Najeem Illyas

Software Architect / Technical Evangelist where more than 12 years experience in Open-source technologies, CodeIgniter, Drupal, Zend Framework, .NET, Java, Android etc. Responsibility includes system design, application design, team mentoring, project management and delivery. More than 100 projects designed and delivered successfully.

** Architect / IT Project Manager / Technical Manager
* Redesigning Enterprises level e-learning platform
* Managed 10 projects and 60 team members including Tech Leads, solution architects and analysts concurrently
* Designing architecture for complex projects in drupal and other php frameworks.
* Adhering to Agile Process
* Communicating with US / UK / International clients
* Project requirement analysis, costing and high level documentation.
* Expertise in project management tools such as basecamp, Microsoft Project, dotproject, projectpier
** Solution Architect / Technology Lead
* Creating application architecture, class diagrams, flow diagrams etc
* Suggesting best solutions, solving technical issues.
* Handling server and Hosting Related Issues and support server administrators.
* Handling OOAD, UML and Design patterns
* Team & Time management for best results and responsible for delivery
* L/WAMP - PHP, MySQL, Linux, Apache, Zend Server, HTML, JQuery, CSS, AJAX, IIS, .NET, OFBiz ERP Solution , Perl, Agro UML, C/C++, MVC, Drupal, Zend Framework, SAAS, Smarty
* Deep knowledge of Drupal architecture and modules, themes, optimizations
* Deep knowledge in Zend Framework architecture and developments.

** IT Business Development
* Managing SEO marketing and book marking based promotions.
* New accounts management via elance, guru, scriptlance, rentacoder, odesk, peopleperhour. Experienced in salesforce, sugarCRM, Keyko live support suite.
* Experienced in google adwords and analytics.
* Expertise in MS-Word, Excel, power point, visio, smart drwaw, AgrowUML, Zend Studio, , Dreamweaver, etc
* Supporting pre-sales team to estimates and solutions
** IT Project coordinator
* Communicating with US / UK / International clients
* Team & Time management for best results and responsible for delivery
** IT Business Analyst / Developer
* Interacting with clients and gathering business information, suggesting best solutions, costing and estimating in a preliminary level to anticipate new business.
* Creating high level documents and diagrams for stake holders and technical teams.
* Expertise in MS-Word, Excel, power point, visio, smart draw, AgrowUML, Zend Studio , Dreamweaver, etc
* Deep understanding of concurrent technologies and solutions and a common psychology of the buyer
* Expertise in SAAS and cloud computing