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I am a Computer Science professional with over 7 years of startup experience. I am passionate about writing and managing beautiful code and building simple technology solutions to complex problems. I am also passionate about building and nurturing an organization that all its members care about.CTO @ Build and manage tech stack and tech processes. High level...

I am a Computer Science professional with over 7 years of startup experience. I am passionate about writing and managing beautiful code and building simple technology solutions to complex problems. I am also passionate about building and nurturing an organization that all its members care about.CTO @ Build and manage tech stack and tech processes. High level strategy and planning. From January 2015 to Present (1 year) London, United KingdomChief Technology Officer @ Roles and responsibilities: • Manage a technology team of 8 • Participate in design of new features • Liaison with the content team of Gram Vaani's voice based social network • Liaison with the business development team for customization of IVR solutions • Contribute to development of the voice based social network Key Achievements: • Defined processes for code review and related source control branch management • Defined processes for server upgrades • Defined a watered down version of Scrum process for task management, developer-developer communication, and developer-tech-support communication • Grew the team from 4 members to 8 while nurturing team culture Languages and Technologies: • Python-Django, Tastypie, South, Celery • Angular, Javascript • MySQL, RabbitMQ, Git, Gerrit • Asterisk, Freeswitch • Java, C++ • Nagios, Asana From October 2013 to Present (2 years 3 months) New Delhi Area, IndiaSr. Product Manager @ As a product manager, I managed the sales and support of GRINS, an automation system for community radio stations built in Java. I conducted requirements analysis, design, and development of new GRINS features. I also conducted detailed usage analysis and impact evaluation of GRINS. Some of my key achievements as a product manager include: • Spread GRINS to 35 deployments across India and 3 countries of Africa making it the leading automation system for community radio • Co-developed and executed a project Sesame Street India and 10 radio stations to deliver educational audio content on the radio station and evaluate its impact • Co-developed and executed a radio reality show with Farm Radio International in Mali, Africa From February 2011 to October 2013 (2 years 9 months) Lead Software Developer @ As lead developer, I worked on design and development of GRINS automation system for community radio. I was a part of a 3 member team that conducted requirements analysis, did system and UI design, and deveoped and piloted GRINS. I also conducted engineering research to optimize GRINS operation on single board computers. Languages and technologies that I worked on include Java, Perl, Asterisk, MySQL, and Lucene. From February 2009 to January 2011 (2 years) New Delhi Area, IndiaMTS @ I worked primarily on development of a website using client and server side Javascript. From 2004 to 2005 (1 year) PhD, Computer Science @ Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay From 2007 to 2011 MTech, Computer Engineering @ Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur From 2005 to 2007 B.E., Computer Engineering @ Maharashtra Institute of Technology From 2002 to 2004 BE, Computer Engineering @ North Maharashtra University From 2000 to 2002 Zahir Koradia is skilled in: Algorithms, Distributed Systems, Product Management, Java, Business Analysis, Software Project Management, Machine Learning, Software Development, C, Perl, Strategic Consulting, C++, Software Design, Software Engineering, Linux, Mobile Applications, Python, Business Development