Shahzada Redwan Email & Phone Number

Dhaka, Bd

Dhaka, Bangladesh

As Director, I guide the management team in growth strategies, planning, and execution. I play a key role in driving creative writing and content production, ensuring that our projects align with the company’s vision and market demands. My focus is on strategic leadership to foster innovation and deliver exceptional value to our clients.About TechnoMagic:TechnoMagic is a Bangladesh-based technology company dedicated to delivering innovative content development including… Show more As Director, I guide the management team in growth strategies, planning, and execution. I play a key role in driving creative writing and content production, ensuring that our projects align with the company’s vision and market demands. My focus is on strategic leadership to foster innovation and deliver exceptional value to our clients.About TechnoMagic:TechnoMagic is a Bangladesh-based technology company dedicated to delivering innovative content development including animations, games and XR solutions. We specialize in animation production, mobile games, and XR applications, all tailored to meet the unique needs of businesses. With a blend of content making expertise and branding insight, TechnoMagic provides amazing, attractive solutions that empower businesses to connect with the right audience and excel in the digital era. Show less

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Leadership & Strategy: Leading the Technology team, setting the strategic direction and driving innovation to enhance tech-driven financial services that align with market demands.Infrastructure Management: Overseeing the development and continuous optimization of a robust IT infrastructure to support business growth and operational efficiency.DevSecOps Practices & Compliance: Spearheading the adoption of DevSecOps best practices, including secure coding practices, implementing… Show more Leadership & Strategy: Leading the Technology team, setting the strategic direction and driving innovation to enhance tech-driven financial services that align with market demands.Infrastructure Management: Overseeing the development and continuous optimization of a robust IT infrastructure to support business growth and operational efficiency.DevSecOps Practices & Compliance: Spearheading the adoption of DevSecOps best practices, including secure coding practices, implementing guardrails in GitLab, automating deployments with Jenkins, and integrating security into the CI/CD pipeline using tools like SonarQube for SAST and OWASP ZAP for DAST. Ensured strict compliance with global standards such as PCI DSS and ISO 27001.Customer Success & Digital Transformation: Led cross-functional teams to implement digital solutions, significantly enhancing customer satisfaction, retention, and driving business growth through cutting-edge technology.Team Leadership & Development: Mentoring and developing a high-performing technology team, fostering leadership, innovation, and technical excellence.Collaboration with Bangladesh Bank: Collaborating with Bangladesh Bank to work with new feature development and expansion of services under interoperable gateway. Show less

Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Advise, direct and assist in the activities of the Standing Committee on Digital Commerce at BASIS.

Dhaka

Executive Leadership & Strategic Direction: Directed the strategic direction and technology roadmap, ensuring SSL’s leadership in fintech and technology solutions. Led cross-functional teams to align technology initiatives with business goals and drive innovation.Digital Payment Solutions: Spearheaded the development and launch of SSLCOMMERZ, Bangladesh’s first and largest payment aggregation platform. Ensured compliance with PCI DSS and ISO 27001 while introducing advanced payment… Show more Executive Leadership & Strategic Direction: Directed the strategic direction and technology roadmap, ensuring SSL’s leadership in fintech and technology solutions. Led cross-functional teams to align technology initiatives with business goals and drive innovation.Digital Payment Solutions: Spearheaded the development and launch of SSLCOMMERZ, Bangladesh’s first and largest payment aggregation platform. Ensured compliance with PCI DSS and ISO 27001 while introducing advanced payment technologies like Card-on-File.Global Collaboration & International Exposure: Managed fintech projects with international partners across APAC, the Middle East, and the UK, including Visa, Mastercard, and UnionPay. Focused on client and partner management, delivering global fintech and technology solutions.Offensive Security & Cybersecurity Leadership: Established an offensive security team to conduct internal penetration testing and simulated attacks. Implemented industry-grade WAF and SIEM for real-time monitoring and incident response, transforming the cybersecurity unit into a revenue-generating wing.DevSecOps Practices: Led the adoption of DevSecOps tools, integrating Jenkins for CI/CD, SonarQube, OWASP ZAP, and Nessus for continuous vulnerability assessment, and Burp Suite for penetration testing, ensuring proactive security throughout the software development lifecycle.Digital Transformation & Emerging Technologies: Spearheaded digital transformation by converting key products into SaaS platforms, automating customer onboarding, and developing tools to streamline workflows. Led the integration of 4IR technologies, including AI, ML, Data Science, Blockchain, and IoT, notably establishing SSL’s first Data Science and AI team and leading a Blockchain-based traceability project for the leather and fisheries industries.Development Sector Solutions: Led the development of digital solutions for NGOs such as, UNDP, including mobile apps, education and healthcare systems. Show less

Dhaka

Progressed from various positions to CTO, leading technology teams across Engineering, Data Science & AI, Network & Systems, Service Assurance, Quality Assurance, PMO, Product Development, Cybersecurity, and R&D. Managed over 200 professionals, driving the company’s technology strategy to maintain SSL Wireless’s leadership in the fintech industry.Fintech Innovation & Digital Payment Solutions: Spearheaded the development and launch of SSLCOMMERZ, leading the development of Card-On-File… Show more Progressed from various positions to CTO, leading technology teams across Engineering, Data Science & AI, Network & Systems, Service Assurance, Quality Assurance, PMO, Product Development, Cybersecurity, and R&D. Managed over 200 professionals, driving the company’s technology strategy to maintain SSL Wireless’s leadership in the fintech industry.Fintech Innovation & Digital Payment Solutions: Spearheaded the development and launch of SSLCOMMERZ, leading the development of Card-On-File (CoF) payment systems and integrations with many banking systems, enhancing digital payment services while ensuring compliance with PCI DSS and ISO 27001 standards. Oversaw integration projects with leading banks’ platforms, such as Citytouch and Astha, and developed payment automation software for insurance companies like Metlife and Guardian Life.Switching Software & Bank Integration: Led the development of a switching software using C# and ASP.NET, leveraging the ISO 8583 messaging protocol for seamless communication between SSL’s services and multiple banking systems. This facilitated the integration of various digital services with banks’ core systems.Cybersecurity & DevSecOps Leadership: Strengthened SSL’s cybersecurity infrastructure by implementing SIEM, advanced firewalls, and IT governance policies. Established SSL’s first Security Operations Center (SOC) and white-hat hacking team, transforming cybersecurity from a cost center into a revenue-generating unit. Integrated industry-leading DevSecOps practices and CI/CD pipelines to accelerate release cycles and enhance software quality and security.Project Management & Technical Expertise: Directed the successful execution of key digital banking projects, including Virtual Recharge, Utility Bill Payment, SSLCOMMERZ, Easy Merchant and Easy.com.bd. Played a crucial role in software architecture and compliance audits, ensuring the robustness and scalability of SSL’s digital platforms including the building of Data and AI team. Show less

Dhaka

• Led the development team for internet and mobile financial services, digital products, and payment platforms, collaborating with business and marketing teams to evaluate project viability.• Led integrations with core banking systems and operators to design, develop, and deploy new digital payment services such as, Utility Bill Payment platform, Mobile Recharge, Merchant payment interfaces, etc.• Directed company-wide system architecture, security processes, and cost-benefit analyses… Show more • Led the development team for internet and mobile financial services, digital products, and payment platforms, collaborating with business and marketing teams to evaluate project viability.• Led integrations with core banking systems and operators to design, develop, and deploy new digital payment services such as, Utility Bill Payment platform, Mobile Recharge, Merchant payment interfaces, etc.• Directed company-wide system architecture, security processes, and cost-benefit analyses for technology.• Managed recruitment, training, resource allocation, and performance assessment for the Engineering team.• Shaped technology strategy to enhance and deploy services across online, digital, social, and mobile platforms, while monitoring and improving service performance through analytics such as Google Analytics.• Ensured PCI DSS and ISO 27001 compliance by overseeing security audits, penetration testing, and collaborating with external auditors.• Spearheaded key projects like Virtual Recharge, Utility Bill Payment, SSLCOMMERZ, and easy.com.bd, while driving digital and social media campaigns (with Visa) and integrating new payment channels.• Collaborated with the IT Infrastructure team to build SSL’s first own Data Center. Show less

Dhaka

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to conduct in-depth technology analysis and lead product design, architecture and deployment.• Oversee companywide efforts to identify and evaluate all critical systems, system architecture and redesigning and implementing security processes and procedures and perform cost benefit analysis on all recommended strategies. • Oversee recruiting and training, resource allocation, and employee assessment functions of Engineering team.•… Show more • Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to conduct in-depth technology analysis and lead product design, architecture and deployment.• Oversee companywide efforts to identify and evaluate all critical systems, system architecture and redesigning and implementing security processes and procedures and perform cost benefit analysis on all recommended strategies. • Oversee recruiting and training, resource allocation, and employee assessment functions of Engineering team.• Supervise daily activities of Engineering team, reviewing software designs and ensuring better solutions given to clients and presenting all project status to senior management.• Spearheaded separation of developer roles, creation of hierarchy levels within developer team, creation and strengthening of new departments like Network and Security and Customer Support services.• Continue to contribute to company policies and procedures governing system security, corporate security, email and Internet usage, access control, recognized IT and Security certification, and incident response, etc.• Also collaborating with external auditors to conduct in-depth compliance audits and penetration testing for PCI DSS certification. • Also working to build Risk Assessment Team charged with analysing all critical systems, developing reports to document systems vulnerabilities and recommending appropriate solutions.• Also providing instrumental leadership in decision-making for developing and implementing Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCP & DRP) Plans for different platforms and systems. Show less

Dhaka

• Supervised development teams for working in multiple projects and systems.• Participating in client visits, presenting and proposing technology solutions to them through mutual discussions and analysis of their requirements.• Managed creation of core platform solutions like SMS Gateway, Virtual Recharge Platform; both of these systems are connected to all six telecom operators. Both of these systems have a Service-oriented Architecture (SOA) for third-party or end-client access.•… Show more • Supervised development teams for working in multiple projects and systems.• Participating in client visits, presenting and proposing technology solutions to them through mutual discussions and analysis of their requirements.• Managed creation of core platform solutions like SMS Gateway, Virtual Recharge Platform; both of these systems are connected to all six telecom operators. Both of these systems have a Service-oriented Architecture (SOA) for third-party or end-client access.• Authored numerous project plans, technical specifications and security policies in support of engineering operations. Successfully applied to many tenders/bids on software projects and won them. Show less

Dhaka

• Led and contributed in the design and development of an interoperable, scalable, and inclusive mobile banking solution suitable for Bangladesh based on Mobile Application. This was designed from received customer (bank) requirements for menu based Mobile Banking.• Led and contributed in the design and development of an end-to-end event management solution from receiving event attendance requests to mobile based ticket generation to validating those tickets. The ticket is sent as SMS… Show more • Led and contributed in the design and development of an interoperable, scalable, and inclusive mobile banking solution suitable for Bangladesh based on Mobile Application. This was designed from received customer (bank) requirements for menu based Mobile Banking.• Led and contributed in the design and development of an end-to-end event management solution from receiving event attendance requests to mobile based ticket generation to validating those tickets. The ticket is sent as SMS Barcodes to recipient’s mobile phone. This solution was particularly designed based on innovative ideas.• Led and contributed in designing and development of an Application capable to integrate with banking systems over ISO 8583 messaging protocol called ISO Processor. Authored Mobile Banking specifications for integrating over ISO 8583 messaging based on ISO Processor software. This software has been used to integrate multiple banks to our platforms.• Led and contributed in the design and development of telecom Charging Gateways to connect with multiple Mobile Network Operators for charging mobile phone users for downloading of online (WAP) contents. This was a market demand at that time and was implemented within a very short period of time.• Analysed and contributed ideas in construction of the Mobile Payment Service guidelines for different banks. Show less

Software developmentResearch and development

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Help transform members and organizations through adoption of digital technologies. Also assist members in learning more about digital transformation in their personal lives, businesses, and workplaces.

Dhaka

Provided training to 4 batches regarding Website Security which was organized by E-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB) for its members.

Certificate In Digital Business And Innovation Leadership, Digital Business, Innovation, Leadership

Completed a specialized program on Digital Business and Innovation Leadership at the Singapore e-Government Leadership Centre (eGL).

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Executive Mba In Marketing, 3.52

Activities and Societies: 2 Residential Weekends at BRAC CDM at Savar and also at Rajendrapur, Gazipur The EMBA program of BRAC University.

B.Sc., Computer Science And Engineering (Cse), 3.72

Activities and Societies: Debate Team, Computer Club, IT Fair, Host to New Year celebrations, Organizer of IT Seminars, Blood Donation.

H.S.C., Science, First Division With 2 Letter Marks

Activities and Societies: Hosting Seminars, College Functions Debate Club Blood Donor Studied for Higher School Certificate (12th Grade).