Imran Shahid
Chief Technology Officer at Colaraz
Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
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Top SchoolImran Shahid is a Chief Technology Officer with over 25 years of software industry experience and a track record of turning AI, cloud, and product strategy into measurable business impact across FinTech, EdTech, Healthcare, and Enterprise SaaS. He has architected and scaled platforms that handle millions of users and billions of transactions, led distributed engineering teams of 135+ engineers, and delivered products that improved operational efficiency by up to 80% while cutting errors and processing times significantly. Notable achievements include building a licensed EMI FinTech platform serving 45,000+ retailers, launching AI-driven chatbots and mentoring agents that boosted student engagement, and migrating core systems to the cloud to reduce infrastructure costs. Comfortable both as a hands-on system designer and an executive advisor, he combines deep engineering roots with global product leadership spanning Pakistan, UAE, Sweden, and the US. Outside work he codes, reads, and plays cricket—bringing a practical, people-centered approach to technology that prioritizes long-term competitiveness and user outcomes.
13 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
MCS, Computer Sceinces, MCS, Computer Sceinces at University Of Central PunjabBCS, Computer Science, A, BCS, Computer Science, A at University of Central Punjab
English, Urdu
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (31)
django8
logging6
mercurial6
chat6
configurations6
bitbucket6
smartgit6
temporary-files6
nlog6
post6
react5
end-to-end-encryption4
react-native4
keybase4
go4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ishahid/django-blogg
Mar 2015 - Oct 2019
Blog app for Django
Contributions:1 release, 1 PR, 11 pushes in 4 years 7 months
blog-apppythondjangodjango-blogdjango-project
BankstownSportsCC/at-stumps
Mar 2021 - Jun 2023
Contributions:8 PRs, 73 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 3 months
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