Safin Ahmed
Carnaxide, Portugal
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-http://www.linkedin.com/in/safinahmed
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
A multi-skilled software architect and team leader with comprehensive experience in designing, developing and
deploying architectures for software applications, currently working as a CTO for an InsurTech startup graduated on
the 500 Startups program in San Francisco. Possess strong analytical and communication skills and is highly
adaptable to different settings, technologies and work methodologies.
Software Architect and Developer with 12 years of experience in architecting and developing innovative business
solutions for clients in all sectors ranging from Telco to Pharma, and from high profile enterprises to small startups.
Team Leader with over 5 years of experience having lead small to medium teams in the delivery of quality solutions
on time and on budget using Agile methodologies
Skilled in software architecture, cloud computing, web application development (full stack) and enterprise application
integration.
An enthusiast of all things related to technology, also has relevant experience in mobile application development
(native and hybrid) as well as desktop application development.
Good communication skills and high adaptability, perfected by frequent onsite and offsite interaction with customers,
working in both local and remote projects, and as part of a team or individually. Passionate about working with
talented and inspirational people, looks for constant improvement and like to help others improve and reach their
goals.
WORK EXPERIENCE
TaCerto.com, Brazil (Jan 2015 – Currently) – InsurTech Startup
CTO
● Responsible for the technological infrastructure used by 125+ internal users and integrating with 15+ partners
and clients, our websites averages 120.000+ monthly users and is the second biggest Insurance comparison
website in Latin America
● Helped company move into new insurance products (ex. home, dental), financial products category (ex. credit
cards, loans) and lead generation market
● Pivoted the business into a B2B2C Insurance concept (under the VisionX brand) and graduated 500 Startups
acceleration program batch 18
● Managed a team of 7 people using Agile methodologies
● Working closely with the COO and CMO gathering business requirements and turning them into sprints acting as
the Product Owner in our different projects
● Used technologies include Azure platform (websites, databases, schedulers, storage, etc), ASP.NET Standard and
.Net Core 1.x (MVC and WebApi/REST in C#), jQuery, Knockout, Angular JS 1/2, Ionic
TaCerto.com, Brazil (Jun 2014 – Jan 2015) – InsurTech Startup
Solution Architect
● Responsible for the architecture and DevOps of the CRM / Call center platform used by 100+ internal users
● Worked closely with the CPO turning requirements into features using Agile methodologies
● Used Microsoft technologies including Azure platform, ASP.NET MVC and WebApi/REST (in C#), jQuery, HTML
Novabase, Portugal (Set 2013 – Jun 2014)
Senior Integration Consultant
● Engaged at Vodafone Portugal in the resident integration team
● Responsibilities include business and technical requirements gathering, architecture and solution development,
client and technical documentation.
● Acted as Team Leader in specific projects
Work Gap (Jan 2013 – Set 2013)
Time off to work on personal development
● Learned new technologies including Objective-C, HTML5, jQuery and IaaS and PaaS platforms (later launched an
iOS game available at https://itunes.apple.com/ao/app/2048-power-of-2/id-?mt=8)
● Learned and tested Digital marketing concepts in several websites not currently available
● Joined 3 startup projects as CTO
Solid Reason, Portugal (Jan 2008 – Dec 2012)
Integration Consultant
● Engaged in several high profile webMethods clients such as DHL (Czech Republic), Johnson & Johnson (Belgium
and England) and Orange (Poland), working onsite as well as offsite.
● Responsibilities include business and technical requirements gathering and analysis, solution architecture and
development, client and technical documentation, team leading of local and offshore teams.
Capgemini, Portugal (Nov 2005 – Dec 2008)
Solution Developer
● Engaged in projects at AR Telecom and Vodafone Portugal
● Responsibilities include requirement analysis, development, testing and documentation
Teleca SA (now Real Networks), Portugal (Sep 2005 – Oct 2005)
Solution Developer
● Worked in Waiting Rings project at TMN
● Responsibilities include requirement analysis, architecture and development
SAMPLE PROJECTS
Vodafone, Portugal (Set 2013 – Feb 2014)
Senior Integration Consultant – Novabase
Integration Lead of several projects using webMethods as part of the resident team
● Responsible for requirements gathering and analysis, architecture and solution development, team leader and
SPOC according to project
● Projects include the Alternate Roaming Provider (as part of the EU Roaming Regulation)
● Worked closely with the CRM (Siebel) team during analysis and development of the projects
Johnson and Johnson, Belgium (Oct 2011 – Dec 2012)
Senior Integration Consultant – Solid Reason
Integration Lead on the CRM team, responsible for the development and support of several integrations with the CRM
systems. Point of contact of communications between local and offshore teams
● Functional requirements gathering, architecture and development of several solutions using webMethods
● Team lead responsible for the offshore team in development, testing, support and releases
● Integration projects include integration between a mobile platform and Siebel CRM; and migration of Siebel
integration projects to Salesforce.com
May Gurney, England (May 2010 – Oct 2011)
Senior Integration Consultant – Solid Reason
Team Leader responsible for the delivery of several integration projects between the customer and their customers,
using the webMethods platform
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Leading small technical teams in several integration projects
Business and functional requirement gathering and analysis, architecture and development
Creation of a monitoring framework for the business processes developed
Installation, monitoring and suport of the webMethods platform
Integation with several legacy systems using XML, SOAP, flat files and databases
Johnson and Johnson, Belgium (Jan 2009 – May 2010)
Senior Integration Consultant – Solid Reason
Development, Upgrade and Support of several webMethods Integrations
● Upgrade of several integrations from webMethods 6.5 to 7.1
● Requirements gathering and analysis, development and support of new integrations
● Integrations development used Siebel and SAP Adapters, Web Services e Flat Files
DHL, Czech Republic (Jul 2008 – Dec 2008)
Integration Consultant – Solid Reason
Migration of webMethods 6.5 to 7.1
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Support in the full installation of webMethods Suite 7.1
Requirement analysis on projects to be migrated
Migration of projects using Integration Server, Broker, Trading Networks, BPM e Optimize for Process
Definition and creation of KPIs on the upgraded business processes
Johnson and Johnson, Belgium (Mar 2008 – Jun 2008)
Integration Consultant – Solid Reason
Architecture, development and support of a webMethods based secure file sharing platform
● Implementation of non-supported protocols in webMethods (sFTP, webDAV)
● Development of the solution and the interface using DSPs and Javascript
● Productization of the Solution
Johnson and Johnson, England (Jan 2008 – Mar 2008)
Integration Consultant – Solid Reason
Development and support of several integrations between Johnson and Johnson and their partners
● Development of several integrations using SAP RFCs e IDOCs
● Planning and interaction with the offshore development and support teams
● Functional requirements gathering with the customer
Vodafone, Portugal (May 2007 – Dec 2007)
Integration Consultant – Capgemini
Development and support of several integrations using webMethods as part of the resident team
● Architecture and development of an integration with an Email platform using Integration Server and Broker
● Creation of business processes using Modeler
AR Telecom, Portugal (Nov 2005 – May 2007)
Solution Developer – Capgemini
Development and documentation of several projects in the context of the ARTBIT project
● Development of a CRM system in Java using Swing and EJBs
● Development of business processes using Oracle BPEL
● Creation of adapters between different legacy systems and Oracle BPEL
Teleca SA, Portugal (Set 2005 – Out 2005)
Solution Developer – Teleca SA
Requirement analysis, architecture and development of the web interface for the Waiting Rings project
● Creation of a rendering engine for web pages, that would leverage the visualization capabilities of each device
● Development of solution using Java, JSPs, Oracle, XML and XSLT
EDUCATION
Post-Graduation in Business Management
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Licenciate in Software Engineering
Instituto Superior Técnico
TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY
Integration:
webMethods Platform Integration Server and Broker 6.0 to 9.1 (including Integration
Server, Broker, Optimize, myWebMethods Server, BPM, Trading Networks, Adapters
for JDBC, Siebel, SAP and FlatFiles, and DSP development)
Oracle BPEL, XML, Web Services, REST, Integration with SalesForce.com
Cloud Development:
Microsoft Azure, Redhat OpenShift, AWS
Back End Development:
J2SE, J2EE (EJB and JSP), .NET Standard and Core 1.x (MVC and WebApi in C#),
C, Objective-C, Python, PHP, Node.JS
Front End Development: HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, Javascript, Knockout, Angular JS 1 and 2
Databases:
Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL, Google Data Store
Mobile:
iOS (Objective-C), Ionic, PhoneGap
LANGUAGES
Portuguese:
English:
Spanish:
Native
Fluent
Intermediate
