Ibrar Ahmed is a Senior Database System Architect in an Enterprise PostgreSQL company. Prior to coming to open source development, he had vast experience in software design and development. The main focus was in the system level embedded development, which ranges from 8bit microprobes for low power system to embedded linux for latest processor.
After joining the Enterprise PostgreSQL’s company in 2006 he started his career in open source development specifically in PostgreSQL. Has contributed to the PostgreSQL community as well as other open source communities. The contribution are from main performance feature enhancement to PostgreSQL’s modules. In database field he has experience in other well-known databases MySQL, Oracle, and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB and Hadoop. The experience does not limited to core database but with the tools related to databases like Hive, Hbase and Spark. He also worked on integrating these tools with PostgreSQL. In PostgreSQL company he contributed many PostgreSQL features which are  of company propriety fork of PostgreSQL. He plays a vital role in company in the early days of PostgreSQL company when they are planning to have their PostgreSQL fork.  He contributed significantly to the goal of making PostgreSQL's for of the company a federated RDBMS.
He does not limit himself to PostgreSQL' open source and development. When google started their Chromium project he contribute many features in Chromium project. He also contribute some feature in Google Chrome web browser and is in Chrome developer list.
He also authored another book PostgreSQL Developer's Guide for Packt  publication. This is guide for the people who want to learn and understand the PostgreSQL. The book covers every aspect of PostgreSQL from basic to advance level, from database administrator to database developer. 
As he got lot of experience in development from embedded system to database developments, he is now in emerging technology which includes Big Data and Blockchain. He is in process to cope with the latest technologies of Big Data and emerge himself as a Big data expert. 
He has mater degree in computer science in 1999 and MS computer engineering in 2015. He has a believe that one never stop getting the education, and keep increasing the knowledge. Now he is pursuing his Phd in computer science. Along with the study he teaching in different universities. He is a good speaker so give presentation in different seminars and conferences. Providing profession training is his another hobby, because he think professional should provide the training and share their knowledge because they know the problem of industry not the actual professors teaching in the universities.