ABDUL ALEEM KHAN

CELL (+971) 050-2196733 ♦ E-MAIL ALEEMKHAN@GMAIL.COM
FLAT 309-A ♦ CROWN RESIDENCE, TECOM (NEAR GREENS) ♦ DUBAI ♦ UAE

OBJECTIVE

Become a leading expert and be known for outstanding Project Management skills and high-quality development work in the areas of Business Process Management and Service Oriented Architectures.
CAREER SUMMARY

  • Computer Science Professional with 4.5 years of professional experience and proven Project Management skills.
  • Development of web and windows based applications using .NET Framework 1.1/2.0, SQL Server 2000/2005, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and other Microsoft platform technologies.
  • Worked on Business Process Management applications using custom workflow frameworks, Windows Workflow Foundation and have experience in developing workflow based solutions.
  • Understanding of e-Government Infrastructure in UAE and have been involved in analysis and development of e-Government projects, integration between government departments, integration with Etisalat payment gateway and E-Dirham gateway.
QUALIFICATIONS
Certifications
ITIL − Practitioner's Certificate in IT Service Management − Support & Restore,
Examination Institute for Information Science (EXIN),
April 5th, 2009

ITIL − Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management
Examination Institute for Information Science (EXIN),
November 20th, 2008

LZA − Licensed Zapthink SOA Architect
October 26th 29th, 2008

Trainings Course Study in Project Management Professional (PMP)
New Horizons, UAE
December 14th − 18th, 2008

Course Study in Application of Business Intelligence
Institute for International Research (IIR)
April 6th − 8th, 2008

Quality Management System ISO 9001:2000
May 11th, 2008
Degrees B.Sc (Hons), Computer Science. (CGPA - 3.64)
Punjab University College of Information Technology, University of the Punjab, Lahore.
2000 − 2004
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Mar 2007 - Current Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority, Abu Dhabi. UAE
Currently working with Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority as a Project Manager. My responsibilities at ADTA include
  • Initiating, Planning & Analysis of projects required by the business and developing project charter and scope documents.
  • Excuting, Monitoring & Controlling in-house development projects, timelines and development teams.
  • Active participation in development wherever required to help the teams meet their deadlines.
  • Technical evaluation and selection of vendors for application development and resource hiring for internal projects.
Nov 2005 - Mar 2007 Avansys Infotech, Dubai Internet City, Dubai. UAE
Worked with Avansys Infotech on various projects as Technical Team Lead and Senior Software Engineer. My responsibilities at Avansys included
  • Preparing Requirement Documentation and Functional Design Specifications.
  • Designing and Developing Application Architecture.
  • Implementation of Major Modules and Planning and Implementation of Application Integration with external Module and Services.
  • Managing Development Team and Project Timeline.
  • Testing & Deployment of Application.
Dec 2004 - Nov 2005 Systems Private Limited, Lahore, Pakistan
Worked with Systems Private Limited in the positions of Senior Software Engineer and Software Engineer on their benchmark mortgage products VisiCompliance® and VisiTrack®. My responsibilities at Systems included
  • Understanding requirements and working closely with onsite business analysts.
  • Development and implementation of Major Application modules.
  • Ensuring Code Security and Integration with the existing application.
  • Performance and Regression testing of application.
  • Shipment Preparation and Product Release Management.
  • Providing support for application deployment and training to onsite analysts.
Jan 2005 - July 2005 College of Information Technology, University of the Punjab, Lahore
University of the Punjab is the largest public University in Pakistan. I have myself been a student of the University and also worked as Visiting Faculty Member of the University and taught the course of Visual Programming (MFC/Win32).
SKILLS/EXPERTISE
Programming Languages/Technologies
.NET Framework 1.1/2.0, C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, Web Services, WSE 3.0, SQL Server Reporting Services 2005, Windows Application Development (API/MFC), C/C++ on Windows and Linux, Java Language, Assembly Language, HTML, XML, SQR Server for Reports.
Tools
Microsoft Team System and Team Foundation Server, Visual Studio.NET 2.0, Visual Studio.NET 1.1, Visual Studio 6, JBuilder, Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, Adobe Phtoshop 7.0, Rational Rose. Microsoft Project 2007, Microsoft Visio 2007.
Databases
MS SQL Server 2000/2005, Oracle 8i.
Enterprise Servers/Frameworks
Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Microsoft Great Plains/eConnect Integration, Windows Workflow Foundation.
Platforms
Microsoft Windows 98/ NT/ 2000/ XP, Linux.

PROFESSIONAL SOFTWARE PROJECTS

Hotel Classification System
Role: Project Manager
Hotel Classification System was developed in-house at ADTA with an internal development team. The project was initiated with a very short deadline and the team was entrusted to deliver on the earlier commitments made to the tourism industry to deliver a standard hotel classification system. The system was delivered on-time and was hailed by local news media. http://www.gulfnews.com/Business/Hotel_and_Tourism/10216295.html

The system was completely AJAX based and was developed using ASP.NET 2.0 and SQL Server 2005 as the database. The AJAX technology was used keep the system robust while managing huge amounts of classification data used for inspections. The system also included a Tablet PC web interface for inspectors to perform live inspections.

ADTA Online Services Platform
Role: Project Manager/System Architect
ADTA Online Services is a secure services platform created for Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority for hosting their online business services. These services are consumed by internal ADTA applications and external stake holders for integration. The services include Payment Service for Credit Card/E-Dirham payment, SMS Service and other business services related to ADTA business.

The platform was built using WSE 3.0 standards for authentication, authorization, and message encryption and uses multiple security layers for providing different security settings for each web service. The architecture provides flexibility to add the new services easily and provides proper error handling and service logging.

Tourism Licensing System (Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority)
Role: Project Team Lead
Avansys Infotech delivered a customized Tourism Licensing System based on their eGovernment connected framework to Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority for the management of their Licensing Processes and integration with other government departments to provide a unified interface to the customer to increase the business productivity.

The system was developed in ASP.NET 2.0/VB.NET with SQL Server 2005 as a backend data store and Avansys Workflow Server as the core workflow engine. The system was integrated with various other government departments like Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Abu Dhabi eGovernment Portal. Other integrations included eCompany Credit Card Payment Gateway, E-Dirhams Payment Gateway, ADTA SSO for managing Single Sign On, GDI Revenue System, and Microsoft Great Plains for Financial Transactions and Microsoft Exchange.

Web Based Microsoft Great Plains with Custom Workflow Engine
Role: Senior Software Engineer
Avansys Infotech delivered a customized web-based Great Plains solution to Platinum Corporation for their growing commodities and automobiles business in a secure, reliable, and scalable manner. The rules-based workflow system (add-on product of Avansys InfoTech) allowed management to implement process guidelines, and track approvals and decision-making. Resulting decisions are automatically transacted in Great Plains for reporting purposes.

The web based front end of the application was developed using ASP.NET 1.1 with SQL Server 2000 database for the Avansys Workflow and Security Framework. The application was integrated with the Great Plains 7.5 using Microsoft eConnect Interfaces.


VisiTrack®
Role: Business Analyst
VisiTrack is a Document Management System for document Tracking and automatic generation of Loan Documents for IndyMac Bank USA. The application was developed in ASP.NET 1.1 and SQL Server 2000 and used Microsoft Office Automation for automatically generating Loan Documents.

VisiExport®
Role: Senior Software Engineer
VisiExport is a Visionet System product for exporting the Loan Information to the US Loan Fidelity System for the verification of the information. VisiExport was implemented in .NET 1.1 and SQL Server 2000. VisiExport is shipped as windows service along with the Visionet's VisiCompliane and VisiRelease Products. Most of the export code was implemented as SQL Server procedures.

VisiCompliance®
Role: Software Engineer
VisiCompliance is a Loan Compliance Application for management of compliance process and ensuring the compliance of Loan Documents in any Mortgage Bank. Systems Limited delivered this application to IndyMac Bank and Bank of America. The application was developed in ASP.NET 1.1/SQL Server 2000. Crystal Reports were used as a reporting tool.
COMPUTING RESEARCH WORK
Degree Dissertation
(BSC Hons)		 Ontology Based Knowledge Extraction Ontology Based Knowledge Extraction was undertaken as a research project to extract Ontology Based knowledge from Web documents and automatically generate OWL or other standard Ontology Language. The project also focused on the intelligent queries on the Ontological data. The main goals of the project were:
  • Automatic Extraction of Ontological data from Web Documents.
  • Convertion of this data into some standard Ontology Language.
Papers/Articles
  • Dynamic Process Migration (Study/Research). A study and analysis of Dynamic Process Migration and understanding some existing implementations like MOSIX/Condor.
  • Why Linux!. An introductory paper about the importance of Linux operating system and its tradition specifically in educational environment and benefits Linux hold for the enterprise.
  • Processor Overclocking. Study of Processor architecture and demonstration of achieving processor overclocking through software.
ACHIEVEMENTS/AWARDS
  • Certificate of Excellence from Avansys Infotech during the employment.
  • Scholarship from Higher Education Commission for 4-yrs Bachelors Program.
  • University Merit Scholarships for Performance in Academics during Bachelors (3 times).
SPECIAL INTEREST AREAS
  • Business Process Management.
  • Service Oriented Architectures.
  • Application Integration.
REFERENCES
Can be provided on request.