Farooq Ahmed
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Chief Executive Officer
kbs international
Master of Computer Science
University of Wollongong
Summary
Ahmed started his career in Australia over a decade and a half ago, Ahmed has acquired lot of different skills and knowledge over the years. His I.T knowledge is vast and comes from various domains like: .net framework, java development, front-end and back-end web development, so on and so forth.
Ahmed's knowledge is not just restricted to the technical side of things. During the years he has cultivated several leadership qualities like including strategic planning, vision, very good communicator delegation and developing & fostering divers teams
Using these skills he has guided the dev teams through projects of varying and complex nature. Projects completed under his leadership belong from various industries like; finance, education, retail and the automotive industry. He is currently has been serving as the founder and CEO of snst.pk for the last 8 years, which is another I.T solution provider. kbs international makes his second successful foray into the field of offshore development.
Furthermore, he has taught at Singapore Polytechnic for five years. It is the teaching instinct in him that makes him a great leader of the team able to guide his staff through tough projects with a steady hand.
Apart from his duties, Ahmed is a great fan of the game of squash even winning a
couple of tournaments back in his more limber days!
Publications
The Nation - Industrial Revolution 4.0 - Opportunities & Challenges
LinkedIn Pulse - Intelligent Machines with Artificial Neural Network
Experience
Chief Executive Officer - kbs international
2006 - Present
Being founder and CEO of kbs international has been a great journey, from team of just two people it has now strength of the thirty passionate individuals and I anticipate that with the help of All-Mighty Allah that it would continue to grow in coming months and years. Over the years I have been
- Developing and overseeing the execution of log and short term business strategies and plans
- Successfully launched careerz360, and online job portal and Pakistan's first professional networking portal
- Developing and overseeing the execution financial plans
- Developing and overseeing the execution of Marketing Plans
- Developing and overseeing order processing strategies and ensuring customer retention
Chief Executive Officer - SNS Technologies
2006 - 2014
SNS Technologies, found in 2006, is an offshore development company with a large and diverse group of tech professionals. My company has been providing services to the partners from across the globe along with providing the best possible solutions to the business needs of the customers.
- Designed AdFactory; an ad-serving solution to target mobile devices which could also deliver ads on webs and mobile applications.
- Car sales portal developed for mycaryourcar.com.au.
- Introduced Beacon System for Boss Fluid Power; a web based CRM and marketing solution developed using Microsoft technologies.
- An Iphone Application developed for buying and selling.
- Made Focus Iqrar for Strathfield Group.
- Developed APOSE Reports for Mortgage Transaction Company.
- A Phone Gap Application made for Mortgage Broker.
Snr. Software Engineer / Team Lead - BigW - Australia
2004 - 2006
Big W is a major retail company in Australia with 186 stores operating nationwide.
- Being part of the IT department, I participated in one of the largest IT projects undertook by the company. to implement new point of sales system.
- Collaborated with software vendors to analyze and document integration and development requirements.
- Provided third level support to the IT operations of the company.
- Integrated lay-by with new point of sales.
- Led the team of software engineers.
Lecturer - Singapore Polytechnic
1998 - 2004
Singapore Polytechnic, established in 1954, was the first polytechnic institution in Singapore to provide higher education. It has been grooming the graduates into successful and recognized entrepreneurs since then.
- Worked as a lecturer. Taught object oriented programming using Java, Introduction to Computer Graphics and Windows Programming using C++ and Microsoft Foundation Classes.
- Had been involved in developing curricular for new courses to be offered by the department of Information and Information Technology.
- Provided system administration for Solaris servers.
Honours And Awards
March 2011 : Winner Macarthur Squash Competition (Division 2)
March 1999 : Runners up Civil Service Squash Competition
March 1998 : Winner Civil Service Squash Competition
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