Shahar is an experienced software architect and hands-on entrepreneur, who learned to code when most kids were just learning to read and write. He has over 20 years of experience in the Internet industry, in fields ranging from low-level TCP/IP protocols, to large scale distributed systems, to data engineering and DevOps. He is the co-founder and CTO of Shoppimon, where he leads all engineering efforts. Before founding Shoppimon Shahar served in various technology and product roles at Zend Technologies, and as an independent software developer on multiple projects, large and small. Shahar is also a father, a sea-kayaking instructor and a dedicated student of philosophy and linguistics.