Matin Walizada

Board Chair

Matin Walizada is Chair and Presiden of the Farsi Speakers Community of Afghanistan in the USA  and Director of Operations at Alliance for Refugees and Immigrants, March 2023 – Present he is a seasoned professional with over 7 years of comprehensive experience in Java/J2EE application design and development. His expertise spans the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Maintenance, and Support. With a strong background in microservices architecture, Matin is proficient in various technologies such as Spring Framework, J2EE Design Patterns, Spring IOC, and Hibernate.

He has extensive experience in utilizing ORM frameworks like Hibernate and JPA, integrating them with Spring ORM, and employing MVC architecture for application development using JSP, JavaBeans, and Servlets. Matin is adept at creating and consuming SOAP/REST Web Services using JAX-WS, JAX-RS, WSDL, SOAP, and JSON messages, and has expertise in XML technologies such as XML, XSL, XSLT, XPath, SAX, DOM, DTD, and Schema.

With a deep understanding of J2EE design patterns like Session Façade, Business Object (BO), Service Locator, Data Transfer Object (DTO), and Data Access Object (DAO), Singleton, and Factory, Matin brings a wealth of knowledge to his projects. He has hands-on experience in client-side development with HTML5, CSS3, AJAX, JSON, JavaScript, and jQuery, as well as proficiency in JDBC Programming and writing SQL Queries, PL/SQL stored procedures, Functions, and packages.

Education:

  • Bachelor in Information Systems from Khurasan University, Afghanistan (Dec 2010)
  • Bachelors in BA From the University at Albany NY (May 2022)
  • Graduated From Shahid Balkhi High School in 2018

Professional Experience:

  • Chair and President, Farsi Speakers Community of Afghanistan in the USA
  • Infosys, December 2020 – August 2023, Technical Lead
    • Responsibilities:
      • Implemented Model View Controller (MVC) architecture using Spring Framework.
      • Developed user interfaces using JSP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery.
      • Designed a Logging system using the log4j framework.
      • Developed SOAP Web Services deployed on WebSphere application servers.
      • Guided team members and resolved technical conflicts.
      • Conducted Unit testing.
  • Matin also has a rich background in education, having served as an instructor in various capacities. From 2018 to 2024, he shared his expertise by teaching Java Technologies at Kayhan Academy. Before that, from 2008 to 2015, he instructed ESL courses at Khurasan Kabir Sciences Academy.

Professional Skills:

  • J2EE Technologies: Servlets, JSP, JDBC, JPA, JMS, JNDI.
  • Web Technologies: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Bootstrap, Angular Material, jQuery, AJAX, JSON.
  • Frameworks: Spring, Hibernate.
  • XML/ Web Services: JAX-WS, Apache CXF, Restful.
  • Databases: Oracle, MySQL, MS-SQL.
  • Application / Web Servers: JBoss, Apache Tomcat, IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic.
  • Methodology / Design Pattern: OOAD, UML, DAO, Singleton Pattern, Front Controller, Factory Pattern.
  • IDEs: IBM RAD, Eclipse, NetBeans.
  • Operating Systems: Windows, LINUX, UNIX.
  • Other Tools: ANT, Maven, JUnit, Log4J, CVS, SVN, Clear Case.

Matin Walizada’s diverse professional background and technical proficiency make him a valuable asset in any project or organization. He brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the table, coupled with strong leadership and communication skills.