Bilal Ahmed Email & Phone Number

Software Techie with over 8 years of professional experience in Mobile Application Development. Overall 9 years of development experience in different technologies including web development.

Co-Founder of PentaLoop
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Lead this tech startup into 25+ developers strong software development company. I actively code on top of my involvement in app architecture & design.

I also play the role of Software Architect at PentaLoop. I have been involved in wide variety of roles such as training resources, providing technical support and leading multiple mobile(iOS and Android) & web development projects simultaneously. I am Hard Working, Team Player and an avid Learner of new technologies and Domains.



Passionate about user experience of software.
Dozens of mobile & web apps completed and counting.

Specialties: Objective-C/Swift, iPhone/iPad Development, iPhone/iPad Frameworks, iOS Technology, Android development, Project Management, Consultant and Resource Management




Our Expertise:
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Mobile:
- iOS
- Android



Web:
-HTML5, CSS3
-jQuery, Advanced JavaScript
-AngularJS, NodeJS
-Responsive Design, Bootstrap
-RIAs, SPAs
-Facebook Apps

-Server side architecture & design
-Cloud: Google Apps, Amazon
-CMS: WordPress
-PHP, Laravel, CakePHP, Zend, CodeIgnitor

1. I have been working on Market Quantitative Analytics,a financial analysis tool by Thomson Reuters. It is usedfor in-depth Analysis, back testing or screening, portfoliomanagement etc resulting in better financial and businessdecisions.I was focused on developing C++ versionof MarketQA. This involved coding API wrappers,integrating new data vendors into the existing system,coding the ETL process in C++, resolving bugs etc.Also worked on MQA’s… Show more 1. I have been working on Market Quantitative Analytics,a financial analysis tool by Thomson Reuters. It is usedfor in-depth Analysis, back testing or screening, portfoliomanagement etc resulting in better financial and businessdecisions.I was focused on developing C++ versionof MarketQA. This involved coding API wrappers,integrating new data vendors into the existing system,coding the ETL process in C++, resolving bugs etc.Also worked on MQA’s Quantitative Analytical Language(QAL), which is a query language to facilitate the end user foranalysis on the financial data.Technologies/processes I have worked on include:a. C++ development/Database API integrationb. Providing financial analytical functionality to thecustomers in the form of front-end functions, which are developed in C++ andaccessed through QAL by users of MarketQA.c. ETL for the highest quality normalized financialdatabase.d. Solving issues/bugs which arose in any phase: dataextraction, cleaning, updating, loading and presentingto end user.2. Developed ODBC driver for FasTick, a quantitative researchtool by Thomson Reuters. Its purpose is to test historicaltrading strategies using tick data, thus enabling the databaseto be able to connect to any ODBC compliant application. FasTick is a high compressiondata container. Ten years of adjusted and connected U.S.equity, option, and index tick data has been compressedto approximately seventy-five gigabytes from over seventerabytes.Worked on FasTick/MarketQA integration in C++,allowing the user to perform any trade simulation through MarketQA.3. Developed re-useable, template based generic query writing facility forMarketQA. This mimics stored procedure facility ina DBMS.4. Over saw/Lead a dedicated issue resolution team entrustedto solve any issues relating to MarketQA and its ETL, analysis,and presentation code.Also delved into mobile development iPhone/iOS & enhanced my skills in this domain. Show less

I lead a project in mobile development team where, primarily, I developed and also over saw aspects (e.g. scheduling the deliverables, coordinating/directing the server side team, graphics team & an iOS developer) for the development of the iOS apps.My Tasks included: 1. Requirements gathering & analyses. This involved holding teleconferences with US based clients, understanding the requirements from client’s perspective, documenting the requirements as functional design documents… Show more I lead a project in mobile development team where, primarily, I developed and also over saw aspects (e.g. scheduling the deliverables, coordinating/directing the server side team, graphics team & an iOS developer) for the development of the iOS apps.My Tasks included: 1. Requirements gathering & analyses. This involved holding teleconferences with US based clients, understanding the requirements from client’s perspective, documenting the requirements as functional design documents and breaking down the requirements into deliverable modules/milestones. 2. Architecture, Design and Development/Coding of the iOS apps.3. Coordination with the server side development team. Directing them for the development of required web services interfaces/APIs to be consumed in the iOS app.4. Coordination with graphic designing team. Assigning tasks to them for all the art work/graphic elements required in the iOS app. Pointing out relevant example apps for inspiration of graphical work. Show less