Nauman Z.

Chief Operating Officer

Dubai, United Arab Emirates14 yrs experience
AI ML PractitionerAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Led the development of AI-driven cybersecurity products.
  • Scaled COVID-19 DXB Smart App to 6M+ downloads.
  • Boosted release velocity by 30% through Agile practices.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity and AI Product Leader with extensive experience in mobile applications.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementCybersecurity & Ai InnovationTeam LeadershipSoftware Development

Other Skills

KotlinAmazon Web Services (AWS)Agile MethodologiesCross-functional Team LeadershipContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Swift (Programming Language)Android JetpackAndroidLLDProduct Road MappingReact NativeJetpack composeKotlin CoroutinesTeam DevelopmentiPhone Application Development

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๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜… ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐Ÿš€ Iโ€™m a ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜ & ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ+ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ of experience building and scaling ๐—”๐—œ-๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ globally. My strength lies in bridging ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜†, ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€, transforming complex requirements into innovative, user-focused solutions. Iโ€™ve delivered and scaled products such as: - ๐—–๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—œ๐——-๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต ๐——๐—ซ๐—• ๐—ฆ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ โ†’ 6M+ downloads, 2.5M active users during the pandemic. - ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜‡๐—ผ ๐—”๐—œ โ†’ LLM-powered identity theft protection & scam detection, migrated to Kotlin Multiplatform (99% shared code). - ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ฉ ๐—ฉ๐—ฃ๐—ก โ†’ Secure, high-performance VPN protecting users worldwide. - ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜†๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ (๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ) โ†’ AI-driven anomaly detection, geofencing & digital safety for families. - ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ (๐——๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป) โ†’ Secure browsing app with DNS filtering and threat protection. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: - ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ & ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜† โ†’ Roadmaps, KPI ownership, data-informed decisions, customer journey design. - ๐—–๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† & ๐—”๐—œ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป โ†’ LLMs, anomaly/fraud detection, DNS/web protection, VPNs, GenAI-powered assistants. - ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ โ†’ Agile leadership, CI/CD, observability; boosted release velocity 30%+ and cut maintenance by 60โ€“70%. - ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€-๐—™๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ โ†’ Led squads of 16+ engineers, mentored teams, and aligned execution with business KPIs. I thrive on turning ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—”๐—œ-๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ that create measurable impact. If youโ€™re building in ๐—”๐—œ, ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต, letโ€™s connect.

Experience

14 yrs
Total Experience
3 yrs 5 mos
Average Tenure
3 mos
Current Experience

Al wasl consultancy

Head of IT Operations & Services

Jan 2026 โ€“ Present ยท 3 mos ยท Dubai, United Arab Emirates ยท On-site

Reasonlabs

3 roles

Product Leader (Mobile Apps) & Regional Engineering Teams Manager

Promoted

Jul 2023 โ€“ Dec 2025 ยท 2 yrs 5 mos ยท Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Key Responsibilities and Achievements:
  • Owned the product strategy and roadmap for Mozo AI, an LLM-powered identity protection & cybersecurity suite, scaling to millions of global users.
  • Drove the migration to Kotlin Multiplatform (99% shared code) โ†’ cut maintenance costs by ~70%, accelerated iOS/Android parity, boosted delivery velocity.
  • Designed and launched AI-driven features: Voice assistant using Siri, scam/fraud detection, identity monitoring, secure browsing, and VPN integration.
  • Defined and tracked engagement, retention, and fraud-detection KPIs; prioritized roadmap items based on analytics, A/B testing, and user feedback.
  • Built and scaled cybersecurity products:
  • RAV VPN โ€“ high-performance, globally distributed VPN.
  • Safer Web (DNS Protection) โ€“ a secure browsing app with DNS filtering.
  • FamilyKeeper โ€“ parental control suite with anomaly detection, geofencing, and SOS alerts.
  • Implemented delivery excellence frameworks โ†’ Agile ceremonies (HLR, HLD, Kickoff, Retrospectives), CI/CD pipelines, coding standards. Result: 35% faster releases, 25% fewer defects.
  • Partnered with cross-functional teams (engineering, UX, data, marketing) to align features with business outcomes.
  • Led squads of 9โ€“18 engineers across Android, iOS, backend, and QA; mentored emerging leaders and scaled team capacity.
KotlinAmazon Web Services (AWS)Agile MethodologiesCross-functional Team LeadershipContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Swift (Programming Language)+34

Mobile Apps Team Manager (Android & iOS)

Promoted

Nov 2022 โ€“ Jul 2023 ยท 8 mos ยท Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • In addition to my existing responsibilities as Android Team Lead
  • I successfully managed the transition from Android-focused leadership to overseeing both Android and iOS teams.
  • I advocate for process improvements and technical innovations, contributing to strategic planning sessions with leadership.
KotlinAndroid DevelopmentContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Software Project ManagementSwift (Programming Language)Android Jetpack+8

Android Team Lead

Apr 2022 โ€“ Nov 2022 ยท 7 mos ยท Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • My day to day tasks are:
  • Running morning dailies, engaging correct resources and delegating tasks.
  • Taking care of conversations resolutions with stakeholders on Jira tickets.
  • Coordinating with product owners to adjust the scopes and timely delivery of the content.
  • Ensuring seamless communication and transparency between RnD & Product Squads.
  • Staying closer to each team member and enabling them with higher efficiency at work.
  • PR Reviews & hands-on coding 60-70% of the day.
KotlinAndroid DevelopmentContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Software Project ManagementAndroid JetpackTeam Leadership+7

Creativity smart media solutions

3 roles

Product & Engineering Teams Manager

Promoted

May 2019 โ€“ Apr 2022 ยท 2 yrs 11 mos ยท Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Key Responsibilities & Achievements:
  • Led cross-functional teams to deliver a large-scale analytics platform built on 12B+ indexed records, significantly improving data search, visualization, and reporting performance at scale.
  • Owned product vision and roadmap shaping end-to-end analytics workflows and delivering features that enhanced insight generation, data quality, and operational efficiency.
  • Introduced real-time dashboards, anomaly detection pipelines, and event correlation, resulting in 30% faster data processing and improved system reliability.
  • Directed development of the app during the pandemic, scaling it to 6M+ downloads, 2.5M MAU, and earning shortlist selection for the Prestigious Award.
  • Managed & mentored a team of 12+ engineers, setting coding standards, improving delivery workflows, and elevating architecture quality across multiple product lines.
  • Maintained technical boilerplates and templates, improving consistency across teams and accelerating development throughput.
Amazon Web Services (AWS)GrafanaTensorFlowContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Artificial Intelligence (AI)Postman+14

Team Lead Mobile Apps Development

Promoted

Feb 2018 โ€“ May 2019 ยท 1 yr 3 mos ยท Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • As a Team Lead Mobile Application Development, I accomplished
  • a) Translating design and wireframes into high-performance, reusable, reliable, and testable products using Kotlin and Java on daily basis.
  • b) Adopted SOLID principle, architectural patterns such MVVM, MVP, MVC along with Clean Architecture, and designed coding style guidelines for fellow Developers.
  • c) Utilizing source control, continuous integration, and unit-testing best practices.
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Artificial Intelligence (AI)Kotlin CoroutinesUnit TestingSoftware DevelopmentA/B Testing+1

Senior Software Engineer (Android)

Mar 2017 โ€“ Feb 2018 ยท 11 mos ยท Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Kotlin CoroutinesSoftware DevelopmentA/B Testing

Alpha2labs

2 roles

Team Lead (Mobile Apps & Games Development)

Mar 2015 โ€“ Mar 2017 ยท 2 yrs

  • My role at Alpha2Labs is to assure the successful execution of the company's business mission through development and deployment.
  • Major Responsibilities includes:
  • a) Strategy & Planning
  • Strategy & Planning In partnership with the companyโ€™s founders, identify opportunities and risks for delivering the companyโ€™s services.
  • Participate as a member of the senior management team in establishing governance processes of direction and control to ensure that objectives are achieved, risks are managed appropriately and the organizationโ€™s resources are used responsibly, particularly in the areas of software development, office networks and computers.
  • Collaborate with the appropriate departments to assess and recommend technologies that support company organizational needs.
  • b) Implementation & Deployment
  • Collaborate with the potential customers to develop use cases (or user stories) and specifications.
  • Select and set up a software revision control system and repository.
  • Collaborate with a User Experience Designer and potential customers to prepare wire-frames or mock-ups.
Software Development

Sr. Android Developer

Apr 2014 โ€“ Feb 2015 ยท 10 mos

  • In this role, I was;
  • a) Writing high performance and unit testable code using Java language.
  • b) Developing apps from very first line of code to launching on Google Play Store.
  • c) Using Git as source control, Jira for task management, confluence to manage wiki information of the projects and many 3rd party libraries like payment gateways such as Stripe and Alipay.
  • d) Using Retrofit as HTTP client along with Clean Architecture pattern.
Software Development

Sdsol technologies

2 roles

Android Developer

Promoted

Apr 2013 โ€“ Apr 2014 ยท 1 yr

  • Worked as a Mobile Developer on Android apps and Unity3d games.
  • Developed and launched 10+ apps and games successfully.
  • Managed projects from planning to deployment stages on app stores.
  • Created Android apps with robust features and user-friendly interfaces.
  • Designed Unity 3D games with engaging mechanics and visuals.
  • Collaborated with teams to meet deadlines and project objectives.
  • Optimized app performance for smooth functionality on all devices.
  • Conducted testing and debugging to ensure error-free applications.
  • Integrated APIs to enhance app and game functionality.
  • Delivered high-quality apps that were aligned with client expectations.
  • Learned and applied new technologies for innovative solutions.
Software Development

Unity 3D Game Developer

Feb 2012 โ€“ Apr 2013 ยท 1 yr 2 mos

AndroidUnity3DSoftware Development

Tot- the orian thetas

Jr. Android Developer

Jul 2011 โ€“ Dec 2011 ยท 5 mos ยท Stockholm, Sweden

  • I worked as Jr. Android Developer at TOT-The Orian Thetas. A Sweden based mobile application development company.
AndroidUnity3DSoftware Development

Education

University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore

B.Sc (Hons) โ€” Computer Science

Jan 2008 โ€“ Jan 2012

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