Sarosh Alamgir

- SAROSH ALAMGIR Entrepreneurial and Turnaround Leader with Strong Tech Background Senior Executive: Business & Innovative Product Management in the Digital Landscape $100M+ Annual Revenue | Global Teams of 400+ | 100+ Successful Projects | 740% Growth in 4 Years -• +92 - - • Lahore, Pakistan • www.linkedin.com/in/sarosh-alamgir EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: A C-Suite leader with 15 years of professional experience across diverse industries, offering strong entrepreneurial and product lifecycle management expertise. Proven success in developing products and brands from the ground up, scaling businesses, and generating multimillion-dollar revenues. Extensive experience in managing remote, cross-functional teams, collaborating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, and leading complex international projects with a data-driven, customer-focused approach, aligned with strategic goals. Solid technical background in Software Development and Artificial Intelligence, with outstanding analytical problem-solving skills. CORE SKILLS - Executive Leadership | Strategic Planning | Business Strategy & Transformation AI Augmented Product Management | Technical Program Management | Software Project Management | SDLC | Agile Methodologies | Product Lifecycle | Process Optimization Remote Team Management | Cross-Functional Team Management Hands on diverse experience in Software Development | Artificial Intelligence Innovative and Analytical Problem Solving | AI Augmentation (Discriminative & Generative AI) Revenue Growth | Profitability | Market Expansion | Sales & Marketing | Brand Development Cross Group Collaborations | Remarkable Communication & Interpersonal Skills | Crucial Conversations, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE FORTELINX REACH CEO - • 12/2018 – Present Led aggressive expansion of ForteLinx to launch Product Management, Brand Development, Public Outreach and Advertisement B2B services, including two successful subsidiaries. - Turned the business around from crisis to securing the management of assets worth 18bn PKR in the very first year of operations, and enjoyed consistent growth in the following years to well above 50bn PKR today. Revenue grew more than 740% in 6 years, attesting to entrepreneurial leadership, vision and transformative change management skills. FORTELINX AP S, DENMARK DIRECTOR PRODUCT R&D - • 06/2012 – 12/2018 Led the Software Engineering Department in developing multi-million-dollar products, including a $35M self-checkout system, a testimony to impactful product leadership skills. - Core responsibilities included contributing to corporate strategy, spearheading product strategy and development, leading in-house teams and partner resources through the entire product lifecycles from discovery and ideation to delivery, ensuring alignment with business objectives, and driving innovation and excellence. MICROSOFT I NTERNATIONAL PROGRAM M ANAGER • 06/2009 – 11/2012 - Spearheaded product development at senior leadership level across 4 major countries in Europe simultaneously, while managing electronic banking / payment solutions for all banks across EU, leveraging cross-functional, distributed teams to drive $100M+ in annual revenue. - Led more than 100 feature releases, contributed to 4 large-scale complex projects and led the transition of MS Dynamics AX modules to cloud, while also contributing to Microsoft's global hiring strategy as a panel member. - Consistently recognized for outstanding leadership and management performance in a senior capacity, receiving maximum rewards, including 4 performance and 1 influencer award. - Agile project management, people management with multiple distributed teams and offshore vendor management remained vital parts of this role, which also included active liaison and collaboration with other product heads and managers. S OFTWARE DESIGN E NGINEER IN TEST • 06/2007 – 06/2009 - Won the prestigious Microsoft Gold-Star award within 6 months for exceptional performance, including proactive Dynamics AX upgrade implementation with previously broken and unsupported Oracle connectivity, and process improvement which reduced costs by 97%. - Consistently recognized for leadership, innovation and technical excellence, receiving top ratings and rewards for impactful contribution to complex projects, while also serving on technical global hiring panel, contributing to Microsoft's talent acquisition efforts. PICSEL TECHNOLOGIES S OFTWARE ARCHITECT / S ENIOR E NGINEER - • 10/2005 – 05/2007 Promoted within 2 months of joining from Senior Software Engineer to Software Architect on a crucial project with Samsung in recognition for technical excellence, product design expertise, and meticulous attention to detail. - Delivered on a number of diverse projects ranging from feature-rich graphical engines for Samsung phones to multimedia applications for Marie Claire Fashion; these solutions would be used by millions worldwide. OMISSIONS: Details of the following experiences are omitted for the sake of brevity: - All Professional experience prior to 2005, including project management roles. - Unrelated work experience including 2 successful start-ups in non-tech industries, and work in theatrical and TV plays as dramaturg and artist. - Academic experience including occasional lectures at universities and other institutes, and services offered as president and director academics of two research organizations. - Extraprofessional / philanthropic activities including a charity-based welfare organization INWFAC I founded in 2013, which has created 250+ small businesses for the destitute. EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD MSC COMPUTER S CIENCE • 09/2004 – 09/2005 UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL PUNJAB M ASTERS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (PART) • 08/2000 – 08/2001 Dean and Chairman Distinctions • GPA: 3.97 / 4.0 • Major GPA: 4.0 / 4.0 SELECTED TRAININGS & CERTIFICATIONS M ICROSOFT • 06/2007 – 11/2012 - Certified Professional - Dynamics AX Financials - Global Team Management | Project Management Framework | Zen of Program Management - Cross-Group Collaborations | The 2% Team - Interpersonal effectiveness | Influencer | Crucial Conversations IBM - Generative AI for Product Managers - Certified Professional Product Manager - Certified Professional IT Project Manager G ITL AB: Remote Team Management DUKE U NIVERSITY : MLOps - Machine Learning Operations N ORTHWESTERN U NIVERSITY : Organizational Leadership TECNÓLOGICO DE M ONTERREY: Leadership and Negotiation Skills YALE UNIVERSITY: Strategic Negotiation • 2024