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 Khurram Ali Sheikh

A distinguished senior-level Information Technology Manager with extensive experience in Project Management and Project Engineering. Solid background in directing programs to implement web applications. Proven ability to bridge technology and business goals to provide productive solutions. Demonstrated success leading and mentoring cross-functional teams in order to maximize levels of productivity. Excellent communicator, with emphasis on building strong client relationships, capable of making professional presentations. Quick learner that rapidly adapts to emerging technologies.

Relevant Skills

.NET
Most of my recent developments are in .NET platform including ASP.NET, Smart Client, XML Webservices and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) implementation.

Software Architecture
My key role has been to develop solution architecture for all of my projects. I am well experienced in implementing design patterns in real life scenarios and gained enough experience in their practical merits and demerits from real life implementations.

Software Testing
I have done extensive research on Usability Testing of web solutions and have implemented them in my recent web projects with great success. Automated testing, unit testing, system and integration testing and QA are also my key interest areas. I am experienced in implementing source control using Microsoft Visual Source Safe.

Technical Leading
I am a technical Leader. Throughout my development career, I have worked as a technical leader, delivering cutting-edge technologies to my team members and guiding them to make their way to successful implementations.

Program Management Skills
I have developed technical specs for most of my projects. Developing functional specs, project timeline and making it happen in time’ are also my key skills.

Technical Interview
In last 3 years, being a technical consultant, I have taken several interviews for recruiting programmers for my companies.

Business Communication
I have to maintain communication with my clients at US for all of my projects. I have the skill to effectively collect requirements from clients and pass them to the developers till successful implementations and finally returning customers exactly what they want.

Professional Experience

  • Sr. Project Manager
    Netsolace, Inc.
    www.netsolace.com
    January 24, 2005 to date

    -- Software research and development.
    -- Team leading and projects management.
    -- Development of customized e-commerce, b2b and corporate websites.
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    Recommended successful marketing solutions to attract sales. Increased traffic by updating content, adding new features, and redefining solutions. Analyzed log files to compile statistics to aid in promotion. Conceptualized e-commerce goals using sketches, storyboards and presentations.

    -- Consistently met project deadlines and client/employer demands in fast-paced work environment.

    Projects @ Netsolace, Inc.

    • Netsolace Portal
      A web-based technology system specifically designed to help Netsolace to manage their clients and Helpdesk. This solution was developed using ASP.NET technology with SQL Server database.
    • Edible Arrangements International, Inc. website (www.eafranchise.com)
      This website is an online brochure containing the comprehensive information about Edible Arrangements Franchising opportunities. This website has an administration area to manage content. Website was developed using ASP.NET technology with SQL Server database.
    • Edible Arrangements Franchise Support System
      This website is a B2B solution to support the Edible Arrangements franchises online. This solution has a complete site administration options. Website was developed using ASP.NET, Active Server Pages (ASP) technology with MS SQL Server database.
    • Salad Creations Franchise Support System
      This website is a B2B solution to support the Salad Creations franchises online. This solution has a complete site administration options. Website was developed using ASP.NET, Active Server Pages (ASP) technology with MS SQL Server database.

  • Sr. Web Developer
    Artologics
    www.artologics.com
    January 2004 to January 2005

    -- Software research and development.
    -- Development of customized e-commerce websites and content management solutions.
    -- Consistently met project deadlines and client/employer demands in fast-paced work environment.

    Projects @ Artologics.

    • Strictly Urban Website (www.strictly-urban.co.uk)
      Strictly Urban is a UK based company that sells garments for men and women. The store is developed in ASP with SQL Server and shopping cart integration with world pay payment gateway. It has an administrator interface provides the facility to company to keep track the records of products and orders. The Customer modules as well as Administrator area are extremely user friendly.
    • Flora Green Website (www.floragreen.com)
      FloraGreen is a provider of high quality, novel gardening supplies to garden enthusiasts worldwide. Scope of work includes an e-commerce application provides online shopping of different seeds and shopping cart integration with 2checkout.com payment gateway. It has an administrator interface provides the facility to company to keep track the records of products and orders.
    • Medals USA (www.medalsusa.com)
      It is an e-commerce application provides online shopping of different medals and army accessories like uniform, Badges, Medals, and Ball Caps etc. The development is in ASP with MS Access and shopping cart integration with PayPal payment gateway. It has an administrator interface provides the facility to company to keep track the records of products and orders.
    • Sienna Education Consultants (www.siennaeducation.com)
      Sienna is a British company and is formed of a group of highly experienced education consultants in the USA and throughout Pakistan.Sienna’s primary purpose is to offer students quality study options. It is a content management system facilitates the management to edit the contents of website. It has two parts: Visitor end used to view the contents like news; events, enrollment section etc. and Site admin facilitate the Administrator to edit the contents and keep record of all enrollments. The site is developed in PHP and MySQL.
    • Hoopers.biz (www.hoopers.biz)
      Hooper's began in 1978 as Hooper's Books, a mail-order catalog business specializing in scarce and rare books about horses and equestrian sports. It is an e-commerce as well as a content management system facilitates the management to edit the contents of website. It has two parts: Visitor end used to view the contents like news; events, announcement, products etc. and Site admin facilitate the Administrator to edit the contents and keep record of all products.
    • ASP Support (www.aspsupport.net)
      ASPSupport.net offers medical sevices for its members. It is a content management system facilitates the management to edit the contents of different websites using single database. It can have many sites currently carrying 4-6 sites using single database. Each Site has up to 15 different enrollments forms, which are linked with a single database. Admin Panel facilitates the Administrator to edit the contents of each website and keep record of all enrollments. Administrator can also link a new website to that database. The site development is in PHP with MySQL.
    • Private Club Society (www.accessgreatclubs.com)
      Private Club Access lets you gain access to participating private clubs nationwide where you can enjoy golf, tennis, fitness and dining at existing guest rates. It is a content management system facilitates the management to edit the contents of website. It has two parts: Visitor end used to view the contents like news; events, enrollment section etc. and Site admin facilitate the Administrator to edit the contents and keep record of all enrollments. The site is developed in PHP and MySQL.

Education

  • MS (Computer Science)
    Iqra University, Islamabad. CGPA 3.4/4.0
  • BS (Computer Science)
    International Islamic University, Islamabad. CGPA 3.1/4.0
  • HSSC (Pre-Engineering)
    Govt. College Sahiwal. Marks 772/1100
  • SSC (Science Group)
    Govt. High School, Sahiwal. Marks 733/850

Biography

Date of Birth: Dec 1, 1982
Nationality: Pakistani
Religion: Islam

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