* PROFILE SUMMARY

AHAD ZUBAIR 18 years of vocational experience in managing,

architectural designing, development & integration
PMI-ACP, PRINCE2, ITILV4, TOGAF 9.2 CERTIFIED
Program Manager / Senior Product Manager/ Digital Product of enterprise applications, web solutions and
Owner / Senior Delivery Manager customized software development. Strong
leadership cum management skills and thus
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successfully led multiple projects. Ability to
Passport Expiry Date: July 2025
handle multiple responsibilities and adapt
Current Location: Dubai, UAE quickly to shifting priorities. Having good
exposure of client dealing and provided technical
Primary Email: [email protected]
support to various clients, diagnosed and solved
UAE Driving License: Yes (Dubai) customer issues/queries. I am seeking a
managerial-position that would utilize my
Visa Status: UAE’s Golden Visa Holder
program/product/project management-and/or
Notice Period / Availability: 1 Week / 7 Days architectural designing skills and offer the
Online Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahad-zubair-pmi- potential for professional growth that have a
acp%C2%AE-prince2%C2%AE-itil%C2%AE-togaf%C2%AE- positive impact on well-being of employees and
2900377/ financial status of the company.
AC A D E M I C Q U A L I F IC A T I O N
Aug 2010- June 2012 FAST-NU (KHI, PK - First Division: 3.14 CGPA)
MS (Software Project Management)

Jan 2001- Jan 2005 Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology (KHI, PK - First Division: 3.04 CGPA)
BE (Computer Engineering)
Certifications TECHNICAL SKILLS & EXPERTISE
✓ PMI - ACP
✓ Development Tools - ASP.NET & .NET Core, C#.NET, VB.NET, Classic ASP, PHP, C & C++, Visual Basic 6.0,
✓ Prince2
JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, HTML Angular, ReactJS, Typescript, Node.JS, Windows & Web Services, SOA,
✓ TOGAF 9.2
Web API, REST, SOAP, WCF, MVC(Razor), XML, Google API, MS BI, ETL, Xamarin, Flutter, Data Warehousing
Level 1 & (SSAS, SSRS, SSIS), SharePoint 2013, MS SharePoint Online, Crypto currencies/Blockchain Programming
Level 2 (using Bitnet, Nethereum /Web3 API), Python, , Salesforce, Office 365, MS Dynamics 365.
✓ ITIL v4 ✓ Databases/Object Models/OS - MS SQL 2019, MySql 5.0/4.0, Oracle 10g/9i, MongoDB/NoSQL, MS Access,
Foundation ADO.Net, LINQ to SQL, IBATIS.Net, Entity Framework, Nhibernate, Cake-PHP, Redis, Windows, Linux.
✓ PM/Data Architectural/Enterprise Modeling/Monitoring Tools - UML, MS Visio, Redmine, Assembla,
Languages Mantis, JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, Basecamp, MS Teams, Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, Nginx,
✓ English Azure DevOps (CI/CD Pipelines), Docker, Agile and Scrum, APl Gateway (Ocelot), AWS (S3, EC2 etc.), IaaS, PaaS,
(Fluent) RabbitMQ, VSTS, TFS, SVN/VSS, GitHub, GitLab, Media Streaming/OBS-Studio, Beyond Compare, Mercurial, Domain-
✓ Urdu (Native) Driven-Designs, Message-Queues, High-Charts, 12 Factors App. Crystal & RDLC Reports, Bootstrap, Metro-UI CSS,
✓ Arabic Telerik/Kendo UI, Infragistics, Mind Fusion, DevExpress, Miro, LucidApp, Red Gate, AI based chatbots, Apex SQL,
(Read-only) cData Sync, Talend-Studio for Data Integration/Governance.

PROGRAM / PRODUCT / P ROJECT MANAGEMEN T SKILLS

Top Skills
✓ Technology ✓ Requirements Analysis, Gathering & Elicitation, Resource(s) Allocation, Stakeholder (Expectations) Management,
Integration & Release Management, Project/ Tasks /Resources Scheduling, Team Leadership /Management and Mentoring,
Innovation Support in System Migration & Integration, Review of Database and System Design, Software Design
✓ Compliance & Improvement, Code Review and Optimization, Security Enhancements, Cloud Infrastructure Management,
Security Technical and/or User Specifications Creation, Analyzing Digital Products Strategies, Performance Tracking and
✓ Budgeting & Improvement, Led initiatives to strengthen security across Azure environments, utilizing Azure Security tools (AD,
Financial Key-Vault, Sentinel) and best practices to mitigate risks and protect critical assets
Management MAJOR PROJECTS/ BUSINESS DOMAINS
✓ Leadership ✓ Advertising/Media Agencies ERP, Airline System * Core Banking Systems and Crypto-Launchpad Apps
✓ Performance ✓ Oil and Gas Sector Enterprise Systems * Remittance / Cross-Border Payment Management System
Optimization ✓ Network Marketing/Multi-Level-Marketing Systems * HRM / Automobile Auction/Sale ERP System
& Risk ✓ Real Estate & Loyalty cum Voucher Redeeming System * E-Learning & Reward cum Incentive Management System
Management ✓ Pharmaceutical, NFT Minting Applications * E-Governance based Recruitment Management System
✓ SaaS, CRM (Salesforce), Retail/Inventory * Crypto currencies (BTC/ETH) based Payment Solutions

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✓ Extensive experience working on core banking modules such as Accounts Management, Loan Management,
Payment Processing, CRM, and Risk and Compliance Management eCommerce Solutions
 CORE SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
✓ Leadership & People Management ✓ Data Security ✓ Serverless Computing & Continuous Improvement
✓ Enterprise Architecture Designing ✓ Digital Marketing ✓ Program/Product/Project/Process Management
✓ Problem Solving/Critical Thinking ✓ Quick Learner ✓ Cross-Functional/Distributed Team Management
✓ Technical/Formal Documentation ✓ E-Commerce ✓ Customer Support & Change Management

WORK HISTORY (8+ Years - UAE and 10.5 Years - Pakistan)

May. 2023- May 2024 ICONX LLC (formerly V-Marketing/Team-Validus), Dubai, UAE
Program Manager | Senior Product Manager | Enterprise and Solutions Architect
Responsibilities: Manage the day-to-day operations of the IT department, including but not limited to
project management, technical support, and vendor relations. Develop and implement technology strategies
that align with the company’s goals and objectives. Lead the IT teams to maintain optimal uptime levels for
the current platform & collaboratively develop new micro applications upon the current infrastructure.
Ensure the security and confidentiality of sensitive company’s data through effective data management
practices and security protocols. Develop and manage IT budgets, track expenses, and ensure cost-
effectiveness and efficient use of resources. Led the creation and enhancement of a loyalty vertical within a B2C
product, driving customer retention and engagement through strategic partnerships with third-party software
vendors. Additionally, contributed to trading product initiatives, demonstrating a keen interest and adaptability
in this domain. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including member network support, marketing, and
operations to develop and implement new technology initiatives.

Aug 2021-May 2023 FEDER NOVA (formerly OX Future Project Management), Dubai, UAE
Solutions Architect | Senior Delivery Manager
Responsibilities: Architecture Designing/Refining & Maintenance of newly developed and ongoing
fintech systems. Developing & implementing project/product & REST API based processes
specifications. Managing Forex/Trading/Stock, CRM & Blockchain systems. Android and IOS based
Applications for Trading CRM. Integrating custom MT4/5 based CRM to Salesforce CRM with
performance optimization, sustainability, & security perspective. Requirements Elicitation, Formal &
Business-Documentation, Stakeholder Management, Conducting UAT Sessions & Leading & Training the
internal departmental technical teams throughout the SDLC or Sprints iterations. Track and evaluate
key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of data governance initiatives. Adhere
to the requirements & guidelines for data/quality/governance/extensibility.

Feb. 2021-July 2021 Diyar United Trading (Client – ADNOC), Abu Dhabi, UAE
Solutions Architect | Product Owner [6 Months Contractual Job]
Responsibilities: Building & integrating information systems to meet the company’s needs; Leading
& Managing the Support/Production (Deployment) Team; Creating Business & Technical Proposals;
Compiling Change Requests & Service Requests Documents; Continually researching current &
emerging technologies & proposing changes for improvements needed in system.
July 2020- Jan. 2021 ADRPBF – Government Entity, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Technical Team Leader / Project Lead [6 Months Contractual Job]
Responsibilities: Analysis, designing and developing web-based financial applications of Govt Entity;
leading and managing team and projects; modifying system for performance optimization and security;
formal documentation; modules integration; providing UAT support; allocating and keeping track of tasks etc.
Projects: Worked on various modules of Web based financial applications as a new development and/or
enhancements and modifications as per the business requirements. Tools in used were Visual Studio.Net
(ASP.NET/C# 4.7), NHibernate, Agile/Scrum for Project Management using TFS, AJAX and jQuery,
Telerik, Crystal Reports, REST and SOAP API/Web Services, SQL Server 2016 etc.

July 2017- Mar. 2020 Dominus Management Solutions (formerly Humanitas Meritus), Dubai, UAE
Technical Project Manager / Software Architect
Responsibilities: Architecture designing & developing web-based modules of MLM and Crypto-currencies
systems and desktop-based utility applications; leading and managing technical teams, defining coding
standards & best-practices; Onsite-Offshore co-ordination; upgrading tools and technologies within
organization; for performance enhancements and security, modifying the design and architecture of the
application cum DB Schema optimization through advanced techniques of SQL; formal documentation;
conducting software code reviews; allocating and keeping track of tasks assigned to the team members;

2 defining deployment strategies and high-level design choices according to the business requirements.
 Projects: worked on various modules of eLearning/e-Tutorial/e-Seminar related Web based system that
provide their solutions as Value Packs to the customer where they can buy and excel their chain and promote
themselves from member to executives and thus maximizing their reward and incentives accordingly. Involved
in the GDPR Activity for customers-data-protecting and developed Cryptocurrency based payment solutions for
facilitating the finance dept. with Bitnet Client, Nethereum/Web3 & other online APIs with Bitcoin and
MIST/Geth Wallets (for BTC, ETH and Leocoin) respectively. Technologies involved: Visual Studio.Net 2017
(ASP.NET/C# 4.7), Agile/Scrum Methodology for Project Management using TFS and Assembla,
Angular, AJAX and jQuery, Telerik, Crystal Reports, Web API and Web Services, SQL Server 2016, SVN and
VSTS 2017 for DevOps/CI-CD/Automatic Build Deployment.

May 2016 - June 2017 Avanza Solutions (Adroit Technologies) Dubai, UAE
Manager Software Development [12 Months Contractual Job]
Responsibilities: Leading and managing technical team, creation and execution of optimized
development plan, modifying the architecture & design of the application, integration of modules,
troubleshooting technical problems from inception till post-live phases, formal documentation,
conducting software code reviews, allocating and keeping track of tasks assigned to the team members,
defining deployment strategies; conducting Penetration Testing for enhancing security of overall
system; scheduling of SSIS Packages using SQL Server Agent and Data consolidation using ETL packages,
business analysis and responsible for designing reports specifications, scorecards, analytical and
graphical reports, managing all concern stakeholders of the project and executive reporting of project &
resources to top management.
Projects: worked and managed the modules of Web based Remittance Management system that aids in
effective and secure money transfer with multiple payment methods; mobile commerce and mobile
banking from various types of mobile devices too. At Barclays Bank, while focusing on enhancing
transaction processing systems and improving customer service delivery, I had been involved
collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement cutting-edge banking solutions, ensuring
compliance with regulatory standards and driving operational efficiency. Technologies involved: VS.Net
2012 (ASP.NET 4.5), MVC 5, NHibernate, jQGrid, Crystal and RDLC reports, High Charts, Data
consolidation using ETL packages, Web API and Web Services, SQL Server 2012, Mercurial, Redmine and
Agile/Scrum Methodologies for Project Management.
Sept 2014 - May 2016 NorthStar Technologies (formerly Sigma-Flow Pvt Ltd), KHI, PK (SSE-Team Leader)
Responsibilities: System analysis, Software development, Formal document, technical estimation of
work to be performed by self and others. Onsite-Offshore co-ordination. Managing and monitoring the
ongoing development along with the database modeling and implementation.

Dec 2012 - Aug2014 SBT-Japan Pakistan Office, KHI, PK (Principal Software Engineer/Team Leader)
Responsibilities: Analysis, elicitation and documentation of technical requirements. Technical
estimation of work to be performed by self and others. Onsite-Offshore co-ordination. Managing &
monitoring ongoing development. Responsibilities also include software development, project
management, customization of processes, excessive stakeholders’ interaction, analyzing and designing
application architecture along with database modeling and implementation.
May 2010 - Nov 2012 SYSTEMS Limited, KHI, PK (Technical Lead/Senior Software Engineer)
Responsibilities: Acquiring new skills in various programming languages and development
environment/R & D based tasks, Developing Web & Desktop applications, managing team members and
assisting them in coding, debugging and issue fixing of programs, provide UAT support, developing
timeline-documents for estimation & project plan, modification/migration/enhancement in existing
(desktop/web-based) applications & custom reports development.
May 05- April 2010 THK-Solutions Pvt Ltd, KHI, PK (Senior Software Engineer)
Responsibilities: Developing web applications, creating web-services, maintaining existing web
applications in various environments, unit/regression and integration testing, providing post
implementation and ongoing production support and developing custom reports.

PASSION & INTEREST

Designing and integrating architecture, managing Web/WAP, blockchain, and mobile applications, while
overseeing program, product, project, and stakeholder management, and ensuring data security, risk

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and quality management, and comprehensive technical documentation in mission-critical environments