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Software Development Resume
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| Desired Industry: Computer Software/Programming |
SpiderID: 28179 |
| Desired Job Location: Kitchener, Ontario |
Date Posted: 8/11/2009 |
| Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent |
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U.S. Work Authorization: Yes |
| Job Level: Management (Manager, Director) |
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| Highest Degree Attained: Doctoral |
Willing to Relocate: Yes |
Objective:
Technology visionary with executive, academic, hands-on IT management and software development experience. Dynamic career with strong leadership, problem solving, planning, team building, and project management skills. Motivated professional with doctorate degree and 20 years of work experience in diverse environments and cultures. Talent for quick assimilation and adoption of leading edge technologies. Flexible, versatile, and competent professional, thrives in deadline-driven environments.
From my days at Boston University, I have been interested in Research and Development of new and upcoming technologies. I love to work with cutting edge technologies and stay in touch with current trends. Currently I am managing two groups, IT department and a development group. Latest Open Source technologies are used by both. Regardless of my position, I always prefer hands-on approach when it comes to technology. I am always willing to learn and explore new ideas in computing.
INTERESTS:
Web 2.0 Rich Internet Applications
Database Design & Computer Networks
Multimedia & Learning Technologies
Scalable Parallel Systems
Mobile Computing & HCI
Open Source Enterprise Technologies
Professional Skills:
Technology Research and Development
Enterprise System Planning and Design
Project Management
Business Process Reengineering
Strategic Analysis and Internal Consulting
Leading Edge Software Development
Technology Architecture and Integration
Team Development, Mentoring & Management
System and Network Management
Information System Design
Experience:
Professional Experience
GIFT UNIVERSITY, PAKISTAN
PRO RECTOR AND CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER DEC 2006 -PRESENT
Spearheaded Business Processes Reengineering to improve flow of information and to increase productivity.
Participated in Management, Strategic Analysis and Decision Making with university President and Rector. Student enrolment and IT infrastructure grew more than 3 times during this period.
Lead and managed Information Technology Department (IT). Introduced and integrated technologies such as Linux, Moodle, Zenoss, HypericHQ, LDAP, Splunk and Drupal with admissions and education software.
Established a Research and Development Cell, responsible for software design, development and integration. Open Source technologies are used extensively. Application development is done using BIRT, Java, Flex, Red5, ExtJs, JQuery, PHP, MySQL and Oracle. Trac/Subversion is used for collaboration, reports, and code repository. Taught operating systems, system programming and computer networks related courses in school of computer science.
Supervised R&D projects in IT Management, VoIP, Video Conference, network security and monitoring, intrusion detection, software localization, Web 2.0 applications, 3D modeling using Blender, and J2ME, Flash and Andriod mobile applications
Took initiatives to improve communication, collaboration, productivity and work ethics among staff members.
Deployed IT solutions for process automation, intelligent reports, alerts, and monitoring to meet these goals.
Provided IT consultancy to Softshack, a software house, and Dollar East Inc, a financial institution.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, COMPUTER SCIENCE JULY 2005 – NOV 2006
Managed school of computer science as Chairman and dealt with day-to-day issues, curriculum reviews and academic planning. Performed faculty selection, hiring, mentoring, work load assignments and evaluations.
Taught Operating Systems, System Programming, Embedded Systems, Computer Networks and Software Engineering courses.
Established two new labs to meet CS students’ software development, projects and learning needs.
Used VMware and Linux to install and practice Systems and Network Management tools.
Supervised R&D projects in wireless sensor networks, network management, and customization of course and content management systems, software localization and development of multilingual software.
ZAYED UNIVERSITY, ABU DHABI, UAE
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, INFORMATION SYSTEMS JAN 2002 – JUNE 2005
Taught a large number of Computer Science and Information System courses. Conducted technology research.
Actively participated in curriculum development and revisions. Received two research project grants.
Took a leading role in development of college labs. Wrote multiple proposals to acquire hardware, software and network connectivity for learning and R&D activities. Developed technology-mediated learning environment.
724 SOLUTIONS INC, TORONTO, ON, CANADA
MANAGER TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AUG 2000 – JUNE 2001
Managed Advanced Technology Center, an R&D group, and lead multiple research projects related to voice technology, multi-modal user experience and biometric initiatives.
Provided thought leadership, strategic analysis and internal consulting.
Supported CTO group in understanding technical issues in formulation of voice and multi-modal strategy.
Worked with wireless and voice technologies. Managed, developed and integrated voice recognition and authentication technologies with core product, 724 Financial Services Platform.
Performed technology assessments and prepared demonstrable artifacts in line with company’s vision.
Technologies and languages used: Nuance Voice Recognition and Biometrics technology, VoiceXML, C/C++, Java, Java Servlets, Nuance Speech Objects, Chillisoft ASP & VBScript for Linux, Java Server Pages, Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), SMIL, JavaScript, Oracle, and Apache Web Server.
SENIOR ARCHITECT DEC 1999 – JULY 2000
Performed technology assessment of wireless, security and financial alert products. Evaluated impact of innovative and leading edge technologies on the architecture of company’s flagship product 724FSP.
Worked with partner companies to evaluate and integrate their technology into 724 FSP.
Integrated public key infrastructure (PKI) security technologies from Sonera and Ericsson into 724 FSP.
Performed technical due-diligence on potential acquisitions such as EZLogin, acquired by 724 Solutions.
Evaluated Funge, FIX protocol and EZLogin architecture for integration with 724 FSP.
Technology and Languages used: C/C++, Java, MSMQ, Netscape LDAP directory server, Java Servlets, Visibroker Corba, Oracle, HDML, WML, HTML and NT Platform.
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER OCT 1998 – NOV 1999
Participated in design and development of Channel Server, a core component in 724 Solutions’ Financial Services Platform (FSP). Channel Server handles security, business logic, rendering and command interpretation for financial transactions. Channel Server uses industry standard OFX protocol to communicate with backend servers. Delivers financial & other contents on a variety of wireless and wired devices.
Worked with wireless technologies and devices to create demos for management and marketing.
Technologies and languages used: C/C++, Java, HDML, WML, PUML, HTML, XML, XSL, OFX, and Rational Rose for UML
CONTINUUM SOFTWARE INC, WOBURN, MA, USA
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER AUG 1997 – SEP 1998
Participated in design and development of Bookmarks2Go, an online bookmark management tool.
Designed and implemented fault-tolerant database using MS SQL server, ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), Distributed Transaction Co-coordinator (DTC) and Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) technologies.
Implemented and used database stored procedures to update live database, update a Journal and create a backup database from the Journal. Participated in design and implementation of an authoring tool.
Evaluated implementation of Multiply, a toolkit to convert serial business applications to parallel, on multiple UNIX and Window NT systems.
Implemented newer functionality. Performed ORACLE DBA’s duties to evaluate database applications.
Implemented Client-Server functionality in the Runtime System. Ported Multiply based applications on Window NT 4.0 and did performance analysis.
Education:
Ph.D. in Computer Science
1991 – Jan 1998 Boston University Boston, MA
Design and Evaluation of Shared Memory for Workstation Networks. Dramatic improvement in network speeds presents an opportunity to increase the domain of applications for network of workstations (NOW). Special importance of NOWs for parallel computing stems from economy of their scale. Goal of this research was to evaluate existing shared memory protocols and design new ones most suitable for next generation of high-speed networks.
Masters Degree in Computer Science
1988 – 1990 Boston University Boston, MA
Research focused on Semantic Query Optimization for database systems.
Masters Degree in Computer Science
1985 – 1987 Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan
Master’s project: Accounting Information System for Overseas Pakistanis Foundation, Pakistan
Skills:
Computing Skill:
LINUX, UNIX, SOLARIS
PHP, Java, MySQL, Javascript,
ERP Systems, Web Based Software Design and Architecture
Additional Information:
Dear Sir / Madam:
As a Ph.D. level professional with diverse and significant practical experience in IT management, Software development, Teaching and Technology Research. I have strong problem solving skills, and I am confident that I would make a productive addition to your team.
I have a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Boston University, USA, and taught there for 3 years as an instructor. I have more than 4 years of North American industry experience in product design, software engineering and R&D in leading edge technologies. I have more than 8 years of experience teaching at the university level as Assistant and Associate Professor. For the last three years I have been working as Pro Rector and Chief Information Officer responsible for IT and software development teams.
At Boston University, my area of research was parallel and distributed systems and my thesis was on distributed shared memory on networks of workstations. At Zayed University, my research focus has been on online learning technologies, pervasive computing and information security. At GIFT University, my focus was on business process re-engineering, project management, IT infrastructure, IT management and software development. I supervised technology R&D projects in current and leading edge technologies. My areas of interests are: computer networks, parallel and distributed systems, software engineering, database systems, operating systems, pervasive computing and online learning technologies.
I have North American as well as Gulf-area experience in teaching and research related to the field of computer science and information systems. In addition to teaching and research, my industry experience helped me to contribute effectively in curriculum design and lab infrastructure development at Zayed University and GIFT University. Now I am looking for new experience and more challenging opportunities.
Sincerely yours,
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