Teshager Kefale
Founder & Chief Technology Officer at Biofect Innovations
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolTeshager Kefale is the Founder and CTO of Biofect Innovations, applying nine years of experience at the intersection of synthetic biology and software to make biology a programmable manufacturing technology. With a PhD in Synthetic Biology from the University of Waterloo and an MSc in Biochemistry from the University of Calgary, he leads strain development and precision fermentation efforts that bridge lab automation, computational design, and entrepreneurial productization. Based in Old Toronto, he blends hands-on research rigor with IT enthusiasm, building reproducible tools and solutions others can adopt and improve. Teshager’s background uniquely positions him to translate complex biological workflows into scalable, developer-friendly platforms for bio-manufacturing. He’s equally comfortable in the wet lab and the codebase, often focusing on practical implementations that accelerate commercialization.
9 years of coding experience
Master's degree - MSc, Biochemistry, Master's degree - MSc, Biochemistry at University of CalgaryDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Synthetic Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Synthetic Biology at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (49)
python10
home-assistant-integration10
google-home9
proximity-sensor9
mqtt9
home-assistant9
iot9
home-automation9
raspberry-pi9
asyncio8
speedtest7
screensaver7
internet-of-things7
plugin6
drobo5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
biofects/HA-Unifi-Speedtest
Jan 2025 - Mar 2026
This Home Assistant custom integration provides real-time speed test monitoring for UniFi networks. It allows you to track download speed, upload speed, and ping directly within Home Assistant.
Contributions:16 releases, 1 review, 15 PRs in 1 year 1 month
home-assistantmonitoringspeedtesthahome-assistant-integration
biofects/simple_sticky_note
Aug 2024 - Oct 2025
Home Assistant Simple Sticky Note. This will allow you to have a card on the home page to leave messages. No need to go to another screen or deal with popups edit message on card
Contributions:11 releases, 41 PRs, 62 pushes in 1 year 2 months
gohome-assistanthahome-assistant-plugin
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