Shahzad Akram
Sr. Information Security Analyst
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolShahzad Akram is a seasoned Sr. Information Security Analyst in Chicago with over 15 years in IT and eight years focused on security and systems leadership. He blends deep Windows server, Active Directory, and desktop lifecycle expertise from long tenures at Advocate Health Care with current security responsibilities at Sinai Chicago. A self-taught programmer and trained chemist, Shahzad contributes to open-source tooling—most notably improving math rendering and KaTeX performance in a popular flutter_tex package—showing a knack for full-stack problem solving beyond traditional sysadmin work. He’s known for pragmatic automation, proactive monitoring, and cross-team technical reviews that reduce incidents before they surface. Comfortable both troubleshooting cluster and IIS issues and optimizing hospital-scale desktop environments, he pairs operational rigor with hands-on coding to harden and streamline complex systems.
8 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
IDS/MIS Science, IDS/MIS Science at University of Illinois ChicagoSystem Networking and LAN/WAN Management/Manager, System Networking and LAN/WAN Management/Manager at College of DuPage
english, urdu, hindi, punjabi
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Github Skills (18)
flutter-apps10
latex10
katex10
mathjax10
flutter-game10
flutter10
webview9
android-webview9
html8
css8
javascript8
google-play-console6
dart6
flutter-packages6
android-studio6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
Shahxad-Akram/flutter_tex
Jul 2019 - Mar 2022
A Flutter Package to render Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Equations based on LaTeX
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 132 commits, 14 PRs in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Shahzad resolved font size and rendering issues within the `flutter_tex` package, specifically addressing problems in the MathJax and TeXView components. They optimized performance by adding and improving support for KaTeX, making the rendering of mathematical equations much faster. The user also fixed rendering flashes and removed formula outlines, improving the user experience and visual appearance of the rendered equations. Moreover, the user enhanced the example application and added example code and a Tap event to the TeXView component.
equationsmathflutter-packagechemistryphysics
Shahxad-Akram/webview_flutter_plus
Feb 2022 - Feb 2022
An extension of webview_flutter to load HTML,CSS and Javascript even from Assets or Strings.
Contributions:4 commits, 3 PRs, 41 pushes in 1 day
stringscssjavascriptdartflutter-webview
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