Asif Akram

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Chief Information Officer @ NatPower Marine
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Greenford, England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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About Asif Akram

20+ years’ experience in aligning technology with organizational requirements and incorporating cutting-edge technology for sustainable digital transformation. Track record of conceptualizing and delivering complex and scalable enterprise solutions with a competitive advantage through continuous research and data engineering. Demonstrated IT transformation, providing the strategic vision to propel performance across IT operations, business continuity, and service delivery. Adept at reducing risk/impact of technological breaches by adhering to technology standards/practices, and technology contingency planning. Providing excellent leadership, analytical, interpersonal, cross-functional, and problem-solving skills.

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NatPower Marine

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Asif Akram Work Experience Details
  • Natpower Marine
    Chief Information Officer
    Natpower Marine Aug 2023 - Present
  • Natpower
    Chief Information Officer
    Natpower Dec 2022 - Present
    Milano, Lombardia, It
    ─ Core responsible to set and deliver the technology strategy that drives transformation towards long-term business goals─ Technology risk management - technical and security risks in both the near and long term, leading the implementation of technical solutions and liaising with business and development teams to identify appropriate mitigations─ Provide regular actionable business insights to the leadership team by analyzing technical and financial data streams aligned with NatPower business strategy─ Development of AI/ML centric data analytical platform for timely decisions to reduce delivery timelines and increase operational efficiency─ Adoption of Blockchain - Distributed Ledger Technology for asset tokenization relevant to renewable energy─ DLT powered energy trading platform development and integration with leading trading platforms─ Developing and implementing scalable and efficient strategies to ensure exponential growth by delivering innovative solutions ranging from blockchain and the Internet of Things (IoT) to artificial intelligence and big data analytics─ Establishing the organization’s credibility throughout the customer and partner network by championing innovation to provide sustainable and inclusive solutions that produce results on the ground
  • Febris Limited
    Chief Executive Officer - Febris Blockchain
    Febris Limited May 2021 - Present
  • Febris Limited
    Chief Executive Officer - Febris Logistics
    Febris Limited Sep 2020 - Present
  • Febris Limited
    Group Chief Executive Officer
    Febris Limited Apr 2019 - Present
    ─ Conceiving the strategic vision for philanthropic and commercial arms of the start-up backed by a global entity, and crafting a plan to implement this vision from launch to system maturity.─ Developing and implementing scalable and efficient strategies to ensure exponential growth by delivering innovative solutions ranging from blockchain and the Internet of Things (IoT) to artificial intelligence and big data analytics.─ Aligning and managing resources to achieve key business goals while also ensuring sustainable partnerships between stakeholders across all tiers.─ Working closely with the senior management and brand agencies, and strategically partnering with healthcare start-ups to drive growth and establish a global brand.─ Owning the operational budget and executing commercialization plans to ensure the successful launch of Minimal Viable Product (MVP) ─ Working closely with corporate stakeholders and venture capital investors regarding progress on strategic goals and utilising their feedback to make necessary course corrections in real-time.
  • Febris Limited
    Chief Executive Officer - Febris Digital Health
    Febris Limited Apr 2019 - Present
    Driving growth and profitability by enhancing the company's ability to digitally disrupt the healthcare landscapeBuilding a robust digital platform to offer transparent, consistent, and efficient care based on holistic and bespoke preventive care solutions for all health needs i.e., consultation, personalized health assessments, laboratory test providers, hospital admission, pharmacies, and post-surgery treatmentManaging competition and other systemic challenges in the healthcare marketplace, through constant evaluation of the financial structure, capital strategy, and strategic objectives of the company
  • Ipcis Data Services, Inc.
    Group Chief Information Officer
    Ipcis Data Services, Inc. Jan 2022 - Aug 2022
    Taguig, Metro Manila, Ph
    ---- Driving digital innovation and serving as a cross-functional change agent across the organization to ensure short-term regional expansion from the Philippines to Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and India and long-term expansion to Africa and Latin America---- Developing strategies to improve the efficiency and efficacy of technological initiatives for expansion of digital services from the education sector to healthcare, agriculture, fintech and water management---- Implementing suitable technology to streamline all internal operations and help optimize their strategic benefits---- Ensuring the company's data remains secure by keeping up to date on the latest cyber security threats and finding ways to guard against them on an organisation-wide scale---- Ensuring collaboration, knowledge sharing, and digital best practices between partners and colleagues to help embed a robust digital ecosystem---- Overseeing data management, data analytics, and data governance---- A digital evangelist, championing the use of digital technology and practices to engender a digital mindset from the top down---- Measuring ROI on digital projects, fine-tuning approaches as needed to ensure organizational investment in the right tools and resources---- Overseeing all relevant digital initiatives are fully integrated into the strategic-planning process for leadership commitment, resource allocation and execution---- Working with teams across the business to generate innovative digital solutions for products, services, processes, customer experiences, marketing channels, and business models
  • Ipcis Data Services, Inc.
    Chief Information Officer - Business Intelligence Unit (Srilanka)
    Ipcis Data Services, Inc. Jan 2022 - Aug 2022
    Taguig, Metro Manila, Ph
  • Living Goods
    Chief Technology Officer
    Living Goods Nov 2017 - Sep 2021
    ─ recruited and developed functional tech team─ develop technical aspects of the company’s strategy to ensure alignment with its business goals─ monitor KPIs and IT budgets to assess technological performance─ communicate technology strategy to partners and ministries of health─ consolidate technology platforms and create plans for continuous improvement─ lead initiatives in thought leadership, innovation and creativity─ identify, compare, select and implement technology solutions to meet current and future needs─ develop overall technology standards and practices and ensure adherence─ oversee all system design and changes in system architecture
  • Lee Kong Chian School Of Medicine
    Senior Assistant Director
    Lee Kong Chian School Of Medicine Jun 2016 - Mar 2018
    Technologies & Frameworks: AWS, OpenStack, OpenShift, SaaS, Data Centre, microservices, Data Warehouse, Docker, Kubernetes, Swarm, CI/CD, ETL, Big Data, DL4J, Weka, Mahout, Data Mining ─── Working as a SaaS and Cloud Computing Advisor providing BI solutions ─── Technical advisor for an enterprise SOA initiative─── Budgetary, management, and technical responsibilities for multimillion projects─── Developing technology strategies and leading implementation efforts─── Maintaining and completing Project Key Performance Indicators─── Leading the Enterprise Architecture and Engineering group ─── Monitoring project plans/activities; and processing any contract variations─── Responsible for ensuring best value is obtained for the project including supplier base, use of internal and external resources.
  • Imperial College London
    Chief Technology Officer - Chief Solution Architect
    Imperial College London Oct 2014 - Feb 2017
    London, Gb
    Technologies & Frameworks: Containerization, Virtualization, AWS, Azure, SaaS, Data Warehouse, SQL Server, CI/CD, Docker, VMWare, Big Data, Data Analysis, Enterprise Integration, Application Development─── Leading design and hands-on development for clinical studies─── Providing architectural leadership for complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes─── Establishing and maintaining technical and organizational best practices─── Building and managing the technology team─── Oversee research and development─── Designing, delivering, and managing compelling UI/UX, tied to rich analytics and adaptive data backend─── Develop technology contingency plans to keep research projects on track─── Establishing a Global eHealth Unit technical vision and governance processes─── Leading all aspects of the technology development according to the Global eHealth Unit strategic direction─── Assist in the preparation of applications for grant funding and ethical approvals and permissions for future projects─── Lecture and supervise MSc/MPH students and support fresh researchers─── Drive and inspire team consensus and work collaboratively cross functionally
  • Gptools
    Chief Technology Officer
    Gptools Mar 2010 - Dec 2015
    London, Gb
    Responsible for all aspects of overall technology vision, commercial software product development and managing different streams of the product. My main role was to jump-start the stalled product development process to commercially release the product in the market. Leading architecture, product development, technology evaluation, prototype development and delivery schedule for highly sensitive medical data. GPTools provides an appraisal and revalidation toolkit for Doctors. GPTools toolkit is available as a Web Portal; native Android and iPhone app; and HTML5 application for Windows phone. GPTools toolkit is heavily relying on cutting edge technologies to break into the very conservative field of medicine.
  • Deluxe Media Technologies Of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group
    R&D Director - Technologist
    Deluxe Media Technologies Of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Mar 2013 - Jan 2015
    Burbank, California, Us
    Technologies & Frameworks: Virtualization, Cloud, CI/CD, Big Data, Data Analysis, micro services, Event Streaming, Computer Vision, Java Spring, Apache Lucene, Apache Solr, ─── Hired to establish a Research and Development division within Deluxe Media Technology.─── Evaluating commercial and open source solutions in the field of Face Recognition, Speech-To-Text, Voice Recognition, Metadata Indexing and Search, Object Recognition, Brand Recognition, Time-code Stamping, and Frame Accurate Scene Extraction.─── Developing research ideas, designing the case study, producing the proof-of-concept, and delivery of the solution.─── Collaborating with third parties to enhance and improve core algorithms in the subject areas of multimedia, broadcasting.─── Working with key stakeholders from various areas of the Sales and Marketing Group. ─── Working in close collaboration with the Research Analysts involved in the subject areas to ensure that the research is fit for purpose and designed to provide maximum benefit in the minimum time possible.─── Demonstrate exceptional technical skills in all aspects of market and consumer research and use this to influence the range of methods used within projects and the direction of the product.─── Constantly challenge and drive innovation in Deluxe research techniques through awareness of both business challenges and the latest research innovations.
  • Nhtv Breda University Of Applied Sciences
    Technical Consultant And Senior Software Enginner
    Nhtv Breda University Of Applied Sciences Feb 2013 - Jul 2014
    Oversaw project planning and estimation, reviewed project plans for inclusion of agreed changes monitored activities against project plans and tracked key deliverables. Provided technical support and supervised delivery of critical stages of the European Union funded project. Fostered solid business relations with commercial partners to architect common components and design patterns to host cloud game infrastructure. Built and tested proof of concept platform for session-based multiplayer. Ensured seamless provision of technical guidance for an intelligent gaming system for an enhanced experience.Technologies & Frameworks: Virtualization, VMWare, Cloud computing, Cloud gaming, Gaming platform, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Integration, Android• Piloted the Android mobile game applications with thousands of users.• Developed AI-based effective target offerings within the platform in a non-intrusive manner.• Conducted security audit of infrastructure and communication layer.• Solution architect design for multi-user gaming platform.
  • University Of Oxford
    Senior Software Developer - Technical Coordinator
    University Of Oxford Jan 2010 - Mar 2013
    Oxford, Oxfordshire, Gb
    Responsible for the research data management across the institute. Collaborated with strategic partners and stakeholders, participated in strategies and policies meetings, and administered research and development activities for data management. Supported humanities division as a consultant and headed cutting edge development for private cloud and DaaS within Oxford University. Technologies & Frameworks: Virtualization, Cloud Computing, SaaS, DaaS, Data replication, Disaster recovery, Data Management Framework, VMWare, Business Process Management.• Developed and deployed Database as a Service (DaaS) for faculty staff across Oxford University.• Supported development of private cloud within Oxford University for confidential research and data.• Promoted university-wide best practices for data management.• Led various data management initiatives for research data backup and archiving.
  • University Of Cambridge
    System Architect Designer - Senior Software Developer
    University Of Cambridge Oct 2007 - Dec 2012
    Cambridge, England, Gb
    ❶ PathGrid: Technical management, Design & Implementation of Histopathology study of TMA image data ─── Developed image analysis prototype ─── Implementation of Estrogen Receptor (ER) nuclear staining marker ─── Implementation of HER2 membrane staining marker ─── Statistical analysis of the data ─── Database design and storage of statistical results ─── Optimised data handling of enormous data ─── Data obfuscation and anonymization of patient record ─── SOAP Web Services based middleware development for secure login ─── Integgrating virtual file repository to store scans ─── Integration of heterogeneous systems and framework ─── SOAP Web services and Taverna workflow development for single step remote executionTechnologies: C, C++ for Image analysis algorithms, Java, Java Servlets, Java Server pages, Axis SOAP Web Services, Tiverna workflow, XML, XSLT, Oracle Database 10g & 11g, PostgreSQL❷ VAMDC: Virtual Atomic and Molecular Data Centre ─── Developed JEE6 Web portal to access heterogeneous databases ─── JEE6 compliant Business logic compliant ─── Supporting long running SQL and XQuery queries from the Web Portal ─── Dynamic XQuery generation from XML Schema ─── Data presentation with XSLT and JavaScript libraries.Technologies: Java, JEE6, Context Dependency Injection CDI, Inversion of Control IoC, Restful Web Services (Jersey), EJB 3.0, JBoss Weld, FreeMarker: Java Template Engine, Smooks for XML Processing, JSF 2.0, RichFaces (4.X), Oracle Berkeley DB XML, jQuery, Lucene & Solr, Hibernate, JBoss 7, XML, XSLT, XPath, XQuery
  • Imperial College London
    Senior Software Engineer
    Imperial College London Nov 2006 - Jan 2010
    London, Gb
    Technical Manager and Senior Developer for national and EU projects❶ Virtual Organisations for Trials and Epidemiological Studies (VOTES)❷ Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) ─── Clinical Trials ─── Database design, implementation and management ─── Harvesting data from multiple resources ─── Data Analysis and manipulation ─── Structuring large dataset and designing case record forms ─── Web (Ajax) development for data entry, query and updateTechnologies: Java, J2EE, JSF 1.2, RichFaces (3.X), JPA, JBoss Seam, Hibernate, JBoss 5, script.aculo.us, Tomcat, 6.x, Prototype, Java Facelet, PostgreSQL❸ Security and Access Control i.e. Peersona ─── Context Aware access policies ─── Negotiable trust management ─── Authentication and Authorization mechanism ─── Dynamic Accesss Control with external business rules Technologies: Java, JBoss Drools (expert system/rule engine), Java NIO, Java Media Framework (JMF), JPA, JBoss Seam, Hibernate, MySQL, Java Native Access (JNA)❹ Grid Computing i.e. GridCC ─── SOAP based Web Services development for physical instruments ─── Deployment of Web Services in the secure environment ─── Integrating Quality of Service (QoS) with BPEL workflows ─── Design and implementation of workflow management system ─── Online Web workflow editor using Adobe Flex and ActionScriptTechnologies: Java, J2EE, JSF 1.2, Java Servlets, Tomcat, 6.x, SOAP Web Services, Axis 1.4, Axis 2.0, Web Services Business Process Execution Language (WS-BPEL/BPEL), Active Endpoints BPEL Engine, Oracle BPEL Engine, XML, XSLT, XML Beans, Adobe Flex 3, ActionScript 3, Flex Builder 4.x
  • Science And Technology Facilities Council (Stfc)
    Software Engineer
    Science And Technology Facilities Council (Stfc) Jan 2005 - Jan 2008
    Swindon, Wiltshire, Gb
    My main role was to research new mechanism to enhance re-usability of e-Science applications❶ e-HTPX (high throughput protein crystallography) ─── J2EE Portal development ─── Data management of high throughput protein crystallography ─── Data Processing, Analysis and Structuring ─── Database management of open source database PostgreSQL ─── Designed & Developed SOAP Web Services ─── Use of Web 2.0 for enhanced user experience ─── Validation, Processing and restructuring of scientific data ─── Advnaced use of XML Schema, XML, XPath and XQuery ─── Transformation of large data sets for different tools and clients with XSLTTechnologies: Java, J2EE, Java Portals (EXO Platform, JBoss Portal), Java Server Faces (JSF) 1.2, Java Servlets, Java Server Pages (JSP), Tomcat, 6.x, SOAP Web Services, Axis 1.4, XML, XSLT, XML Beans, JavaScript, Ajax, script.aculo.us - web 2.0, MySQL, PostgreSQL ❷ WOSE: Optimization of workflows for scientific applications ─── Optimized SOAP Web Services development techniques ─── Developed SOAP Web Services for scientific applications. ─── Co-author for the following book chapters:Technologies: Java, J2EE, Java Portals (Gridsphere, Jakarta Pluto, uPortal), Java Server Faces (JSF) 1.2, Java Server Pages (JSP), Java Servlets, Tomcat, 5.x, SOAP Web Services, Axis 1.4, Axis 2.0, Web Services Business Process Execution Language (WS-BPEL/BPEL), Oracle BPEL Engine, Web Services Resource Framework (WSRF), Web Services Addressing, Web Services Notification, Web Services EventsBook chapter “Approaches and Best Practices in Web Service Data Binding” “Securing Web Services: Practical Usage of Standards and Specifications”Book chapter “Grid Case Study”“Securing Web Services: Practical Usage of Standards and Specifications”
  • Ibm Developerswork
    Technical Writer
    Ibm Developerswork Sep 2005 - Jul 2006
    ❶ Resource sharing among multiple Web services, Part 1❷ Resource sharing among multiple Web services, Part 2 ❸ Manage multiple resources with a single instance service ❹ Working with WS-Resource properties: Manipulating resource ❺ Working with WS-Resource properties: Loose coupling of resource properties ❻ Working with WS-Resource properties: WS-Addressing for resource referencing
  • Cardiff University
    Software Developer And Research Assistant
    Cardiff University Feb 2002 - Dec 2004
    Cardiff, Wales, Gb
    PhD Student, Researcher and Teaching Assistant❶ Actively researched different aspects of virtual communities: ─── Virtual Community formation and types of virtual communities ─── Referral Mechanism for efficient discovery ─── Triana Problem Solving Environment ─── Designing and Developing Peer-to-Peer (P2P) components with JXTA, ─── Implemented and Deployed Web Services with Axis toolkit ─── Developed desktop client to access Web Services with Java Swing❷ I was teaching following modules as a teaching assistant:① Advanced Object Oriented Programming (Java & J2EE) ② Object Oriented Designing (UML) to undergraduates
  • City University London
    Visiting Lecturer
    City University London Sep 2003 - Nov 2004
    London, Gb
    ① Object Oriented Programming Java & C++ ② Website Design using HTML, Perl, JSP and Java Servlet ③ SOAP Web Services on J2EE and .Net Platform④ ASP.NET and ADO.Net
  • The City College
    Visiting Lecturer
    The City College Sep 2001 - Sep 2004
    ① Advanced Object Oriented Programming i.e. Java② Operating System UNIX③ Internet Applications Development with Java Servlets and Java Server Faces④ Intrduction to C and C++
  • University Of London
    Visiting Lecturer
    University Of London Sep 2003 - May 2004
    London, London, Gb
    ① Network programming java.net package② Internet Applications with Java Server Pages, Java Servlet③ Distributed Programming with Remote Method Invocation (RMI) and Enterprise Java Beans (EJB)
  • London Metropolitan University
    Visiting Lecturer
    London Metropolitan University Sep 2000 - Feb 2003
    London, Gb
    As a visiting lecturer, I was teaching following modules① As a visiting lecturer, I was teaching following modules② Object Oriented Programming (Java and C++)③ Java Data Structures and Algorithms④ System Design and Modelling (UML)⑤ Internet Applications Development using J2EE⑥ Advanced Database Design and Implementation⑦ Designing Object Oriented Database

Asif Akram Skills

.net R University Teaching Distributed Systems Algorithms Rest Jquery Ui Numerical Analysis Xquery Perl Tomcat Technical Leadership Data Analysis Spring Mvc Xslt Ejb 3.0 Xml Databases Soap Scrum Ajax C And C++ Software Java Servlets Oracle Sql Programming Java Postgresql Xml Apache Tomcat Scientific Computing Jboss Application Server Spring Webflow Web Services Spring Oop Xpath Qualitative Research Javascript Object Oriented Design Restful Webservices Restful Architecture Project Management Jboss Seam Research Research Design Mysql 4.x Soa Servlets Java Enterprise Edition Statistics Java Server Faces Mysql Database Administration Ejb

Asif Akram Education Details

  • Imperial College London
    Imperial College London
    Computer Science
  • Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
    Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
    Computer Science
  • London Metropolitan University
    London Metropolitan University
    Computer Science
  • University Of The Punjab
    University Of The Punjab
    Chemical Engineer
  • Saint Anthony High School
    Saint Anthony High School
    Science Subjects

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