Farzin Zaker

Senior Software Engineering Manager at Aclate
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Location
Greater Toronto Area, Canada, CA
Languages
  • English Full professional proficiency
  • Persian Native or bilingual proficiency

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Reed Hallstrom

I've had the privilege of working with Farzin closely over the past two years on a broad variety of major product development efforts, from complex data migrations to product integrations to native app development, Farzin has always proven himself to be an expert in seemingly every stack and topic. He has the kind of judgement and capacity for understanding the big picture that allows him to make great design decisions intuitively, and has great skill in managing himself and a team to deadline. Perhaps most importantly, he is an excellent manager who cares about the people reporting to him, and is a genuinely good person.

Cynthia Trevino Thomas, PMP, PHR, SHRM-CP

I thoroughly enjoyed my time working with Farzin, and came to know him as a truly valuable asset to our executive team. He is honest, dependable, and incredibly hardworking. Beyond that, he has an impressive leadership style who is able to gain the trust and dedication of software engineers who work for him. His knowledge of software engineering management and expertise in technology was a huge advantage to our entire virtual team. He put this skill set to work in order to build up a team of 20 successful engineers from scratch in a start up environment. Along with his undeniable talent, Farzin has always been an absolute joy to work with. He is a true team player, and always fosters positive discussions and brings the best out of employees. Without a doubt, I confidently recommend Farzin. As a dedicated and knowledgeable manager and an all-around great person, I know that he will be impactful wherever he works.

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Credentials

  • Communication Foundations
    LinkedIn
    Jun, 2021
    - Sep, 2024
  • Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
    LinkedIn
    Jun, 2021
    - Sep, 2024
  • Motivating and Engaging Employees
    LinkedIn
    Jun, 2021
    - Sep, 2024

Experience

    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Software Engineering Manager
      • Aug 2018 - Present

      • Built Engineering, QA, and DevOps teams from the ground up to develop and maintain cloud-native applications, each utilizing unique tech stacks with the highest level of quality.• Imported 16 software products from 8 acquired companies ensuring a smooth transition into the company's operating model.• Redesigned imported solutions employing Serverless architecture to reduce cloud resources cost 20%.• Simplified DevOps pipelines and reduced the end to end delivery time by 30%.• Introduced a novel and semi-autonomous project planning system to enhance overall customer satisfaction and retain 4 strategically significant customers generating $1.5M in revenue.• Developed proof of concepts and lifted technical blocks, resulting in a 10/hr per week time-saving.• Reduced cost per hire by $5K by designing and implementing a new online coding test platform.

    • Iran
    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Director Software Development
      • Apr 2013 - Aug 2018

      • Established the whole software department to deliver web-based and mobile B2C platforms including e-commerce, local search, and discovery, and stock market analysis systems.• Delivered a national cloud and cluster management project used by 100K researchers over 150+ universities and institutes.• Implemented continuous delivery pipelines reducing the average delivery time by 40%.• Architected secure online and mobile banking solutions with 2,000+ concurrent users. • Established the whole software department to deliver web-based and mobile B2C platforms including e-commerce, local search, and discovery, and stock market analysis systems.• Delivered a national cloud and cluster management project used by 100K researchers over 150+ universities and institutes.• Implemented continuous delivery pipelines reducing the average delivery time by 40%.• Architected secure online and mobile banking solutions with 2,000+ concurrent users.

    • Director Software Development
      • Sep 2010 - Mar 2013

      • Implemented Scrum methodology to enhance flexibility in response to rotating requirements and speed up the average delivery time of new product features by 20%.• Led development, QA, and technical support teams through the transition to DevOps, lessening the average delivery time by 25%.• Reduced the total number of support tickets by 40% and average ticket resolution time by 15% by improving performance, maintainability, scalability, and user-friendliness of company products without interrupting normal development processes.

    • Technical Manager
      • Mar 2007 - Aug 2010

      • Managed research and development teams designing search engine, and knowledge discovery systems generated $750K/year recurring revenue.• Created a domain-driven application-builder that resulted in 60% faster delivery of small and medium projects.

    • Software Developer
      • Aug 2002 - Feb 2007

      • Improved maintainability of enterprise office automation and warehouse management systems by re-engineering existing modules.• Shortened development time by 15h/week by encapsulating shared functionalities from different application layers in reusable components.

    • Software Developer
      • Mar 2007 - Aug 2010

      • Leveraged Incremental prototyping to deliver software solutions with high client engagement.• Resolved security vulnerabilities of two enterprise systems utilizing a pluggable rule-based security guard. • Leveraged Incremental prototyping to deliver software solutions with high client engagement.• Resolved security vulnerabilities of two enterprise systems utilizing a pluggable rule-based security guard.

Education

  • York University
    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science
    2018 -
  • Shahid Beheshti University
    Master of Science (MS), Software Engineering
    2010 - 2012
  • Shahid Beheshti University
    Bachelor of Science (BS), Software Engineering
    2003 - 2007

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