Backend – API|IoT – Embedded Systems|Web Development
EMPWRD – Masters Thesis
Platform that allows paralyzed and ALS patients (e.g. Stephen Hawking) to type at least 300% faster than the rate achieved by Stephen Hawking using Intel’s ACAT system…
For my latest profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevedafer
Platform that allows paralyzed and ALS patients (e.g. Stephen Hawking) to type at least 300% faster than the rate achieved by Stephen Hawking using Intel’s ACAT system…
Carpolo is a smart carpooling platform with a gamified points reward system and analytics tools to promote carpooling for communities. I lead the team and developed the full backend including…
Control devices just by looking at them!…
Developed the system for working with brainwaves (EEG) data which is linked to training programs that are designed to help children who suffer from reading disorders (e.g. Dyslexia)…
The World’s First Smart Indoor Plant Waterer Developed the dashboard and both mobile apps (Android and iOS): https://app.getgoldoon.com/ Developed the backend and RESTful API that connect…
This is an internal tool I developed for a company in C#. The tool reads an SQL database (MSSQL, MySQL, over remote connection or from a file), and generates all the necessary files for the…
A Windows Phone 8 game developed in C# and XAML. Meant to be played multi-player where the phone is placed on a flat surface and the players are facing each other; the smiley face starts to…
Drawing and coloring app that received attention from Intel and was ported to Windows 8 RT….
Learning platform with robotics, coding, artificial intelligence and many more courses to come! I implemented part of the backend and the browser-based compiler….
Social Information Monitoring tool by Humanitarian Innovation Labs (UNICEF) Developed the “smart” system that scrapes Facebook groups and analyzes posts and comments of refugees and help UNICEF…
A prototype for an artificial bladder that replaces a cancerous one and can be controlled via a mobile app…
Hatch n’ Catch is a fun-to-play education game that requires players to run after each other thus merging physical activities with virtual games!…
Weekend project IoT device, uses ESP8266 to send messages to the landlord when smoke is detected or power is interrupted….
Coffee lover, engineer, tinkerer, programmer, developer, teacher, team lead, product owner, speaker and mentor.
Over my 13-year-career, I’ve developed and delivered SaaS as well as single-tenant solutions ranging from web & mobile apps, to desktop and cloud apps, to IoT and electronic solutions, to banking ATMs and self-service kiosks.
I’ve been through several incubators and accelerators, and have won many prestigious competitions and prizes!
My interests are very broad, but I surely do specialize in a few technologies (mostly backend and cloud).
~ 13 years of experience in Backend Solutions (SaaS and single-tenant)
~ 8 years of experience in node.js and cloud solutions (mainly in AWS and Azure)
~ 3 years of experience in .Net, .Net Core, and C#
~ 5 years of experience as a team lead, including fulfilling product owner and scrum master roles
~ 4 years of experience with IoT solutions
~ 1.5 years of experience in Python, FastAPI, Apache Airflow
~ 1 year graduate course instructor at Dalhousie University – Designed and taught the technical aspects of the Tech innovation course (3 semesters – full year)
~ 1 year of experience in Java
Many innovation and mentorship awards including Microsoft Imagine Cup and Discovery Center Award for Innovation
I’d like to invite you to check my Medium Blog:
https://medium.com/@stevedafer
Besides my work, I like to research artificial intelligence topics;
I have several publications in the field of keystroke dynamics so far, and I believe that books are our current implementation of telepathy.
