Behfar Lotfizadeh
Chair at Otafest
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Top SchoolBehfar Lotfizadeh is a versatile technology leader and operations specialist with 10 years of experience building tools and processes that make organizations run smoother. Based in Calgary, he blends hands-on technical work—automating onboarding, integrating ticketing and barcode systems, and developing internal web apps—with leadership of large volunteer-driven events as Chair of Otafest. At Reach and prior roles he has driven TechOps, negotiated vendor contracts, and created integrations that reduced manual work and improved visibility and security. He has a background in science and education from the University of Calgary and a knack for turning repetitive tasks into automated solutions, regularly delivering multi-hour-to-day savings across teams. Known as an “amateur programmer and streamer,” he brings a practical, user-focused mindset to tooling and documentation that helps both technical and non-technical stakeholders. His combination of event operations, client-facing implementation experience, and automation-first thinking makes him effective at scaling people, processes, and systems.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.), Secondary Science Education, Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.), Secondary Science Education at University of Calgary
French, Persian, English
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Github Skills (30)
avatar9
jquery9
twitch9
javascript-api9
excel9
api9
linkedin9
rest-api8
streaming8
mongodb8
javascript-react8
rest8
aws8
monitors8
aws-lambda8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
brofar/TwitchMonitor
Jul 2021 - Dec 2022
Monitors Twitch streams and posts to discord.
Contributions:43 commits, 2 PRs, 45 pushes in 1 year 5 months
monitorsdiscordbotstreamsdiscord-bot
ff8-speedruns/fish-fins
Jan 2022 - Aug 2024
Final Fantasy 8 fish fin manipulation calculator
Contributions:4 PRs, 29 pushes, 10 branches in 2 years 7 months
final-fantasy-viiispeedrunning
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