Syed Adnan Haider

Address: House#***, Street */*, Block-B, National Police Foundation (O9), Islamabad, Pakistan

Mobile: +92-345-******* Email Id: adrxah@r.postjobfree.com in: linkedin.com/in/syedadnanhaider

Senior Management Executive

Multifaceted technical career with excellent track record of innovation and success

Expertise working with teams geographically positioned in various time zones.

Track record of solving complex problems, optimizing and training teams to enter in new growth markets

Highly accomplished professional with powerful blend of technology vision and business acumen that results in consistent development of new business strategies supported by high-performance infrastructures and applications. Solid history of utilizing cutting-edge technology to successfully reduce costs and streamline technical operations. Proficient at motivating staff to achieve peak performance and utilize effective strategies for driving organizational improvements. Proven change leader with flexibility, tolerance, dedication and decision-making, lead and motivate staff to achieve company goals and collaborate with personnel of diverse cultures.

Areas of Expertise

Project Planning & Supervision

Software Development

Strategic Planning & Analysis

Technical Documentation

Product Development

Process Improvements

Agile & Scrum methodologies

Quality Assurance & Control

Requirement Engineering

Staff Training & Leadership

Risk Management

Research & Development

Technical Proficiencies

Development Tools:

Azure DevOps, Power Platform, MS Dynamics 365, MS Dynamics CRM 4, 2011,2013,2015, Microsoft Azure Cloud WebApps & Azure SQL database, MS.Net, SSIS, SSRS, Sybase PowerBuilder 5.0/7.0/8.0/9.0/10.2.1/10.5, Visual Basic 5.0/6.0, Java, VB.NET, Gupta SQLWindows, Centura Team Windows, Report Windows, Sybase EAServer 4.0/5.0

Databases:

SQL Server, Sybase ASE 12.5.4, Sybase SQL Anywhere 5.0, Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere 6.0/7.0, MS Gupta SQLBase and Oracle 7.0/8i/9i

Career Highlights

Developed offshore development office for US based IT company in Islamabad and raised employees to 50.

Headed a team of ten members as a head of R&D team in Islamabad office and developed power pack suite, including add-ons for MS Dynamics CRM.

Functioned in close collaboration with core team members and created an award winning ERP software SHMA Pkgs at Sidat Hyder Morshed Associates.

Professional Experience

TEKenable LTD, Islamabad

Senior Consultant, Aug 2021 – To Date

Involved in a big project of Racing Digital that spans over 3 years. First phase of the project was to create POC of entire system. Actively involved in development activities using Power Apps, Power BI, Power Automate and Azure DevOps.

Created CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment process to QA, UAT and Prod environments. Developed data replication process from dataverse to Azure SQL using Azure Logic Apps. Other activities include resolving client queries and problems. Managing and guiding junior consultants.

DataCraft Technologies, Islamabad 2017 – 2020

Software Development Manager, Apr 2017 – Oct 2020

Coordinated with cross-functional teams to provide development updates and track daily activities, progress of the development teams.

Participate in key architectural design decisions for scalability, performance and security.

Determine project scope and requirements. Ensure all teams are equipped to answer and solve for the unique challenges of each project. Deliver regular progress reports to clients.

Hiring new staff and train, educate, and manage new hires in CRM technology.

PowerObjects, Islamabad 2003 – 2016

Chief Executive Officer, Dec 2014 – Dec 2016

Played a key role in streamlining business functions and developing criteria for managing resource. Steered level 10 meetings with US management to oversee operational activities at the highest level of the management.

Ensured continuous improvement in the Islamabad office by developing company policies, operational processes, and improved techniques

Identified need for skills improvement and conducted regular training sessions for newly hired staff to improve work efficiency and performance.

Director, Jun 2008 – Dec 2014

Held full accountability for managing everyday operations of the Pakistan office and delivering reports to the senior management. Led the development of multiple add-ons for Dynamics CRM while acting as a Head of R&D team. Built synergies with US office to train, educate, and manage new staff and hires in CRM technology.

Ensured quality of new version releases of all power pack products by designing and implementing policies and plans.

Planned, executed, and finalized all technical and process development projects according to strict deadlines while complying with budget and time constraints.

Senior Consultant, Oct 2003 – Jun 2008

Led, developed, motivated, managed, and worked with a high performing development team to meet strategic goals and business objectives. Supervised team progress against the defined objectives and agreed training schedules.

Examined cost of client requirements as well as recommended strategies to ensure optimum performance and cost.

Designed patterns and frameworks for MS.NET, MS Dynamics CRM, and Azure applications and reviewed codes with team members while offering recommendations to the management.

Sidat Hyder Morshed Associates (pvt) ltd, Islamabad 1998 – 2003

Analyst Programmer, Jan 2000 – Oct 2003

Worked on complete life cycle of Sidat Hyder Financials, an award-winning suite of accounting applications catering to the regional requirements. Developed using PowerBuilder and MS SQL Server, Oracle & Sybase at backend. ERP solution includes General Ledger, Supply Chain Management (Procurement, Inventory and Stores Management, Sales and Distribution, etc.), Manufacturing, Human Resources, Payroll, etc.

Programmer, Jan 1999 – Dec 1999

Worked on award winning product Pkgs, an Integrated Sale, Inventory, Purchase, A/c Receivable and A/c Payables system. "Pkgs" is part of the company's SHMA Financials suite, which consists GL, Fixed Asset, and Pay Roll. Took part in planning, Analysis, design and development of the system, which is totally parameterized and configurable. Hence it can be used in any company as the software is designed to meet the requirement of different companies. Conceived, designed and developed a Report Writer for the company's SHMA Financials suite. This gives more power to users to generate new reports with the flexibility of GUI based on the windows standards.

Junior Programmer, Jun 1998 – Dec 1998

As a junior programmer, was involved in the screen designing of General Ledger system. Also took part in the testing phase of the project. This client/server system was developed in PowerBuilder 5.0 (later upgraded to PowerBuilder 7.0) and support Oracle, MS SQL Server and Sybase Adaptive Server databases. This software won first prize in professional category at All Pakistan software competition organized by Dr. A.Q Khan Research Laboratories Pakistan, held in 1999.

Trainee Programmer, Apr 1998 – Jun 1998

Started my career working on exciting project "Century Bug". Identification and rectification of Y2K problems in the ERP system of IKEA. Documented all the Y2K bugs in programs code and database tables. Modification of programs and production of new reports compliant with year 2000 date format. Compilation of system to latest version of Gupta SQLWindows, Gupta SQLBase and System testing on Novell as well as in Windows NT environment.

Key Projects:

PowerPack Components

Project Tenure: 2009 – 2016 Team Size: 10 Methodology/Tools: MS DynamicsCRM, .NET, WCF, Microsoft Azure

Designed marketing automation and productivity add-ons for MS Dynamics CRM called “power packs” as well as oversaw high performing PK teams while acting as a Head of R&D team.

Marten Rewrite Project

Project Tenure: 2006 – 2009 Team Size: 4 Methodology/Tools: PowerBuilder 10.5 and ASE 12.5.4

Led a cross-functional team of four developers to convert and migrate Easel Smalltalk application to PowerBuilder 10.5 and ASE 12.5.4 at backend.

Supervised workflow on Pakistan side and maintained track of multiple programs in simultaneous development while delivering project according to priorities.

Led deployment of first major phase of new PowerBuilder code, Marten Transport renewed their services contract for next two years.

powerHR Project

Project Tenure: 2005 – 2006 Team Size: 3 Methodology/Tools: EAServer 5.2, JavaScript, JSP, ASA 10.0, PB Web Datawindow, Java Beans, Servlets, AJAX

Expertly utilized various technical tools and methodologies to create and execute an online HR system.

Managed a high-performing team of two developers while acting as a Senior Team Lead/ Software Engineer.

Prepared and posted job positions in HR department's hand while coordinating with school administrators.

smlPortal Project

Project Tenure: 2003 – 2005 Team Size: 2 Methodology/Tools: PowerBuilder 8, EAServer 5.2, JSP

Identified, analyzed, detected, and corrected error of various applications according to client requirements.

Actively contributed in overseeing modifications, testing, and enhancement of smlPortal.

Educational Background

Master of Science in Computer Science, Al-Khair University (Ajk), Pakistan

Bachelor of Science, Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan

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