Farhad Khalafi
Founder & Technologist at Opait Software
Englewood, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolFarhad Khalafi is a founder and technologist with nine years of focused experience building AI-driven data extraction and document analytics products that unlock information trapped in unstructured files. He has repeatedly moved organizations from brittle, template-driven workflows to scalable, analytic and machine-learning powered pipelines—most recently leading Opait Software’s work on automated table, field and NLP extraction for financial documents. His background spans founding multiple startups and senior R&D roles where he designed multi-tier, high-throughput systems in C++, C# and cloud/SaaS environments for enterprise-scale archiving and processing. A PhD in Quantum Physics from Cambridge underpins a rigorous, research-first approach to applied engineering and algorithm design. Notably, his work has been deployed across invoice-to-cash automation, large-scale document archiving and early codec implementations, reflecting both deep systems engineering and practical productization. Based in Englewood, Colorado, he combines entrepreneurial leadership with hands-on development to deliver production-grade solutions for finance and RPA use cases.
9 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Quantum Physics, Ph.D., Quantum Physics at University of Cambridge, UKBSc, Nuclear Engineering with Physics, BSc, Nuclear Engineering with Physics at University of London, UK
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Github Skills (18)
ocr10
lstm10
ocr-engine10
tesseract10
protector10
machine-learning9
csharp6
security6
dotnet6
excel2
interop1
netframework1
netstandard1
unsafe1
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
OpaitSoftware/TesseractStudio.Net
Nov 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:6 commits, 2 comments in 2 months
FarhadKhalafi/TesseractStudio.Net
Oct 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:8 pushes in 18 days
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