Jawad Akhtar

Jawad Mohsin Akhtar Software Architect Karachi, Pakistan -- my.linkedin.com/in/jawadmohsinakhtar Summary A creative thinker and analytical problem-solver. Have strong ability to follow standards through proper documentation. Goal oriented team leader with good interpersonal and communication skills. Experienced in designing Software Solutions for high availability, real-time and mission critical environments. Overall 11+ years of extensive Software engineering and design experience, architect various software solutions, worked ~6 years as an Architect and support for mid-size to enterprise products. “~3 years” of Mobile Development experience, overall ~9 Years of C#.Net and C/C++ and 2+ year of Cloud development. Experience in designing software using UML 2.0, Leading Teams, Conducted Weekly Training Session of Developers and Code Reviewers on best practices of development and involved in designing/development of Coding Best Practices. Awarded Certificate of Excellence by consecutive two employers. Industry exposure to Non Government Organizations, Law Enforcement Agencies, Travel Agencies, Telecom, Research organizations, Construction/Home Builder, Independent Software Vendors etc. Skills Application Architecture and Design Patterns, Object Oriented Modeling with UML (Certified) Database Designing - Translating Requirements to Data Model Good understanding of Software Engineering Processes and Best Practices MSF, RUP, Agile Cross-platform development, C/C++, Qt (Certified), C++/CLI, STL, POCO, Boost, C# (Certified), WPF, EF, ASP.Net, MVC, Java, JNI, Socket, Memory Map, ETL, SOA, AWS, MS-SQL Server Experienced Salesforce & Force.com (Certified) Architect/Developer. Good understanding of CRM SOA, REST, SOAP, WCF HPC using CUDA, Linux Shell Scripting Application profiling using Borland DevPartner, Intel Inspector, Visual Studio SVN Administration on Linux, Git, Hudson, Sonar Knowledge of RUP, MSF and Agile Internet-working knowledge Work experience Software Architect April 2017 - Present Contour Software, Karachi, Pakistan - Understanding, documenting the design of ~30 years old ERP, for Home Builders, currently in use by 100+ clients - Written in C/C++, C#.Net, Casper and using Microsoft Sql Server. I am targeted to provide road-map for the migration of existing legacy system to modern technology. - Collaborating with Onshore and Offshore teams in United States and Pakistan Staff Engineer / Lead Engineer Nov 2013 - March 2017 MIMOS Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Working with MIMOS as third-party contractor on behalf of MSP-HiTect (M) Sdn Bhd. For MIMOS introduction, click here. https://www.visualcv.com/bao9gibjgjw - Architect/design and development of high performance C/C++, C++/CLI and C# .Net applications Evaluating and recommending tools and technologies - Ensuring the use of best practices and to train the team - Software Configuration Manager for the Center of Intelligent Imaging Department - Working closely with Researchers and Software Engineers to ensure quality product. Software Configuration Management, Continues Integration and Quality monitoring through SVN, Hudson and Sonar. - Responsible to deliver quality products to clients (includes ISV & Govt. Organizations) Reports directly to Principal Researcher. Achievements/ Projects: miITS WebClient - MIMOS Intelligent Transportation System Web Client: My role in this project is an Architect and Lead Developer, to design the web solution to show the live events from miITS. The miITS is TCP/IP Socket based server and based on custom protocol on binary serialization. The challenging part of this project is to develop Web Services to get event notifications from miITS and forward to Browser based clients as push notifications. This project is currently in design phase. C#, ASP.Net MVC, Knockout.js miITS - MIMOS Intelligent Transportation System: My role in this project is an Architect and Lead Developer, to design the product to meet performance, multi-threaded, expandable and adaptable objectives. It's a multi-threaded architecture, capable of processing frames async in less than 100 milliseconds, can notify multiple clients on push and pull mechanisms, provides integration through API (C++, .Net and Java). Also provides different selling options, including TCP/IP Socket based Server and as Library (C++, .Net and Java). Team composed of 1 Architect, 2 Developer, 1 QA, 2 Researchers. Conducting Technical Meetings, Time Lines and Estimations, defining Release Life Cycles. C++, C++/CLI, Boost, POCO, .Net, Sockets, File/Memory Mapping, JNI, CUDA, Copy-write protection (RLM), UML Process frames asynchronously in less then 100 milli sec. Consolidate results of frame Notifying registered clients with push and pull, through library callbacks and via sockets Running as a service and console Configurable through database and script Boom Gate Controlling miSP - MIMOS Surveillance Platform : My role in this project is an Architect, to re-designed to met performance objectives and engineering best practices. C++, C++/CLI, POCO, C#.Net, MSSQL WAID Command Sever & Client - Post Event Processing Server : Worked as Solution Designer and Engineer. Solution was based on C#.Net, WCF, MSSQL Remote Control Navigator: Worked as Solution Designer and Engineer. Solution was based on MS Surface touch enabled navigator for remote controlling clients. C#, EF, XML Video Encoder: Worked as Solution Designer and Engineer. Solution includes MJPEG over HTTP encoder, extendable to other protocols. Used C++, POCO VMS Integration Server: VMS (DVTEL) Integration with miSP. Used C++, Directshow, C++/CLI Senior Consultant / Technical Architect Mar 2011 - Oct 2013 Sakonent, Karachi, Pakistan For Sakonent introduction, click here. - Provides Consulting on designing and development of Salesforce CRM and Software applications Provided technical Consultancy to international clients on software and CRM design, to get sign-off on architecture and design documents - Worked closely with Clients, Project Manager and Business Analyst both on onshore and offshore (Chicago - IL) - Leaded a project teams and provide technical leadership to Salesforce practice area - Designed CRM and Software solutions using UML, Use Case, Sequence and Class diagrams in various projects of diverse complexities - Remained involved in defining development standards and conducting Weekly Technical Sessions on development practices - Conducted Professional Development Program to train Code Reviewers of all Sakonent Practice Areas Reports directly to Director International Delivery (US) and Project Manager (US/PK). Awarded Certificate of Excellence for the year 2012 Achievements/ Projects: Anthony Travel - Event Management System : Analyzed and designed 200+ use cases with use case model, activity and sequence diagrams. Technically managed a team of Developers and BA https://www.visualcv.com/bao9gibjgjw MSC Software – Renewal Opportunities : Challenges include implementing SSO for SFDC with Oracle Federation Sever, batch processes to process 100K+ Service Contracts to create Renewal Opportunities while ensuring best practices and compliance with all governor limits of SFDC. Inteliquent Challenges include integration module with custom SSO using SOA, webservices for integration with other systems along with AES256 security. Performed code review and unit testing. Angie’s List: Designed and developed custom Batch Process to process 2+ million Territories for Account allocation. Performed code review and unit testing. Senior Software Engineer Feb 2008 - Feb 2011 Creative Chaos Pvt. Ltd. For Creative Chaos introduction, click here. - Responsible for the designing, architect and the development of software, mainly mobile applications Worked closely with Chief Technology Officer, Project Manager and Quality Assurance department and remains involved in all aspects of product designing and development - Also responsible for requirements gathering from Clients, attending daily Scrum meetings Reports directly to Chief Technology Officer and Project Manager and Project Stakeholders Awarded Certificate of Excellence for the year 2009 Achievements/ Projects: IRSA – Mobile : Multiple devices support Nokia N95, N96, N97 and N8 devices. Achieved continuously max 8 hours of recording, by increasing 100% of recording time. Developed live streaming from mobile device to the IRSA Host (Web). Remotely controlled by third party Bluetooth devices using connectBlue from IRSA In-Car. Developed FTP Client protocol with resume support in C/C++ to upload contents. Multi-threaded application with GPS tracking, Recording (Audio/Video), synchronization with IRSA Host and an ability to run the device for weeks without restart. IRSA – Stealth : No User Interface, allows to control remotely through SMS encoded commands. Developed for monitoring by intelligence unit of law enforcement agencies. In addition to IRSA Mobile features, it also allows to make calls and to listen and record audio conversation. Allows to take snaps, separate video and audio recording and to upload instantly. IRSA - InCar Unit: Develop Black-box recording using Direct Show (C++) with Cyclic Buffer. Analyst Programmer Dec 2005 - Feb 2008 Sidat Hyder Morshed sdfAssociated Management Consultants For Sidat Hyder introduction, click here. Reports directly to Project Manager. Achievements / Projects Business Application Framework: Developed a framework in .Net 2.0 for Windows based business application development. Based on CSLA.Net Business Object design. 3 Layers model. Used successfully in 3 different SHMA applications. Revenue Collection System, Centralized Cheque Processing, Donor Management. LAssist – Linux Application for Linspire: Worked for the Development of Linux Operating System Linspire (formerly Lindows), for LAssist Suite. This suite includes Task Management, Reminders, Memos and Mail Minder. Qt, C/C++, KDevelop, KDE 3.0 Education Master of Computer Science Aug 2004 - Jul 2006 Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology Developed Conference application using C++, C#.Net especially for distance learning as a Final Project. https://www.visualcv.com/bao9gibjgjw Bachelor of Computer Science Jan 1999 - Dec 2001 Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan Developed Online Shopping Cart using ASP 3.0 and MSSQL Server as a Final Project Certifications 70-536: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Nov 2007 - Present Microsoft - Certified Professional IBM 000-833: Object Oriented Analysis UML v2– Part I Sep 2011 - Present IBM - Rational Solution Designer IBM 000-834: Object Oriented Analysis UML v2–Part II Dec 2011 - Present IBM - Rational Solution Designer Certified Qt (C++) Developer Apr 2012 - Present Nokia Salesforce Certified Administrator Aug 2011 - March 2017 Salesforce Salesforce Certified Force.com Developer Feb 2012 - March 2017 Salesforce Salesforce Certified Service Cloud Consultant Jan 2012 - March 2017 Salesforce Salesforce Certified Sales Cloud Consultant Sep 2012 - March 2017 Salesforce CISCO Graduate, Semester 1-4 Jan 2002 - Jan 2003 CISCO https://www.visualcv.com/bao9gibjgjw