Farhan Saiyed

FARHAN A. SAIYED
[email protected]
214-789-5734
www.linkedin.com/in/farhansaiyed

➢ Quality-focused, results-driven technology leader with extensive experience including Banking & Finance, Telecommunications, Video technologies, Mobility and Web technologies, Automated Publishing and Oil/Energy industries in domestic and international environments. Expertise in Agile Project Management, AWS Cloud based solutions, new product design, development, quality engineering, database administration and data modeling involving Auto Finance, digital media, STB, digital transformations, content management/delivery/distribution, mobility and IT management. Excels at leading start-up projects, building cohesive and geographically dispersed yet collaborative and large (50+ resources) technical teams with a reputation for excellence and Service leadership. Takes ownership of successful deployment to market.
Agile / Scrum
A Project Management/Delivery
SDLC
Cloud / AWS
Test Planning / Execution
SAFe Agilist
Video/Mobility
IT Strategy
Databases ( Oracle , MSSQL, Teradata)
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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
➢ As Agile Program Manager, leading a data migration effort from legacy systems to the cloud (AWS, IAAS, PAAS & SAAS)
➢ Lead an agile team of ETL engineers at Capital One Bank as senior Consultant – Data Architecture.
➢ Headed Agile test and automation management group for SOA based Verizon digital media services (Digital content management and distribution)
➢ Managed end to end automated certification of multiple mobile apps on wide variety of devices.
➢ Designed and implemented cloud mobility QA and automation framework for Verizon.
➢ Key and data driven automation framework in Selenium.
➢ Co-authored best practices handbook for software QA: “The Fabric of Software Testing.”
➢ Developed and built SIT Lab at Verizon Data Services India (VDSI).
➢ Implemented Oracle Internet Directory (OID) LDAP for Verizon Single SignOn.
➢ Senior Database architect for several Verizon’s flagship projects including FiOS Mercury & Retail COFEE (Converged front-end engine)
➢ Delivered several complex modules of in-house Oracle based ERP system for a multinational client.
➢ Worked as PL/SQL developer and implemented the first of its kind automated directory publishing system that enhanced efficiency while cutting down drastically on time-to-market.
➢ Managed In-house tool development team that developed live system status dashboard.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Capital One, Plano, TX, USA - July 2015 To date
As, Agile Program Manager, leading several agile teams of data engineers and analysts at Capital One Bank. The teams are working on flagship project of migrating enterprise data to Amazon Web Services based MPP (Snowflake). The solution utilizes containerized (Docker) microservices architecture and several of AWS services including EC2, EKS and S3. The new cloud-data warehouse is built on a combination of IAAS, PAAS and SAAS based solutions.
FARHAN A. SAIYED
[email protected] - 214-789-5734 - www.linkedin.com/in/farhansaiyed
Earlier at Capital One, led an agile delivery ETL team, working closely with multiple teams, using wide range of technology stack, including AWS, Oracle, Teradata, MSSQL, Apache Cassandra and Go Lang.
Capital One Auto Finance™ (COAF), a division of Capital One®, is engaged in financing automobile loans. COAF, America's largest online vehicle lender, provides vehicle loans to customers directly via the Internet, as well as through dealerships nationwide.
Infinite Computer Solutions, Rochester, NY, USA - Jan 2015 – July 2015
Xerox Corporation – Contract to Cash
As Director of Testing Program, managed and coordinatied multiple testing efforts for client Xerox Corporation in Rochester, NY. Accountable for all testing efforts and metrics reporting of Xerox’ MPS -C2C project.
MPS is Managed Print Services, a Xerox Offering. CTC stands for Contract To Cash, and it’s named for the business processes being improved by the program. From creating contracts, to delivering equipment and services, to back-office functions such as billing, all the way to collecting cash from clients. MPS CTC simplifies the sales process, automates delivery and back office functions, and makes business easier for Xerox’s clients.
• Coordinated several testing teams of 150-200 testers.
• Managed System Integration testing for 25+ frontend and backend applications.
• Managed integrated performance testing.
• Responsible for providing testing metrics for entire testing program to executive management.
Verizon Telecommunications, Irving, TX, USA - 2000 to 2014
As Sr. Manager – Quality Engineering & Automation, Built and led a team of managers and around 50 resources. Managed budget of approximately $20M+. Managed whole QA program for multiple initiatives.
• Verizon Digital Media Services Verizon’s flagship platform for digital video and media (Over $800M). VDMS is a SOA based architecture and offers platform as a service (PaaS) that consist of: Ingest, Store, Transform, Package, Deliver, CDN, VOD, Linear channels and Live events.
▪ Constantly interacted and provided product status to C-level management on daily basis.
▪ Managed teams in Dallas, Ashburn, Chennai-India, Hyderabad-India
▪ Spearheaded complex Quality Assurance and Engineering operation with 100% success rate of on-time execution and certification.
▪ Worked on development of key and data driven automation framework.
▪ Consistently maintained less than 5% defects leakage rate.
▪ Designed and developed online system status dashboard.
▪ SLA, Operations and tier II support.
FARHAN A. SAIYED
[email protected] - 214-789-5734 - www.linkedin.com/in/farhansaiyed
• Mobile Devices Quality Engineering & Testing As Technical Manager I - Quality Engineering & Automation, built and led local and global teams of quality engineers and testers that successfully certified and deployed apps in multiple app stores.
o Evaluated and provided insight into quality and readiness of several mobile applications for BlackBerry, iPhone, and Android platforms.
o Managed teams in Dallas, Chennai-India, Hyderabad-India
o In-house development of app to provide live QA test status on BlackBerry.
o Researched and Installed DeviceAnywhere setup for cloud mobility testing and Automation.
o Designed and implemented end to end mobility QA Automation solution.
o Certified 7 Apps on over 20 devices on Android, iOS, Blackberry and BREW platforms.
o Over one hundred kits deployed to App stores with 100% NSTL certification.
• Major Projects as Oracle/MS-SQL Database Admin/Architect/Data Modeler: Supervised team of database administrators and developers. Designed databases and data models. Managed multiple DIT, SIT and production environments, simultaneously for:
o FiOS TV brings customers 100% fiber optic network, on demand and pay per view programming, TV programming packages, HD channels, top premium channels, international channels and multi-tuner digital video recorders.
o VoiceWing used Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) technology to send calls over a high-speed internet connection instead of a traditional telephone network. Using broadband network.
o VisualCalling was an application for customized screens based on the called destination using Verizon One Phone.
o Verizon.com, Verizon’s online portal and its Single-Sign-On, that allows users to access various Verizon online applications with a single, one-time login across all the platforms.
o Retail COFEE (Converged Front End Engine) is an integrated order entry application for various products for Verizon’s retail business. Responsible for end-to-end design, development, deployment and support of databases and deploying code changes from development to production environment.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s Degree in Arts & University Diploma in Computer Applications
PMP – Project Management Professional
(PMP® #1726751)
CSM – Certified Scrum Master
(Scrum Alliance - Certificate ID: 618121)
SAFe® 4 Agilist Certification
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (In progress)
Introduction to Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Oracle 8i: Administrating Oracle Internet Directory (OID)
Oracle Certified Professional (SQL/Backup & Recovery)
WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus V7.0 Administration
Administering a Microsoft SQL Server Database