Fawad Qureshi, Lead, Applications Development

Fawad Qureshi

Lead, Applications Development

RITCCO

Location
Saudi Arabia - Eastern Province
Education
Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering
Experience
14 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 7 Months

Lead, Applications Development at RITCCO
  • Saudi Arabia - Eastern Province
  • My current job since January 2018

Architect green/brown-field implementations for medium to large-scale enterprise and
industries with specialized operational constraints

Build principal application components by tailoring standard industry practices and architectural
design patterns to streamline software development and solutions delivery

Ensure technical solution design aligns with the desired state of enterprise architecture

Proactive identification of factors that could potentially become an impediment to progress

Sketch implementation road-map to realize an early ROI by expediting the launch of an MVP
followed by a stream of continuous value delivery with subsequent releases

Manage the incurrence of technical debt as a tradeoff for delivering business value to address
customer expectations

Analyze capabilities, propose enhancements and extensions to existing artifacts, and advise on
building new feature sets in response to evolving business needs

Advocate improvements to products and services to gain/maintain competitive advantage

Manage projects from inception to post-release by working with skilled cross-regional and
co-located multi-cultural development teams

Ensure alignment of client expectations with time and budgetary constraints

Propose a suitable engagement model for outsourcing application development depending on
the nature of the project and business constraints

Establish frameworks and standards for effective collaboration with cross-functional teams and
key stakeholders; including executives, steering committee members, and board of directors

Promote synergy across ERP (SAP) and ad-hoc applications to reduce operational overhead

Devise strategies for development operations, release management and service agreements

Senior Software Developer at RITCCO
  • Saudi Arabia - Eastern Province
  • January 2013 to December 2017

Designed and developed complex web applications, APIs, distributed systems, reusable libraries, cross-platform scripts, services for web & OS.

Interfaced applications with IP PBX, GSM gateways, proxies to PLCs, RFID readers/antennas for location tracking solutions. Programmed against APIs of rugged windows ARM-based industrial hand-held devices.

Implemented code that is extensible, generic enough, optimized, well structured, covered and documented. Introduced code re-usability by maintaining an optimum level of abstraction. Practiced test-driven development (TDD) and ensured that code ranks positive against static code analysis metrics including cyclomatic code complexity index.

Demonstrated skills in analyzing corporate business processes and manufacturing plant operations. Proposed solutions/enhancements to optimize the process, elevate transparency and reduce operational cost.

Lead requirement elicitation sessions, performed extensive gap analysis, identified dependencies, conflicts, constraints and streamlined collaboration with stakeholders, BPOs and SMEs. Translated business requirements into technical specifications and implementation plans.

Software Developer at RITCCO
  • Saudi Arabia - Eastern Province
  • October 2009 to December 2012

Developed, enhanced and integrated custom enterprise applications with ERP and off-the-shelf commercial solutions. Implemented workflows to automate shared enterprise services operations.

Addressed content management requirements of medium-large scale enterprise by extending and integrating solutions with SharePoint. Analyzed what SharePoint offers right out of the box and to what extent a customized solution can be developed and integrated with the SharePoint environment to address business constraints.

Developed applications, background services, complex workflows to address specialized business constraints pertaining to ECM.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering
  • at Bahria University
  • July 2008

Awarded Honor: Cum Laude

Specialties & Skills

Solution Architecture
Business Analysis
Enterprise Architecture
Cloud Computing
Software Development
Microservices
Business Process Automation
Business Analysis
Development Operations - DevOps
Amazon Web Services - AWS
Enterprise Architecture
Kubernetes
Cloud Infrastructure Automation
Products & Services Development
Solutions Architecture
Solution Consultation
Digital Transformation
Solutions Delivery
Cloud Solutions
Serverless
Product Management
Software & Platform Development

Social Profiles

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Arabic
Beginner

Memberships

Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)
  • Registered Engineer
  • January 2011
Saudi Council of Engineers (SCE)
  • Registration #: 88957
  • August 2011

Training and Certifications

HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2021
Docker Certified Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2019
AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2018
AWS Certified Developer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2018
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2016
Microsoft Specialist (MS): Programming in C# (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2016
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): SharePoint Server Configuration (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2009

Hobbies

  • Aviation
  • Astronomy
  • Psychology
  • Nature
  • Technology
  • Photography