Hadhi Abdul Kareem — Co-Founder

Results-driven Technical & Solutions Architect with extensive experience in spearheading the Architecture & Designing, development, implementation, and testing of scalable, secure, and high-performance IT solutions. A recognized leader, applying high-impact technical solutions to major business objectives with capabilities that transcend IT operation boundaries. Committed to helping the organization achieve maximum benefit from their IT investment, through meticulous testing, QA, research, development, and implementation of technologies. • 16+ Years of experience in all aspects of Software Engineering in different domains like Banking/Fintec, eCommerce/mCommerce, Fitness/Health, Telecommunication and Financial Services. Ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment • Exhibits strong experience in developing complex software applications for different in a fracture which includes Cloud and OnPrem solutions. I also have a clear understanding of different Cloud modules like PaaS, Saas, IaaS. • Experience in building applications using coupled, de-coupled, MVC, and Microservices based architectures. • Have experience in developing Web applications, Hybrid Mobile apps, Phone banking applications, high traffic eCommerce applications, MDM solutions and VPN solutions • Vast experience in mobile app technologies like iOS, Mac OS / OSX, Android, Flutter and React Native focusing on user experience, performance, scalability, and security • Experiene in optimizing mobile application performance while maintaining security standards, identifying bottlenecks, and implementing performance tuning strategies • Experience in creating technical documentation including architecture diagrams, design documents, security policies, and guidelines to facilitate understanding and knowledge transfer • Have good leadership, communication and interpersonal skills. • Customer expectation management, Client Connect Programs and De-escalation of critical business escalations with high visibility • Worked closely with security teams to implement / enforce security best practices like data encryption, secure coding practices, security principles, authentication mechanisms, secure data storage, secure communications, and vulnerability assessments. Have done mentorship and training on these topics. • Was responsible for security risk assessments, potential vulnerabilities & mitigation strategies and to ensure the compliance of industry regulations like GDPR, CCPA and HIPAA for every major releases

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and SaaS Solutions Architect with expertise in mobile application development.

Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Experience: 13 yrs 8 mos

Skills

Solution Architecture
Ios
Node.js
Information Security
Mobile Application Development
Mdm
Cocoa

Career Highlights

16+ years of software engineering experience.
Expert in mobile application development and architecture.
Strong leadership in digital transformation initiatives.

Work Experience

ADIB - Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank

Mobile Architect (1 yr 10 mos)

AllUp Cloud

Solutions Architect (2 yrs 4 mos)

Mobile Architect (9 mos)

ADIB - Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank

iOS Chapter Lead | Digital Tranformation (2 yrs 1 mo)

Squad Leader (7 mos)

VMware AirWatch

Staff Engineer 1 (3 yrs 11 mos)

Atimi Software

iPhone / iPad application developer (4 yrs)

REDBERRY TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED

Co-Founder (6 yrs)

Education

BE (IT) at Periyar University

Hadhi Abdul Kareem

Co-Founder

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates13 yrs 8 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

16+ years of software engineering experience.
Expert in mobile application development and architecture.
Strong leadership in digital transformation initiatives.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and SaaS Solutions Architect with expertise in mobile application development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Solution ArchitectureIosNode.jsInformation SecurityMobile Application DevelopmentMdmCocoa

Other Skills

BankingEconomicsCommunicationBusinessBudgetingTeam ManagementSwift (Programming Language)Digital TransformationDue DiligenceTimelinesCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)SQLProject ManagementApollo GraphQLPostgreSQL

About

Experience

13 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 5 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Adib - abu dhabi islamic bank

Mobile Architect

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 10 mos · Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates · On-site

Solution ArchitectureBankingEconomicsCommunicationBusinessBudgeting+6

Allup cloud

2 roles

Solutions Architect

Promoted

Jul 2022 – Nov 2024 · 2 yrs 4 mos · On-site

Create Enterprise Architecture Roadmaps
Provides long term product roadmap to business stakeholders
Pre-Sales Support like preparing presentations for customers, give walktrough of the product features to the cutomers and identify the missing features/requirements from customers.
Customer Relationship Management like address customer concerns, communicate to customers regularly to update the customer requets, collaborate with different teams to fastpace the customer requests and assist in regular operations if any
Work closely with Sales and Tech team to prioritize the features, building proposals, solution design and technical architecture. Provide creative feedback in business reviews
Lead and drives continuous performance improvement across Technical Product Management capability, through adopting industry best practices, to ensure quality and performance of the eco system
Full product knowledge and technical expert for sales assistance
Acted as a Product Owner and Manager to cater the fast paced product development with extensive tech expertise and business/customer management

Solution ArchitectureNode.jsCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)EconomicsCommunicationBusiness+14

Mobile Architect

Oct 2021 – Jul 2022 · 9 mos · On-site

Solution ArchitectureFitness IndustryEconomicsCommunicationBusinessProject Management+13

Adib - abu dhabi islamic bank

2 roles

iOS Chapter Lead | Digital Tranformation

Promoted

Sep 2019 – Oct 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo · On-site

Was responsible for continuous performance improvement across Technical Product Management capability, through adopting industry best practices, to ensure quality and performance of the mobile app
Ensured the best industry standard quality and security practises
Enforced automation and unit testing to support a seamless release train
Modularized the code base for performance and code management
Implemented new auth layer by migrating from IBM Mobile First Platform (MFP) to IBM CIAM
Great exposure to OAuth, SSL/TLS, PKI, Encryption

Information SecurityBankingEconomicsCommunicationBusinessCryptography+8

Squad Leader

Feb 2019 – Sep 2019 · 7 mos · On-site

Personal FinanceDomain ArchitectureiOS DesignEconomicsCommunicationBusiness+8

Vmware airwatch

Staff Engineer 1

Mar 2015 – Feb 2019 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

Provides long term product roadmap to business stakeholders by doing the competitor analysis (JAMF, INTUNE etc) and closely watching MDM updates in the tech industry
Create Enterprise Architecture Roadmaps for MDM, eMail and VPN solutions
Pre-Sales Support like preparing presentations for customers, give walktrough of the product features to the cutomers and identify the missing features/requirements from customers.
Create documentations such as architectural diagrams, UML diagrams, HLD & LLD designs
Customer Relationship Management like address customer concerns, communicate to customers regularly to update the customer requets, collaborate with different teams to fastpace the customer requests and assist in regular operations if any
Lead and drives continuous performance improvement across Technical Product Management capability, through adopting industry best practices, to ensure quality and performance of the eco system

CocoaEconomicsCommunicationBusinessCryptographyEvents+10

Atimi software

iPhone / iPad application developer

Mar 2011 – Mar 2015 · 4 yrs

My responsibilities included, Project Estimation, Designing, Mentoring project modules and development

CocoaSwift (Programming Language)Mobile SecurityMac OSMobile Application DevelopmentiOS

Redberry technologies private limited

Co-Founder

Mar 2005 – Mar 2011 · 6 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Redberry technologies was a service based software development company focused on mobile applications for iOS, Android, Blackberry and J2ME devices. Jango Recharge was a breakthrough product developed which was used by many recharge aggregators across India.