MOHAMMAD ALI IRSHAD

3114 NW 48 Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73112 | Cell: (405) 476-7752 | mohdaliirshad@hotmail.com

United Sates Citizen, dynamic self-starter, self-motivated, organized, and experienced professional with strong organizational, technical, and interpersonal skills looking forward to moving to Houston with opportunities in IT or Project Management

Experience

E-Commerce Manager

4/2010 – Present            Mathis Brothers Furniture, Oklahoma City, OK

·       Surpassed projected targets of key performance indicators for the website by 40%

·       Strong commitment to deliver on timely, accurate, and quality service

·       Established cohesive team environment and fully implementing Agile/Scrum Methodologies

·       Review and maintain scope, budget, risk, and resources for projects

·       Track key project milestones and work with various project management methodologies and tools

·       Multi-task and manage concurrent projects across IT and marketing departments

·       Foster and develop the relationship between IT, marketing, and outside vendors

·       Gatekeeper and proactive in ideas and alternatives for marketing and web development teams

·       Research and suggest corporate infrastructural decision making pertaining to software and hardware

·       Create / automate / present - analytical reports on monthly and weekly basis

·       Streamline web e-commerce processes to a goal oriented approach for increased efficiency

·       Lead online reputation management campaigns using content building, link building, and social media

·       Manage Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategies for various web sites

·       Create social media strategy and adhere to company standards

·       Oversee integration between ASP, ASP.NET, and front end like JQuery, Javascript, Vbscript, etc.

·       Lead programmer for software tweaks and web technologies like C#, VB.NET, and SQL Server 2008

·       Implement survey system at different levels to achieve feedback from internal employees and external customers 

·       Competent in all three platforms, namely: Windows, Mac, and Linux

·       Automate solutions, monitoring mechanisms, and data extraction and custom reporting from various platforms

·       Lead and supervise employee training projects for web related technologies

Adjunct Faculty

12/2011 – Present            ITT Technical Institute, Oklahoma City, OK

·       Tech IT courses in security, software development, databases, Linux, Windows, and capstone courses

·       Tech Project Management (PM) courses like PM tools and techniques and PM fundamentals

·       Tech general business courses in Marketing, Management, Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis

·       Speaker for technological advancement topics at various seminar occasions

·       Coordinate class projects with practical community projects and enable students to work hands on community projects

·       Promote and motivate interpersonal, influencing, and presentation skills

·       Prepare students to organize and write reports and presentations of a technical nature

·       Enhance critical thinking, problem solving, and judgment skills

·       Maintain proficiency in the subject area and suggest improvements in curriculum design

·       Train Students on multiple content management softwares, like Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, and Wix, etc.

·       Facilitate network systems administration, network architecture, TCP/IP, LAN/WAN, routers and switches, Windows and Linux based server and client environments

·       Teach software application and programming, specifically with C#, C++, JAVA, Javascript, JQuery, PHP, LAMP, WAMP, VB, ASP, Scripting and Web Authoring

Web Developer / IT Manager  

5/2003 – 4/2010                        Chateau Imports Inc., Oklahoma City, OK

·       Demonstrated proficiency in leading and mentoring individuals to maximize productivity

·       Established cohesive team environment and fully implementing Agile/Scrum Methodologies

·       Formulated priorities and planned at annual and quarterly basis

·       Manage scope, budget, risk, and resources at the project level

·       Generate and make monthly and quarterly email campaigns

·       Analyzed and understood business strategic plan and designed local intranet system using three tier architecture

·       Implemented intranet system using ASP.Net, VB.NET, and IIS

·       Enhanced current and new projects using C#.NET and web services

·       Tweaked Microsoft Office using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)

·       Optimized SQL server data layer using stored procedures, triggers, and custom functions

·       Created new and customized existing Crystal reports for accounting software (Peachtree, Sage MAS90, Sage MAS200)

·       Present monthly reporting in a collaborative environment for executives and managers 

·       Designed, implemented and managed new e-commerce site and all development done in-house

·       Developed, implemented and maintained security policies and procedures

Tester/Debugger Computer Science Intern

4/2002 - 5/2003                        Sandy Beaches Software Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

·       Thoroughly tested beta versions of databases before final releases and new patches

·       Assisted senior programmers in testing of code in Visual Foxpro and Clipper

·       Researched testing methodologies implemented in the industry and analyzed methods implemented

·       Worked on different projects, such as automation of Corel Word Perfect for customer letter generations, creation of barcode with customized information encoded in the barcode 3 of 9, and various other projects

Computer Lab Technician

8/1999 - 4/2002                  University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK

·       Facilitated and trained students in understanding of Pascal, C, C++, Java, Javascript, jQuery, Lisp, Prolog, HTML, XHTML, CSS, Visual Basic, Visual C++, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, MS SQL server and Access databases

·       Upgraded software and hardware on 3 months cycle

Education

Walden University (Online), Minneapolis, MINNESOTA

Doctor of Business Administration, Expected Completion Date: Aug 2014

·       Business Administration with emphasis in Information Systems (4.0 GPA). Working on the dissertation in Cloud Computing for Small Businesses. 

University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OKLAHOMA

Masters of Business Administration, Dec 2006

·       Business Administration with emphasis in Management (3.90 GPA)

University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OKLAHOMA

Bachelor of Science, May 2003 (Magna Cum Laude)

·       Major: Computer Science (3.86 GPA)

Mid Kent College, UK

Diploma in Computer Software Engineering, February 1999 (4.0 GPA)

Professional Affiliations

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) – Professional Member

Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) – Professional Member, local Chapter Marketing Director, Regional Board of directors

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) – Professional Member

Project Management Institute (PMI) – Professional Member