Syed Kamran Hassan, Technical Team Lead

Syed Kamran Hassan

Technical Team Lead

Core Technologies

Location
Pakistan - Karachi
Education
Diploma, Java
Experience
25 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :25 years, 3 Months

Technical Team Lead at Core Technologies
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • My current job since December 2003

Smart Phones (iPhone/iPod/iPad, Android, Blackberry)

• Managed/led a team who efficiently and successfully delivered varieties of product for iPhone/iPod, iPad, Android and Blackberry devices.
• Extensive involvement in project planning and new resource identification process.
• Responsible for the design and execution of the development work as well as retaining a very hands-on involvement in the work its self.
• Coordinating closely with clients, ensuring their needs and requirements were not only accommodated but surpassed.
• Successfully implemented different frameworks provided by the iPhone SDK as well as third party open source frameworks in various applications such as Push Notification, In-App purchase, Core Data Service, SQLite, JSON Framework, TBXML, RSS Feed, Facebook, Twitter etc.
• Successfully launched and marketed applications for Android and Blackberry devices with rich user interface designs and layouts in such a way that they can run on different sizes of screen.
• One of our applications “Ask a Stylist - Glamour” iPhone app has been classified by various press coverage such as CNN, The Wall Street Journal and TechCrunch. “Ask a Stylist” uses Apple Push notification architecture for real time messaging between Stylist and user. This application also has community comments functionality.
• Responsible for conducting code reviews.
• Trained new programmers and interns.

Desktop Development
Designed and developed applications according to specifications, using C# and Visual C++ on windows platform for Alpha Innotech Corporation (In September 2009 Alpha Innotech Corp. was acquired by Cell Biosciences). Provide technical support of both new and established software applications. Led projects with increasing levels of responsibility and technical complexity within the framework of a flexible team approach, often having sole responsibility for all life cycle phases.

Sr. Software Engineer at Earth Tel Services
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • December 2002 to December 2003

Actively involved in development, customization and enhancement of Interactive Voice Response (IVR) applications in Visual C++. Multiple advertising agencies and brands use this IVR setup to promote their marketing campaigns. All information gathers from IVR application stores in SQL Server database. Solely developed Visual Basic application to generate reports using built-in scheduler and these reports automatically distributed through email and SMS.

Developed and maintained company website for latest promotional and searchable data of promotional results backed by Microsoft Access database.

Designed and coded a Visual Basic desktop application for Media Management System. The application allows the management staffs the ability to log advertisement running time and occurrences. The application allows higher management to view summarized as well as detail reports.

Software Engineer at Core Technologies
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • March 2001 to December 2002

Main role includes development in Visual C++, redesigning user interfaces and bug fixes in Borland and C++ applications. Projects include developing a Bio Informatics research system, integration of high-end digital cameras and image processing.

Faculty Member at Computer Education Center
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • October 2000 to September 2001

• Taught various training courses of Java, C/C++.
• Designed and developed an Online Examination System using Java (JDBC & Swings). The application deployed on 25+ workstations with centralize database.

Software Engineer at Mohammad Farooq Textile Mills Ltd.
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • October 1999 to February 2001

Main role includes development in RPG/400, CL and DB2 database in AS400 environment. Projects include developing of "Cotton Waste Management System" and "Stitching Management System" from scratch. Convert RPG/36 applications to RPG/400.
• Solely compliant all applications for Year 2000 (Y2K) date vulnerabilities.

Programmer at Millennium Software (Pvt.) Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 1999 to September 1999

Actively involved on Year 2000 (Y2K) compliant applications project of AgrEvo Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd. consists of 10 large commercial applications, written in RPG/400, RPG/36, CL, OCL and Query/400 under AS400 environment.
• Remediation of non Y2K compliant applications.
• Quality assurance of Y2K compliant applications.
• Modular testing of Y2K compliant applications.

Internship at Pakistan State Oil Company
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • February 1999 to April 1999

Lead team in analysis and development of Library System.
• Store information about equipment’s, books and other accessories.
• Backup/restore services.
• Generate daily, weekly, monthly and yearly reports.

Education

Diploma, Java
  • at Perseus Software Development and Professional Training
  • August 2000

Java Programmer Course

Diploma, AS/400 Concepts and Tools, CL/400 and RPG/400
  • at NED University of Engineering and Technology
  • June 1999
Diploma, Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Science
  • at NED University of Engineering and Technology
  • June 1999
Diploma, Certification/diploma, Year 2000 Assessment and Conversion using Bypass 2000 on IBM AS/400
  • at Sunsoft (Private) Limited
  • March 1999
Master's degree,
  • at University of Karachi
  • December 1996
Bachelor's degree,
  • at University of Karachi
  • December 1995

Specialties & Skills

Web Services
Windows Mobile
iPhone development
Objective C
iOS Development
Objective-C
ASP .Net
Eclipse
SQL Server
Visual C++
Adobe Photoshop
Source Controls (VSS, CVS, SVN)
XCode, Instruments

Languages

English
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Urdu
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