Saad Zia

• Work with project management and the technology team to assess project benefits, impact and provide recommendations/proposed solutions to customers.
• To undertake high level technical architecture & design activities on projects of work, working alongside our development partners.
• Ensure appropriate and timely escalation of key architecture & design decision conflicts.
• Evaluate 3rd party solutions, performing detailed technical assessments and advising business on integration and technical fit into existing architecture landscape.
• Collaborate with and, where required, instruct 3rd party development partners and resource on low level technical design and delivery of an IT solution.
• Partners with business and technology subject-matter experts to elicit and translate business requirements into technology solutions & strategic direction.
• Ensure solution design complies with the long-term strategic roadmap for all IT systems architecture.
• Partners with other solution architects to provide a consensus based scalable and adaptable architectural solution including peer review of solution architecture deliverables.
• Run design authority sessions, in collaboration with other solution architects, evaluating proposed designs against established standards and architecture framework
• Identify opportunities for innovation & supports the development of the Business Technology Strategy.
• Ability to work through all phases of the life cycle of a product, making sure information and feedback flow between business and user.
• Adopt a ‘make it happen’ attitude by being proactive in finding solutions, optimize workflows and provide meaningful data analytics.
• Ability to understand technical architectures (server, infrastructure etc.) and being able to articulate requirements to client stakeholders

• Implementing ERP in organization covering the technical and process aspects for Distribution, Inventory, Maintenance and Manufacturing. Involved in more than four implementations covering processes of Plastics, Wires, Cables and Maintenance industries.

• Managing projects based on scrum and agile methodologies model to provide clients with working models in short intervals.

• Using PMP processes to track and align organization strategies with running projects.

• Requirements gathering and developing Technical and Process work breakdown structure.

• Managing and monitoring activities of developers and quality teams.

• Customizing Epicor ERP solution to add or reduce functionality as per the end user requirements.

• Developing BAQ’s to provide user with different form of information as reports or dashboards.

• Writing Business process methods and getting them implemented in system.

• Adding controls on running procedures to validate correct process flow.

• Process Automations to ease or reduce end user difficulties.

• Writing data conversion and migration scripts to handle data across multiple systems.

• Providing reports and supporting management with reports.

• Using XL Connect to design special financial reports for Finance Managers

• Database designing, development and administration as per work demands.

• Training end users on ERP functionality.

• Providing high level documentation to executive management.

• Managing IT Service Desk as and when required.

My Project

Developed software named FirmManager which focuses on different modules such as Accounting, Assets Management, Inventory, Operations, HR and Payroll. The software is highly customizable with dynamic reporting system. Tools used were VB.NET 2008, SQL Server 2008, Dev Express Controls, DevComponents for Right to left features.

Also designed the network architecture for communication of software between different clients located at different branches.

TRG(The Resource Group) is the leading global bpo partnership, providing equity capital, strategic advice, technology products, and customized outsourcing solutions

My Projects

Designed and developed the software Strata CRM which was a customizable software for development of screens and logic related to different call center campaigns for low end developers.
Tools used were Visual Studio 2008, development was based on VB.NET and controls used were developed using WPF.

Designed softwares/campaigns using old Strata CRM for Charter, AT&T, Yamaha US, Honda Canada Bike, BMW and VolksWagen. Software included use of SSIS packages and .NET reporting, the main logic development was based on either C#.NET or VB.NET as per the requirements.

Developed the call center application to communicate with the underlying hardware to connect calls over the network

BearingPoint's history reaches back more than 100 years to Peat Marwick. After completing an initial public offering in 2001, the company changed its name from KPMG Consulting to BearingPoint in 2002. In March 2009, BearingPoint began implementing plan to sell substantially all of its businesses to a number of parties. With the sale and wind-down of the company's operations in North America coming to closure, several entities continue to provide consulting services under the BearingPoint brand in Europe, Latin America and the Asia Pacific region

My Tasks

Attend daily training for consultancy which discussed different management principles and developed leadership skills, the initial trainings were also based on developing interpersonal skills.

Provide consultation to small firms and university students regarding the development of the software according to the industry standards and helping them out with their internal software designs and logic.

Give training for VB.NET, C#.NET and Java to new-comers to help understand basics of the language to easily determine the use of different languages according to the software being built.

Microsoft Corporation is a multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices.

My Tasks

Attend weekly Microsoft meetings to discuss different ideas of promoting the Microsoft Technologies all over the country.

Give hand on trainings at different universities regarding the Microsoft products such as new operating systems usages. Training on use of SQL server and VS 2008 for developers.

Arrange technology seminars in different universities as well as country level seminars to promote Microsoft products.

Develop teams from different universities with innovative ideas to participate in one of the world leading competition which is the Imagine Cup. We were also responsible to groom their ideas and be their helping hands.

Update the Microsoft regional committee on weekly basis regarding the progress of the assigned tasks and responsibilities.

SSUET(Sir Syed university of Engineering and Technology) is one of the leading university in Pakistan for Engineering and Technology education.

My Tasks

Give hands on training to students regarding CCNA labs which included configuring different routing protocols, preparing access lists, creating Virtual Lans etc…

SSUET(Sir Syed university of Engineering and Technology) is one of the leading university in Pakistan for Engineering and Technology education.

My Tasks

Give hands on training to students for C programming which included teaching basics ragrding working with loops, conditions, data structure usage, pointers etc…

Taking lectures on behalf of teachers when they were unavailable.

Taking oral exams at the time of examination.