Experience

Emumba

• United States
• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Project Manager

  • Jul 2023 - Present

  Islamabad, Islāmābād, Pakistan



Bentley Systems

• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Manager Software Development

  • May 2014 - May 2023

  Islamabad, Islāmābād, Pakistan Led engineering excellence council within the group to optimize processes for efficiency and effectiveness in delivering business value and satisfying user needs. Collaboration with users to prioritize delivery for their requirements and escalations through adaptation to emerging technologies and changing industry needs. Increasing team velocity by 30%. Facilitating sprint planning, daily scrums, code reviews, trainings, retrospective, stakeholder meetings, sprint review across various… Show more Led engineering excellence council within the group to optimize processes for efficiency and effectiveness in delivering business value and satisfying user needs. Collaboration with users to prioritize delivery for their requirements and escalations through adaptation to emerging technologies and changing industry needs. Increasing team velocity by 30%. Facilitating sprint planning, daily scrums, code reviews, trainings, retrospective, stakeholder meetings, sprint review across various teams and regions. Closely working with Product Owners for backlog grooming, convert user requirements to tasks, identify impendences and risk assessment. Reducing technical debt by 35%. Leading multiple projects for a coordinated release and integration testing. Scrum Master for multiple product teams: OpenPlant Project Administrator, OpenPlant Isometrics Manger and OpenPlant Orthographics Manager and coordinating with other cross-functional team members in US, Netherlands, China, and South Korea for common configuration, API, integration testing and coordinated release for the suite of 7 products generating a revenue of $17M. Envisioned and developed OpenPlant Project Administrator based on user pain points. The product decreased the reported bugs related to project deployment by 60%. Integral participant in a much more diverse and cross-functional role in policy making, recruitment, office management, career development and HRM.

• Manager, Software Development

  • Dec 2011 - May 2014

  Islamabad, Islāmābād, Pakistan Led development, planning, identifying all user workflows and executed for the OpenPlant Orthographics Manager. The product was created from scratch in C#, with team members in China and South Korea. Resulting in a product revenue of around $1M. Closely communicated with users for issues resolution, priority builds and workflow optimization. Held bottom-line accountability for project management, utilized well-rounded technical skills for task creation, assignment and coordination… Show more Led development, planning, identifying all user workflows and executed for the OpenPlant Orthographics Manager. The product was created from scratch in C#, with team members in China and South Korea. Resulting in a product revenue of around $1M. Closely communicated with users for issues resolution, priority builds and workflow optimization. Held bottom-line accountability for project management, utilized well-rounded technical skills for task creation, assignment and coordination with stake holders and professional services. Expertly handled evolving challenges related with software development, and project management.

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Jun 2003 - Dec 2011

  Islamabad, Islāmābād, Pakistan Team-lead for the development of Bentley’s (www.bentley.com) MicroStation based plant design software Plant Space Design Series and OpenPlant Modeler. OpenPlant Modeler was completely new product developed from scratch, and I have been actively participated in the requirements and design. Main responsibilities include design and development and coordinating with other team members locally and in India and US Offices. Engaged in Bentley’s Plant Interoperability initiative, across several… Show more Team-lead for the development of Bentley’s (www.bentley.com) MicroStation based plant design software Plant Space Design Series and OpenPlant Modeler. OpenPlant Modeler was completely new product developed from scratch, and I have been actively participated in the requirements and design. Main responsibilities include design and development and coordinating with other team members locally and in India and US Offices. Engaged in Bentley’s Plant Interoperability initiative, across several legacy Bentley and 3rd party products. Actively participated in the design of the main framework architecture. Utilized a diplomatic leadership style as a foundation for directing development of Bentley’s (www.bentley.com) MicroStation based plant design software Plant Space Design Series. Actively identified UI / UX gaps in user workflows via UX reviews, user labs and feature tracking.

• Software Engineer

  • Jan 2001 - Jun 2003

  Islamabad, Islāmābād, Pakistan Primary responsibilities included design and development of AutoCAD based plant design software, AutoPLANT Modeler to ensure appropriateness, effectiveness, efficiency, and performance optimization. Developed a batch system to compile and deploy the software. The process was a one button option to build and deploy more than hundred modules in Visual Basic and C++ by implementing best practices. Later extended to build using Visual C++ 6.0 and Visual C++ 7.0… Show more Primary responsibilities included design and development of AutoCAD based plant design software, AutoPLANT Modeler to ensure appropriateness, effectiveness, efficiency, and performance optimization. Developed a batch system to compile and deploy the software. The process was a one button option to build and deploy more than hundred modules in Visual Basic and C++ by implementing best practices. Later extended to build using Visual C++ 6.0 and Visual C++ 7.0 compilers. Established COM Framework for AutoPLANT Modeler. This was the first tier in the main framework for AutoPLANT, which was later extended to enhance the product. Designed and formulated different applications and API based on the COM Interface of AutoPLANT.



Freelance work

• Graphic Designer

  • Jan 2009 - Dec 2009

  Islamabad Worked on a remake of a classic game Gods. I created the entire tile set for all the level and also created new main character animation. https://github.com/jotd666/gods-deluxe/tree/master



Viper Networks, Inc.

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• User Interface Designer / Developer

  • Mar 2004 - Mar 2007

  Islamabad, Islāmābād, Pakistan Designed and developed the skin architecture for Viper Networks (www.vipernetworks.com) PC based VoIP Dialer. Designed several skins not only for Viper Networks but also for more than fifteen partners / resellers including: Global-e-Science, MyWebPhone, Globali2Phone, IPFones, StarTeq, TrueVoIPDefault.  Designed and developed a skinable framework for Brazil based web portal Terra Networks (http://www.terra.com.br). This involved evaluating currently available skin APIs, and choosing… Show more Designed and developed the skin architecture for Viper Networks (www.vipernetworks.com) PC based VoIP Dialer. Designed several skins not only for Viper Networks but also for more than fifteen partners / resellers including: Global-e-Science, MyWebPhone, Globali2Phone, IPFones, StarTeq, TrueVoIPDefault.  Designed and developed a skinable framework for Brazil based web portal Terra Networks (http://www.terra.com.br). This involved evaluating currently available skin APIs, and choosing the right one for the requirements. Show less