People

Rastin Mehr

Rastin Mehr - rmd Studio Inc.Founder of rmd Studio Inc. a software development company specialized in building social web solutions and iphone applications located in Yaletown, Downtown Vancouver. Their tagline is "Social People Building Social Web Solutions".

One of the two co-founders and Core Team Architects of the Anahita ™ Social Networking Engine project, an open source social networking platform and framework.

Former Development Workgroup member at the open source Joomla! CMS project and 2 times mentor with the Google Summer of Code program.

Rastin's true love for Internet Technologies drove him to leave behind his 3.5 years of education in Dentistry school and instead he finished his degree in Computer Science from the University of Northern BC (UNBC)

As an entrepreneur and software architect he has been maintaining his love affair with open source software development. His hobbies include Photography, Swing Dance, Fashion Illustration, and binging on Sci-Fi TV shows such as Stargate, Battlestar Galactica, and Doctor Who.

Arash Sanieyan

Ash Sanieyan - Peerglobe Technology Inc.

Founder of Peerglobe Technology Inc. a Web and iPhone + iPad application development company in the Yaletown downtown Vancouver. Ash is also the co-founder and one of the two core team architects of the Anahita ™ Social Networking Engine project which is an open source social network platform and framework.

Ash is a brilliant entrepreneur and software developer with a strong background in Ruby on Rails, Java, and LAMP development. He has finished his education at the Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Management and System Science. Ash is also the creator of Class Talk facebook application prior to his involvement with the Anahita ™ project.

He loves fine cuisine, good beer, fresh brewed organic coffee, spending time with his fiance, and working long development hours with his business partner Rastin on the Anahita ™ project. 

Talia Cohen

Baby Davie - Director of Social Media Marketing

Founder of TACNStudio a design and branding studio with roots in the New York City. Talia holds an honours in Industrial Design and Brand Development from the Rhode Island School of Design [RISD] and Brown University School of Business Economics.

After her educational stint, she worked with various companies such as Unilever, General Mills, Virgin Mobile, Nissan. Her designs have been published internationally in GDR: Global Innovation Report based in the United Kingdom, viction:ary in Hong Kong, Experimenta in Spain, MEDIACRAT in Moscow, Rockport in Canada, and Killed Ideas in the USA.

Talia has lived on 3 continents. She enjoys fresh brewed organic coffee, dark chocolate, Architecture, and holds a national ranking in Judo.

Baby Davie

Baby Davie - Director of Social Media Marketing

Davie is the Director of Social Media Marketing and Client Relations with an honours degree and MBA from the Dogsford business school. He has won the battle against the Wraith protecting his pack from forces of evil. In his honour the Purplerat team celebrate one day of the year as the Wraithgone event. Davie has been featured on the Vancouver is Awesome website. One of Davies best talent includes helping website visitors find the pepperoni!

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