docs & OpenAPI 3.0 generator installs
ovac/guardrails

guardrails

Operational approvals engine for Laravel — multi-step approval workflows installs
ovac/laravel-mcp-inspector

laravel-mcp-inspector

MCP server inspector & docs UI for Laravel installs
RescopeNet

RescopeNet

Engineering studio — Founder
ovac/hubtel-payment

hubtel-payment

PHP client for the Hubtel Mobile Money API installs
ovac/laravel-hubtel-payment

laravel-hubtel-payment

Laravel package wrapping the Hubtel Server API installs
ovac/ovac-couscous-template

ovac-couscous-template

Couscous template for Markdown documentation sites

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Working Process

My best software development process is the Agile Methodology. Why? Because I love to work back and forth with you or your team and the product consumers so that I may understand the job/assignment and provide maximum satisfaction. My first instinct is understading and then getting the job done.

  • 01. Assignment Study

    I study your assignment or design (use case, diagrams, research, plan or idea) .

  • 02. Development

    I get the job done as fast as possible with the best quality.

  • 03. Deployment

    I submit your job in due time for review and futher iteration.

How i Work

Contacts

I work remotely with teams worldwide. Email is the fastest way to reach me — for advisory, engineering, or just a hello.

Remote — Worldwide

Available across timezones


[email protected]

[email protected]

+233 55 357 7261

+234 816 040 5567

Prefer email? [email protected] · Or DM me on LinkedIn.

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