⚡ Chief Technology Officer

Architecting Digital Futures at Scale

15 years building and scaling engineering organisations, launching AI-powered platforms, and turning bold technical visions into industry-defining products used by millions.

Core Technology Stack
Cloud Architecture (AWS)
AI / LLM Integration
Microservices & K8s
React / Next.js
Python / Go / Rust
CI/CD & DevSecOps
Data Engineering
Zero-Trust Security
Selected Work
Technology Milestones
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AI Governance Platform

Built enterprise LLM orchestration platform processing 2M+ API calls/day, deployed across 40 enterprise clients with 99.99% uptime SLA.

PythonAWS BedrockLangChain
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Cloud Migration — $2B Firm

Led zero-downtime migration of legacy monolith to microservices on AWS, reducing infra costs by 40% and improving deployment frequency 15×.

KubernetesTerraformGo
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Zero-Trust Security Rollout

Designed and implemented zero-trust architecture across 12,000+ endpoints; achieved SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certification within 9 months.

Zero TrustSIEMIAM
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Real-Time Analytics Engine

Architected streaming data pipeline handling 50GB/hour for retail analytics platform — cut reporting latency from 24 hours to under 3 seconds.

KafkaSparkClickHouse
Career
Experience
2021–Present
Chief Technology Officer
Quantum Dynamics · Dubai, UAE
Led 180-person engineering org across 4 time zones. Launched 3 SaaS products generating $40M ARR. Established AI/ML Centre of Excellence and open-sourced 6 internal tools.
2017–2021
VP Engineering
NovaTech Systems · San Francisco, CA
Scaled engineering team from 18 to 110 engineers, shipped mobile apps with 5M+ downloads, and drove API platform used by 2,000+ third-party developers.
2012–2017
Principal Software Architect
Stripe · San Francisco, CA
Designed core payment routing engine processing $18B annually, mentored 25+ engineers, and led company-wide migration to microservices architecture.

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