DANISH ZAIDI
Burlington,ON
Summary
Talented professional considered knowledgeable leader and dedicated problem solver. Bring in 17+ years of valuable expertise to forward company objectives. Attentive to detail with experience in designing, developing, and coordinating projects, programs, and improvements.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Manager, Personalization Services Lead
Thales Canada Inc.
02.2023 - Current
- The primary role is to establish a plan to migrate a customer from the old system to the new system without compromising quality, execute it, and document the whole process for others to follow.
- Streamlined project processes result in all minute details being captured, and output is consistent between the old and new systems by implementing Agile methodologies, resulting in increased efficiency and reduced costs.
- Implemented continuous improvement initiatives, including Internal Ticketing system and Invoice Tracker, to optimize project outcomes while maintaining cost-effectiveness.
- Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously by developing comprehensive project plans with clear timelines and prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals.
- Collaborated closely with senior management to align project objectives with strategic company initiatives, ensuring that efforts contributed to overall business growth.
- Leadership nominated as Subject Matter Expert for Personalization Business to engage in new business initiatives to increase customer experience.
Sales - Technical Consultant Engineer/Manager
Thales Pakistan Pvt. Ltd.
04.2017 - 02.2023
- Primary consultant for "Paypak" domestic EMV Scheme in Pakistan. It is equivalent to Visa or MasterCard but delivered on PURE technology provided by Thales.
- Primary consultant for the Central Bank of Ethiopia's domestic EMV Scheme. It is based on Visa specifications and uses Cards and Wearables as a form factor.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to complete complex Amex Bahrain, ISC Iraq, and a few other Customer Projects on time and within budget constraints, meeting or exceeding project requirements. Projects required the personalization of more than two million plastic cards, more than 20K metal cards, and more than 200K wearables in Thales Personalization Bureau in Singapore.
- Spearheaded 1Link Pakistan Personalization Bureau initiative for Banking Cards and trained end-users on new systems, fostering a smooth adoption process and empowering users to maximize the potential of new technologies.
- Increased client retention by building solid relationships through effective communication, understanding their goals, and delivering services through two partners to engage in business with 26 out of 28 Banks in Pakistan.
Technical Solution Architect
ABBREVIA FZ LLC
02.2012 - 04.2017
- Collaborated with a team of eight developers and testers to design and develop an EMV Payment Simulator providing full coverage to various aspects of testing acquiring Channels (ATM, POS, Schemes, EMV Acquiring, and Issuing) with automated and regression testing support to deliver high-quality time and within budget.
- Conceived, Designed, and developed an XFS simulator with a team that simulated virtual devices for ATMs. With this simulator, ATM software could be run on a virtual machine to enable testing without the physical hardware.
- Managed multiple projects concurrently, consistently delivering results within specified deadlines without compromising quality standards for Postilion EFT Switch.
Systems Consultant
TPS Pakistan Pvt. Ltd.
08.2007 - 02.2012
- Contributed to successfully completing IRIS and Phoenix, large-scale projects at various local and international banks, and delivering solutions that often involved Visa, MasterCard, Amex certifications, and other local card schemes. Each delivery required collaborating and managing a team of over five resources.
- Designed and implemented various IRIS and Phoenix modules, especially the module for ATM supervisory Card and EMV acquiring support on Diebold Nixdorf.
- Successfully optimized the IRIS Core framework, resulting in a substantial performance increase of 160% and a reduction in memory usage by 200%. This optimization significantly improved the system's efficiency and capacity.
- Developed IRIS Data Access Layer to achieve database independence from Oracle DBMS.
- Improved efficiency with designing and delivering Hardware Security Module emulators to assist developers, Quality, and Testers.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
National University of Computer & Emerging Science
Karachi, Pakistan07.2007
Skills
- Project Management
- EMV, Tokenization
- Cryptography
- Software Development Lifecycle
- Performance Optimization
- Application security
- API Development
- Client Engagement
- Systems design
- Technical Project Management
- ISO8583, NDC, DDC, Visa, VTS, MDES
Accomplishments
- Metal Card Champion for EMEA region in Thales.
- Received Customer Innovation and outstanding delivery award. The award is in response to the EMV Domestic Scheme Paypak in Pakistan
- Received awards for delivering solutions smoothly to multiple clients in Abbrevia FZ LLC.
- Recognized for outstanding work and ownership in migrating Standard Chartered Payment Solution and Faysal Bank Pakistan Payment Solution in TPS Pakistan.
Additional Information
Core competence is in EMV technology, Issuance solutions, Tokenization, 3DS, Cryptography related to Banking and payments, Secure Credentials/Identity Management, Consumer Authentication Products, and Biometric Solutions. I specialize in Innovative card Products/wearables—design and development of Payment system Acquiring and Issuing with transaction processing knowledge inside out.
Languages
English
Timeline
Project Manager, Personalization Services Lead
Thales Canada Inc.
02.2023 - Current
Sales - Technical Consultant Engineer/Manager
Thales Pakistan Pvt. Ltd.
04.2017 - 02.2023
Technical Solution Architect
ABBREVIA FZ LLC
02.2012 - 04.2017
Systems Consultant
TPS Pakistan Pvt. Ltd.
08.2007 - 02.2012
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
National University of Computer & Emerging Science
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