Professional Experiences

Work History

  1. Chief Technical Officer / VP Engineering ( June 1, 2017 – March 20, 2021)

    Company: Zero Gravity Ventures Limited (An Ananta Group Ecommerce Venture – sindabad.com)
    Company Location: Banani, Dhaka
    Department: IT – Engineering

    Technology Used: Python, Odoo ERP (Python framework), Magento Enterprise, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, DevOps.

    Successful Project: http://www.sindabad.com

    Duties/Responsibilities:

    • Providing executive leadership and strategic planning in E-Commerce technology solution, Digital Marketing Platform solution, prioritizing technology initiatives and coordinating the evaluation, development and integration of future technologies into E-commerce products and services.
    • Manage development and deliver a world-class e-Commerce B2B application and enhance consumer experiences of Sindabad.com (both Web and App).
    • Define monitor and control company budget and make report for upper management.
    • Dealing with different vendors and purchase cost-effective software and IT equipment’s.
    • Act as a Technical Project Manager for ERP Development and Integration of modules for Finance, WMS, Sales, Purchase, CRM etc.
    • Design the architecture of WMS (Warehouse Management system), Involved in Database design.
    • Involved on Technical documentation.
    • Proactive value addition of business growth, efficient execution of technical development within given deadline. Lead, develop and nurture an enviable team – making the rest of the company proud of being associated with.
    • Recruit, develop and nurture teams of IT professionals for different functionalities.
    • Monitor and execute project plan and progress, Monitor and execute ERP implementation across company.
    • Comprehensive project planning and guidelines for execution.
    • Leading the analysis, design, development, testing, deployment and maintenance of software solutions conjunction with the Management team.
    • Communicating (verbally and in writing) complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
    • Leading multiple technology and new product development projects utilizing cutting edge technology.
    • Ensure sindabad.com to be the best ecommerce platform for B2B across the country.
    • Monitor and guide different team members, evaluating team member’s performance.
    • Monitor IT Infrastructure plans and execution, IT Procurement’s etc.
    • Research, recommend and implement new tools, techniques and best engineering practices like DevOps.
  2. Chief Technology Officer ( March 1, 2016 – January,2017) / Part-time consultant )

    Company: Mahdil Technologies

    Company Location : Dhaka
    Department: IT

    Technology Used: Python, Node.js, PHP, MySQL, AWS.

    Duties/Responsibilities:

    • Set and drive strategic technology direction, technology road-map, goals and priorities for the Maison Mahdil development teams.
    • Research, recommend and implement new tools, techniques and best engineering practices and procedures for the Maison Mahdil teams.
    • Meet regularly, manage, mentor and inspire key software engineers, engineering managers, and technical leads across all locations, to meet business objectives and strengthen the various web and mobile application development teams.
    • Assess engineering skills sets across all locations, identify critical technical skills and roles gaps, redeploy existing tech talent wherever possible, and hire new talent externally to close any found gaps to support product and technology priorities
    • Drive product delivery following agile development methodologies.
    • Ensure all projects teams are properly resourced with the right engineers and skills sets, define key engineering goals and performance indicators, and lead the team’s execution to meet those goals
    • Lead the vision and define the architecture of the future tech stack for mid-core apps, including defining a mid-core platform/engine strategy, and staff it for success in its execution
    • Ensure that the right technologies, tools, processes and resources are in place for all live operations support post launch in Amazon Cloud Environment
    • Build strong relationships between engineering managers and technical leads with Apps Production, Design, UI/UX, Art, and Project Management leads
    • Believe in iterating quickly, being agile, failing fast, and learning from failures
    • Build a thriving engineering culture cross-studios and cross-teams, based on open communication and a culture of sharing and innovation between the Maison Mahdil teams.
    • Set and deliver against milestones and provide updates to the executive staff on a regular basis
    • Communicate transparently across all levels of the organization to ensure alignment on goals.
  3. Sr. Project Manager ( February 1, 2016 - May 31, 2017)

    Company: AtomAP Group
    Company Location : Dhaka
    Department: Software Development / IT

    Technology Used: ASP.Net, C#, AngularJS, MS SQL Server Enterprise, Azure, Python, Node.js, PHP, MySQL, AWS.

    Successful Project: https://www.fxtrade.co.jp/

    Duties/Responsibilities:

    • Managed large and complex project in Financial Domain (Forex Trading) for a well-known Japanese client.
    • Agile Scrum Practitioner. Implementation of Scrum practice in the team throughout the SDLC.
    • IT Application Maintenance and Security
    • Involved in Commercial Business Proposal Writing, SRS writing, Technical Documentations, Feasibility Study and Report Writing, BRD preparation.
    • Involved in Business Case and Process Flow design, Business Intelligent, Define Product Backlog by acting as a Product Owner.
    • Recruit, develop and nurture teams of IT professionals for different functionalities.
    • Building teams with technical competency.
    • Drive product delivery following Agile development methodologies.
    • Ensure all projects teams are properly resourced with the right engineers and skills sets, define key engineering goals and performance indicators, and lead the teams execution to meet those goals
  4. Project Manager / Sr. Technical Consultant ( July 1, 2013 - January 31, 2016)

    Company: CIMSOLUTIONS Pvt. Ltd. http://www.cimsolutions.com.bd
    Company Location : 7-9 BTMC Building, 7th Floor, Kawran Bazar, Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh
    Department: Software Development

    Technology Used: ASP.Net, C#, AngularJS, MS SQL Server Enterprise.

    Successful Project Reference: Sprinter, Balanced Score Card Project.

    Duties/Responsibilities:

    • Managed large and complex software projects and enterprise system implementations.
    • Agile Scrum Practitioner. Implementation of Scrum practice in the team throughout the SDLC.
    • MIS report development, ERP Financial Management
    • IT Application Maintenance and Security
    • Involved in Commercial Business Proposal Writing, SRS writing, Technical Documentations, Feasibility Study and Report Writing, BRD preparation.
    • Involved in Business Case and Process Flow design, Business Intelligent, Define Product Backlog by acting as a Product Owner.
    • Building teams with technical competency.
    • System Integration and Network Administration
    • Plan, organize, facilitate, coordinate, manage risks, report and deliver agreed deliverable.
    • Motivate, lead, monitor, supervise, evaluate and support project teams, suppliers and sub-contractors.
    • Ensure the delivery of project deliverable according to agreed quality, cost and deadline.
    • Liaise with client, users, management and other stake holders to align project goals and ensure acceptance.
    • Additional project role and responsibility depending on need, experience and skills, e.g. Requirements Analyst, Business System Analyst, Information Engineer, Software Architect, Technical Consultant etc.
    • IT Standards and Regulations, IT Budgeting and Expenditure Monitoring
    • Support for different activities of accounts, finance, HR etc.
  5. Software Development Manager (February 01, 2011 - June 30, 2013)

    Company: DK Technology Ltd. & Nochallenge Technology LLC(USA) www.nochallenge.net
    Company Location :
    DK Tower, Banglamotor, Dhaka, Bangladesh
    Department: Technology

    Technology Used: ASP.Net, C#, MS SQL Server Enterprise, PHP, MySQL, SugarCRM, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Joomla, WordPress, Prestashop.

    Project Reference: igrabber, Diamond Price Configurator, Job Portal, BilingualClassifieds, Event Management System – ExpoSoftPro, 403 Tracking Application, More Projects …

    Duties/Responsibilities:

    • Work together with team leads to plan and execute projects, ensure that teams have appropriate product and technical specifications, direction, and resources to deliver products effectively by establishing realistic estimates for time-lines while ensuring that projects remain on target to meet deadlines.
    • Followed Agile- Scrum methodologies through the SDLC process.
    • Track and report the status of projects on various teams, acting as a gateway through which work were assigned to appropriate teams while ensuring that project scope is adequately defined.
    • Demonstrated leadership abilities to commercial and government clients with the deployment of software enhancements and fixes that are coordinated based on release schedules.
    • Demonstrated a software plan that meets the future needs of commercial and government clients on technical challenges of industry demands.
    • Involved in Business Proposal Writing, Business System Analysis, High level technical design documentation, BRD preparation, and Architectural design.
    • Liaised with accounts and business development teams and support them in various managerial activities.
    • Served as the technical lead in all client meetings which have implemented Nochallenge products.
    • Evolved the existing software system applications and architecture in various areas as needed.
    • Helped developers resolve problems both technical as well as human resources issues, tracking and approving vacation and personal days for employees within their teams and monitoring individual employees performance and relaying this to upper management.
    • Provided leadership and guidance to coach, motivate, and lead team members to their optimum performance levels and career development.
    • Administer technical interviews with potential business clients.
    • Reported to CEO and MD of Nochallange / DK Technologies and DK Group.
  6. Project Manager / Sr. Software Engineer (November 20, 2006 - January 31, 2011)

    Company: Mascon Global Limited http://www.mgl.com & Infosage Systems Ltd.
    Company Location: Hyderabad, India.
    Department: Web Development

    Responsibility as Project Manager:

    • Responsible for delivering projects trough out SDLC.
    • Accomplished the project objectives within the constraints of the project.
    • Followed Agile scrum project Management methodologies.
    • Involved in planning, controlling and monitoring, and also managing and directing the assigned project resources to best meet project objectives.
    • Controls and monitors triple constraints project scope, time and cost (with quality)
    • Involved in SRS writing, Business Requirement documentation, BI activities.
    • Collect metrics data (such as baseline, actual costs, schedule, work in progress, and work completed) & reports on project progress and other project specific information to stakeholders.
    • Identifying, monitoring, and responding to risk.
    • Reporting to Director of Operations.

    Responsibility as Sr. Software Engineer:

    • UI Design/Development for various projects
    • Integration of Design given by Client with proposed workflow.
    • Design/Development/ Enhancements of UI as per proposed workflow
    • AJAX integration
    • Different ERP module development
    • Event Management Product Development
    • Ecommerce Application development, Shopping Cart integration CS Cart, Digi shop, Magento, Prestashop
    • WordPress, Joomla, Drupal development and implementation
    • Responsible for Customer/user data migration, Product and Content Package data pull from Database, Database – Enhancement of existing DB, Application Logging, Security, Session Management, Data Transfers etc.
    • Payment gateway integration PayPal, Authorize.net, Google Checkout
    • Involved on Detail Technical help documentation
  7. Technical Lead - Web Development (March 10, 2005 - November 15, 2006)

    Company : Hosting Network Inc. Subsidiary of Ecommerce Inc. http://www.ecommerce.com (Austria)
    Company Location : Hyderabad, India
    Department: Application
    Duties/Responsibilities:

    • LINUX based Web Hosting Administration including Apache, PHP, MySQL, PgSQL
    • Windows based Web Hosting Administration with IIS, ASP, MSSQL
    • phpBB2 Forum Design, Configuration and customization with MySQL database.
    • OSCommerce Installation, Configuration, and customization with MySQL database.
    • Word Press Installation, Configuration, and customization with MySQL database.
    • Joomla Integration, Template Design, Component Design and customization, Module Design and customization.
  8. Software Engineer (August 03, 2002 - February 28, 2005)

    Company: Convergys India Services Pvt. Ltd. http://www.convergys.com
    Company Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
    Department: Application
    Duties/Responsibilities:

    • Worked on AT&T wireless system billing application Support, maintenance and Email Customer Care, Over the AIR programming and support, Network failure Support through WebEx, Technical query resolution for different mobile networks.
    • Worked for AT&T billing application functional customization and maintenance.
    • LINUX based Web Hosting Administration including Apache, PHP, MySQL, PgSQL support.
    • Red Hat LINUX 7.2 Installation and configuration.
    • Windows 2000 Server Installation and configuration.
    • Apache web server 1.2.30 LINUX based Installation and configuration.
    • My SQL installation in LINUX platform with Apache and PHP Support.
    • PHP Installation in LINUX platform with Apache and FTP support.
    • Web Page Design, Survey Application Development and Support.