Imran Ahmad

Experience

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  SE-Consulting GmbH

  Feb 2013 - Jan 2015

  Test Cases requirements elicitation, Use-Cases designing and prioritization. Test Automation Web, Android & iOS, Test Strategy, Process Optimization. Projects: QA for www.bloxxboard.com ,exploratory testing for tool called www.medullar.de Application development using JavaScript/Backbone.js, Underscore.js and MongoDb. Working on a social networking Web Application just like Facebook for University students.

  • Software Quality Assurance Engineer

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2015

  • Web Application Developer

    Feb 2013 - Dec 2013
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  CA Trading FZE

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

  Project Manager

  (Project Manager for the E-commerce Store www.lailoo.com which was built on Shopify CMS and successfully built up and implemented by a team of developers and QA engineers under my leadership. Responsible for the liaison between multiple departments such as Customer support, Logistics, order fulfillment team as well as Quality assurance Testing (User experience).

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  Grid Hosting Ltd. United Kingdom

  Jan 2017 - Sept 2020

  Director of IT

  (With 15 years of experience Grid Hosting has grown into a leading provider of cloud hosting, shared hosting, VPS, and dedicated web hosting. Managing its development and support team in the Pakistan region and providing consultancy for its web portal www.gridhosting.co.uk have been part of my assignment at Grid Hosting Ltd. • Contributed software engineering expertise in the development of products through the software lifecycle, from requirements definition through successful deployment. • Facilitated customization of systems by encouraging software engineering team to adopt emerging standards for software application development architecture and tools. • Participated in sales presentations due to ability to translate user needs into easy-to-understand software solutions. • Excelled in rapid application development and management of technological issues for assigned projects, earning the highest customer satisfaction rating for all software solutions delivered. • Introduced methodologies and best practices that enhanced product definition, release processes and customization of applications to user needs. Show less

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  National Information Technology Board

  Feb 2021 - now

  Deputy Director (Standards & Policies)

  This designation defines the standards, policies, and frameworks for government departments to plan, design, procure, develop and implement ICT solutions for automating business processes. It provides means or mechanisms for defining, justifying, and evaluating future ICT investments and establishes the governing rules and structure of the ICT unit as a whole. During the tenure have drafted standards & policies such as Domain Name Policy, E-commerce Guidelines and Digital ID Procedures for the Federal Government. An initiative of this magnitude would in turn help the local IT Industry increase its quality and competitiveness to international standards. This will also enable implementing agencies to get objective evidence of compliance with minimum International standards of IT software and systems. Show less