Ali Syed

Current

CTO at Confiz Solutions (www.confiz.com)

Past

Director, Software Services at The Resource Group
Program Lead at Sun Microsystems
Java Architect at Sun Microsystems

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Education

Lahore University of Management Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Industry

Computer Software

Ali Syed’s Summary

Passionate about technology and its creative use in web based solutions.

Experienced in web development using RoR, PHP, and enterprise development using Java and J2EE. Worked in diverse projects for startups to a number of fortune 500 companies.

Skills include managing, architecting and implementing solutions on a turn key basis.

Ali Syed’s Specialties:

Ability to manage large teams to deliver multiple software initiatives in a globally distributed environment.
Technology specialties: Web2.0 technologies, enterprise architecture, scalability and performance.

Ali Syed’s Experience

CTO

Confiz Solutions (www.confiz.com)

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

April 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)

Overseeing all development activities within Confiz
Director, Software Services

The Resource Group

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2005 — April 2007 (1 year 8 months)

Managed offshore software development with 60+ developers. Responsibilities included enabling offshoring of software development and coordination of deliverables/processes with stakeholders.
Achievements included overcoming barriers to offshoring, consolidation of technologies and reducing time to market for deliverables.
Program Lead

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

September 2004 — September 2005 (1 year 1 month)

Managed services related to architecture assessments, performance tuning and troubleshooting. Responsibilities included bringing on partners, measuring value and improvements in delivery.
Java Architect

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

April 2000 — August 2004 (4 years 5 months)