Software Engineering Manager (Director)

Sherif Korashy e-mail: ac2voi@r.postjobfree.com

Cupertino, CA 95014 Phone: 650-***-****

Professional Profile

Over 18 years of software engineering experience at Oracle, eBay and Paypal in Silicon Valley – California; in addition to leading outstanding achievements globally.

Impressive track record in leading large cross-functional development teams; with a wealth of managerial experience focusing on Agile frameworks and people management.

A distinctive academic record with an MBA from Santa Clara University in California and a B. Sc. in Computer Science from the American University. Work Experience

Director of Software Engineering, Code Overflow LLC ‘12 – Present

Leading the technology road map for Merchant 360 ̊, our cloud-based SaaS marketing platform for small and medium merchants.

Planning and defining overall architecture and implementation decisions focusing on delivering a highly available, scalable, low latency cloud-based product while following an Agile SCRUM-based framework and the best in DevOps.

Hire and lead outstanding engineering teams across all functions.

Align the goals of product development with the overall goals of the organization. Manager, Software Solution Architecture, ITWorx - Egypt ‘07 – ‘10

Led a team of 20+ engineers to articulate and design enterprise software solutions according to ITWorx customer requirements. ITWorx is the largest Software professional services firm in the Middle East with over 400 developers.

Developed and managed partnerships with key software vendors like Microsoft, IBM and Oracle where we worked together to define and execute joint go-to-market offerings and architected best software solutions to our clients across different industries. Principal M. of Software Engineering, PayPal – San Jose, CA ‘03 – ‘06

• Worked closely with Product Management to collaborate on innovative product ideas; key products include merchant Encrypted Payment buttons, the Paypal API framework and a number of individual offerings such as Paypal Wallet and Express Checkout.

• Participated in the team responsible for re-architecting all of PayPal into a true Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).

Principal M. of Software Engineering, eBay – San Jose, CA ‘01 – ‘03

• Led the development of the eBay SOAP API framework and the initial Developer Program allowing 3rd party developers to build innovative ecommerce solutions and leverage the eBay platform.

Software Development Manager, Oracle – Redwood Shores, CA ‘96 – ‘01

Managed a cross-functional engineering team responsible to design, implement and deliver key modules within Oracle Applications.

Provided hands-on technical leadership across all development phases.

Hired top class talent and managed appraisals and development of team members. Education

• MBA from Santa Clara University, California - USA

• B. Sc. in Computer Science, The American University in Cairo

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