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Wahab is focused toward Payment Processing Systems and also leading a Software Development team for

Boloro (A Mobile Payment Gateway). He is actively involved in requirement gathering, project management

and software development activities (.Net). He is an active contributor toward the architectural

improvements, both at application and network infrastructure level. He is an active researcher on hardware

usage within payment systems and kiosks. His focus is toward the efficient utilization of Software, Hardware

and Network to achieve maximum transactions per second (tps). He have been actively involved in

customized fraud preventing and analytical rule engines. He have actively participated in ISO-8583

implementation, EMV research and NFC based readers and tags implementations. His expertise involves

SOAP, Rest based services as well as SMPP and USSD implementations. He is actively involved in several

components to facilitate the business expansion within a payment gateway.

Apart from his focus on Payment Processing Systems he have been working in software development field

since 2005. He have worked on diverse nature of projects ranging from desktop based business solution to

web based solution. He have worked on an in house developed ERP consisting of different modules like

Sales, Purchase, Inventory, GL etc. He have also worked on a web based custom CRM. He have migrated a

project from MS access to a web based project using C#. He have created a Web based Fund Management

System using Php Zend Framework. He have worked on school management system and customized MIS

Systems for different clients. Apart from these listed projects he remain engaged in several other technical

endeavors.

At software community level, he have contributed several articles on Code Project. Posted answers on

Asp.net Forums, Stack Overflow, participated in MVA and Coursea course. He shares his knowledge by

writing a blog.

From educational qualification perspective, he hold a Master Degree in Software Engineer after having a

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering. He have been awarded Gold Medal for highest achievement in

Usability Engineering.

Wahab doesn’t claims to be a champion or superstar in a specific technical field rather he claims to be a

diversified person dedicated and committed towards his work. His utmost focus toward the project and task

at hand bring harmony among the stockholders involved in the project at all levels.

You can get in contact and know more about Wahab using following channels:

Mobile: +92 300 27 29 26 1

Email: hellowahab@gmail.com

Skype: live:hellowahab

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hellowahab

Engr. Wahab Hussain ( +92 300 27 29 26 1)

Software Development Lead @ Creative Chaos

hellowahab@gmail.com

Software Development Lead @ Creative Chaos July 2015 - Present (3 months)

I have been involved in: -

Managing all three divisions (Net, Php and QA) of Boloro Mobile Payment Gateway

Release Planning

Resource Planning and Management

Architectural and Development activities

Reevaluating existing architectural infrastructure and suggesting improvement practices.

Actively involved in Multiple Market On-boarding and Integration

Implementing standard protocol ISO-8583 to standardize communication with Banks

Involved in Infrastructure migration activities

Principal Software Engineer @ Creative Chaos August 2014 – June 2015 (11 months)

My responsibilities are: -

Managing a team of dotnet developers

Managing the core engine of the Boloro Platform comprising of Windows Service (SMS Gateway,

USSD Gateway, Platform Service) WCF Service

Leading the technical communication with Third party Vendors

Assisting the Solution Architect for shaping the future product (Boloro Platform) needs

Managing different environments of the Application

Actively involved in release planning and release execution

Actively involved in coding assignments.

Creating Vision/FRS Document for the newly incepted concepts/components like Fund Transfer

Involved in prototyping the new application like Tag writing Application

Actively involved in research to facilitate developers like Research on Tag Writing of Mayfair Classic

Tag

Actively involved in the architectural decisions of the Boloro Platform

Working on WCF Application, Desktop Application, Windows Service

Creating Project Plan/ Release Plan/ Task Assignments

Creating Vision/SRS/FRS Documents

Participating and providing feedback in the architecture decision made by Solution Architect

Taking platform decisions, to avoid any unpleasant surprise, in the absence of Solution

Architect.

Coordinating with CXO level executives, in absence of Senior Product Manager, to address

any urgent matters.

Project Manager @ Creative Chaos October 2013 - July 2014 (10 months)

As a project manager my core duties were:-

Manage a team of 3 dot developers, 2 QA engineers.

Research on the hardware peripherals connectivity.

Execute the project within the provided timelines.

Senior Business Systems Analyst @ Creative Chaos August 2012 - October 2013 (1 year 3 months)

My core duties are, but not limited to following:-

Elicit stakeholder requirements using meetings, document analysis, site visits, business process

descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task and work flow analysis to articulate the

problem statement clearly, disseminate information at appropriate times to the stakeholders and

present the solution in a coherent manner.

Elicit, refine and finalize the requirements for approval, conduct an analysis of the business need

(problem statement), analyze the requirements and formulate a solution road-map. This solution is

validated and refined using various evaluation criteria to arrive at the final solution.

Evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, and decompose high-level

information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding.

Pro-actively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers to analyze

information needs and functional requirements and deliver the following artifacts as needed:

Functional requirements (Business Requirements Document), Use Cases, GUI, Screen and Interface

designs, engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously

Understand customer business needs and translate them into application and operational

requirements. -Interact with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts.

Serves as the conduit between the customer community (internal and external customers) and the

software development team through which requirements flow.

Develop requirements specifications according to standard templates, using natural language.

Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze

trade-offs between usability and performance needs.

Act as a liaison between the business units, technology teams and support teams. -Design and draw

use case diagrams, business model diagrams, flowcharts using MS Visio

Senior Software Engineer @ Creative Chaos August 2011 - July 2012 (1 year)

Responsibilities includes but aren't limited to: -

Prototyping (Axure)

Identifying the architectural feasibility of a solution

Assisting Principle Software Engineer in SRS elaborating

Supervising the technology Engineer working on a specific project.

Working on Requirement gathering on leads put forward by Business Team.

Works closely with design team on web based projects.

Software Engineer @ Creative Chaos July 2009 - July 2011 (2 years 1 month)

Web Developer @ ChilliZone January 2009 - June 2009 (6 months)

Senior Software Engineer @ Salsoft Technologies December 2006 - November 2008 (2 years)

Office Grade C @ First Habib Modaraba July 2006 - December 2006 (6 months)

Software Engineer @ eIntelligence Pvt. Ltd. April 2005 - July 2006 (1 year 4 months)

Internee @ Crescent Leasing Corporation Ltd January 2004 - March 2004 (3 months)

Organizations Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)

Registered Engineer with PEC registration No Computers:3151 http://www.pec.org.pk/getpecno.aspx

Test Scores GAT (General Test)

July 2011 Score: 59

Cleared NTS test on 10th July 2011, as a requirement for MS Software Engineering at Szabist.

Certifications

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET Application Development Microsoft License 7970335 January 2011

Microsoft Virtual Academy Gold Member Microsoft

Skills & Expertise

C# ASP.NET DHTML jQuery SQL MySQL MS Project VB.NET Web Services HTML JavaScript CSS SQL Server AJAX PHP Load Balancing

Projects

Boloro (Mobile Payment Gateway) Net2Text is a global mobile payments network that allows mobile operators to offer their customers the

ability to pay for purchases online and offline using their post-paid, pre-paid or mobile wallet accounts

through a simple and highly secure process.

Meezan Bank (Web with CMS) Worked extremely hard to keep the site live and up (24*7). Have provided maintenance to the live site.

Also worked on the new version of the website that is live now. Have successfully implemented news

module.

SunStar for sungas (MIS System) Have successfully created an enterprise solution for Sun-gas Pvt Ltd. The distinguishing point in this project

is the disconnected nature of the site and head-office module and data get published via Web-service. Crystal

report and complex queries were used to an extreme extent.

Khaas Art Gallery (Art Gallery Management System) Successfully complete a project that will help the art gallery to show case their painting, announce their

exhibition and press release via their website. This website act an e-commerce plate form as well, after

the successful integration of 2checkout

Kiddimall (eCommerce System) This project show cases items related to child. Have worked on dynamically adding or deleting Meta tags

for different web pages

Job Tracking System (Customize Job Tracking System) Job tracking system was an asp.net based project for a US client, who want to keep track of his

activities. Technologies used were Asp.net, vb.net, SQL server 2000

Coding System Aimed to facilitate market research. Technologies used: - Asp.net, vb.net, SQL server 2000

Hilton Pharma ERP An in-house developed ERP using C# and Sql server 2000. During this project we used different other

tools like source safe, Erwin etc. Following are some modules I worked on. 1. GL

UBLOIS (Online Fund Management System) Project includes portfolio management, placing online transaction request for Withdrawing /

Converting money to other funds etc.

First Habib Modaraba ERP (MIS System) This was an in-house ERP focused on financial aspect of the whole organization. Including different

modules like HR and Payroll, GL etc.

Oxford University Press Pakistan (Online Book Management System)

An asp (VP-ASP) based shopping cart to manage all the books and orders from all around the world.

American Academy Casablanca (Online School Management System) An asp.net based school management system.

EStamp (Stamp Vending Kiosk) EStamp is an innovative project focusing the innovation in the Stamp industry.

Publications

Impact of Design Pattern on Technical debt mitigation National Research Conference (Szabist) May 10, 2014

Identification and Eradication of Technical Debt from Software Applications JISR December 10, 2012

Exploring Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Attacks on Web Applications and Their Possible Remedies JISR May 2, 2011

Education

MS, Software Engineering, 2010 – 2014 Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology

BS, Computer Engineering, 2001 – 2004 CGPA: 3.15

Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology

HSC, Pre-Engineering, 1998 - 2000 Govt Degree College Gulshan-e-Iqbal

SSC, Science, 1992 - 1998 Aligarh Muslim University Academy

Honors and Awards PEC registration No Computers:3151 http://www.pec.org.pk/getpecno.aspx

Interests http://www.facebook.com/people/Wahab-Hussain/522408475

http://hellowahab.wordpress.com

http://www.codeproject.com/members/hellowahab

Corporate Gold Medalist (Highest Mark Achiever in Usability Engineering) Szabist

January 2015

Highest Mark Achiever in Usability Engineering for Batch 2014