With over two decades of hands-on experience in the ever-evolving world of π banking and financial technology, I have a proven track record in architecting and building diverse, mission-critical (processing billions of SAR each month) banking solutions. My journey has taken me through corporate, retail banking, payment, transfers, operations, digital transformations, and the exciting realm of open banking. It has truly been an exciting journey! πSummary of Qualifications:β A strategic thinker with a "meticulous" approach, capable of aligning solution objectives with business drivers and defining measurable outcomes.β Extensive experience in architecting and delivering diverse banking and financial solutions.β Proficiency in designing and managing B2B integration channels, integrating banks with external partners, and serving a diverse set of use cases and needs.β Successful track record in orchestrating the end-to-end cash supply chain, particularly in managing the ATM Replenishment system.β Expertise in planning and executing digital transformation initiatives in collaboration with renowned consultancy firms like Gartner and Accenture.β Exceptional organizational and management skills, mentorship, collaboration to achieve team goals and building high-performance engineering teams (agile teams and delivery through lean principals),β Strong communication skills, demonstrated through the ability to create easily understandable high-level technical designs and whitepapers for both technical and non-technical audiences.β Adaptable and resilient, with a keen ability to embrace challenges and rapidly acquire new skills and technologies.β Goal-oriented, dedicated to delivering tasks to the highest standards.β Proficient in problem-solving, analytical thinking, and research. Summary Skills and Experience:β Strong skills in complex products/solutions architecture and development.β Expert in on-prem and βοΈ cloud infrastructure, information security π, and technology strategy.β Project management and Business process management expertise.β Systems & and cross-industries integration expertise.β Long experience, with UK, India, and Saudi Arabia Ppen Banking standards, building different use cases, with different authentication flows redirect, coupled, and CIBA protocol.On a personal level, I'm deeply passionate about staying at the forefront of modern technologies and their potential to address issues that significantly impact people's lives. My aim is to actively contribute to driving positive changes in people's lives so let us build!π·π½ββοΈ
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FounderLeaproCairo, Cairo Governorate, Eg -
Co-FounderLeapro Mar 2021 - PresentCairo, EgyptTransforming How Businesses, Financial Institutions, and People Interact, by availing the financial products and services Everywhere the customer is expected to need them, through an extremely simple yet extremely secure experience. -
Senior Solution ArchitectRiyad Bank Jan 2013 - Mar 2020Riyadh* Please check my list of projects and solutions I have developed and architected In the "Accomplishments" section below.As a Senior Solution Architect, I was responsible of:β’ Creating the solutions architecture, technology selection, leading implementation, and developing critical components of the critical solutions assigned to me.β’ Providing High-level solution designs aligned with the digital transformation principles to leverage the usage of (APIs, data streaming, mobile apps, ..)β’ Maintaining and verifying adherence to the Architecture Principles guidelines and policies applied for new projects.β’ Defining the integration architecture specifications for some solutions and projects.β’ Working with Business product owners to implement Banking Strategic digital services through identifying the technical impact analysis, providing high-level solution architectures, service flows, APIs, assumptions and risks, application security, and systems roles in implementing Banking Strategic digital services through digital channels.β’ Investigating approaches to rectify the current design issues and assist in performance tuning from a design perspective.β’ Analyzing the requirements and map the technical capabilities and services to business requirements and design consumption patternβ’ Leading the technical walkthrough Sessions and technical grooming sessions with impacted teams to introduce the solution design.β’ Assessing vendorsβ solutions for evaluation and supervising POC scenarios and presentation sessions with various vendors for new solutions.β’ Assisting in projects scoping, technical proposals.β’ Providing consultation assistance for business problem analysis, solution design, solution value analysis, and software requirements analysis. -
Solution ArchitectSaudi Business Machines Sep 2011 - Dec 2012β’ Solution / Application Architect, with more than a decade of diverse highly critical projects experience in banking and financial industry.β’ Certified Enterprise Integration Specialist, with extensive implementation experience using Integration Patterns, SOA , ESB and heavy web services, to integrate organizations and systems, with a loosely coupled architectures which is easy to change or expand, with re-use and simplicity in mind.β’ Combine SOA best practices and BPM approaches in designs or optimizations of Business Processes, to establish and robust and dynamic business processes that is easy to scale and change based on business needs. -
Application Architect/ Websphere Consultant And Team LeaderSaudi Business Machines 2005 - Dec 2012β’ Spring Framework Certified Professional, with long experience in multiple IT technology areas, including JEE, best of breed open source frameworks, Web Services, Database, Object-Oriented methodologies, design patterns, that enabled successful delivery of n-tier and service based solutions. -
Riyad Bank B2B Gateway Channel Support/Technical ManagerSaudi Business Machines 2003 - 2012β’ Full Technical Management of a highly demanding mission-critical channel, Riyadh Bank B2B Gateway, I am managing development & production support management (please see full details below).β’ Worked in various roles including Java developer, Technical Consultant, Team Lead, Solution Architect, and has a broad view of enterprise applications / integration solutions. -
Senior Ebusiness Consultant / Team LeaderSaudi Business Machines Oct 2005 - Oct 2007β’ Provide technical leadership by directing, collaborating with involved teams to define, design, and detail the technical aspects to maintain a cohesive solution.β’ Train and mentor team members, Evaluate architects, team/tech leads and developers.β’ Lead R&D, proof of concept/prototypes, and systems' simulators, performance/testing tools to cover extreme situations testing. -
Senior Java DeveloperSaudi Business Machines Jan 2001 - Oct 2003β’ Worked in variety of systems, with different teams and nationalities and cultures, in different industries, hospital, banking, government, education, β¦ implemented a lot of projects, my presence in the company improved the performance, quality of deliverables., and helped me sharpening my experience. -
Team Leader / ConsultantIbm Sep 1999 - Jan 2001CairoDevelopment of Lotus notes, HOD (Host On Demand), BIDI (bi-directional text) for arbitration of IBM Applications.
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Senior Lotus Notes ConsultantBristol-Myers Squibb Jul 2000 - 2001Cairoβ’ Business processes and workflows development. -
System Analyst & Programmer (Java Developer / Lotus Notes Developer / Visual Basic Developer)Its (Information Technology Solutions) Oct 1999 - Jan 2000Ciaroβ’ Payroll Management System for Some Egyptian Government Enterprises.β’ Training & Education Systems for IBM Training Center.
Ahmed Al-Shurafa Education Details
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Cairo University, Faculty Of EngineeringExcellent
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