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Umar Qaisar, founder and managing director of UpStream Solutions
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Umar Qaisar

Founder and Managing Director, UpStream Solutions

Umar Qaisar is the founder and managing director of UpStream Solutions, a Sharjah-based digital growth agency serving businesses across the UAE. He brings a technology background together with hands-on marketing and business leadership, so the website, campaigns and reporting a client receives are joined up rather than run in silos.

Umar's story

Born and raised in the UAE, Umar started UpStream Solutions in Sharjah in 2023 from a simple frustration: too many UAE businesses were sold marketing in pieces, a website here, some ads there, a social account somewhere else, with no one accountable for whether it produced enquiries.

Umar built UpStream as one connected team so a business gets a website, social media, ads and reporting that pull in the same direction. He stays close to the strategy and the monthly numbers on the accounts he leads, while a remote production team handles design, development and production. He grew UpStream into a full-service team along the way.

The agency works WhatsApp-first, keeps its claims accurate, and measures what actually matters: real enquiries rather than vanity metrics.

His role today

  • Sets the strategy and monthly plan for client accounts and reviews the work before it reaches the client.
  • Directs ad-campaign approach and reporting, and stays involved in how results are measured and explained.
  • Coordinates the team's delivery across web, social, paid media and SEO rather than executing every task personally.

How he works

  • Clear approvals: nothing goes live until the client has signed off the plan.
  • Honest measurement: report the numbers that matter and separate what is observed from what became business.
  • Coordinated delivery: one team and one plan across website, social, ads and reporting.

Areas Umar leads

Where the founder is directly involved, each linking to the relevant UpStream service.

Digital strategy

Sets the overall growth plan that ties each channel to enquiries.

Social media

Directs content strategy and monthly calendars for client accounts.

Paid media (Meta)

Guides Facebook and Instagram campaign direction and reporting.

Google Ads

Oversees search-campaign structure, tracking and optimisation.

SEO

Directs technical, on-page and local SEO delivery and measurement.

Web development

Sets the brief for fast, conversion-focused websites.

Selected work Umar directed

Real UpStream projects with a note on the founder's role. These are UpStream team results, not solo work.

AC Repair Sharjah (Noor Al Fareej)

Directed the search-focused website and local SEO structure.

A fast, search-focused website for an AC repair business serving Sharjah and Ajman.

Green Graphic

Led the custom website and e-commerce build direction.

A website and SEO for a Dubai advertising, printing and vehicle branding company.

PRISM Learning

Set the brief for the bespoke learning-concierge website.

A website and SEO for a Dubai IB Diploma tutoring and learning concierge.

PSM Parts World

Guided the WooCommerce catalogue build for a trade audience.

A WooCommerce store for a DENSO auto parts distributor, built so trade customers can navigate a large catalogue.

The team in action

The UpStream Solutions team of three in the studio
The core team in the studio
The UpStream Solutions team outside Elive Glow Ladies Salon during a client visit
On a client site visit in Sharjah
The UpStream Solutions team in a meeting room reviewing a client property presentation
Reviewing a client campaign

Real UpStream team and client-visit photography. Pictured clients have not endorsed any individual.

FAQ

About Umar Qaisar

Who is Umar Qaisar?

Umar Qaisar is the founder and managing director of UpStream Solutions, a Sharjah-based digital marketing and web development agency serving the UAE.

What is his role at UpStream Solutions?

He leads the strategy and reviews the monthly plan and numbers on the accounts he runs, and directs how the team delivers websites, social media, ads and SEO.

Where is he based?

Umar is based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, and UpStream serves clients across the UAE.

How can I contact him professionally?

Connect with Umar on LinkedIn, or send a brief through the UpStream contact page and the team will coordinate your enquiry.

Contact Umar

Umar Qaisar is the founder and managing director of UpStream Solutions, a Sharjah-based digital growth agency serving businesses across the UAE. He combines a technology background with hands-on marketing and business leadership, leading strategy and reviewing the monthly numbers on the accounts he runs so that websites, social media, ads and reporting work as one connected system rather than disconnected services.

Enquiries are coordinated by the UpStream team. Send a brief through the contact page and note it is for Umar, and it will be routed to him.

Want to talk to the founder?

Send a short brief and Umar or the team will reply on WhatsApp within one working hour.

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