Hello, my name is

MohammadAli Farahbakhsh

CTO

About me

Hi, Im Ali, the CTO of farmflow. After graduating with a Master's degree in Computer Networks, I managed the Hardware & Network department for almost 20 years in different workplaces. I was introduced to the first founders by a friend when they were looking for an engineering and technical mind. Now we are working together to solve the biggest challenges that farmers face in digital world.

Education

My Experience

2017/9-2019/7

MASTER DEGREE IN COMPUTER NETWORKS

IRANIAN UNIVERSITY, TEHRAN, IRAN

2022/1-NOW

Farmflow company

Cto & co-founder

  • Developing the company's strategy for using technology
  • Ensuring technologies are used efficiently, profitably and securely.
  • Implementation and evaluation of new systems and infrastructure
  • Setting the company's technical strategy to enable it to achieve its goals.
  • Identifying and investing in the technologies that will drive the company's success.
  • Drives customer excellence in UI and UX
  • 2003/2-2005/2

    BACHELOR DEGREE IN MECHANICAL ENGENEERING

    ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN, TAHRAN , IRAN

    20171 – Now

    Behran Oil Company

    Head of Hardware & Network department

    Management of network and hardware development and support team including helpdesks, network administrators, project managers, and being responsible for IT asset management, hardware and network improvement, design, development plans. Plan and implement IT service management system based on ITIL. Prepare a network security improvement plan based on the current situation, risk assessment and penetration test results, redesign the network architecture and implementation in order to provide secure service to local and remote users, server security, data protection, high availability, reliability, integrity.

    2008

    MCSA
    MCSE
    MCSE
    SECURITY MCTS

    IRANIAN UNIVERSITY, TEHRAN, IRAN

    2007/2-2017/1

    Behran Oil Company

    Network ADMINISTRATOR

  • Installation and implementation of LAN at the refinery of the company including copper and fiber optics cabling, Cisco L2 and L3 switch configuration, Cisco router configuration, load balancer and access point configuration.
  • Maintain and administer a network including 4 sites and 40+ infrastructure and application servers in a Windows 2003/2008/2012/2016 server environment and 400+ client in a Windows xp/7/8/10 environment.
  • Implementing, maintaining and troubleshooting of network infrastructure servers such as domain controller, DNS, DHCP, WSUS and MS-Exchange.
  • Develop network security measures, Installation, configuration and troubleshooting of network security devices such as Cyberoam UTM, Fortigate firewall, Fortiweb WAF and other security probes.
  • Evaluate and identify security vulnerabilities, provide recommendations, design secure architecture and implement remediation.
  • Designing and implementing of network architecture in separate network zones and making communication structure between zones through the firewall.
  • Datacenter design and implementation Design of network topology and implementation on fiber optics and copper cable.
  • Creating a data backup mechanism for servers’ data using backup operating tools such as Acronis, Veritas backup exec, … on HP tape media and SAN storage simultaneously.
  • Installing, configuring, troubleshooting of Cisco L2, L3 switches and routers.
  • Setup and configuration of HP servers and SAN storage.
  • Implementing and configuring of Vmware ESXI hypervisor, Vcenter, Veeam backup and replication, creating virtual machines and virtual switches.
  • Document network infrastructure, network equipment configuration, server roles, security policies.
  • Train users and promote security awareness to ensure system security and to improve server and network efficiency. Monitor network performance via network monitoring softwares.
  • 2003/7-2007/2

    Behran Oil Company

    Network Technician (Help desk)

  • Supporting 200+ network users, troubleshoot and resolve the problems of network clients include hardware problems, software and business application problems, issues related to operating system and client-side network problems.
  • Perform network configuration on clients such as TCP/IP configuration
  • Creating asset ID card for all network equipment such as computers, printers, scanners, displays, … include their specifications, maintenance history, …
  • Assemble computers, Installation of software, hardware, operating system, device drivers, business application software.
  • Maintain office equipment such as printers, scanners, faxes, copiers, workstations and servers