Athif Shaffy
Founder Software Developer at The Alpha Nova
Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolAthif Shaffy is a founder and software developer with nine years of hands-on experience building production software and leading small engineering teams. Based in Greater Sudbury, he combines entrepreneurial drive—now running The Alpha Nova—with applied teaching as a part-time college professor in databases, software engineering, and IoT protocols. His background spans full-stack roles and leadership at companies like Maestro Digital Mine, 99x, and comAlpine, plus early exposure to AI chatbot work at IBM integrating Watson APIs. Athif holds a first-class honours degree in Computer Software Engineering and a graduate certificate in Mobile Application Development, reflecting a blend of rigorous academics and practical mobile/IoT focus. He emphasizes "skin in the game"—preferring ownership and delivery over theory—and brings a pragmatic, product-oriented mindset to engineering problems. Notably, he pairs entrepreneurial risk-taking with classroom mentorship, helping translate real-world projects into teachable learning for students.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science & Economics, Cambridge AL, Computer Science & Economics, Cambridge AL at Lyceum International School, NugegodaGraduate Certificate, Mobile Application Development, Graduate Certificate, Mobile Application Development at Cambrian CollegeBachelor’s Degree, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Software Engineering at University of Staffordshire
English, Tamil, Sinhala
Github Skills (156)
fitness10
ui-components10
openstreetmap10
javascript10
client-library10
ionic-storage10
ionic10
desktop-application10
html10
swift10
nodejs-client10
cli10
angular10
json10
progressive-web-apps10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
alphagamer7/CryptoCrashWeb
Dec 2022 - Dec 2022
Contributions:56 commits, 1 PR, 44 pushes in 15 days
athifashaffy/conversation-simple
Feb 2017 - Jul 2026
A simple sample application demonstrating the conversation api.
Contributions:3 pushes in 9 years 5 months
apireactconversationnodejssample-application
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