Muhammad Naveed Zafar
CTO - Mobile & Game Apps | Fintech Solutions at BYTRIX Technologies- Claim this Profile
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BYTRIX Technologies
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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CTO - Mobile & Game Apps | Fintech Solutions
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Jan 2021 - Present
Fort Myers, Florida, United States - Develop and execute the technology strategy, encompassing Mobile and Game app expertise, NFT and Blockchain, and Fintech innovations, to drive business growth and competitive advantage. - Oversee the end-to-end product development lifecycle, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and secure mobile apps, NFT-based solutions, and Fintech products. - Lead research and exploration of emerging technologies to drive continuous innovation and improvement across all technology… Show more - Develop and execute the technology strategy, encompassing Mobile and Game app expertise, NFT and Blockchain, and Fintech innovations, to drive business growth and competitive advantage. - Oversee the end-to-end product development lifecycle, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and secure mobile apps, NFT-based solutions, and Fintech products. - Lead research and exploration of emerging technologies to drive continuous innovation and improvement across all technology offerings. - Manage and mentor a globally distributed technology team, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented culture. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and align technology roadmaps with product and marketing strategies. - Evaluate and forge strategic partnerships with vendors and third-party providers to enhance the company's technology capabilities. - Assess and address potential risks, cybersecurity threats, and compliance challenges, implementing robust security measures and best practices. - Drive the development and execution of technology projects, ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery. - Monitor and optimize the performance and scalability of existing systems to support business growth. - Stay compliant with relevant industry regulations, data protection laws, and security standards, especially in the Fintech domain. - Represent the company in technology-related matters, including industry events and conferences. - Champion a culture of continuous learning, fostering knowledge sharing and professional development within the technology team. Show less
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CMOLDS
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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CTO (Mobile & Digital Solutions)
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Aug 2016 - Dec 2020
San Francisco, California, United States - Manage operational aspects of the organization, including knowledge management, coordination of resources, and project planning and delivery. - Conduct regular impact analyses to assess the consequences of project deliverables on other sections of the business. - Assist the sales team in pre-sales work, including RFPs, quotation documents, sales pitches, cost estimation, and technical feasibility of Apps projects. - Set budgets and agree on project timescales and deadlines with… Show more - Manage operational aspects of the organization, including knowledge management, coordination of resources, and project planning and delivery. - Conduct regular impact analyses to assess the consequences of project deliverables on other sections of the business. - Assist the sales team in pre-sales work, including RFPs, quotation documents, sales pitches, cost estimation, and technical feasibility of Apps projects. - Set budgets and agree on project timescales and deadlines with clients, and manage cost budgets to allocate overall cost estimates to individual tasks. - Work with the project team and key stakeholders to devise best practices and continuously improve project delivery across the enterprise. - Establish project success criteria and determine the degree to which the project achieves the stated objectives. - Prepare schedules for projects, monitor effective working, and ensure compliance with deadlines. - Focus on and lead project teams to deliver results that fulfill business requirements and expectations. - Provide delivery management to ensure customer satisfaction and referenceability. - Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency. - Manage staff to ensure that all milestones are achieved within the agreed timeframes. - Schedule and provide training sessions to the Tech team to enhance their skills. - Assist the technical team in their design and development tasks. - Ensure that projects conform to Scrum methodology and required standards. Show less
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Microsoft
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Technical Community Manager
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Feb 2015 - Aug 2016
- Actively engage with developers, technical experts, and enthusiasts within the community. - Foster a positive and inclusive environment, encouraging discussions and knowledge-sharing. - Develop and curate technical content, including blog posts, tutorials, videos, and documentation, to address community needs and interests. - Plan, promote, and manage community events such as webinars, workshops, hackathons, and conferences. - Provide opportunities for community members to… Show more - Actively engage with developers, technical experts, and enthusiasts within the community. - Foster a positive and inclusive environment, encouraging discussions and knowledge-sharing. - Develop and curate technical content, including blog posts, tutorials, videos, and documentation, to address community needs and interests. - Plan, promote, and manage community events such as webinars, workshops, hackathons, and conferences. - Provide opportunities for community members to connect, learn, and collaborate. - Assist community members with technical questions, issues, and challenges related to our products. - Provide guidance, solutions, and resources to help community members overcome obstacles. - Act as a liaison between the community and internal teams. - Advocate for community needs and priorities within the company. - Gather feedback from the community to improve our products and services. - Implement strategies to grow the community, attract new members, and retain existing ones. - Utilize social media platforms to engage with the community, share updates, and amplify the impact of community initiatives. - Work closely with influential members of the technical community, such as Microsoft MVPs and RDs, leveraging their expertise and support. Show less
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Xtreme Solutions (PVT) LTD.
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Pakistan
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Security and Investigations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Production Head (Xtreme Track)
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May 2015 - Jul 2016
- Responsible for providing technical consultancy services to Oil and Gas companies. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features. - Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency. - Stay current on industry changes and keep us at the forefront of technological trends. - Contribute to client-server architecture (defining endpoints, protocols, and the client-server relationship). - Focus on… Show more - Responsible for providing technical consultancy services to Oil and Gas companies. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features. - Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency. - Stay current on industry changes and keep us at the forefront of technological trends. - Contribute to client-server architecture (defining endpoints, protocols, and the client-server relationship). - Focus on and lead project teams to deliver results that fulfill business requirements and expectations. - Work with the project team and key stakeholders to devise best practices and improve project delivery across the enterprise. - Establish project success criteria and determine the degree to which the project achieves the stated objectives. Show less
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Limton Group of Companies
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Pakistan
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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100 - 200 Employee
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Software Development Manager
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Jan 2015 - Feb 2016
- Facilitating daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning, sprint review, and sprint retrospective. - Managing operational aspects of the organization, including knowledge management, coordination of resources, and project planning and delivery. - Developing all necessary documents like SRS, CRF, SOW, RFPs, and other functional documents. - Holding weekly internal and external meetings on progress. - Managing staff to ensure that all milestones are achieved within the agreed… Show more - Facilitating daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning, sprint review, and sprint retrospective. - Managing operational aspects of the organization, including knowledge management, coordination of resources, and project planning and delivery. - Developing all necessary documents like SRS, CRF, SOW, RFPs, and other functional documents. - Holding weekly internal and external meetings on progress. - Managing staff to ensure that all milestones are achieved within the agreed timeframes. - Ensuring effective quality control processes are in place to monitor deliverables produced. - Setting budgets and agreeing project time scales and deadlines with clients and managing cost budget to allocate the overall cost estimate to individual tasks. - Being responsible for identifying, analyzing, measuring, and managing project risks. - Conducting regular impact analysis to assess the consequences of the project deliverables on other sections of the business. - Assisting the technical team in their design and development tasks. - Ensuring that projects conform to Scrum methodology and required standards. Show less
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NevTech
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Manager
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Jan 2013 - Dec 2014
- Facilitating daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning, sprint review, and sprint retrospective. - Managing operational aspects of the organization, including knowledge management, coordination of resources, and project planning and delivery. - Developing all necessary documents like SRS, CRF, SOW, RFPs, and other functional documents. - Holding weekly internal and external meetings on progress. - Managing staff to ensure that all milestones are achieved within the agreed… Show more - Facilitating daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning, sprint review, and sprint retrospective. - Managing operational aspects of the organization, including knowledge management, coordination of resources, and project planning and delivery. - Developing all necessary documents like SRS, CRF, SOW, RFPs, and other functional documents. - Holding weekly internal and external meetings on progress. - Managing staff to ensure that all milestones are achieved within the agreed timeframes. - Ensuring effective quality control processes are in place to monitor deliverables produced. - Setting budgets and agreeing project time scales and deadlines with clients and managing cost budget to allocate the overall cost estimate to individual tasks. - Being responsible for identifying, analyzing, measuring, and managing project risks. - Conducting regular impact analysis to assess the consequences of the project deliverables on other sections of the business. - Assisting the technical team in their design and development tasks. - Ensuring that projects conform to Scrum methodology and required standards.
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Business Analyst
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Jan 2013 - Dec 2013
. - Support the Project Manager by helping monitor project scope, timelines, budget & milestones, issues & risks for a variety of projects. - Assisted Senior Project Manager in maintaining project schedules, work breakdown structures (WBS), issue/decision logs, meeting summaries and status reports to ensure effective, ongoing communications across all team members. - Designed reports, charts and graphs for senior management to provide ongoing, at-a-glance summaries of project status and… Show more - Support the Project Manager by helping monitor project scope, timelines, budget & milestones, issues & risks for a variety of projects. - Assisted Senior Project Manager in maintaining project schedules, work breakdown structures (WBS), issue/decision logs, meeting summaries and status reports to ensure effective, ongoing communications across all team members. - Designed reports, charts and graphs for senior management to provide ongoing, at-a-glance summaries of project status and application prototype performance. - Collaborated effectively with project, product and program managers to ensure project deliverables remained on track and aligned with business goals and expectations. - Provided support to Project Manager in creating briefs, evaluated performance in meetings, and prepared weekly reports to be submitted to management. - Prepared schedules for projects, monitored effective working, and ensured compliance with deadlines. - Developed the details of approved project proposals into well-defined scope statements and project management plans. - Focused on and led project teams to deliver results that fulfill business requirements and expectations. - Worked with project teams and key stakeholders to devise best practices and continuously improve project delivery across the enterprise. - Established project success criteria and determined the degree to which the project achieved the stated objectives.
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Business Analyst
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Aug 2012 - Dec 2012
Pakistan - Responsible for managing support functions covering planning, tracking, reporting, quality management, and internal communication. - Produces consolidated reporting to the Project Board, including milestone summary, key issues, risks, benefits, and summary of costs incurred. - Reviews project activities for compliance with procedures and standards. - Manages the support and provision of project tools and equipment. - Assists with the production of user documentation. -… Show more - Responsible for managing support functions covering planning, tracking, reporting, quality management, and internal communication. - Produces consolidated reporting to the Project Board, including milestone summary, key issues, risks, benefits, and summary of costs incurred. - Reviews project activities for compliance with procedures and standards. - Manages the support and provision of project tools and equipment. - Assists with the production of user documentation. - Negotiates the use of resources in a matrix management environment. - Provides delivery management to ensure customer satisfaction and referenceability. - Produces project status reports, manages the team, and resolves day-to-day issues. - Draws up detailed plans of how to achieve each stage of a project. - Ensures that each stage of the project is progressing to schedule. - Maintains accurate programmed information to enable accurate records of contract history to be accessed. - Communicates project direction to clients, colleagues, partners, and suppliers. Show less
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Gosafe Company Limited
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China
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Telecommunications
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1 - 100 Employee
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Sr. Software Engineer (.Net & Java)
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May 2008 - Jul 2012
- Conduct a full range of programming tasks, including coding, testing, and documenting a wide range of product, distributed, and database applications. - Design and build advanced applications for the Android platform. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features. - Work with outside data sources and APIs. - Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability. - Work on bug fixing and improving application… Show more - Conduct a full range of programming tasks, including coding, testing, and documenting a wide range of product, distributed, and database applications. - Design and build advanced applications for the Android platform. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features. - Work with outside data sources and APIs. - Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability. - Work on bug fixing and improving application performance. - Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency. - Implement current and emerging technological and industry developments. - Remain current on industry changes and keep us at the forefront of technological trends. - Contribute to client-server architecture (define endpoints, protocols, and the client-server relationship). Show less
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Education
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National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
Master's Degree, SPM (Software Project Management) -
Bahria University
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science (BSCS)