UserProfileManager.GetUserProfile returns null
In the following code, the function getUserProfile was returning null.
private static UserProfile GetUserProfile(User user = null)
UserProfileManager profileManager = UserProfileManager.GetManager();
if (user == null)
UserManager userManager = UserManager.GetManager();
user = userManager.GetUser(SecurityManager.CurrentUserId);
SitefinityProfile profile = null;
if (user != null)
profile = profileManager.GetUserProfile<SitefinityProfile>(user);
return profile;
It returned null, because the user created in sitefinity did not have any data in some required fields (first name, last name, phone # - which I made as a required custom field).
If anyone in the future is creating front end crud for users, I hope this information helps them.