Waleed Hussain Khan - CTO / Software Engineer
info@waleed.de | Github | Website
Management
- Business strategy and Roadmap development
- Hiring, team building, organization and budget planning
- Software development process definition, execution and optimization
- Engineering management, mentorship and career growth
- Company strategy and product vision
- Evangelism, conference speaking, community development
Technologies
| Programming | Modern Web | Databases | Frameworks | Infrastructure | DevOps | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python | Webpack | Postgres | Laravel | Linux | Ansible | Magento |
| PHP | React Js | MYSQL | Symfony | AWS | Jenkins | Shopware |
| Javascript | Sass | mongodb | Flask | Digital Ocean | Docker | Odoo ERP |
| Rust | Flux | React Native | Docker | Vagrant | Drupal | |
| Express | Selenium | Microsoft 365 | Grav |
Experience
Chief Technology Officer, Dr.Förster AG Group. Sep 2016 – Nov 2017
- Develop technical aspects of the company’s strategy to ensure alignment with its business goals.
- Communicate technology strategy to staff, partners, customers, prospective customer and investors.
- Monitor KPIs and IT budgets to assess technological performance.
- Digitalization of 20 years old Infrastructure for Manufacturing.
- Responsible for the engineering efforts across multiple project teams.
- Product, E-Commerce, Manufacturing-ERP, Business Intelligence and Infrastructure.
- Hire and manage developers in Berlin & Neu-Isenburg.
- Influence development & deployment process and best practices.
- Motivate and support team productivity, efficiency, and happiness.
Interim CTO / Development Operations Manager, fineartmultiple.com. July 2015 – August 2016
- Building an Online Art Marketpalce form Concept to Completion within 6 months.
- Hiring & Mentoring new engineers and put them through formal training.
- Define, measure and monitor tech SLAs and KPIs.
- Taking architecture decisions and choosing the best technology.
- Act as communicator between Business and technical teams.
- Build solid architectures Amazon AWS.
- Set goals, objectives and priorities. Mentor team members, provide guidance by regular performance reviews.
CTO / Partner, 23 Digital Concepts GmbH. January 2013 – July 2015
- Built an engineering organization to ~20 across 3 teams for E-Commerce Agency.
- Streamlining development processes, inter-org communication.
- Project planning and headcount/resource allocation.
- Participant in board meetings and high level strategic decision making.
- Working with sales and marketing to meet quarterly revenue goals.
- Interfacing directly with top tier customers.
- Making technical decisions about our tools and software.
- Coordinating the evangelism and developer advocacy effort.
- Delivering innovative and polished products.
- Ensure scalability, stability, security and performance of our infrastructure.
Head of E-Commerce, P&P Medien GmbH. February 2012 – January 2013
- Grow and lead a team of engineers in an agile working environment.
- Prepare & deliver, reports and presentations to executive leadership & stakeholders.
- Contributing to decision making in regards to the direction of our products and focus on the software tools and development markets.
- Manage the relationships with the existing third party providers.
- Lead and manage the on-going Projects and trading and optimisation schedule.
- Defining KPIs and continuously reviewing value delivered and success metrics.
E-Commerce & Engineering Manager, Vipsportnahrung. 2010 – 2012
- Lead Migration from a legacy E-Commerce Platform to Magento.
- ERP Implementation (OpenERP).
- Design and improve engineering and project management processes, practices and standards.
- Manage the maintenance and improvement of the platform.
- Manage to budget targets and work with the executive team and the product owners.
Full-Stack Magento Developer, Blickvang GmbH. 2008 – 2010
- Magento core development.
- Third party module integration.
- Custom API development & integration.
- Developing responsive sites for mobile and tablet platforms.
- Optimize infrastructure for maximum speed, usability, and reliability.
- Translation of business needs into technical specifications and projects.
Full-Stack Web Developer, Safa Academy. 2006 – 2008
- Development of web applications Use technologies such as PHP, MySQL and Javascript.
- Work with product, UX team to define, architect, and build new features, from concept to launch.
- Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
- Responsible for production infrastructure and own the full life-cycle of code.
Education
- React Native - CS Course — Harvard University, E-Learning
- B.A Business Administration — International University Vienna, Vienna
- Software Engineering — WIFI, Vienna
- Mechanical Engineering — Höhere Technische Bundeslehranstalt, Vienna