Java Enterprise Developer specialising in the use of web technologies to deliver high availability and highly functional Browser Based Applications.

Plays an important role in any team as a multi skilled programmer who delivers high quality software using agile development methodologies, object oriented Design and analysis and project automation systems.

Very focused and enthusiastic person, the natural traits Farouk brings to the team include the ability to learn new technologies very quickly, adapts easily to new environments and practises and a friendly team player everybody will get on with. Enjoys Reading and Researching, Football and Music.
  • Java, .Net, C#, SQL, HQL, Groovy
  • Liferay, OFBiz, Apache Tomcat, JBoss, Hibernate,
  • J2EE, Java EE 5, JSF, Velocity, Compass, Apache Lucene, JSP, Servlets, Portlets, Swing, Applets, Struts, Spring, Stripes, AribaWeb
  • Oracle, IBM DB2, MS SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sybase ASE
  • HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, AJAX, XML, XSL, XSLT
  • Microsoft Windows OS Family / Linux
Currently employed by LalPac Ltd, with more than a third of the market share, LalPac specialises in the production of Licensing software for Local Government and District councils in the United Kingdom.

At LaLPac, Farouk's many skills are being utilised to drive the LalPac Enterprise Application -A WCA-AA compliant browser based application that allows local Authoroties to expose some of their Licensing functions to the public via the web- and LalPac Addresshub- A BS7666 compliant Generic SOAP Service Adapter that allows authorities to utilize their Local and/or National Land Property Gazetteer in their Licensing functions.

In his spare time, Farouk - an avid supporter of Free Open Source Software contributes to a number of open source projects including AribaWeb RIA Framework and Apache OFBiz.


He also develops websites and installations for his friends and his friend's friends. Read More