Zishan Ahmad
Web Application Architect
- Location
- Greater New York City Area
- Industry
- Information Technology and Services
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Zishan Ahmad's Overview
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- Lead Web Developer at Interactive Brokers
- Past
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- Principal Software Engineer at Webley Systems
- Software Engineer at Parus Interactive
- Staff Engineer at Hypermeals, Inc.
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5 people have recommended Zishan
- Connections
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500+ connections
- Websites
Zishan Ahmad's Summary
Hands-on technical and project leader with experience in designing systems and applications on multiple platforms, and managing complete software development lifecycles. Expertise in analysis, testing, debugging and requirements gathering. Knowledgable in a variety of development tools and languages. Consistently deliver excellent documentation, communication, and mentoring skills. Trilingual: English, Urdu, Punjabi.
Ideal position combines technical leadership (as a system/software architect or team lead) with direct contributions to software design, coding and testing. I enjoy both new and sustaining development of medium and large-scale projects.
Specialties
Application Design & Planning • Systems Design • Expertise in Web 2.0 Technology/Trends Documentation • Technology Integration • Performance Tuning • Requirements Gathering Debugging • Team Development & Management
Zishan Ahmad's Experience
Lead Web Developer
Interactive Brokers
Public Company; 501-1000 employees; IBKR; Financial Services industry
July 2010 – Present (1 year 8 months) Greenwich, CT
Zishan currently leads front end development for the company's WebTrader and MobileTrader web and mobile trading applications which represent on average 5-10% of all trades performed in a given day.
Principal Software Engineer
Webley Systems
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry
June 2007 – October 2009 (2 years 5 months) Bannockburn, IL
Zishan was a hands-on manager for web and voice application development, architecture and systems interoperability for the company's $30M Unified Communications product. He also managed technical relationships with partners and vendors, and performed peer training and review.
Software Engineer
Parus Interactive
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry
July 2004 – June 2007 (3 years) Bannockburn, IL
Zishan was brought on board to join, and subsequently lead, the development team for the highly trafficked, data driven web and voice applications servicing 50K+ users of the company's main Unified Communications product. Also responsible for the in-house CRM and integration with third-party applications.
Staff Engineer
Hypermeals, Inc.
July 2000 – November 2001 (1 year 5 months) Chicago, IL
Zishan joined the visionary startup's development team to build out their web based food ordering and delivery service at all levels, from frontend to database. During the second phase of operations, Zishan led creation of a brandable web application for corporate orders and invoicing for several large Chicago based companies.
Zishan Ahmad's Skills & Expertise
Zishan Ahmad's Volunteer Experience & Causes
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Volunteer Experience
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Technology Manager
South Asian International Film Festival
- Arts and Culture
September 2009 – present (2 years 6 months)Enthused by their advocacy and support of emerging artists from south east Asia, Zishan joined the SAIFF team to manage their web presence in a hands-on advisory capacity.
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Director of Technology
The Islamic Monthly
- Civil Rights and Social Action
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Founder
Chicago Tech Scene
- Social Services
December 2009 – present (2 years 3 months)Frustrated by the seeming lack of local tech community visibility, media coverage and recognition, Zishan started Chicago Tech Scene as a labor of love. In several months, the technology site gained 1700+ followers on twitter, 100+ on facebook and ranked #1 in Google, Bing and Yahoo for several Chicago tech-specific search queries (i.e. Chicago tech scene).
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Founder
Built In Stamford
- Social Services
September 2011 – present (6 months)Aware that Fairfield County in Connecticut is in many ways where Chicago was several years ago, Zishan started Built In Stamford as one of many first steps to foster community in his newfound neighborhood.
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Volunteer Interests
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Causes I care about:
- Children
- Civil Rights and Social Action
- Human Rights
- Poverty Alleviation
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Zishan Ahmad's Additional Information
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Chicago Tech Scene, Technori Pitch Meetup, Chicago JS Meetup, Built In Stamford, Stamford Tech Meetup, Stamford JS Meetup, South Asian International Film Festival
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