FARHAN FIRAQ

About Me

Currently Engineering Head at Finovate Global

A (Infra Engineer/Backend Programmer )

Spent my first 8 Years of Career in an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem working with founders & Companies as Fractional CTO to help them to take Idea's from Concept to Commercialisation.

Skills :Python (Flask/FastAPI,Opencv,Scipy), MYSQL,DevOps(Docker,EKS,Kubernetes,Jenkis,Lamda,Terraform),ETL Automation,ML Ops ,Vector DBS, Embedded systems)

Projects(Opensource)(2013-2016)

• E-Display For Visually Impaired:, This was my Academic Project Funded by Karnataka State Council For Science & Technology, Also Invited as India's Top 50 Innovations at Intel DST Challenge at IIM-A.
• Braille Power :A Portable Learning Device for Visually Impaired School Children, First few units were crowd funded and distributed for Free.
• AI Website Builder(2013-14) :Did I built ChatGPT before ChatGPT?🤣🤣-Read about this Cool AI Project- Farhan's Blog.

Link to Projects : Farhan's opensource

Products(Commercial)

Fintech/B2B SaaS

• Microchip Payments:Built VoicePay ,i was in the capacity of Co-founder, Raised Investments, first company in India, to Practically bring Real Time UPI QR Code Payments without Internet , featured in yourstory.product demo went viral Got 1 Million users on waiting list!
• Haqean and Microchip Payments :Built Cutting Edge AI based Anti Counterfeiting System , worked as CTO, Covered in Rochester Business Journal.
• Zimyo:Applicant Tracking System used by 2000+ Enterprises, Delivered in the capacity of Assistant Vice President .
• OBAPSandMicrochip Payments:Jointly developed Tax Filing System for Fintech(Acquired), Built Attendance ERP for TMCC Bank. Delivered on Campus Banking for Federal Bank + PaySack.

Awards:

#1Distinguished Alumnus Award

#2Winner- Socio Hacks by HackerEarth.

#3Special Prize Winner at Connected World Hackathon.