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My name is AJ aka Ahmad Junior. I am indigenous Palestinian born refugee in the City of Damascus, Syria and Naturalized Canadian Citizen as of 2003.
On October 26, 1999 we landed in Ottawa, ON following Immigration Visa to Canada. I was only 14 years of age, and I didn't speak a word of English. I attended English as a Second Language High (ESL) School from 2000 to 2003 and graduated with honors seeking higher education.
I earned my B.Eng in Aerospace Electronics and Systems Design with co-operative education option (Stream C) from Carleton University, Class 2009.
In 2006, thanks to paid internship following my 3rd year, I jump started my career at ALCATEL, a French based telecom company. I was at Alcatel for 16 consecutive months before returning to Carleton to complete my degree prerequisites and 4th year project.
Career Journey
Career Journey
Early Career
In April 2010, I landed my first high-tech career stop as a Wireless Audio Applications Engineer at Kleer Semiconductor, an Ottawa based startup. Within my first 3 weeks, I flew to Shenzhen, China to resolve a mass production related issue at a contract OEM, Sanmina. Mission accomplished! Hail AJ 😅
In a very short time, I had acquired intimate knowledge of Kleer's proprietary wireless audio technology and KLR3012 transceiver integration into numerous brand name Hi-Fi Wireless speakers and headphone products, such as Sennheiser, TDK, Zephyr Audio, SMS Audio by the infamous rapper 50Cent to name a few. In Feb 2011, Kleer was acquired by SMSC, which was then later acquired by Microchip.
In June 2011, following "mass" layoffs at Kleer, and owing to my wireless audio experience, I joined Canadian based Paradigm's Professional Audio R&D Division as a Hardware Design Engineer where I honed my design skills and contributed to world class pre-amp and HDMI receiver.
In Jan 2014, I left Paradigm following executive and business unit re-shuffle and joined Ottawa based semiconductor startup Sidense Corp as an NVM OTP IP Field Applications Engineer
I had acquired commanding knowledge of Sidense Antifuse Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) One Time Programmable (OTP) semiconductor intellectual property (IP) and earned the respect of industry leaders, including Analog Devices, Apple, Texas Instruments, IDT Semiconductor, to name a few.
Mid-Late Career
Lending to a solid and diverse engineering, interpersonal, technical, manufacturing, client and project management experience I moved into senior design and management roles at Canadian based startups and product design firms.
I was responsible for complete hardware product development cycle from concept to mass production.
Entrepreneur Engineer
Since 2018, AJ has been contracted on numerous contract projects in Semiconductor, Defence, MedTech, "Green" Energy, PV Solar, Utility BEVs, PV Module design, early flood alarm and detection systems to name a few.
Hello 613Solar...
Hello 613Solar...
👉 In 2021, I made the conscious and free will decision to leave the corporate world and start my own business and expanded my skillset with a diploma in Web Design and App Development
👉 In 2022, I was helping a small business owner and a trusted friend of mine in the green and renewable energy space with focus on Solar Power
In June of 2023, following Government sponsored NetZero mass campaign and lending to my entrepreneurial spirit, diverse engineering and business experience, I launched 613Solar.ca
I started sharing my knowledge, NetZero Research and engineering analysis on LinkedIn. I had published over 140 posts and articles on all things "Green" Renewable Energy technology and limitations.
Over 6 months period, I had one from ZERO to ~290k views before LinkedIn unilaterally suspended my account for explaining, in laymen terms, how the technology works with easy to follow math
My posts have attracted all walks of life across Canada, USA, Europe, India, Africa and the Middle East to name a few. One particular post has prompted the likes of [X']El'0n ivius[Q'] to follow me on his $hitty platform 😅
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