IT Senior

1. Could you introduce yourself and tell us about you? Your current / recent jobs and employers? Previous companies and jobs?  He has been working in South Africa for the past 15 years and his background is mostly within the banking and financial services sector. He started his career with XXXX as a Systems Engineer where he was mainly involved in customization, configuration, and development of their frontend systems for a home loans banking system. After that, he joined XXXX and worked as a Process Engineer/Business Analyst, defining business requirements, understanding user requirements, do business cases, test use cases, and coordinating between business and tech teams. Later on in his career, he switched to an IT project manager role for XXXX where he again defined scope of the projects, involved in lots of project details, and identify all dependencies. After that, he was a Lead Technology Partner for XXXX where he worked with core banking applications, owned products, and engaged between different teams including ones in India and South Africa; he ensured back then their onboarding process from the customer perspective, account maintenance, involved with new products either sales or cross selling. Back then, he has a team of about 20 people directly reporting under him, he’s directly involved in the vendor management of the procurement team, offshore teams, and was also responsible for defining their tasks, guiding them with technological tools, and such. His last role was with XXXX as the Director of Projects, which was his own company, he was mainly involved there in different sectors such as construction, mining, logistics, and related ones; their core business was basically installation of fiber and cables, connecting internet areas, and such. 2. What skill(s) / experience would you self-describe as strongest or specialist in?  Strongest skill would be being adaptable and flexible with new environment and organizations; he has held higher positions and communicate with C-level executives as well, so he can join as a Project/Program Manager and then grow his position in the same organization. He also was involved in lots of projects so he’s familiar with the tasks and responsibilities of handling a project and team members. Apart from that, he has experience in business analysis and different tools/technologies used in a technical perspective.

1. Could you introduce yourself and tell us about you? Your current / recent jobs and employers? Previous companies and jobs?  He started his career as a Full Stack Developer where he used to work in both frontend and backend for about six to seven years, mostly managing servers and stuff. Around 10 years ago, he was hired by a French employer to setup a team and office for a transportation platform that was operational in UK and Germany; he helped with the team setup, remapped the platform, and developed their mobile application as well. Then he started to shift into management and where he started to learn team management, setup/hire the right talent, select the right tech stack, and basically get things going. From there on, he has helped about five different startups and teams in growing their team, managed multiple projects as the Head of Project Management, and did business development as well. His last role was with XXXX as their Chief Operating Officer where he helped them setup their office in Pakistan; he helped them develop the product from scratch, inception to completion, and led/manage cross-functional teams as well on a daily basis of operations. He is currently working with another New Zealand-based company, it’s a startup and he’s basically serving as their COO as well. 2. What skill(s) / experience would you self-describe as strongest or specialist in?  Strongest skill would be on managing the operations and execution that involves hiring the right talents, identifying and assessing them, and understanding the requirements for a product or project they’re currently working on. On top of that, he is good in setting up processes for both project management and HR side of things, making sure that everything is on track. He also makes sure that he is involved on the business side as well; communicate things with their clients, giving updates, and manage the stakeholders as well. 3. Do you have the lists of key criteria’s according to the clients’ requirements? He is a technical manager and while he executes the projects, he also keeps himself involved with the latest technology stacks; recently they started implementing AI in machine learning and he’s mostly involved on the higher level of the technical side instead. He started doing blockchain around 2017 and has helped manage 10 teams to get multiple smart contracts, ICOs, decentralized exchanges, wallets, and web/mobile applications. He’s familiar with AI frameworks, both backend and frontend frameworks as well, has good understanding of JavaScript frameworks and databases as well. He’s pretty much expert with startup culture and has setup startups himself, has done technical leadership as well for the past few years of his career.

1. Could you introduce yourself and tell us about you? Your current / recent jobs and employers? Previous companies and jobs?  He has about 15 years of experience now and started off as a Web Developer in India. Later on moved to Dubai and joined XXXX as a Senior Web Developer, XXXX as a Lead Web Developer, and started his journey as a Digital Product Manager with XXXX where he was managing the digital marketing and tech development including website dev for the company, from end-to-end development. After that, he was hired by XXXX which is his current company, acting as their Chief Technical and Product Officer; he’s mostly responsible there for the whole technology and product development of clients, understand the requirements from the stakeholders, and creating a product vision plan for them. Basically, he’s creating the technical architecture and manage the development team on a daily basis. 2. What skill(s) / experience would you self-describe as strongest or specialist in?  Strongest skill would his full understanding of product from end-to-end since he’s also partially involved with the coding development himself. He has strong product knowledge in multiple verticals as well since he is working with lots of stakeholders and the one in charge for understanding their requirements and business. 3. Do you have the lists of key criteria’s according to the clients’ requirements? He has about 4-5 years of exposure and hands-on experience now in the web3 space including blockchain, AI, smart contracts, and such. He’s still involved in development himself so he’s knowledgeable with AI frameworks, pretty comfortable in creating models, and also proficient with both backend and frontend frameworks (Node, React), as well as API integrations. His current company is a startup, he was the first employee and they’ve built the team around him so he was the one who picked the developers and the marketing/product management team as well; that makes him quite familiar with startup culture and setups.

1. Could you introduce yourself and tell us about you? Your current / recent jobs and employers? Previous companies and jobs?  He started his career for more than 20 years ago and started with selling computer and some machines before becoming a project leader for some projects with XXXX. From there on, he was mostly operations manager where he was looking over the entire business directory and was a CEO for XXXX as well where he led teams of about 200+ employees and re-negotiated terms with their super contractors. After that, he joined XXXX as their Head of Technology where he worked in the field of marketing and advertisement, including technical solutions, website development and all. He came back to India after that and started to form a small news curation platform called XXXX and XXXX which is actively getting developed at the moment. Currently he is doing two things which is with XXXX where they are working on its own coin and decentralized exchange, will have its own token soon, the other one is XXXX which is a foreign currency exchange and will be deployed within few months’ time. 2. What skill(s) / experience would you self-describe as strongest or specialist in?  Strongest skill would be his ability to adopt to work very fast; he’s also good with business development, assessment and analysis, forecasting, and is still updating himself of the latest technologies in coding and such. He’s experienced in bringing good value to both products and companies.

1. Could you introduce yourself and tell us about you? Your current/recent jobs and employers? Previous companies and jobs?  He grew up in the UAE and started his career in Shanghai. In Dubai, he transitioned to a new field due to the lack of automotive opportunities and shifted to robotics. His last role was with XXXX, a company focused on humanoid robots with AI-powered conversations and movements. He was involved in deployments, after-sales support, and occasionally pre-sales requirements. His role included meeting with clients, often alongside the sales team, to understand their needs. A key project was with Emirates, where he collaborated with their IT and Innovation Department and managed a deployment at their Expo Innovation Centre. His responsibility was to supply all the necessary documentation for the robots and client requirements. Once the specifications were understood, he coordinated with the R&D team in Shanghai to determine feasibility and timeline. Once the solution was ready, he tested it in China and later deployed and customized it in the UAE, ensuring the robot met the client’s needs. 2. What skill(s) / experience would you self-describe as strongest or specialist in?  He specializes in both Chinese and English languages and has a deep understanding of the local culture, which allows him to bridge cultural gaps effectively. Having spent a long time in the UAE, he has developed a strong awareness of local customs and how to navigate the business environment. This cultural understanding gives him an advantage over others with similar skill sets, as he can work more effectively in cross-cultural settings and engage with clients and colleagues in a way that respects and aligns with the local context. 3. Do you have XXXX (Key Criteria 1)? If so can you tell me more? He has over 5 years of experience in the robotics and technology sector. He completed his education in England, which gave him a solid foundation in both technical and business practices. He is familiar with digital payments and e-wallets, which add value in the technology and financial sectors. Additionally, he holds a PMP certification and is well-versed in project management practices, enabling him to manage projects efficiently, from initiation to completion. His project management expertise ensures that he can handle various stages of a project, including client requirements, R&D discussions, deployment, and final delivery. He is also comfortable speaking both Chinese and English in a professional setting, which enhances his ability to work in diverse environments and communicate effectively across different cultural contexts.

1. Could you introduce yourself and tell us about you? Your current / recent jobs and employers? Previous companies and jobs?  He is basically a Co-Founder and CTO of XXXX and XXXX which is a blockchain, artificial intelligence, and software services provider company. He also having the same role of Co-Founder and CTO for XXXX, a UAE-based company. Other than that, he’s a Technology Partner for one notable product based in South Korea, it’s with XXXX where they provided blockchain services from research until development, he’s also part of their architecture team and also provide Web2 and Web3 transitioning platforms for most of their clients. 2. What skill(s) / experience would you self-describe as strongest or specialist in?  Strongest skill would be his blockchain expertise and second to that would be his involved in the AI field for about 2 years now; he has prepared a consensus algorithm which was an AI-based blockchain algorithm so he’s quite familiar in that area. 3. Do you have the lists of key criteria’s according to the clients’ requirements? Has been in the Web3 space for about 5 years now and also considers himself strongest with AI so he’s good with AI frameworks, has done a bit of image generation work as well in AI. Most of his CTO experiences involved technical work as well aside from management but in the past two roles, he’s mostly focusing on the management side of things; he’s managing the technical side such as their architecture, development, and all. He has great exposure with startups especially being a co-founder, CTO, and even technology partner for them for most of his career.