Tharif Afzal
Engineering Leader @ AWS | Ex-Microsoft | Cricket Buff | Coach
- Role
- Head of Software Development Amazon Appflow, Aws Glue Streaming at Amazon
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Tharif Afzal
Starting my journey with Microsoft, building and supporting ASP.NET.NET Interop, and…
Experience
Head of Software Development Amazon Appflow, Aws Glue Streaming
Sep 2020 — Present · Bellevue, WA, US
Head of Software Development, Amazon AppFlow & AWS Glue Streaming As the Head of Software Development for Amazon AppFlow and AWS Glue Streaming, I lead the vision, strategy, and execution of services that empower customers to seamlessly integrate, transform, and analyze data at scale in the cloud.Key Responsibilities & Impact: • Strategic Leadership: Drive the end-to-end development and growth of two pivotal AWS services, delivering scalable, secure, and customer-centric solutions that power data integration and streaming for businesses worldwide. • Building Hyper-Scale Services: Architect and oversee the development of cloud-native solutions, enabling customers to handle real-time and batch data workloads effortlessly across diverse applications. • High-Performance Teams: Build, mentor, and inspire high-performing engineering teams, fostering a culture of innovation, operational excellence, and ownership to achieve ambitious goals. • Customer Success: Partner with global customers to understand their challenges and deliver solutions that simplify complex data workflows, resulting in exceptional customer experiences. • Driving Business Growth: Scale multi-million dollar services by aligning technical roadmaps with business priorities, enabling customers to unlock the full potential of their data in the cloud.Under my leadership, Amazon AppFlow and AWS Glue Streaming have become key components of AWS’s data strategy, helping organizations of all sizes innovate faster and achieve transformative business outcomes.
Education
Osmania University
Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.)
Kakatiya University
Bachelor’s Degree
Skills
- Web Services
- Software Development
- Asp.net
- IT Strategy
- Software Project Management
- Windows Communication Foundation (Wcf)
- Microsoft Technologies
- .net
- Iis
- Requirements Analysis
- Wcf
- Agile Methodologies
- Sdlc
- Microsoft Products
- Internet Information Services (Iis)
- Technical Leadership
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