Summary


I have been working in IT industry for more than 14 years now, during this time period I have worked in diverse range of Business Domains including eCommerce, Social Networking, Educational Tutorials/Testing, Multimedia
Article Management, Content Management, Event Management, Calendars
Questionnaire Websites including analysis.


As a Technical Team Lead and Project manager I have done requirements gathering, analysis & estimation of required time & resources, created development plans, Backlog creation & assigning resources as per their skill set. Communicating with client, testers (sitting abroad) and with other company's representatives on behalf of client. Also communicating client needs inside company to arrange required resources, have done Interviews for new resource hiring.


As a backend developer I have been working on Web applications using MVC frameworks like CodeIgniter, Yii, Zend, Symfony, Laravel and Cake PHP using MySql as database. Custom module development using custom PHP without any framework. Re-factored structured programming code into OOP, Shifted custom coded applications into frameworks. Also done Image editing using PHP GD library and Web Crawling/Scrapping using CURL. Import / Export XML.


Experienced in open source PHP applications like Magento, Joomla, Wordpress, OsCommerce, PHPbb (A forum application), SMF (Simple Machine Forum), Drupal (Only theme modifications)


Integrated external API's like Netsuite integration, Integration with ACT-On, SMS API integration, Live data verification.(Email, city, state) using API, Integration with FED Ex courier using API, Integration with UPS courier using API, Integrated payment gateways like PayPal, 2CO, for online payments, Facebook application development using graph API (PHP) in backend and Facebook JavaScript API in frontend.


Linux server management (Dedicated & Shared), MySQL database management, Domain name registration, management of domains and subdomains with Wild card domain handling which can have variable subdomain names coming from database.


As a frontend developer I have done UI/UX analysis, planning and development using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, jQuery Ui Kendo UI, Bootstrap, AngularJs. Experienced in game Development using jQuery (Small games to increase brand popularity among audience of FB page), jQuery plugin development, Modification of existing jQuery plugins to deliver requirements, Live preview enabled for all types of data input forms using jQuery and plain JavaScript only. Image colors replace using JavaScript. Barcode & QR code scanner integration for data input. Experience of developing sales landers and single page applications (SPA's)


Experienced with .Net environment as well, Development using Visual studio in C#.Net, Integrated Dev Express .Net tools, Developed crystal reports, Managed online MySQL database using .Net based desktop application also used Access database in C#.Net applications


TECHNOLOGY is always going ahead, we always need to adapt BETTER upcoming TECHNOLOGIES and Techniques for OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS.


Projects

My Voucher Codes
Shore10
Decadent Publishing
TTS

Experience

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Technical team lead / Consultant / PM
Freelance
Jan 2019 - Present | Lahore, Pakistan


As a Consultant for Websites and Mobile ApplicationsArranging freelancers for given projects and managing teams for my clients.
As a Technical team lead Invoved in development by helping teams in developing websites in PHP using Laravel, CodeIgniter, custom PHP and open source applications using Wordpress and Magento. Also doing UI/UX analysis, planning and development using HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, jQuery Ui, Kendo Ui, AngularJs, Bootstrap, and smarty. Developing API's and web based admin panels for mobile applications. Also doing Payment, Shipping, Facebook, SMS and other on demand Api's integration. Managing Linux server (Dedicated/Shared) MySql Databases, Domains/Subdomains and wild card (variable subdomains).
As a Project Manager- Preparing Project Analysis, design and development, which includes;- Meeting with clients.- Requirement gathering.- Project Implementation Plan- Project Quality Plan- Risk Analysis- Task distribution.- Driving Project execution as per agreed roll out strategy with customer.- Managing day to day activities to fulfill all prerequisites required for project roll out.- Progress reporting to all project stakeholders.- Providing all necessary information /documentation required by customer for completed milestones.- Coordination with customer, freelancers and other companies to fulfill the need of resources for any Project activity.

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Principle Software Eng. (Team Lead)
Ciklum Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd.
Nov 2015 - Jan 2019 | Islamabad, Pakistan


Linux + dedicated server management , MySQL database management, Wild card domain handling UI/UX analysis & planning, also involved in development using Magento, Symfony, Laravel, AngularJs and other related technologies.
Requirements gathering, analysis & estimation of required time & resources.Team resource planning , InterviewsDevelopment plan, Backlog & assigning resources as per their skill setManaged teams having Magento/PHP developers ( junior/senior), IOS/Android developers, HTML designers and QA engineers.Client Communication and communication with other company representatives, on behalf of client, Internal team communication (Transparency)

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Principle Software Eng. (Team Lead)
Ciklum Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd.
May 2015 - Nov 2015 | Lahore, Pakistan


Linux dedicated server management, database management, UI/UX analysis & planning. Development using Laravel, Facebook login, post creation in multiple facebook groups, post comments synchronization between website, mobile apps (ios+android) and facebook groups. Developed API's for mobile apps. Developed cron job manager in admin panel to see history of old cron job runs and execute crons manually anytime.
Managed team having PHP developers junior + senior, IOS/Android developers, HTML designer and QA.Communication with client, testers (sitting abroad) and communication with other company representatives on behalf of client. Also communicating client needs to company to arrange required resources.Requirements gathering, analysis & estimation of required time & resources.Creating development plan, task creation in backlog & assigning resources as per their expertise level.Acceptance testing with client.

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Senior Software Engineer
Nextbridge (Pvt) Ltd
Jan 2012 - Apr 2015 | Lahore, Pakistan


Netsuite integration, Image editing using PHP GD library, Image colors replace using Javascript, Barcode & QR code scanner integration with web, Kendo UI experience, Bootstrap UI framework, Integration with ACT-On, SMS API integration, Live data verification.(Email, city, state) using API, Integration with FED Ex courier using API, Integration with UPS courier using API, Re-factored structured programming code into OOP, Shifted custom coded application into framework.Live price & stock level calculations, Use of QR code to input data in compressed format, Email verification before sending registration request, Use of "Terms" as a payment method, One BackOffice to manage multiple web portals.
Client Communication, Requirements gathering, Database managementServer side Development (PHP/MySQL), UI/UX Development/Engineering & Integration (Frontend)Analysis (to incorporate new changes & to create development plans)Acceptance testing with client (Demo)

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Team Lead
Bramerz (Pvt.) Ltd.
May 2011 - Jan 2012 | Lahore, Pakistan


Completed a lot of small but complex level facebook applications with Bramerz.Worked for big brands, under high pressure and tight deadlines due to marketing strategies.My part was from UI design to complete development & testing/debugging of application.Most used skills in this job were:PHP, MySQL, jQuery, jQuery UI, CSS, HTML, JavaScriptFacebook Graph APIDevelopment using CodeIgniter / Classic PHP (No Framework)Facebook Application Development, UI designing techniques, Database managementGame Development using jQuery (Small games to increase brand popularity among audience of FB page)

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PHP Developer
Markco Tech
Jul 2010 - May 2011 | Lahore, Pakistan


One project completed with MarkcoTech i.e MyVoucherCodes.co.uk. I participated in all phases of this project. Created different modules. Improved UI/UX. Testing & Debugging. 75% of UI/UX tasks were completed by me.Development in Zend frameworkWeb Crawling/ScrappingjQuery plugin developmentModification of existing jQuery plugins to deliver requirementsImport / Export XMLLive preview enabled for all data input formsWorked on Google Maps

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PHP Developer
Softsource Pakistan
May 2010 - Jul 2010 | Lahore, Pakistan


Theme development & Integration of almost all popular E-Commerce applications including Os-commerce along with payment gateway integration
Worked in following open source PHP applications:JoomlaOsCommercePHPbb (A forum application)SMF (Simple Machine Forum, another forum application)Drupal (Theme modifications)Modification of existing jQuery plugins to deliver requirementsPaypal integration with OsCommerce and JoomlaDevelopment using smarty as Ui framework

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Software Engineer
Shore10
Oct 2009 - Apr 2010 | Lahore, Pakistan


Wordpress theme development & customizationDevelopment using Code Lobuster IDEWeb crawling/scrappingGoogle Adwords APIModification of jQuery pluginsModification of MoTools pluginsModification of Prototype pluginsPaypal integration with wordpressflash player integration in webCreate/delete/update files using web platformDevelopment using codeIgniterIntegrated Recurly payment API into wordpressPayPal reoccurring paymentsDesign modifications in Adobe PhotoshopWeb UI/UX engineering

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.Net + PHP Developer
Asterisk Solutions
Jul 2007 - Sep 2009 | Lahore, Pakistan


Got experience of .Net environmentDevelopment using Visual studio.Net development in C#.NetIntegrated Dev Express .Net toolsDeveloped crystal reportsManaged online MySQL database using .Net based desktop applicationusing MySQL database in .Net environmentusing Access database in C#.Net applicationsDesigning in Adobe PhotoshopIntegrated number of .Net utilities

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Web Developer
AMT
Jan 2007 - Jun 2007 | Lahore, Pakistan


Internship
Intorduced with realtime Development environment
introduced with PHP
Understanding of web application architecture
Introduction with graphic designing, slicing and web ui designing

Education

Superior University
Bachelors, BCS/BS, BSCS Computer Science (Honors)‎
Computer Software
CGPA 3.7/4
2010

Skills

Beginner 4 Knowledge of Taxation
Beginner Accounting+
Expert Adobe Dreamweaver
Intermediate Adobephotoshop
Expert Advanced CSS
Expert Agile
Expert Agile Programming
Intermediate Agile Project Management
Expert Ajax
Expert AJAX Toolkit
Beginner Android Management
Beginner Angular
Intermediate AngularJS
Intermediate API
Expert APIs
Intermediate Applications Software Development
Expert Architectural Skills
Beginner ASP.net
Beginner Automation Languages Command
Beginner AWS
Expert Backend Development
Beginner Bootstrap
Expert Business Analysis
Intermediate C#
Beginner CakePHP
Expert Client Handling
Beginner Cloud
Intermediate CMS
Intermediate Code Documentation
Expert code versioning tool
Expert Codeigniter
Expert Continuous Integration
Beginner Coordination Skill's
Beginner CRM Analysis
Expert Cross-browser Compatibility
Beginner Crystal Reports
Expert CSS
Expert CSS3
Expert CURL
Expert Custom Software Development
Expert Design With UML
Expert Distributed Development
Expert Domain Modeling
Beginner Drupal
Expert Executing Content
Intermediate Facebook API
Expert Financial and Budgeting Skills
Intermediate Fine Art Teaching
Expert Front End
Expert Front Office Support

Languages

Expert Punjabi
Expert Urdu
Expert English

Waqas Contacts

Abdul Qadeer khan
QCR Technologies Inc.
Imran Ali
Bilytica (Pvt) Ltd
Jawad Khan
Salsoft Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Karachi, Pakistan
Muhammad Abubaker Hamid
Govt College of Technology Gujranwala