Ontario, Canada

I turn complex problems into practical solutions.

I'm Mohannad — a technology professional, systems thinker, and hands-on builder. I work across software, integrations, and technical delivery, while exploring ideas and building useful things beyond the day job.

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Fintech
Utility software
Systems integration
Technical delivery
Independent building

01 / What I do

Between the requirement and the working system.

Most of my work happens in the space where a business need meets an existing architecture. Understanding both sides is usually what decides whether a delivery succeeds.

Implement

Take a complicated requirement and turn it into something that runs: solution design, configuration, integrations, testing, launch.

Experience

Integrate

Connect systems that were never designed to work together. APIs, files, identity, data, and the failure modes in between.

Technical capabilities

Build

Design and ship independent projects, from a shared household product to a home lab and physical infrastructure work.

Projects

Understand the system first

Most problems are not where they first appear. I try to map the dependencies, constraints, and people involved before choosing a solution.

Choose the simplest path that holds

A solution a team can operate, debug, and extend is usually worth more than an elegant one nobody can maintain.

Stay hands-on

I learn by building and troubleshooting. Reading about a system only gets you so far; running it teaches you the rest.

02 / Selected work

All projects

Things I am building, and why.

Independent projects across product development, infrastructure, and physical systems. Each one is documented honestly, including what is finished and what is still an idea.

All projects

01In development

Basket

A shared household grocery-list app built around a simple idea: everyone should know what is already being bought.

Product development

Illustration of a utility customer portal concept showing account balance, usage, and service actions.

02Concept

UtilitGate

A product concept for a modern utility customer experience, shaped by years of implementing utility billing and customer systems.

Product concept

03Ongoing

HomeLab

An ongoing infrastructure project built on Raspberry Pis, Linux, Tailscale, and self-hosted services.

Infrastructure and learning

Site plan illustration of an olive orchard with water storage, a solar array, and monitoring points.

04Long-term project

Olive Farm Project

An agricultural infrastructure project in the Homs countryside, Syria, spanning orchard development, water, power, and remote monitoring.

Physical infrastructure

03 / Experience

Full experience

Shipping software in the real world.

Fintech and utility software, from client-facing consulting to technical leadership and delivery. The through-line is implementation: making complex systems work for the people who depend on them.

Full experience

Present

Senior Technical Implementation Manager / Senior Client Implementation Specialist

Paymentus

Fintech · Implementation

2022 — 2025

Team Lead, Technical Services

Advanced Utility Systems

Technical leadership · Utility software

2019 — 2021

Technical Consultant

Advanced Utility Systems

Consulting · Utility software

04 / Technical capabilities

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A toolkit built around delivery.

Not a list of everything I have touched. These are the areas I work in regularly, from solution design through production stabilization.

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Technical implementation and solution architecture

Technical implementation · Solution design · Application architecture · Requirements analysis

API integrations and authentication

REST APIs · SOAP services · SFTP integrations · Single sign-on (SSO)

Programming and scripting

JavaScript / Node.js · Python · SQL · Scripting and automation

Databases and data

SQL querying · Data mapping · Data validation · File-based data exchange

Infrastructure and networking

Linux · Docker and containers · Raspberry Pi · Tailscale

AI and automation

Local LLM experimentation · AI tooling evaluation · Workflow automation · Practical AI integration

Technical leadership and delivery

Technical mentoring · Knowledge sharing · Cross-functional coordination · Project coordination

05 / Journal

All articles

Notes from the work.

Technical write-ups, project updates, and reflections on building systems — including the parts that did not go as planned.

All articles

October 24, 2026Designing offline sync for Basket3 min read September 18, 2026What a home lab taught me about DNS2 min read August 30, 2026Integrations fail at the edges3 min read

06 / Beyond technology

Curiosity outside the job description.

Most of what I have learned came from projects nobody assigned: a product for my own household, a home lab, a piece of land that has to run without me nearby.

Entrepreneurship

I am interested in whether a useful solution can stand on its own commercially. That means thinking about the problem, the people who have it, and what it would take to serve them well — not just whether the software can be built.

Independent product development

Basket exists because a household problem kept showing up. Building it means owning the design, the data model, the mobile client, the offline behavior, and the decisions about what not to build.

Practical DIY projects

I like projects where software meets something physical: power, water, connectivity, and monitoring on a rural property. The feedback is slower and less forgiving, which makes it a useful counterweight to software work.

Contact

Have a useful problem? Let's talk.

I am interested in thoughtful conversations about technology, product ideas, implementation challenges, and practical projects.

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