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Faizulla Shaik

Faizulla Shaik

Bangalore

Summary

Accomplished Engineering Management Professional with over two decades of experience in spearheading software solutions and optimizing engineering processes. Proven track record in strategic planning, team leadership, and enhancing operational efficiency. Expert in transitioning technology stacks, elevating customer satisfaction through product improvements, and driving significant business growth by establishing and nurturing long-term client relationships.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Director of Engineering

Slang Labs
Bangalore
01.2024 - Current
  • Company Overview: Slang Lab's Conva Al platform stack creates CoPilots that bring AI experience into Web and Mobile Apps.
  • Initiated and led the critical infrastructure migration from GCP to Microsoft Azure, ensuring uninterrupted service.
  • Streamlined engineering processes, reducing bottlenecks and enhancing team productivity.
  • Played a pivotal role in customer transitions to advanced platforms, facilitating smooth End of Support and Life phases for legacy products.

Founder & Director

3E Software Solutions
Bangalore
04.2014 - 12.2023
  • Company Overview: 3E provides Software Design & Development services, building for Desktop and Mobility Platforms predominantly leveraging OpenSource Tech Stack.

Led and scaled 3E Software Solutions, driving business growth and client success through strategic leadership, innovation, and process excellence.

  • Strategic Leadership: Spearheaded business strategy and leadership development, successfully growing the company and increasing market presence in open-source software services.
  • Team Management: Led a diverse team of 25+ engineers and 7 leaders, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and ownership, while implementing Lean Agile principles to optimize productivity.
  • Operational Excellence: Established a Lean Agile organization, championing a Quality-First culture that directly contributed to increased Customer Acquisition and Retention.
  • Full-Cycle Project Management: Directed end-to-end delivery of over 40+ software solutions, overseeing every phase from opportunity discovery, technical analysis, and high/low-level design to successful execution, securing long-term client engagements.
  • Product Development & Innovation: Conceptualized and productized multiple LMS extension solutions, including LMS Data Migration, eCommerce Bridge, and HRM CRM, enhancing service offerings and driving new revenue streams.
  • Agile & Process Leadership: Played key roles as Agile Leader, Product Manager, and Scrum Master, ensuring seamless delivery of projects by adapting to evolving business needs and customer requirements.
  • Continuous Improvement: Launched Technology Excellence and Process Excellence initiatives to drive ongoing innovation and Continuous Learning across the organization.
  • Client Coaching & Agile Adoption: Provided coaching and support to multiple clients, significantly improving their product management effectiveness by enabling successful Agile and Scrum adoption.
  • Business Operations Management: Managed all core business functions, including sales, marketing, pre-sales, engineering planning, client engagement, contract management, hiring, HR, finance, and compliance.

Vice President

SoftPath Technologies
Michigan
07.2012 - 03.2014
  • Company Overview: SoftPath Technologies offers Process Management & Technology Integration consulting.
  • In this consulting role, I provided strategic oversight to a cross-functional team of approximately 35 individuals in the implementation of BPM and Workflow COTS solutions.
  • Established and nurtured valuable partnerships with renowned technology vendors, including K2, Nintex, and AgilePoint. Leveraged their solutions and services within the SMB segment.

Manager, QA

BlueCoat Systems
Bangalore
01.2010 - 04.2012
  • Company Overview: BlueCoat provides Network Security and WAN Optimization solutions. BlueCoat is now part of Broadcom.
  • "S7 was acquired by BlueCoat," and as part of the acquisition, I took on the role of transitioning and managing QA for BlueCoat's flagship Networking Security product.
  • Built and managed the Quality Assurance (QA) Team at BlueCoat Systems for a duration of 2 years, focusing on process optimization and continuous improvement.
  • Led the functional QA and QA automation of ProxySG, BlueCoat's flagship networking security product, driving a complete QA Lab Setup.
  • Successfully transitioned the QA responsibilities of ProxySG from USA/Canada and Europe locations to the Bangalore Development Center.
  • Accomplished the ability to handle multiple concurrent Patch, Tactical, and Strategic Releases by championing various initiatives and exceeding expectations on reliability and availability, improving reportability and usability, and reducing redundancy and dependability.
  • Achieved significant reductions in hardware and software needs by up to 300%, and human resources needs by 200% through re-architecting, streamlining, and optimizing processes.

Cofounder, Lead Engineer / Architect

S7 Software Solutions
Bangalore
12.2003 - 01.2010
  • Company Overview: S7 offered a niche focus in Application Migrations and Enterprise Application Integration
  • Demonstrated expertise in executing turn-key, porting, migration, reengineering solutions, and enterprise application integrations (EAI) projects.
  • Developed proficiency in Scrum and Agile methodologies
  • Notable achievements include implementing production support solutions for a leading US telecom major, ACN; integrating ExtraView's Help Desk solution with JIRA and Mylyn; porting Likewise SSO solution from HPUX PA-RISC platform to IA64; porting GT.M platform from HPUX on PA-RISC to HPUX on Itanium; migrating data from a VFP-based OEM tool to .NET platform; and implementing JMS/MQ based EAI infrastructure for MayBank, Malaysia.

Software Engineer / Sr Software Engineer

Bristol Technologies
Bangalore
09.2000 - 12.2003
  • Company Overview: Bristol provided Cross Platform Porting tools and Business Activity Monitoring tools.
  • Played a significant role in testing and developing test suites for TransactionVision, a cutting-edge Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) product.
  • Additionally, responsible for maintaining and providing Quick Fix Engineering (QFE) for Bristol's Cross-Platform Migration tool - Wind/Motif to .NET.

Following the closure of Bristol's office in Bangalore, S7 Software Solutions was established as a separate entity by a subset of individuals from the former Bristol team.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Electrical & Electronics Engineering

RGM College of Engineering & Technology
Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh, India

Skills

  • Agile Leadership
  • Strategic Planning
  • Organization Development
  • Technology Transformation
  • Process Transformation

Timeline

Director of Engineering

Slang Labs
01.2024 - Current

Founder & Director

3E Software Solutions
04.2014 - 12.2023

Vice President

SoftPath Technologies
07.2012 - 03.2014

Manager, QA

BlueCoat Systems
01.2010 - 04.2012

Cofounder, Lead Engineer / Architect

S7 Software Solutions
12.2003 - 01.2010

Software Engineer / Sr Software Engineer

Bristol Technologies
09.2000 - 12.2003

Bachelor of Technology - Electrical & Electronics Engineering

RGM College of Engineering & Technology

Leadership Abilities

  • Team Building & Scaling: Demonstrated proficiency in building and scaling self-manageable engineering teams driven by shared business and technology vision. Excelled in fostering team autonomy while ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
  • Cross Functional Leadership: Demonstrated ability to execute multiple organization initiatives, often diverse in nature, simultaneously, collaborating with cross functional teams, ensuring timely completion and successful outcomes.
  • Process Transformation & Automation: Adept at identifying and challenging complicated and redundant processes, driving improvements through process optimization and automation, enhancing efficiency and streamlining operations.
  • Design & Architecture Oversight: Proven ability to influence and guide engineering and reengineering efforts, striking a balance between ideal design and practical considerations.
Faizulla Shaik