Fawad Shafi

Experience

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  APTECH Computer Education

  Mar 2006 - Mar 2009

  Faculty/Head of Faculty
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  LogoVilla

  Oct 2008 - now

  - Head of Development- Lead a team of software architects and actively involved with development of end to end Mobile and Web Applications.- Keep the development team on track (and happy where possible) ensure the successful delivery of product releases- Provides day to day technical management and process guidance on development activities associated with large-scale, complex development/deployment projects.- Mentoring software engineers on the best practices of true continuous delivery and test driven development methodologies- Manage project variables, namely scope, delegation and timeline.- Turn creative ideas into elegantly coded solutions- Continuously define and monitor project assumptions- Organize and run project status meetings.- Contribute to documentation such as functional specifications, budget estimates, and timelines.- Contribute to product roadmap planning.- Work with Project Managers, Account Service, Creative and clients to understand their needs prior to coding (reading and helping create user requirement documents; also making recommendations on ways to improve them) - Continuously keeping an eye on the latest cutting edge technologies and leveraging these in one's own and the team’s work as necessary. Show less

  • Senior Manager - Design and Development

    Mar 2012 - now

  • Manager

    Oct 2008 - now
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  Addictive Mobility

  Mar 2009 - Jan 2010

  IPhone Application Developer

  Provided Training to Software Engineers and IT Professionals on latest courses such as Objective C programming, Cocoa/Cocoa Touch, XCode, Memory Management, SQLite, Web Services etc.

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  Axact

  Nov 2009 - Oct 2010

  Asst. Software Architect

  - Keep the development team on track (and happy where possible) - Provides day to day technical management and process guidance on development activities associated with large-scale, complex development/deployment projects.- Project planning and prioritization of resource conflicts, customer demands, support issues and the like.- Conducts technical deep-dives on software designs, code, and test artifacts. - Provides support to project teams with improvements to development/ deployment work products- Aligns with Architects and Software engineers in evaluating the feasibility of solutions proposed and acts as a bridge for software developers- Works closely with Project Managers to ensure overall success of the project- Determines the technical skill set needs and staffing plans based on project pipeline. Develops training plans and implements development plans for developers in line with technology needs and project pipeline- Provides guidance on software development projects as well as commercial off the shelf configuration and deployment projects Show less

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  SBT Japan - Pakistan Office

  Jul 2010 - Jun 2012

  Asst. Manager-Software Development

  - Keep the development team on track (and happy where possible) - Provides day to day technical management and process guidance on development activities associated with large-scale, complex development/deployment projects.- Project planning and prioritization of resource conflicts, customer demands, support issues and the like.- Conducts technical deep-dives on software designs, code, and test artifacts. - Provides support to project teams with improvements to development/ deployment work products- Aligns with Architects and Software engineers in evaluating the feasibility of solutions proposed and acts as a bridge for software developers- Works closely with Project Managers to ensure overall success of the project- Determines the technical skill set needs and staffing plans based on project pipeline. Develops training plans and implements development plans for developers in line with technology needs and project pipeline- Provides guidance on software development projects as well as commercial off the shelf configuration and deployment projects Show less