Martin Ahmed

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ABOUT MARTIN AHMED

A software professional with a proven ability to create innovative and successful software systems for companies ranging from startups, to the largest corporates. Passionate about the use of cloud technologies, devops, and agile methodologies to enable feature velocity and operational efficiency.As a cloud systems architect, have focussed on the deployment architecture for a feature rich TV platform, running on AWS and OpenStack. Strong experience of distributed highly-available system design including multi-datacentre deployment, distributed data and consistency models, and service discovery mechanisms. Expertise with deployment automation techniques for virtual machine based and containerised systems. Proficient in security for cloud systems from both the design and operations perspectives. Advocate for the use of automated monitoring and analytics to ensure operability. Worked across all phases of project life cycle, from inception and scoping, through to deployment and operations, and on engaging with customers throughout this process.Taken a lead role in a number of innovative and technically challenging projects. These include the development of an award winning addressable advertising solution for television, the development of a SaaS platform for enhanced video services, and the co-founding a company which was a market leader for managed voice communications routers. Enabled highly effective agile development teams, by taking leading roles as an architect, product owner and technical lead. Effective mentor for developing software professionals. Experienced communicator in both technical and sales contexts, have presented and demonstrated at conferences, to customers and at major trade shows.