Hadi Farnoud
Co-Founder at Retime
Tehran, Iran
Summary
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Top SchoolHadi Farnoud is a seasoned entrepreneur and full-stack technologist with 13 years of experience building and scaling product-focused startups from Tehran. As co-founder of Retime and earlier ventures like Kamva and Silk Road Startup, he blends hands-on engineering with strategic product leadership. He holds an MSc in Information Systems from the University of Surrey and a BSc in IT, grounding his startup experience in formal systems and business training. Hadi is an active open-source contributor—his work on the Helpy helpdesk project includes Persian localization and full-stack changes to routing, models, and APIs—illustrating a pragmatic approach to internationalization and backend/frontend integration. He excels at turning customer-facing requirements into maintainable software and often bridges gaps between product, engineering, and local market needs. Known for shipping practical solutions, he pairs entrepreneurial grit with a knack for cross-cultural product adaptation.
13 years of coding experience
BSc, Information Technology, BSc, Information Technology at Islamic Azad UniversityMSc, Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, MSc, Information Systems, Computer Science, Business at University of Surrey
Github Skills (15)
internationalization10
rails10
translation10
ruby-on-rails10
javascript9
api8
user-authentication8
authentication8
devise8
apidoc8
su7
ticket-system7
sup7
knowledge-graph6
knowledge-management6
Programming languages (26)
Github contributions (5)
helpyio/helpy
Jul 2016 - Jul 2018
Helpy is a modern, open source helpdesk customer support application. Features include knowledgebase, community discussions and support tickets integrated with email.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:16 commits, 7 PRs, 69 comments in 2 years
Contributions summary:Hadi contributed to the Helpy project by implementing Persian language translations and updating existing translations. Their work involved modifications to configuration files, model files, and JavaScript assets. Additionally, they made changes to routing, user model, and API endpoints, indicating a full-stack involvement in the project.
integratedsupport-ticketsforumemailknowledge-base
hadifarnoud/Shadowrocket-Conf-Rules
Aug 2020 - Oct 2022
My Shadowrocket config rules for better adblock and proxy.
Contributions:13 commits, 16 pushes in 2 years 2 months
proxyadblockconfigrulesshadowrocket
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