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Here's more than what you might want to know about me...
Birthday 2nd February

Place of Birth Dhaka, Bangladesh (South Asia)
Horoscope Aquarius (Bengali: Kumbho, Chinese: Water Dog)
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ENTP
Blood Group A Positive
I Love Computers, Internet, IRC, trance music, and my mom
I Hate Spywares, crowded places, endless waiting, stubborn and
proud people
Strength Godgifted talent of creativity and "wild"
imagination
Weakness Instability, fear of intimacy, and nice cleavages (ahem!)
Greatest Passion Computing and photography
Greatest Possession Mom
Greatest Necessity Happiness
Greatest Fear Losing my near and dear ones
Interests Technology, television media, video production, event
management, and astronomy. Computer related interest includes: Linux, Open
Source software, CMS, wide area networking and security issues.
Friends Some real great human beings with great hearts - meet them!
Enemies People who underestimate me
Relationship Status Single and seeking!
Hobbies Computing, philately,
SETI@home,
photography, and abstract painting
GPG Key ID 91F003D2
Key Fingerprint 46F7 968E 01D9 1FE0 56A0 8998 A55A 2782 91F0 03D2
Registered Linux User # 257084
Registered Ubuntu User # 8989
Geek Code, OmniCode & Blogger Code
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Organisations I Was / Am Involved
Boy Scout Movement:
- Scout (1993-1994)
- Assistant Petrol Leader (1994-1995)
- Petrol Leader (1995-1996)
- Assistant Senior Petrol Leader (1997)
- Senior Petrol Leader (1997)
I am proud to be an ex-scout of Dhanmondi Tutorial boy scout unit.
Linux and FOSS Organisations:
I am an active contributor of various international FOSS organizations including International Open Source Network.
Other Organisations:
Technical Skills

Hardware:
I have used IBM XT, AT, RS-6000 and various generic AT-bus 386 and 486 boxes, Pentium, MMX, Pro, II, Celeron, III, 4; AMD K5, K6, Athlon, Duron, Xeon and Cyrix boxes. I have worked with different brands and types of ethernet hubs, modems, swtiches, routers, radio link and wi-fi equipments.
Operating Systems:
"Geek by nature, Linux by choice"
I am well equipped with various flavours and look-a-likes of UNIX. I have more than 10 years of working experience with numerous GNU/Linux distributions, including Red Hat, Fedora, Debian, Slackware, SuSE, Mandrake, Mandriva, Gentoo, Yopper, Ubuntu, Dragon Linux, Damn Small Linux, and more. I also have years of working experience of FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Novel Netware.
Also, I am expert in Microsoft DOS and all the varients of Windows operating system. I have developed software under DOS, 9x, NT4, 2000, and XP.
Languages:
My high level languages include C, C++, TCL, COBOL, Pascal, Perl, and several BASICs.
While studying at University, I lead my team "City Whiz" at the Asia Regionals of prestigious ACM International
Collegiate Programming Contest 2003 (BUET) and 2004 (North South University).
Speaking Experience
- Introduction to Linux and Open Source Software
- April 7, 2005 at North South University, Dhaka
- Use of ICT in Classrooms
- Septerber 29, 2005 at Mahmudunnabi Foundation, Chittagong
- Training of the Trainers: Computer Essentials
- February 18, 2006 at Kala Kakali High School, Chittagong
- Teacher Professional Development Using Linux
- March 9 to March 13, 2006 at Central Gono Bidyalaya, Sonargoan
- Migrating to Linux: An Introduction to Open Source Tools
- June 15, 2006 at North South University, Dhaka
- Free and Open Source Software: Development Opportunities (Keynote Speech)
- Semptember 17, 2006 at BCS Computer Show 2006, Dhaka
- Ubuntu Linux for Home Users
- April 8, 2007 at East West University, Dhaka
- Prospects of ICT in Journalism: Status and Trends
- March 24, 2008 at BRAC Training and Resource Centre, Savar
Photography Exhibitions
- Sidr Aid Photography Exhibition
- January 27, 2008 to January 31, 2008 at Russian Cultural Center, Dhanmondi, Dhaka
- "Ekshathe Dekhi"
- February 1, 2008 to February 3, 2008 at Chobir Haat, Shahbag, Dhaka
- Samudra Gupta Aid Photography Exhibition
- May 29, 2008 to July 3, 2008 at Institure of Fine Arts, Dhaka University, Dhaka
Work Experience
- March 2008 to Present - CEO, Compurius
- August 2007 to Present - Managing Partner, SiproTech Systems
- May 2005 to Septepmber 2006 - Information Technology Officer, Relief International
- May 2004 to November 2004 - System Analyst, Bangladesh Rubber Industries
- July 2002 to March 2004 - Technical Director, Polaris Systems
- March 2002 to May 2002 - Course Instructor, FasTracKids International
- February 2001 to December 2002 - Technical Specialist (Volunteer), You Owe Me, Inc.
- April 1999 to May 1999 - Asst. Programmer, Advantech Limited
I have worked in at least 50 companies as a free-lance consultant/technical advisor since
1997.
Education
Diploma in Fine Arts
Advanced Diploma in Fine Arts
Basic Photography Course @ Pathshala
Edexcel GCE O' Level
Edexcel GCE A' Level
B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering
Test of English as a Foreign Language
Scholastic Aptitude Test I
CompTia Linux+
Cisco Certified Network Associate

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