MUHAMMAD ASGHAR, PMP

11 Westwood Road, Stretford, Manchester

United Kingdom
Mobile: +44 7470612499
Email: waqar.asghar@gmail.com

PROFILE HIGHLIGHTS

Muhammad is a strategic, focused, and business oriented chief architect/enterprise architect and a digital
business strategist who can bring strong enterprise architecture expertise spanning business, application,
data, technology and security architecture domains, digital business platform, providing technical leadership
(owning and leading IT and digital business strategy and digital transformation) across the enterprise wide IT
functions. He is highly skilled in analyzing/designing complex technology solution portfolios, project
management and EA portfolio governance expertise with over 16 years of diversified experience helping
global clients across various industries. He can add value by utilizing the following of his core competencies:

▪ Technology & strategy consultancy and leadership

▪ Enterprise architecture (business, application, data and technology domains)
▪ Digital business strategy, digital platform development, CX design, digital workplace
▪ Enterprise architecture management & governance/Leading and chairing ARB
▪ TOGAF 9 architecture methodology & tailoring it for organizational needs
▪ Strong business acumen and executive business relationship management
▪ Large scale systems integration and EAI (G2G, G2B, B2B and B2C)
▪ Service oriented architecture (SOA) & SOA governance
▪ Technology infrastructure health check assessment
▪ Data management (DAMA), data governance, data integration and EDW architecture
▪ RFI, RFQ, RFP and proposing new value propositions through business cases
▪ Vendor evaluation, selection and proposal assessments
▪ Technical research, benchmarking & evaluation of the tools & methodologies
▪ Project management, ITIL governance and technical leadership
▪ Confident public speaker, capable of effectively presenting complex subjects to stakeholders
▪ Experienced in using modern frameworks, proven methodologies and best practices

EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY

Lead Data Architect Deloitte – Saudi Arabia Sep 2023 – to date

May 2023 – July 2023

Enterprise Solution Architect
Independent Enterprise
Architecture Consultant /
Advisor / Lead Solutions
Architect
Founder & CTO (Investor)
PWC – Middle East [On-site in KSA / Oman]
Apr 2022 – June 2022
EA & digital transformation consulting and
March 2018 - to date
advisory services offering to global clients in
different sectors [Hybrid]
Mawazna.com - Financial products
aggregator platform [Hybrid] Feb 2018 – to date

Lead Enterprise Architect
Lead SOA Architect
Lead Solution Architect
Application Architect
Technical Solution Architect
(Application & Data
Integration)
SOA Solution Architect
Data Integration Consultant
Solution Architect
SOA Architect
Integration Architect
Technical Design Authority
Saudi Stock Exchange-Tadawul, Riyadh, KSA Apr 2013 – Feb 2018
Devoteam Middle East
[Client: Government & Private Sector, KSA] July 2012 – Apr 2013
Wipro Technologies Ltd
[Client: Lloyds Banking Group, London UK] Aug 2011 – July 2012
CSC [Client: BAE Systems, UK] May 2011 - Aug 2011
CSC [Client: Royal Mail Group, UK] June 2010 - May 2011
CSC [Client: Network Rail, London UK] May 2010 - June 2010
CSC [Client: SOCA-Intelligence Agency, UK] Feb 2010 - April 2010
CSC [Client: Royal Mail Group, UK] Jan 2010 - Feb 2010
CSC [Client: Network Rail, UK] July 2009 - Dec 2009
CSC [Client: NHS, UK] Apr 2008 - June 2009
Innovation Group Plc [Clients: Avis Budget
Mar 2007 - Feb 2008
Group, Zurich Financial Services, Hertz]
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 Senior Software Engineer NetSol Technologies Inc Feb 2005 - Feb 2007

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Developing Strategy for Value Creation London Business School, UK 2015
Faculty of Engineering & Technology,
MSc (Total Quality Management) University of the Punjab, Lahore 2005 - 2006
Post Graduate Diploma (Business Institute of Business Administration,
Administration) University of the Punjab, Lahore 2004 - 2005
BSc (Hons) Computer Science PUCIT - University of the Punjab, Lahore 2000 - 2004

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS & AWARDS

▪ TOGAF 9 certified practitioner
▪ PMP (Project Management Professional) certified by PMI, USA
▪ PRINCE2 practitioner certified by APMG, UK
▪ IBM certified SOA solution designer
▪ ITIL V3 foundation certificate in IT service management
▪ Contributing author of PMBOK 4th edition by PMI, USA
▪ INS21 (property and liability insurance principles) certified professional

INDUSTRIES / MARKETS EXPERIENCED 1

▪ Financial services industry (Fintech Wealthtech, InsurTech, Robo Advisors, Crowdfunding

platforms, P2P lending, digital banking, open banking, insurance, architecting core banking
solutions, claims and policy management, credit referencing and Supply chain management
▪ Capital Market services, Import/Export, Trading and Customs, CRMs, ERPs
▪ UK Healthcare sector (HealthTech), Transportation & Rail services, Postal and Logistics services
▪ Public sector (European Aero & Defense, Intelligence, Finance, Education)

SKILL SET

▪ UML, Java, J2EE, XML, JMS, SAML, HL7, LDAP, BPEL, Web Services (Applied & Expert)
▪ Oracle 10G, IBM DB2, MySQL, SQL Server 2005, Windows Server, Linux (Applied & Expert)
▪ Oracle WebLogic, WebSphere application server, WebSphere MQ, VMWare Server and
vSphere, Oracle ESB (Applied & Medium)
▪ Enterprise Architect, Rational Rose, Erwin, MS Project, Visio (Applied & Expert)
▪ Intersystem Ensemble Integration platform for SOA composite applications (Expert)
▪ Palantir Government platform for knowledge management (Applied and Medium)
▪ Oracle SOA Suite 10G (Applied and Medium), Microsoft BizTalk, SharePoint Services
▪ Agile, Prince 2, RUP, PMI, TOGAF, Zachman framework
▪ IBM SOMA methodology to architect, design and implement SOA based solutions
▪ Agile delivery tools & technique including Teamwork, Miro, Slack, JIRA, Clickup, Trello, Hotjar,
Asana, Figma, GitLab, GitHub, Basecamp, Producteev, Redmine, Scrum Master, Sprint planning
and backlog management, Kanban and Aha.io

PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS & AFFILIATIONS

▪ Architecting the Digital Business, Gartner Symposium
▪ TOGAF 9 Enterprise Architecture framework by Wipro Technologies Ltd
▪ Enterprise Architecture best practices course by CSC
▪ CSC SOA Virtual Academy (CSC Certified SOA Architect), web services by CSC
▪ ITIL V3 Foundation in IT Service Management
▪ Intersystem Ensemble Universal Integration Platform by Intersystem
▪ CSC Catalyst methodology for Software Development Life Cycle by CSC
▪ IBM SOA design & architecture by IBM
▪ Aspect Oriented software development summer school, Nantes, France
▪ Data Mining, business intelligence & data warehousing, Oracle Developer and AUTOCAD 2000
▪ CMM & CMMi process improvement methodology
▪ Technical Trainer for financial services industry business process modelling & automation
▪ Consultant & Trainer for various Project Management domains
1 For a detailed career history, please review Appendix A at page 3.

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 APPENDIX A – DETAILED CAREER HISTORY

PERIOD: Feb 2018 – To- date

Enterprise Architect / Lead Solution Architect / Strategic EA Advisor / Digital Strategist / Independent
CTO & Consultant

Working with various client engagements as an independent Enterprise Architecture consultant to help them
with their digital transformation journey and technology development programs. I have been helping client
businesses in the fintech domain, insurtech, wealth tech, robo advisor platform, crowdfunding platform, AI
based logistics managements solution, enterprise architecture practice development, EA governance, IT
governance, IT strategy development and various other digital transformation engagements.

PERIOD: Sep 2023 – to date

Lead Solutions Architect

Working with Deloitte as Lead Data Architect for the Saudi Taxation, Zakat and Customs authority in Saudi
Arabia, I spearhead the development of innovative data architecture, playing a pivotal role in the
organization's digital transformation journey. I collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, providing
strategic guidance and technical leadership to ensure the integration of advanced data practices aligns with
ZATCA's evolving business objectives. My role involves a keen focus on data architecture, particularly in
alignment with Saudi Arabia's regulatory standards. Additionally, I actively contribute to the conceptualization
and implementation of data governance models, ensuring data integrity and accessibility across the
organization.

PERIOD: May 2023 – July 2023

Lead Solutions Architect

I worked on a digital transformation program engagement for an Oil & Gas sector client as a part of PWC’s
technology consulting & advisory team, focusing on enterprise architecture & technology strategy consulting
onsite in Muscat, Oman. I helped the team deliver a target enterprise architecture fully aligned with the
business & strategic objectives to support various parts of the business through a digital transformation
engagement. I delivered a number of end-to-end solution architecture deliverables covering application
architecture, data architecture, technology architecture, and integration architecture streams.

PERIOD: Apr 2022 – June 2022

Lead Solutions Architect

Worked as a part of PWC’s technology consulting (Enterprise Architecture & Technology Strategy) team for
an onsite engagement in Riyadh, KSA to deliver end to end solutions architecture for a financial services
sector (fintech) client. The engagement required delivering end to end architecture with a focus on the
business architecture, application architecture, data architecture, technology and integration architecture
domains in alignment with the business strategy.

PERIOD: Feb 2018 – To date

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 Start-up Founder & CTO

Mawazna.com is a leading financial services comparison platform based in Pakistan that enables consumer
to compare various retail banking, insurance and investment products and making well-informed decisions
when it comes to personal finance. Mawazna.com aims to help consumers to save their valuable time and
money when selecting best financial products matching with their needs. I have founded this business star-
up from the ground up and been its primary investor. This business start-up engagement has helped me to
go through a vast range of business & technology direction & challenges and learnt how to address those
challenges when you have limited resources, time and market opportunity.

EMPLOYER: SAUDI STOCK EXCHANGE (TADAW UL) PERIOD: APR 2013 – FEB 2018

Chief Architect / Lead Enterprise Architect

Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) was recently ranked the 13th largest stock exchange in the world, with a
market capitalization of USD 2.62 trillion (as of the end of December 2021) and the largest, deepest, and
most liquid in the Middle East, with 203 listed companies, and a highly scalable platform executing over 90
Million trade transactions a year.

TOGAF certified Lead Enterprise Architect managing enterprise architecture management (EAM) function in
Saudi Stock Exchange. This key advisory role involves:

• Leading the IT strategy & digital strategy of Tadawul to streamline the overall technology landscape
covering core trading solutions, digital capabilities, internal cloud and virtualized platforms, streaming
information management capability and enterprise data warehouse, accelerating value by introducing
new business services and defining technology transformation roadmap
• Developed Tadawul’s 3 years digital business strategy to support strategic business aspirations
• Managing the effort to develop, maintain and evolve the enterprise architecture and all architecture
related value propositions
• Exercising EA governance across 28 architectural engagements, through architecture reviews and
technology health check assessment
• Defining and governing core technology portfolios and strategic initiatives to deliver key benefits
• Define detailed methodologies and oversee pilots to evaluate architecture frameworks or models
tailored for Tadawul.
• Provide technical leadership, direction and expertise to all groups/stakeholders.
• Providing day-to-day technical leadership to multiple technology delivery projects and for ensuring
technical compliance with wider enterprise architecture
• Defining baseline and target enterprise architecture blueprints and artefacts covering all elements of
EA domains (e.g. business architecture, application architecture, data architecture, technology
architecture, integration architecture, Data warehouse architecture, information security architecture
and architecture implementation governance)
• Business Case development, RFP, RFI and RFQ development, vendor evaluation and selection
• Since Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) function is newly established in Tadawul, I am
leading the capability to achieve key objectives whilst bringing the strategic value at the enterprise,
technology portfolios and projects levels which also includes the development of architecture capability
including EA, EA frameworks (TOGAF based) & methodology, EA governance, toolsets, EA portal,
Data Architecture (DAMA DMBOK based methodology) practices, knowledge transfer and architecture
management process definitions

EMPLOYER: DEVOTEAM MIDDLE EAST PERIOD: JULY 2012 – APR 2013

CLIENT: PUBLIC & PRIVATE SECTOR CLIENTS SAUDI ARABIA

Lead SOA Architect (IT Strategy & Transformation)

• Working as Lead SOA Architect/Enterprise Architect on various large-scale Government

transformation programs in the Middle East.
• Defining Technology Strategy, creating SOA/Integration Strategy & Enterprise Architecture Roadmaps
ensuring the Architecture is aligned to the strategy directions.
• Developing business cases for the change programs and educating the business partners on
Architecture engagement, frameworks and standards
• Senior stakeholder management including engaging with CEO/CIO and Senior Management level as
appropriate.
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 • Capturing as-is state of the architecture (business, application, data and technology) and proposing
future state of the architecture, identifying gaps, technology road map development as per TOGAF 9
framework and standards.
• Participating in pre-sales activity whilst creating RFIs, RFPs, advising technology and Vendor
selection to achieve organization’s business objectives and technology requirements.
• Overseeing and ensuring successful delivery of the programs to meet the objectives set out through
the Business/IT Strategy.
• Architecture assessment, conducting benchmarking & research in order to evaluate industry best
practices and competitor's business processes and architecture framework implementations specific to
Client needs and providing recommendations for improvement.
• Assisting partners and directors in generating new business opportunities and building client networks
and relationships

EMPLOYE R: WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES LTD PERIOD: AUG 2011 – JULY 2012

CLIENT: LLOYDS BANK I NG GROUP, LONDON UK

Lead Solution Architect (Banking & Financial Services)

• Consulting Enterprise Solution Architect working on the largest banking divestment program (Verde)
designing solutions for DivestCo and RetainedCo part of the business under regulatory compliance
change program.
• Working as part of Enterprise Architecture & Design (EAD) whilst working with CIO, Business and IT
stakeholders in order to deliver solutions for the community banking (retail banking arm) business unit.
• Produced various acclaimed end-to-end architecture (covering application, data and infrastructure),
compliant with the LBG Enterprise Architecture, detailing all the systems affected and changes required
resulting from de-merger/divestment of the 600 branches. This covered various branch systems (J2EE,
.Net, Sharepoint, SQL Server integration services and Group data warehouse-based platforms on
multiple database platforms) and Intranet solutions being used across the wider branch network.
• Provided an outline of the project plan for a number of work packages to define a delivery vehicle (based
on business priorities, dependencies, scope and for the project to be taken forward to complete the
procurement exercise and implement the solution.
• Ensuring Business requirements (functional & non-functional) and technical capabilities are captured,
compared to the Enterprise Architecture and robust solutions delivered based on TOGAF9 Architecture
framework.
• Producing conceptual solution architecture (application and data) and addressed information, security
and infrastructure architecture designs.
• Providing architectural governance and design authority for various Branch sales and servicing
solutions across different channels and providing steer to lead the design towards delivery, test, go- live
and support.

EMPLOYER: CSC / DXC PERIOD: MAY 2011 – AUG 2011

CLIENT: BAE SYSTEMS, CHORLEY UK

Application Architect

• Overseeing architectural design, technology integration and development efforts for aero & defence
client for their product life cycle management solution
• Worked as Client Architect whilst delivering logical and physical application architecture for BAE’s
Product Lifecycle Management solution (Siemens PLM-Teamcenter) for their operations based in Taif,
Saudi Arabia over MPLS network.
• Stakeholder engagement including Client’s IT teams, CSC’s account delivery teams in both UK and
Saudi regions for the sake of requirement gathering (functional and non-functional).
• Evaluation of key integration challenges for the PLM solution with corporate’s existing IT landscape
including in-house reporting solution and recommended integration patterns to address requirements.
• Articulating solution risks and barriers; recommending project approaches; preparing time and cost
estimates; planning of Architecture delivery and life cycle activities
• Implementing architecture by building components and custom designs; prototyping; data migration;
maintaining technical integrity and consistency aligned with BAE’s Enterprise Architecture and
corporate guidelines.

CSC/DXC A S S I G NME NT DETAILS P ERIOD : J UNE 2010 – M AY 2011

C L IENT : R OYAL M AIL G ROUP , C HE STE RFIE L D UK

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Technical Solution Architect

• Responsible for delivering the integration architecture for various B2B end-to-end services for RMGs’
large-scale transformation programs.
• Key role for defining the data integration strategy for integration with corporate Datawarehouse
(Business Intelligence and Enterprise Reporting) using EAI approaches and ETL in addition to
ownership of the technical delivery.
• Establishment of Architecture Governance and content framework
• Review and creation of Integration Architecture deliverable based on point to point, messaging based
publish subscribe, JMS and ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) and delivering integration with external
partners (EDI).
• Addressing technology infrastructure assessment, business intelligence, enterprise
reporting and data integration with legacy systems, BPOS (MS SharePoint Online, Exchange Online,
Active Directory, Windows Mobile and Blackberry services) integration.
• Producing Logical Technology Model and Physical Technology Model, Logical data architecture and
providing on-going support for infrastructure implementation.
• Working as Technical Design Authority on overall solution integration landscape for the enterprise
reporting solution based on ETL, SAP Business Objects Data Integrator/Services (BODI, BODS).
• Working closely with Program Management, Solution Review Boards, Architecture Design Authorities
and Client management teams in order to persuade agreements and Review Board approvals on
proposed architecture and solution approaches.

Technologies Used: Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services, JMS, ESB, ETL, AS2, XML, EDIFACT, DB2,
Oracle DBMS 10G, Mainframe (data feeds), FTP, HTTPS, Web service, SQL

PERIOD: MAY 2010 – JUNE 2010

CLIENT: NETWORK RAIL , LONDON UK

SOA Solution Architect

• Providing inputs for the SOA Health Check assessment and recommendations for improvement and
technology strategy.
• Reviewing current state and prioritized list of integration pain points and potential barriers to SOA
adoption and formulating ongoing future strategy to address these concerns.
• Diagnosing and analyzing exiting SOA based implementation to expose bottlenecks.
• Proposing required changes, priorities, implications and recommendations for refined processes
including governance, SOA development, deployment, testing and ongoing support of SOA projects to
address immediate and long-term concerns.
• Providing refined and new templates to aid process governance for SOA implementation.
• Defining new roles and responsibilities to support governance and SOA implementation across
diversified functional units and technical teams.
• Analysis of a high level conceptual and logical SOA solution architecture for potential improvements.

PERIOD: FEB 2010 – APR 2010

CLIENT: SOCA – INTELL IGENCE AGENCY , ALDERSHOT UK

Technical Consultant (Data Integration for Knowledge Management & Information Analysis)

• Presales role recommending EAI strategy for data integration part of the solution
• Hands on technical architect role implementing EAI services for the overall Knowledge Management
capability of the overall solution (£1/2 billion transformation program).
• Analyzing data integration requirements for ETL (data extraction, load and transformation) to support
Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management into the corporate data.
• Planning, analysis, design and implementation of the solution (based on Palantir Government product
suite) for demonstration of the capability to address knowledge management requirements.
• Working independently and with internal teams to manage client expectations and delivering a high-
quality solution and a proof of concept.
• Providing support for overall testing activities for solution including integration test, UAT etc.

Technologies Used: Palantir Government, ETL, XML, Palantir Object Model, Java, XML, XSD, FTP,
HTTPS, SSL, Kite scripting language.

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 PERIOD: JAN 2010 – FEB 2010
CLIENT: ROYAL MAIL GROUP ( PARCEL FORCE WORLDWIDE ) , CHESTERFIELD UK

Solution Architect

• Analyzing requirements and providing high level design for enterprise application integration and
business transformation in order to address business needs.
• Providing inputs for technical/integration architecture effort, project size and effort estimation review
for proposals/new business opportunities and for on-going projects.
• Architecture impact assessment of enterprise level solution as a result of business transformation and
business change.
• Analysis of system management and support requirements and proposing a future support model to
meet business objectives.
• Performing solution architecture reviews for proposals in order to establish effort estimates and any
financial impacts.
• Analysis and development of system management processes.
• Identify opportunities for exposure and new business through technical analysis.
• Operating alongside Business and IT stakeholders to understand the relevant business processes and
the role IT must play as an enabler.
• Articulating consideration including risks and corresponding mitigation strategies, and leading the
design, build, test and deployment of the solution during delivery.
• Working on a discovery stage including effort estimation for POLDATA analysis, COTS (CRM) product
evaluation and selection, technical review, analysis and investigation, producing conceptual solution
architecture for selected products, effort estimation for Architectural deliverables.

PERIOD: JULY 2009 – DEC 2009

CLIENT: NETWORK RAIL , LONDON UK

SOA Architect

• Project planning & estimation for SOA Project including technical implementation.
• Analyzing existing Governance processes and SOA maturity.
• Planning, Defining and implementation of the SOA implementation roadmap & strategy, SOA
Governance Framework (Run time and Design Time Governance).
• Tailoring CSC SOAsure and Catalyst SOA methodologies to the project to enable realizing true
business benefits for the SOA initiative.
• Definition and delivery of SOA knowledge transfer workshops (organizational change, communication,
education and training) to client’s functional teams.
• Providing system integration expertise on the project for Oracle SOA Suite and architecture
engagements.
• Mapping of CSC SOA best practices and design patterns to client’s engagement through a
governance framework.
• Enabling and directing the application of standards across an end-to-end SOA implementation.
• Providing expertise for enabling SOA Governance framework and processes to the SOA delivery
program.
• Working with client for a SOA Roadmap across the programs.
• Analyzing organizational security requirements and providing inputs for SOA Security Framework.

Technologies Used: Oracle SOA Suite 10G, Oracle JDeveloper, Oracle ESB, Oracle Web Services Manager,
Sparx Enterprise Architect, Oracle E-Business Suite, J2EE, XML and XSD Schema, Oracle BEA Weblogic
Application Server.

Technologies Used: Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services, JMS, ESB, ETL, AS2, XML, EDIFACT, DB2,
Oracle DBMS 10G, Mainframe (data feeds), FTP, HTTPS, Web service, SQL

PERIOD: APR 2008 – JUNE 2009

CLIENT: NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES (NHS) CHORLEY UK

Integration Architect

• Provided high-level/detailed level architecture and integration designs for integration of various clinical
systems with LORENZO strategic integrated platform.
• Providing ongoing design expertise to support the development teams in their efforts to produce
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 flexible, re-usable components, integration of those components using SOA design patterns and
through the service orientation in the Ensemble integration platform (BPEL, Web service, ESB,
Canonical data model).
• Liaising with various internal teams to establish key elements and requirements of the solution.
• Design & Architecture of Custom Routing component for overall message handling service for Lorenzo
solution
• Pharmacy integration (using Medicines and Devices (dm+d) standard database), SSO component
design, Gazetteer service design, Departmental systems integration, ePrescriptions,
• Providing integration designs based on the synchronous/asynchronous messaging, transformations,
routing, adapters and required interfaces and communicating architecture & design using UML when
required.
• Conducting technical research and evaluation of tools and methodologies.
• Functioning as a domain expert and working closely with software developers to explain the application
design, and co-ordinates their efforts through the team leads.
• Working closely with all levels of internal teams, client management and performance engineering team
to support and enhance the overall solution.
• Working with product development teams, senior designers and lead architects to deliver efficient
working design and architecture, and advising teams of senior developers to create, maintain and
communicate detailed designs.
• To ensure the delivery of application functionality that meets technical, quality and financial standards.

Technologies Used: Intersystem Ensemble Integration platform, HL7 v2, HL7 v3, SOAP, Web services, XML,
XSLT, Custom router and adapters, ESB, SOA, BPM, Enterprise Architect, LDAP, SAML, data transformations,
Ensemble business rules

EMPLOYER: INNOVATIO N GROUP PL C PERIOD: MAR 2007 - FEB 2008

CLIENTS: AVIS BUDGET GROUP, ZURICH FINANCIAL SERVI CE S, HERTZ , WHITELEY UK

Technical Design Authority

Role involved providing architecture and technical design expertise for the financial services industry applications
including claims management, policy management, credit referencing systems, CRM & billing Applications, system
integration, banking applications developed using J2EE platform & middleware tiers.
• Analyzing business & technology requirements, designing and implementing those requirements using J2EE
technologies running on middleware and application servers.
• Participating in design sessions for SOA based application integration architecture and providing inputs for
SOA roadmap and implementation strategy.
• Advised on and provided guidance for an SOA framework being developed within the organization for B2B
integration challenges and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) between various external business entities.
• Providing technical & project assistance to the development teams/Business Analysts for J2EE based
enterprise level projects and communication with the internal/external stakeholders for the project
implementation.
• Create technical design documents - To be done in conjunction with the application development
resource/team leads.
• Facilitating Enterprise Architects for the application architecture workshops and communicating various
design proposals through UML artefacts.
• Managing application development teams as Team Lead and estimating the work effort based on the
requirement specification, planning & scheduling tasks, monitoring & controlling resources and activities.
• Creating project plans, delegating tasks to team members, progress monitoring for the timely delivery of tasks,
reporting to senior management, leading, mentoring and motivating project team for the achievement of
overall project & organizational objectives.
• Conducting code reviews for Java development (J2EE design patterns at presentation, business and data
tier) and ensuring implementation of quality management plan in all project deliverables.
• Development of application business processes, business rules, including data modelling & data flow and
implementation of prototypes & proof of concepts to aid design, estimate and development effort.
• Provide advice, support and training to less experienced application developers through face to face
mentoring on site, and off shore mentoring.

Technologies Used: Java 2, J2EE, EJB, Swing and Web based client development, JSP, Servlets, Web services,
JBoss 3.0.6, WebSphere Application Server and Tomcat Web Server, EJB transaction implementation (CMP,
BMP, Message-Driven Beans).
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EMPLOYER: NETSOL TECHNOLOGIES INC PERIOD: FEB 2005 – FEB 2007
CLIENT: AVIS BUDGET GROUP, WHITE L E Y UK

Senior Software Engineer

• Design and implementation of the high-volume mission critical J2EE based applications using OOAD/OOP
methodology.
• Leading application development team & training junior engineers for their role in the J2EE based
application development.
• Implementation of relevant design patterns including MVC, Session Façade, DAO, Singleton etc.
• To participate in the full life-cycle of the development process - from analysis, design, implementation,
testing and refinement of the software systems.
• Business process modeling & design.
• To create project plans in conjunction with Project Manager and monitoring & controlling of team activities
for the project delivery.
• To test and debug the software application (unit, regression, integration testing).
• To create functional and technical design specification documents according to the business requirements.
• Business change requests monitoring, fixing reported problems and defects at UAT level and software
configuration management through Mercury Quality Center and Team Track.
• Establishing and deploying CMMi (Level 5) processes methodology on projects and to take part in process
improvement initiatives throughout the organization.
• Database Management (Oracle 10G + DB2).

Technologies Used: Java, J2EE, JUnit, JavaBeans, JDBC, SQL, EJB (Entity + Session), JSP, UML, Socket
programming, Swing and Web based client development, JMS, RMI, Servlets, JNDI, SOAP, Tomcat Web
Server, BEA WebLogic Application Server.

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