• Making higher-level and low-level engineering design decisions in the development of proprietary face recognition technology and related products.• Involved in research and continual improvements of core technologies, which include face detection & recognition for purposes of secure authentication and photo tagging, as well as face expression / emotion recognition (FER) systems.• Current major focus of company is security application, with clients in the financial services and time-keeping sectors.• Source code development in C++ & Java & Objective-C & PHP & JavaScript (Node.js) in the area of mobile application development (Android & iOS), server application, and local application development on Windows.• Server architecture design and development using various Amazon AWS products.• Working as part of a small team, owning projects and subprojects independently from the ground-up.• Oral and written communication (writing design docs and generating reports).• Maintenance and configuration of servers using command line environment (Bash shell).Our promotional site: https://appliedrecognition.com/

• Working on various web projects for Prof. Paul Bouissac, University of Toronto, who has worked in the field of semiotics for over 30 years. Over a span of about 10 years, worked on various projects, including system administration, internet security, managing web content, and research publication copy editing. Designed a peer-review web-based tool for the Public Journal of Semiotics, currently transferred over to new management, that allowed for permission-based article submission, multiple-phase review, and publication: [https://journals.lub.lu.se/pjos] Presently assisting in the management of a global semiotics information magazine SemiotiX, which has a wide reaching audience in science: [https://semioticon.com/semiotix/] • Hired by Fresh Feedback (formerly ngage360 Inc.) to create a custom server-based solution to email retail-store coupons as rewards to customers for filling out satisfaction surveys. Also involved were intelligently processing survey data and generating interactive reports. Main customer at the time was Roots Canada. [http://www.freshfeedback.ca/]• Worked for Bionym Inc. on biometrics projects, ranging from ECG (heart rhythm signature) to face recognition. Work involved algorithm R&D - working with custom hardware/electronics - and software design & development.The current product in production for the company is called Nymi, which allows for making NFC transactions, secured using heart signature, by wearing a wristband. My early work was instrumental in the success of this product. [https://nymi.com/]• Contracted by InteraXon as a software & hardware developer for a project to remotely control landmarks in Ontario during Vancouver Olympics 2010. Part of the work consisted of incorporating an EEG (brain waves) device as user input.The current product in production for the company is called muse. [http://www.choosemuse.com/]

• Designed a custom stepper motor controller of commercial Linear Shift Mechanisms (LSM) used to operate research equipment. This device allowed for multiplexed control and feedback of 5 LSMs using a custom-made remote with an LCD display. This design saved the lab about 1 order of magnitude in cost, as opposed to purchasing a commercial system. This was part of a larger system used for material research, including photovoltaic and other semi-conductor research.• Designed a custom solar simulator, which involved control circuitry (PIC microcontroller), stepper motors and various sensors. This device was integrated with a LabVIEW program. The goal of the system was to perform spectral analysis (how different frequencies of light) affect photovoltaic cells.• Created and maintained a computer program, which allowed for remote operation and data processing and storage for a Digital Tritium Monitor (DTM). The DTM was used by organizations, specifically American, in the dissembling of nuclear bombs, back when it was still popular ;) It had other applications in nuclear power plants to monitor and control the level of tritium in water.• Aided in the construction and troubleshooting of miscellaneous lab equipment. The lab contains over 2 million dollars of equipment, because it is specialized for material research.The lab's site is: http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~kherani/

• Worked as part of a research team developing face recognition based biometric encryption to be used in OLG’s casinos and gaming locations. The project was initiated by the Privacy Commissioner of Ontario Ann Cavoukian and is currently in production.• Our component allows for the self-exclusion program to actually work, without sacrificing the privacy of the clients. Self Exclusion program is an initiative by OLG and the government to allow persons who have a gambling problem to voluntarily sign up, and be escorted by personnel if they subsequently enter a casino. Face recognition technology is required to pick out suspects entering the casino.• Our job was to make sure private data stored for each client, such as the name, address, and other details is protected from the organization itself (OLG). Utilizing novel biometric encryption technology, we were able to encrypt private data using the face of each client.• Duties included literature research and experimentation using MATLAB in the area of biometric encryption.• Solely responsible for C/C++ implementation to be delivered to OLG.The site for OLG is: http://www.olg.caThe site for Ann Cavoukian (Privacy Commissioner) is: https://www.ryerson.ca/pbdce/about/ann-cavoukian/

• Worked on the JSF (Joint Strike Fighter) military aircraft’s IPP (Integrated Power Package) controller.• Designed and examined test cases, catered to strict formal requirements, and produced structured documentation indicating the completion of the test phases.• Issues found were flowed to the software, hardware and control systems group for redesign in an iterative and incremental development process.• Acquired effective organizational skills by handling multiple tasks, including managing one of the test lanes and developing custom tools in MS Visual C++, Excel, Access and DOORS DXL.• One of the tools developed (AVTO) in MS Visual C++ was used for fast automatic verification of numerous test-panel output. It was used extensively on the JSF programme, as well as other concurrent Honeywell programmes.