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Umar Azhar

Co-founder & CTO, Hypercare

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Umar Azhar is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Hypercare, a Toronto clinical communication and coordination platform for hospitals. He oversees product engineering and leads its software development team. He has built technical products since 2012 and worked as a developer at Yahoo before co-founding Hypercare with Albert Tai and Dr. Joseph Choi.

Umar hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Umar co-founded Hypercare, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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Who is Umar Azhar?

Umar Azhar is a co-founder of Hypercare and its Chief Technology Officer. Hypercare's own About page, checked 2026-09-21, lists him under the founding team as "Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer".

What does Umar Azhar do at Hypercare?

He oversees all technical aspects of product development and leads the team of software developers that builds and maintains the platform, according to Hypercare's About page, checked 2026-09-21. The same page says he has been involved in scaling Hypercare since day one.

Who else co-founded Hypercare?

Hypercare's About page, checked 2026-09-21, names three co-founders: Albert Tai (CEO), Dr. Joseph Choi (COO and Chief Medical Officer) and Umar Azhar (CTO). The University of Toronto Faculty of Information reported the same three-person founding team in an article dated 2019-11-19.

What did Umar Azhar do before Hypercare?

Hypercare's About page, checked 2026-09-21, says he was previously a developer at Yahoo prior to co-founding Hypercare, and that he has been building technical products since 2012.

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