Asad Zaidi
Vice President of Software Engineering @Appriss
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WORK HISTORY
Vice President of Software Engineering @Appriss
Louisville, KY, US
Accountable for Product Design, Development, QA, Support, Analytics and Infrastructure.• Implemented products for Opioid control in 43 US states, growing our business footprint by 400% within 2 years.• Grew the current IT organization from 20 to 65 resources within 1 year.• $7M Budget and IT strategy responsibility. Work closely with Product Management and Sales.• Spearheaded the realignment of multiple teams, supporting the growing business needs of the organization, while reducing the budget impact.• Directed the migration of on-site data centers to AWS cloud, servicing as the largest AWS customer within the region.• Refined the existing AGILE SDLC process, allowing for multiple deployments per month to be executed.• Reorganized the Business and IT Teams in a fashion that allowed for greater collaboration between teams and greatly enhanced productivity.• Opened development centers in Europe and India.• Key player in 2 strategic competitor acquisitions.• Successfully oversaw the migration of acquired companies’ applications into existing products.• Actively engaged and mentored personnel of acquired competitors, gaining their trust and loyalty to the organization and its mission.• Drove revenue growth from $15M to $45M in 2 years.
EDUCATION
Lucknow University
Bachelor's degree, Business and Accounting
Aligarh University
Masters in Business Administration, Computer Systems
SKILLS
ABOUT ASAD ZAIDI
A proven IT executive with 25+ years of experience in developing strategy for and assessment of business and IT processes, to include application development, support, infrastructure and vendor engagement. A seasoned business leader with a proven record of creating strategy and vision, while driving high-value opportunities that dramatically reduce costs and enhance organizational efficiency.• Led the migration of 6 on-premises Data Centers to Cloud (AWS) in a record time of 2 years, without any customer disruption. The company became completely cloud in mid-September now being the largest AWS customer in the mid-west.• Assisted in acquiring 2 major competitors and assimilated acquired staff in the company and also integrated/migrated acquired products with our product suite.• Grew the Software engineering team from 20 to 70+ in 18 months.• Opened a Development center in Europe and grew the team to 15 associates.• Championed transition of SDLC from Waterfall to AGILE (Scrum and Kanban) in 3 months and now the Scrum teams are matured and functioning well—can deliver functionality from Requirements to Product deploy in 21 days.• Incorporated Product deployment schedule to have bi-weekly deployments.
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