About Farhan Ahmad

Hi, my name is Farhan Ahmad and I am a scientist at heart. For the past few years I have specialized in computer science. I have a Computer Science Bachelors, and I am currently working on my MBA at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Over the past few years I have worked as a developer, implementor and project manager, but starting in January I took the leap to become an entrepreneur and started working on a new startup called ShopFiber.

In addition to my professional career I am also a computer enthusiast. I have explored lots of different technologies, gathering as many useful bits as I can; for more info please see the “Some Facts” section below. As a result of this exploration I have learned how to quickly acquire new knowledge, and apply it. Also, as a basic rule of the “tech. age” I have realized that settling on one programming language or technology is not the way to go, so I have been concentrating on the principles instead of the specific implementations.

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Some Facts

  • Professional status: Co-founder at ShopFiber
  • Operating System Knowledge: UNIX, Linux (ArchLinux, Debian, Ubuntu and Gentoo), most of the Windows flavors including Windows Vista and Windows 7.
  • Fluent in Programming/Scripting/Markup Languages (in no particular order): Python, C++, C#, Visual Basic 6, VBScript, Ruby, Perl, Bash, XSLT, AutoHotkey, SQL, XML, HTML.
  • Knowledge of Frameworks: django (expert), .NET (started with 1.0, upgraded to 2.0, and currently getting started with 3.0), Ruby on Rails (used to develop in).
  • Minor knowledge of TCL, Java (haven’t really had to dive in, but very similar to C#).
  • Protocol Knowledge: HL7 (expert in 2.x, some knowledge of V3 specifics), X12 (very basic), HTTP, FTP, telnet.
  • Contributed to office Python 2.6/3.0 branches.

Changing Metrics

  • Current personal development focus: Discipline.
  • Current tech. goal: Make ShopFiber successful.
  • Current tech. dream toy: Palm pre. Also, for fun I would like to experiment with a Netbook.

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