Navid Najafi Web Site

Childhood > I was born in 1975 and got my high school diploma in maths in 1993. At the age of 14 I started to learn playing violin because since I remember I was interested in classical music.

Following Dreams > At the time I was very interested in stars, galaxies mainly because of Isaac Asimov science fiction books and Stephen Hawking articles. So I decided to study physics in Mazandaran University which ended up with a B. Sc. in solid state physics. Finally in 2001 I got my M. Sc. in the same field from Guilan University while my final average mark during the master program was the highest in our class! Then I started to teach in a few universities across the area as a professor and lab instructor.

O! CANADA > On Saturday, 4th Sep, 2004 I moved to Canada to continue my education towards getting my Ph.D. but unfortunately none of the universities across Canada has accepted me. Because I was considered an international student, all universities needed me to pass the TOEFL English exam by 550 out of 680 and high ranked universities like the university of Toronto and Carleton university need a score of 580!. I passed the TOEFL exam with score of 604!

What's wrong? > While I was waiting for universities which I had applied to give me a chance, I attended the Algonquin College but because I didn't have their preferred high school diploma, they had me to take a math exam and I got 99% ! So, I started the Computer Systems Technician two-year diploma program in Aug. 2005. I got 3.6 GPA (max is 4) in the first semester and my average GPA during the first three semester was 3.3 GPA!

Finally I got my Computer Technician degree in 2007 and started to get a few certificates like "Microsoft Database" which I passed all the courses with an A+ and at the same time I got two other certificates called "Web Designer" and "Digital Web Studio" all from Algonquin College in Ottawa.

I am currently working for IBM as a developer!