Head of Engineering

• Dec 2022 - Present

Software Solutions Architect

• Jun 2021 - Dec 2022

Member Industrial Advisory Board

• May 2019 - Present

As an Advisory Board member, I advise the institute so that students can be better prepared for the needs of the industry. As an Advisory Board member, I advise the institute so that students can be better prepared for the needs of the industry.

Chief Technology Officer

• Nov 2013 - Present

• Helped establish a Project Management Office within the organization and spearheads standardization efforts between teams and departments for various stages of the software lifecycle.• Streamlining HR processes within the organization and working on a complete performance and rewards management system within the organization.

Senior Technical Lead

• Sep 2011 - Nov 2013

• Architecture, Development and Delivery of components within Shared Shelf [http://www.artstor.org/shared-shelf/s-html/shared-shelf-home.shtml]. This includes Custom Media Servers, Media Management, Migration Tools & Integration Support. Backend Services architected over Java, Python & Erlang. • Quality Efforts, including Test Driven Development, Behavioral Driven Development, Stress Testing, Regression, Code Reviews, Code Coverage and Features.• Diagnosing production problems and enhancing software release process.• Code reviews and training for new inductees in the organization.• Scrum Master and internal agile advisor to ensure the smooth running of various products.• Functional expert in Python, Erlang and Open Source technologies.• Maintaining Amazon S3 servers for the purposes of demo's, testing and etl activities. Activities included scripts for routine maintenance of the servers. Show less

Senior Software Engineer / Team Lead

• Sep 2009 - Aug 2011

• Dev Lead dastor, the central digital asset management system that is going to be behind Artstor[http://www.artstor.org], a project by the Mellon Foundation[http://www.mellon.org]. The Erlang system is essentially designed to be a high uptime, fault tolerant, self- replicating, horizontally scalable media and media information system(managing intrinsic metadata and extrinsic data) that takes into account various metrics both network and node performance to devise clever storage and retrieval strategies. A Python/Django based system is also in place to provide management and monitoring features for admins.• Dev lead on EMET(Open Source and freely downloadable at http://www.artstor.org/global/g-html/download-emet-public.html), a NDIIP[http://www.digitalpreservation.gov] tool to analyze images and determine if they are valid and conformant with the latest set of requirements set by the library of congress. The key technologies involved are XMP[http://www.adobe.com/products/xmp/], EXIF[http://www.exif.org]& IPTC[http://www.iptc.org/ ]. Dev work is done utilizing adobe air framework with extjs, js & as3 library development. Show less

Chief Technology Officer

• Aug 2014 - Apr 2019

Patari is the Spotify/Saavn for Pakistan. Its the biggest collection of Pakistani music ever assembled in one place. Said another way, its a beautiful, dead-simple online music streaming platform for Pakistani music which is available on desktops, tablets and phones. Launched in the start of March, 2015, one thousand beta users have been invited. The average time spent on site per user is 25 minutes. There are over 10,000 users in waitlist. Patari has gone viral over social media and this could be a Pakistani Startup Sensation waiting to happen. Coverage in the media:- http://tribune.com.pk/story/854071/online-music-service-pataris-founders-confident-of-success/ http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/26707/will-patari-pk-be-successful-in-a-country-like-pakistan/ http://www.dawn.com/news/1168416 http://scroll.in/article/715964/Pakistani-web-service-streams-best-of-country's-music-to-its-YouTube-starved-listeners-and-the-world http://www.techjuice.pk/pakistani-startup-patari-is-the-answer-to-all-of-your-music-woes/ http://propakistani.pk/2015/03/06/is-local-music-streaming-patari-pakistans-answer-to-spotify/ http://www.moremag.pk/2015/02/04/patari-biggest-pakistani-music-collection-ever/ Show less

Engineering Mentor / Technology Advisor

• May 2018 - Oct 2018

Technology Advisor

• Jul 2017 - Apr 2018

Senior Software Engineer / Contract Role

• Jan 2018 - Apr 2018

VP Engineering

• Feb 2016 - Oct 2017

Zenbusiness is a mobile app enabled platform that continuously monitors the status of your business and provides you with push button actions to resolve issues and get to the information and support you need now. While at zen I built the following components:- • Counsl, a document automation platform that included a small query language that could automatically fill state documents from generic wizards drastically cutting down the time required to create state filing. • Corptech, a multi-agent system thats at its core a workflow system that enables companies to • Zenapi, a system that exposes state and company data to the to the zen business app including GIS data. Zenapi comes with a robust pricing system and can be integrated with multiple payment providers. • Sfsync a custom synchronisation layer between the zendb and salesforce, a platform independent solution like heroku connect. Show less

Engineering Lead

• Apr 2009 - Aug 2009

Worked as a Python+Django/Java Dev. Responsible for the backend layer of Pring[http://www.pringit.com], a microblogging and content sharing service that works seamlessly with various internet content providers[Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, etc] and cellular technologies e.g. SMS, MMS & WAP Responsibilities Included: • Application architecture and providing feedback to management corresponding to technical and design changes in terms of scope and feasibility. • Training new hires and conducting Code Reviews. • Other miscellaneous tasks ranging from dealing with clients, developing company processes, etc Show less

Senior Software Engineer

• Jan 2008 - Mar 2009

Worked as a Python+Django dev on a number of solutions which included custom software development and telecom VAS services. Responsibilities Included: • Application architecture and providing feedback to management corresponding to technical and design changes in terms of scope and feasibility. • Training new hires and conducting Code Reviews. • Other miscellaneous tasks ranging from dealing with clients, developing company processes, etc Worked as a Python+Django dev on a number of solutions which included custom software development and telecom VAS services. Responsibilities Included: • Application architecture and providing feedback to management corresponding to technical and design changes in terms of scope and feasibility. • Training new hires and conducting Code Reviews. • Other miscellaneous tasks ranging from dealing with clients, developing company processes, etc

Freelance Software Developer

• Nov 2007 - Dec 2007

• Worked on Zkimmer[zkimmer.com] a publication viewer based on the Google Maps API. This included writing multi threaded python scripts for image processing and tiling using PIL & ImageMagick Bindings. The system was built for Amazon Web Services. • Having acquired experience with the Google Maps API, initiated unfinished work on a concept application to generate map data for Pakistan from scanned property maps. • Worked on Zkimmer[zkimmer.com] a publication viewer based on the Google Maps API. This included writing multi threaded python scripts for image processing and tiling using PIL & ImageMagick Bindings. The system was built for Amazon Web Services. • Having acquired experience with the Google Maps API, initiated unfinished work on a concept application to generate map data for Pakistan from scanned property maps.

Software Engineer in Test Trainee

• Mar 2007 - Oct 2007

Took part in the Global Software Engineering Trainee Program. Attended customer meetings and helped get requirements, feedback & suggestions. Took various courses on C#, XML & Testing. Worked as test feature owner for the UI of an Internal Testing Software. Took part in the Global Software Engineering Trainee Program. Attended customer meetings and helped get requirements, feedback & suggestions. Took various courses on C#, XML & Testing. Worked as test feature owner for the UI of an Internal Testing Software.

Course Instructor/Software Engineer

• Aug 2006 - Jan 2007

• Taught hands on Lab courses pertaining to Unix, Algorithm Design, C Programming, Python & Compiler Construction. The Compiler Construction Course was highly appreciated during a routine PEC(Pakistan Engineering Council) visit. • Taught hands on Lab courses pertaining to Unix, Algorithm Design, C Programming, Python & Compiler Construction. The Compiler Construction Course was highly appreciated during a routine PEC(Pakistan Engineering Council) visit.

Software Development Internship

• Jun 2005 - Aug 2005

• Developed a GRE style Applicant Testing & Result Reporting Sytem in JSP/MySQL. This brought down the selection time of job candidates from 3 months to 2 weeks. • Developed an Employee Information System to keep track of Certifications & Visas. • Fixed critical bugs which resulted in faulty tariff calculation in the C module that controls bill generation for Pakistan Telecom. Also documented the code base. • Developed a GRE style Applicant Testing & Result Reporting Sytem in JSP/MySQL. This brought down the selection time of job candidates from 3 months to 2 weeks. • Developed an Employee Information System to keep track of Certifications & Visas. • Fixed critical bugs which resulted in faulty tariff calculation in the C module that controls bill generation for Pakistan Telecom. Also documented the code base.