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Babak Vahdat is a Managing Director and seasoned software engineer with 14 years of professional experience based in Thalwil, Zurich, combining leadership of a consulting firm with deep hands-on development. He holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science from ETH Zürich and has a long track record in banking and enterprise systems from roles at Credit Suisse and UBS. A pragmatic full‑stack developer and Apache Camel PMC member, he contributes to notable open-source projects such as hawtio—improving JVM management consoles—and maintains Camel examples focused on robustness and best practices. Babak blends backend expertise (Java, ETL, messaging) with frontend polish and build-tool know-how, routinely addressing compiler warnings, tests, and embedded server tuning. As a founder-led consultant he pairs client-facing delivery with code-level ownership, often stepping into both architecture and implementation. An uncommon thread through his career is sustained open-source stewardship, signaling commitment to community-quality software beyond day-to-day consulting.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc. Computer Science, M.Sc. Computer Science at ETH Zürich
Medicine, dropout with no degree, Medicine, dropout with no degree at Marmara University
Contributions:68 commits, 4 PRs, 1 branch in 10 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Babak primarily contributed to improving and maintaining example applications within the Apache Camel framework. Their work involved refactoring code to adhere to Java Collection API best practices, fixing coding style (CS) and compiler warnings. They also addressed broken examples, particularly related to Spring JMS and ETL, improving the overall functionality and stability of the examples. Furthermore, the user made various polishments and code cleanups, demonstrating attention to code quality and maintainability.
Hawtio web console helps you manage your JVM stuff and stay cool!
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:27 commits, 2 comments, 1 issue in 4 months
Contributions summary:Babak's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the Hawtio web console, making changes to both the backend and frontend components. They addressed compiler warnings and improved code quality by fixing issues across various modules, including JUnit tests, web proxy functionality, and class scanning. Furthermore, the user modified the Maven indexer and made UI related changes within the web application, including bug fixes. The user also worked on embedded server configurations, updating the Jetty thread pool settings.
consoleweb-appjvmhawtioweb-console
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Babak Vahdat - Managing Director at Cyberlogic Consulting Ltd.