Navid Ahsan, Microsoft Dynamics Technical Solution Architect

Navid Ahsan

Microsoft Dynamics Technical Solution Architect

Smith & Nephew

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Computer Sciences
Experience
23 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :23 years, 8 Months

Microsoft Dynamics Technical Solution Architect at Smith & Nephew
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since August 2016
Microsoft Dynamics AX Technical Lead / Architect at Arrow ECS
  • United Kingdom - London
  • October 2014 to July 2016
Principal Development Lead (AX) at JJ Food Service Limited
  • United Kingdom - London
  • July 2012 to October 2014

As a Principal Development Lead I was responsible for the development teams that looked after the Supply chain and Operations areas of the business. I lead and managed full life cycle of projects within these areas and acted as an internal consultant to other teams within the organization. I also liaised with external contacts / organizations in relation to integration, acquiring of software and participated in other technical programs (Beta, TAP etc.). My other responsibilities included maintaining different Dynamics AX installations and environments. I also performed the role of proxy DBA.

I was also actively involved in the talent acquisition process, performing candidate resume reviews and developer interviews.

Major Projects:
• Implementation of Purchase/Payment card capture.
• Adoption of Feature Pack and CU4 for AX 2012.
• Setup of new cluster environment with Disaster Recovery for migration of database to SQL server 2012.
• Integration of Relex demand forecasting tool with AX 2012.
• Integrated Azure Machine Learning with Dynamics AX to Revolutionize Customer Service

Principal ERP Developer (AX) at JJ Food Service Limited
  • United Kingdom
  • May 2011 to June 2012

As a Principal ERP Developer, I'm responsible for the design and development of new features/customisations/enhancements/integrations in Dynamics AX and the underlying architecture. I also serve as a resource and mentor for other team members and are involved in making tactical decisions and determining strategic direction of IT/business processes of the company.

Major projects:

Upgrade of Dynamics AX from 2009 to 2012

Senior Software Engineer (AX) at JJ Food Service Limited
  • United Kingdom
  • July 2006 to April 2011

Working as a member of the team responsible for Analysis, design, development/enhancement and administration of Microsoft Dynamics AX implementation

Major Projects:

• Upgrade of Dynamics AX from version 3 to version 4 and then 2009.
• Integration of UPS Transportation System with Dynamics AX
• Development of Hand Held Application for delivery and integration with back end
• Integration of Credit Card processing
• Development of 3D secure module for credit card processing
• Integration using Application Integration Framework
• Performance optimization of Dynamics AX processes

Others:
Participated in the Specification Design Review (SDR) and Knowledge Transfer sessions with Microsoft for “Dynamics AX 6” in Bellevue, USA and Reading, UK.

Application Developer at Ministry Of The Interior, Kingdom of Bahrain
  • Bahrain
  • June 2003 to June 2006

Working as a member of the team responsible for development and enhancement of various database systems currently deployed through out the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Major work includes:
• Developed criminal system database to help decision-making.
• Enhancement of existing database system at the Forensic Science Lab.
• Developed Human Resource System for various directorates of the Ministry.
• Developed custom controls for use in Forms 6i using Visual C++.

Software Engineer at Logics Brains
  • Pakistan
  • October 2002 to December 2002

Worked as a member of the team responsible for development and enhancement of Nero BackItUp.

Major work includes:
• Updated Zlib compression library to support compression of Unicode files
• Updated Zlib to provide In-Memory compression of larger files for directly burning on CD
• Added CD-erasing option to Nero BackItUp

Application Analyst at Protel Networks
  • Pakistan
  • September 2001 to August 2002

Cerebrus Solutions Ltd outsources Protel Networks for development of telecommunications products for its various clients worldwide. Cerebrus provides a fraud management platform which can be tailored to the specific needs of any carrier in the market, from start-up competitive local exchange carriers to the largest IP-based 2.5G/3G mobile operator handling hundreds of millions or more chargeable calls and data transactions every day.

Responsibilities:
Worked as a member of the team responsible for development and enhancement of the Fraud solution for the Telecom industry.

Major Projects:
• Cerebrus Fraud Solution for Telecel, Portugal.
• Cerebrus Fraud Solution for KPN, Holland.
• Cerebrus Fraud Solution for Panafon, Greece.
• Cerebrus Fraud Solutions reporting tools.

Software Engineer at Allied Software Corp.
  • Pakistan
  • July 2000 to August 2001

StenoCAT32 for Windows is a Computer Aided Transcription tool, which helps Judges, Court Reporters, Attorneys and other related people in recording and processing of court proceedings. This tool integrates the features of word-processing, real time capturing and translation of encoded information from Steno Writer, document proofing, indexing, spell checking, macro editing etc. The tool was developed using Visual C++. StenoCAT32 is the product of Gigatron Software Corporation (GSC), California. Allied Software Corporation is the subsidiary of GSC.

For more information about the StenoCAT 32 Editor, please visit the site www.gsclion.com.

Responsibilities:
Worked as a member of the team responsible for fixing existing bugs and implementing new features according to new requirements.

Responsibilities included the following modules.
• Export of the StenoCAT32 transcript to the older versions.
• Import of the StenoCAT32 transcript from older versions.
• Export of the StenoCAT32 transcript to the RTF format.
• Importing a transcript from RTF to StenoCAT32.
• Export of StenoCAT32 transcript to simple text.
• Export of StenoCAT32 dictionary to older versions and also in RTF format.
• Importing StenoCAT32 dictionary from RTF and older versions.
• Improvement of Condensed and Normal Printing.
• Number conversion module which can convert any given number regardless it is in digits or words into Digits, Words, Social Security Number, Phone, Date, Time and Zip code.

Internee at Allied Software Corp.
  • Pakistan
  • February 2000 to June 2000

Project was aimed at development of software that automated the Black box testing process of StenoCAT 32. A number of test cases and test scripts were written using Microsoft’s Visual Test 4 and Rational Visual Test 6.0. The front end of the software was built using Microsoft’s Visual C++ 6.0.

Responsibilities: Analysis, Design and implementation of the whole project.

Education

Master's degree, Computer Sciences
  • at Quaid-i-Azam University
  • September 2000

Specialties & Skills

AX Performance optimization
AX Administration
AX Installation and configuration
Microsoft Dynamics AX
Integration
IT Architecture
Morph X

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Solution Architect Expert (Certificate)
Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Developer Associate (Certificate)
Microsoft Dynamics 365: Core Finance and Operations (Certificate)
Certified ScrumMaster (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2012
Valid Until:
September 2012

Hobbies

  • Reading