He served as the first director of management at the Port of Bosaso, and later as the chief executive officer of Golis Telecom Somalia.

Warsame was born in 1964 in Seemada, a village near the Jariban District in the Mudug province of the autonomous Puntland state in northeastern Somalia.

His late father was a lawyer, judge, politician, intellectual, and community and religious leader who was part of the local independence movement in the 1940s and 1950s.

[1] He started his career as a Financial and Administrative Controller for Man and Brothers, a private firm in the water facility installation industry.

When the civil war broke out in Somalia in 1991, Warsame relocated to the northern regions of Puntland where he spent more years.

He received the endorsement of former Puntland Interim Vice President Mohamed Ali Yusuf "Gaagaab", who dropped out of the race on 2 January 2014.

[4] On 28 January 2014, Warsame was appointed Puntland's Minister of Education by the region's new President Abdiweli Mohamed Ali.

Additionally, Warsame is a trustee of the UK-based MURDA charity, which offers training and educational programs overseas.

He received the endorsement of former Puntland Interim Vice President Mohamed Ali Yusuf "Gaagaab", who dropped out of the race on 2 January 2014.