Siddiq Mohammed, CEO

Siddiq Mohammed

CEO

Inclusive Services and Technologies Pvt. Ltd,

Location
India - Hyderabad
Education
Master's degree, Master in computer applications
Experience
26 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :26 years, 10 Months

CEO at Inclusive Services and Technologies Pvt. Ltd,
  • India - Hyderabad
  • My current job since November 2021

Lead and oversee offshore product dev firm's operations, product vision, strategy, and growth

CEO at Quallent Technologies Pvt Ltd
  • India - Hyderabad
  • May 2019 to October 2021

Managed day to day administrative aspects of the organization encompassing operations, business development, project implementation, tie-up, partnership and vendor management as well as defining technology strategy and road map for the company.

CTO at First for information technology
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • February 2016 to April 2019

We are able to create good portfolio within span of 1 year. We have delivered mobile apps and software projects of worth USD 3.5 million under my leadership. I am able to contribute from product conceptualization, blueprint, budgeting, and product idea presentations. I managed the delivery life cycle to deliver the projects on time and within budget.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
 R&D and creating technology strategy and road map for the company
 Presenting the monthly status reports to management, partners, customers, and other stakeholders
 Pre-sales and marketing support activities - Seminars, Events and online web casts as required
 Attending client meetings, preparing presentations and proposals
 Ensures the efficient and cost effective development for projects
 Defining methodologies and processes in business operations
 Managing outsourcing partners, remote teams and handling administrative and technical aspects
 Proficient in visualizing requirements and creating product blueprint, Wireframes, app flow
 Deep understanding of software architecture and project management methodologies
 Mentoring, motivating and influencing peers and team
 Managing Software and Application development projects complete SDLC
 Managing Software delivery, tracking and monitoring the progress
 Managing outsourced software projects with partners, vendors and remote teams
 Prioritization of deliverables and managing development strategy
 Scope/Change Management and resolving conflicts
 Resource utilization and performance evaluations
 Defining and driving Quality, Security, Communication process within the company
 Managing clients, vendors and partner communications
 Building required team on project basis
 Technical evaluations, preparing RFQs and evaluating bids/proposals

Systems Development Director at 2Share (Emerging Technology Co.)
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • January 2011 to February 2016

I was responsible for Software and Mobile app development line of business. I have managed projects from project inception stage till the project delivery. With deep understanding of customer behavior in the region, I was able to influence customers to accept the offered solution. I was building technical partnerships and managing vendors to deliver the local projects as solution aggregator. We have delivered projects, web portals and mobile apps.
We have delivered Governmental projects for public security, General directorate of assorts and to many other prestigious clients with large contact center implementations at King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Al Tayyar Travel group etc.
The award winning mobile app developed for Jawazat (GDP) has more than half million users in both Play store and Apple Store.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
 R&D and creating technology strategy and road map for the company
 Developing technology road map to meet business goals and strategies
 Product and service portfolio management
 Defining methodologies and processes in business operations
 Partnering and collaborating with Global leaders in the industry to deliver the right solutions to the local market
 Building in-house capabilities to deliver products and services
 Managing offshore development centers
 Building Mobile applications and distribution strategy for digital content and VAS
 Managing Software and Application development projects
 Identify and implement technology trends and platforms
 Communicate the company’s technology strategy to investors, management, staff, partners, customers, and all other stakeholders
 Evaluate and recommend technologies
 Establish web presence and increase brand value of the company
 Quality, Security, Communication process within the company
 Mentoring team

CEO and Co-founder at Quallent Technologies Private Limited
  • India - Hyderabad
  • May 2009 to January 2011

We have founded Quallent Technologies, a company that execute Software development & IT Solutions projects from their software house based in India on outsourcing model. The idea is to help the client to "Accelerate. Perform. Sustain.". The following services are provided.
• Software and Mobile app development
• Application Development and Outsourcing
• SMS Solutions
• Remote teams
Within short time we were able to partner with Saudi based company to execute their prestigious projects. The turn over of USD 0.5 million has been achieved in within 2 financial years.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
 Driving the company
 Managing operations
 Business development
 Project management
 Managing tie-ups, partnerships, vendors
 Admin and Legal tasks
 R&D and creating technology strategy and road map for the company

Development Lead at Microsoft India (R&D) Pvt. Ltd
  • India - Hyderabad
  • March 2008 to April 2009

Worked as Development lead and was mentoring and managing a highly qualified team. Was responsible for the largest Data warehouse of Microsoft Tax applications and looking after the application enhancements. Was responsible for adopting processes and improving the delivery life cycle.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
 Providing technical leadership
 R&D and POC using beta release tools and software
 Technically mentoring the team and interns
 Quarterly targeted initiatives to deliver value
 Writing white papers, case studies for the Microsoft forums and MSDN
 Contributing to the technical bogs and email lists to solve the technical issues
 Organizing team events to technically challenge the junior team

Technical Architect at Capgemini Consulting India Pvt. Ltd
  • India - Hyderabad
  • December 2004 to March 2008

 Was handling the project team independently and was working closely with the onsite technical manager and was reporting to Software delivery manager for the TXU Retail project.
 Worked onsite in US for TXU project.
 Was member of Capgemini Architects community and represented TXU Retail (Capgemini, Bangalore) at Senior Architects Summit in Microsoft office Redmond W.A. in Feb 2006.

Project Lead at ITC InfoTech India Ltd
  • India - Hyderabad
  • July 2004 to December 2004

A short but very much close to heart job. Started in a very critical project of Pfizer, Mumbai, India for a Custom solution development group of ITC Infotech. The project was victim of mass attrition, and the project was running over schedule, and the client was unhappy etc. Managed to take the lead developer position and handled the project, worked closely with clients and improved the client feedback for the company. Personally travelled onsite to deploy and install the software and delivered and provided warranty. Great learning!

Project Lead at KnowledgeNet Co
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • October 2003 to June 2004

Worked for ANB bank project to develop a custom software to manage IPO. Used Rational Rose 2000 or UML and Entity diagrams to communicate with the client technical team. Developed the software using VB.Net, Oracle database using ODP drivers.

Project Lead at Solutions SoftNet
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • October 2001 to October 2003

Was first person to get hired by new startup company and was responsible for building a team. Was handling business independently from pre sales, project requirement collection, design, and development to after sales support. Delivered first ecommerce website for AlSaif Gallery to sell the items online using Bank transfer and UK based payment gateway.

Senior Software Engineer at Buffalo Networks Pvt. Ltd. (Tehelka)
  • India - Delhi
  • October 2000 to September 2001

As primarily responsible to manage the news portal as webmaster and helping editorial team with their day to day operations. Developed ecommerce website to sell exclusive artwork online.

Web Developer at WebNet Inc
  • India
  • July 1997 to September 2000
Web Developer at WEBNET INC.
  • India - Delhi
  • July 1997 to September 2000

Developed many commercial websites using Photoshop, PERL, CGI, ASP, and HTML. We developed matrimonial websites, B2B website for recruitment consultant in US, greetings card website and many other classified websites commercially.

Education

Master's degree, Master in computer applications
  • at Chennai University
  • May 1997

Software Engineering MIS Data structures Statistics Business Management

Bachelor's degree, Electronics
  • at Nagarjuna University
  • May 1994

Electronics Maths Physics

High school or equivalent, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry
  • at Intermediate board
  • May 1994

Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry

High school or equivalent, Maths
  • at Premier School
  • May 1988

SSC Board

Specialties & Skills

Technical Architecture
Project Management
Business Development
Vendor Management
Executive Management
Scrum, Agile
APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
Executive Management
Presales
Project Management
Startup and Remote teams
Vendor Management

Languages

Arabic
Beginner
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Microsoft certified application developer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2004
PMP Course (Training)
Training Institute:
Corporate training
Date Attended:
October 2009
Duration:
40 hours