I have almost 20 years’ experience as a solutions developer, engineer, consultant, technical architect, team leader, project manager and technical director. I began my career in telecoms as a (business intelligence) management consultant under the ex-chief of IBM EMEA in 1995 before bring headhunted by Open Text in 1996 to develop and support document management and workflow solutions. I joined Getronics in 1999 working onsite at British Airways. In 2001 at SGi, I led the portal technologies team at JP Morgan Chase, NHS Trusts and local councils building asset management solutions and Commerce and CMS systems using Microsoft technologies. In 2004 I managed the setup of a Service Centre and I pioneered the eHR system for Central Government (RCU and John Prescott’s ODPM/DCLG dept.). By 2005, I was building ecommerce and CRM apps and by late 2010 I built the HR flexible benefits portal prototype for KPMG’s blue-chip clients. In 2011, I helped build the prosperity.com and li.com websites for a famous think tank The Legatum Institute in Mayfair, London, headed by Radio Free Europe’s ex-CEO Jeffrey Gedmin and the billionaire Christopher Chandler. In 2012, I became the advisor and chief technical consultant to the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, namely Hon. MP January Makamba, Minister of Information, Science & Technology developing anti-corruption web and mobile projects. In the same year I was consulting Push Media’s TV and Radio dashboard to analyse advertising data (viewed adverts) on over 100 TV and radio stations throughout East Africa; plus conducting other real-time projects such as an integrated online hotel reservations systems for hotel chains. Since 2013 I have been an IT Business Systems Manager and business process engineer and consultant working in the electronics manufacturing sector in Shenzhen, managing the infrastructure for ERP and business systems.

IT Business Systems Manager @ Develop HR system using tools, practices, principles and frameworks, namely “Telerik DevCraft” suite integrated with Visual Studio .NET 4/4.5: VS2010/2012(.NET4.0/4.5) Windows7 with Telerik UI components and frameworks; IIS, Windows 7, SQL Server 2012 for test environment: regression, systems & integration testing; TargetProcess for AGILE/SCRUM type project management with 8 week development cycles; Team Foundation Server for version/build control in team environment; JustMock for stubbing/mocking unit/integration testing and code behavior checking; Testing Framework & Test Studio to automate web, WPF and load/functional testing; ReSharper and JustCode to optimize C# code in Visual Studio environment; JustTrace to profile app that provides key info to avoid memory or performance issues; JustDecompile to recover lost source code and to discover external bugs; Data Access ORM (Entity Relationship Object Model) for modelling data; Configure the reverse-mapped (database-first) model to profile app in real-time; WCF Web Services layer accessing the data model to serve any mobile or desktop consuming apps; C#, Telerik UI controls for ASP.NET AJAX, supporting JavaScript, JQuery, CSS, MVC, MVVM patterns; Focus on developing new generation of client apps with beautiful/”cool”, easy-to-use modern interfaces and to improve user experience when visualising data on mobile and desktop devices, consisting even of animation, using WPF/Silverlight (XAML/vector-based) technologies of .NET and Telerik, so that apps are resolution-independent and leverage high graphics capabilities of today; Telerik AppBuilder and Kendo UI to deliver responsive designs to multiple mobile platforms; Manage web and mobile content using Telerik Sitefinity and ASP.NET/C#; Red Gate suite of products to maintain, backup and document SQL Server databases; Implemented SQL Azure Cloud hosting for live environment; Telerik Reporting and Crystal Reports for business intelligence, documentation & previewing. From August 2013 to August 2015 (2 years 1 month) Shenzhen, Guangdong, ChinaCTO @ • Chief technical consultant to Hon. MP January Makamba (Minister of Communications, Science and Technology) and the Central Government of the United Republic of Tanzania and Zanzibar to develop mobile, telecom and web apps. • Private sector work in Tanzania and East Africa for Accomondia hotels to created real-time online reservation systems and CRM dashboards and analytics for Push Media and its clients such as Coca Cola, including business intelligence reporting and statistics for advert views on over 100 TV and radio stations throughout East Africa. • Managing the technology department of a public and private sector software solutions company. From August 2012 to August 2013 (1 year 1 month) Senior Developer @ • Developer of .NET web solutions for major NGO think tank. Content Management, Blogs and articles publishing sites. • In charge of the web projects for the Legatum Institute, Mayfair, London on the Prosperity Index (PROSPERITY.COM) application and Sitefinity CMS website (LI.COM). From June 2011 to August 2012 (1 year 3 months) Solutions Consultant @ • Invented the eHR web application for Central Government (RCU & GO’s) with almost 10,000+ users. eHR is an employee management system integrated with finance and payroll. The new HR service centre and software saved RCU £2million pa on admin costs. In 2002 ODPM & RCU had a £9billion budget to deliver strategies and local policy to regional government offices and their communities. I built business applications using VB.NET upgraded to C# and ASP.NET, ADO.NET with centralised data to a SQL Server farm upgraded from Access 1997 remote applications. • Designed, normalized and created the backend database and objects including tables, keys, indexes, triggers, stored procedures and complex SQL queries using T-SQL, which later changed to entity relationship technology and LINQ to SQL; • Created presentation layers using Visual Studio .NET, CSS, Adobe Photoshop and responsive design techniques with Telerik controls, themes and Kendo; and developed the middle-tier COM components and Web Services for the app, later upgraded to MVC. • Adopted Prince2 and SSADM methodologies for .NET projects. Set up 3-tier architecture for production and testing with Web, Application and Database servers. Also assisted in presales, project management, consultation, testing, training, helpdesk support and account managing. • Compiled project docs: Use Cases (UML) and flow diagrams (VISIO); Requirements, Technical & Functional Specs, SLA’s, Support & Maintenance Contracts, User Guides & Test Script Generation. Organised, managed, scripted and coordinated UAT, systems, unit and regression Testing. Budgeted and managed projects using Microsoft Project and Gant Chart analysis and later Agile techniques. From May 2004 to June 2011 (7 years 2 months) Team Leader Portal Technologies @ • Implemented SharePoint Portal Server 2001 on Windows AD domain to manage document libraries, index documents and store into organised folder structures for individual departments. Developed staff portal/intranet using SharePoint and Content Management Server. Managed web content using master/child pages, Web Parts, User Controls and placeholders. • Developed business applications “Help Desk Credit System” to charge clients online for Support work. “ProjectCreator” integrated with MS Office and Project. “Invoicer” integrated with Sage 50 sales ledger in order to quote and invoice clients. Enhanced ACT Contacts Management and Sales Tracking system for sales team. Created eCommerce site for Modbom incorporating WorldPay and SEO. • Hosting sites for clients, managing FTP and Microsoft live and test app infrastructures. From April 2001 to April 2004 (3 years 1 month) Senior Software Engineer @ • Developed British Airways Transaction Server (BATS): middleware components (VB COM/DCOM). Supported 32-bit Windows client (Caress2), VB5 with Oracle as underlying RDBMS. Worked on ORB architecture on UNIX and NT platforms. Caress2 was a Customer Relations, Baggage Claims and Executive Club system for British Airways. • Used Test Director to automate test scripts, create Release Notes & Build Instructions. Maintained documentation including User Guides, Problem Reports & Change Requests. From May 1999 to March 2001 (1 year 11 months) London, United KingdomTechnical Architect/Integration Consultant @ • Worked on RBS, Eagle Star, Atropus, Baxter, BUPA, Seagram Projects developing solutions for storage, document management, workflow, invoice authorisation, scanning & image processing. • Developed, tested and supported VB 4 & 5 COM/DCOM middleware components using MTS, creating ActiveX DLL/EXE (in/out-process) and calling Win32 API objects from VB apps. From August 1996 to February 1999 (2 years 7 months) Telecoms Management Consultant @ • My career began in telecoms as a (business intelligence) management consultant under ex-chief of IBM EMEA in 1995, working on market intelligence projects with France Telecom, Olivetti, Bull, Octel, TMI, MFS WorldCom, Unisys, EDS, AT&T, Cable & Wireless, IBM, Lucent, Ascom-Timeplex, Vodafone. From July 1995 to August 1996 (1 year 2 months)

Bachelor’s Degree, Business with German, 2:1 @ Manchester From 1991 to 1995 A LEVELS & AS LEVELS, B, B, C, C @ Brooklands College From 1989 to 1991 High School, GCSE, B, B, B, B, B, C, C, C, C @ Winston Churchill Secondary School From 1985 to 1988 Ali Shah is skilled in: Team Leadership, .NET, Web Development, HTML, CSS, Programming, Microsoft Office, JavaScript, VB.NET, C#, Analysis, SQL, Software Development, Excel, SQL Server