Rastin Mehr - Founder, President at rmd Studio Inc.

Rastin Mehr

Founder, President at rmd Studio Inc.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Rastin Mehr is a Vancouver-based founder and software architect with 12 years of experience building application platforms for scientific, healthcare, and industrial sectors. He leads rmd Studio Inc. and co-created the open-source Anahita social networking framework, contributing backend work on core subsystems like subscriptions, user management, and authorizers. Rastin has launched complementary ventures—Banu for open science data APIs and PurpleRat for mobile products—demonstrating an ability to move ideas from research-grade data sharing to consumer-facing apps. His background includes enterprise eLearning architecture and participation in Mozilla’s WebFWD accelerator, reflecting both product-scale engineering and startup savvy. Notably, his work emphasizes making scientific data and knowledge-sharing systems interoperable and developer-friendly rather than just building isolated apps.

12 years of coding experience

7 years of employment as a software developer

Diploma General Sciences and Arts Studies, Diploma General Sciences and Arts Studies at Capilano University

Startup Accelerator Program, Startup Accelerator Program at Mozilla WebFWD

B.Sc. Computer Science, B.Sc. Computer Science at University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC)

Github Skills (6)

php10

back-end-development10

authorization9

authorizations9

user-management8

database-design8

Programming languages (2)

JavaScriptPHP

Github contributions (5)

anahitasocial/anahita

Aug 2013 - Jan 2023

Anahita is a platform and framework for developing open science and knowledge sharing applications on a social networking foundation.

Role in this project:

Back-end Developer

Contributions:46 releases, 2309 commits, 846 PRs in 9 years 6 months

Contributions summary:Rastin primarily contributed to the backend of the "anahita" platform, focusing on the "Subscriptions" app. They implemented upgrades to the Subscriptions app, which involved modifications to the authorizers and various components. Their work also touched upon areas such as user management, setting of attributes, and core functionality, indicating a focus on the platform's data handling and system logic.

developingsocial-appssharingknowledge-sharingnotifications

rmdstudio/joomlatools-framework-files

Mar 2017 - Dec 2023

Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 10 months

phpjoomlafiles-system

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