1. SAYYED SHAHOOD
E-Mail: shahoodsayyed@gmail.com ~ Mobile: 09324883045
SENIOR LEVEL ASSIGNMENTS
Project Management ~ Software Development ~ Team Management
Industry Preference: IT
Location Preference: Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andra Pradesh
Versatile, high-energy technocrat with the distinction of executing prestigious Information Technology projects of large
magnitude within strict time schedules
Profile Summary
• A result-oriented professional with 12 years of rich experience in:
Software Development Requirement Gathering Agile & Scrum Methodology
Solution Optimization Unit & System Integration Testing Client Relationship Management
Reporting & Documentation Liaison & Coordination Resource Management
• Provided overall leadership to the entire project team including managing deliverables of other functional team leaders
• Experience in managing large and complex projects or multiple components of a large project from the scratch
• Expertise in handling the overall enterprise software application development life-cycle involving requirement analysis,
system study, database/classes/structures designing, testing, coding, de-bugging, project planning & documentation
• Pivotal in translating software requirement into functional software, as per client expectations
• Travelled across US (California & Arizona) for discussing enhancement and for supporting the software
• Designed software with applying best of design pattern to make it maintainable and handled efficient change request
• Drove efforts towards maintaining software development practices; adhered to company standards for coding and
unit/functional test coverage
• Implemented best practices for software development realizing improvements in efficiencies, risk & less business interruptions
• Insightful knowledge of business process analysis (As-Is, To-Be) and design; managed application based process
re-engineering, process optimization, cost control & revenue maximization from technical solutions using cutting-
edge technologies
• Managed iterative application development projects using Agile and Scrum methodologies
• Proficient in reviewing BRD documents by Business Analyst Team & ensuring BRD is technically sound and managing
the integration with other company to promote product/services
• Acted as the SPOC for the team to project stakeholders; expertise in identifying resource need & following hiring process
• An effective team leader with skills in allocating work within team members and monitoring project progress
Notable Accomplishments across Career
• Product 1040Scan bagged Innovation Award in 2008 by CPA Technology.
• Pivotal in developing many integration API latest with www.gofileroom.com which boosted the company business by 20-30%
• Conducted API integration with Thomson for automation of tax return files transfer
• Performed past integration with companies like GTL and Thomson Reuters
• Played a vital role in identifying gaps in the process and developing tools to boost the productivity of operational team by
30-40%
Technical Skills
Languages: Visual Basic, PL/SQL, Java 1.3, VB.NET, ASP.NET, MVC, C#, Window Services, WPF &
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
PM Tools: MS Project, Fogbugz, JIRA (Process Implementation)
Technical Architecture Style Design Pattern, MVC, MVVM
Dev Tools: Visual Studio (2003, 2005 *& 2010), VSS, SVN, Team Foundation Server (TFS)
RDBMS: MS Access-97, Oracle 7.3/8.0 and SQL Server 2005/2008
Reports: Data Reports 6.0 & Crystal Reports 7.0
Web Tech: ASP 3.0, html,VB-Script, Java-Script, MEAN Restful API.

2. Miscellaneous: IIS 5/6/7, COM, Webservices, OCR Technologies (Abby), Denodo Technologies
(www.denodo.com), Telerik Control Web & Window, PDF4NET, Spreadsheet Gear, PDF
Creator Pilot 2.2, Info router, SharePoint & GemBox
Organizational Experience
Since Jun’05 SurePrep India Pvt. Ltd.
Growth Path:
Jun’05-May’06 Application Programmer
Jun’06-May’07 Senior Programmer
Since Jun’07 Team Lead
Jan’05-May’05 Resiliant Consultant Pvt. Ltd. as Application Programmer
Aug’03-Dec’04 VKS – Software Samraths as Programmer
Key Result Areas:
• Managing the software development including design, development & troubleshooting of applications; conducting gap
analysis including validation of needs in conjunction with onsite & offsite teams
• Undertaking development & testing, defect & issue management for enterprise software applications; conducting reviews
of codes & test cases and analyzing change requests / enhancements
• Driving vision / road mapping & lifecycle management for various software / applications development including value
proposition & functionality, strategy elements (domain / business case & build) and training
• Managed requirements gathering, collation of project functional and technical requirements; followed-up with clients
throughout the project lifecycle to ensure full understanding of needs and concerns
• Leading a team of 5-6 members for execution of the project from start to end
• Following the project life cycle methodology defined under the process framework; ensuring that customer deadlines are
met within project budgets
• Communicating with internal/external clients to determine specific requirements and expectations; managing client
expectations as an indicator of quality
• Creating & managing the estimates, project plan, project schedule, resource allocation and expenses to ensure that targets
are reached
• Visiting onshore to support onshore client and attending meetings to discuss future of the product and upcoming
enhancement and high level project plan of projects to be started in coming year
• Working with relevant Resource Managers for project staffing and resource releases
• Ensuring the maintenance of positive and on-going relationships with clients
• Identifying issues and risks in a timely manner; developing/implementing appropriate mitigation and contingency plans
• Completing delayed projects essential for operational efficiency by identifying and solving complex technical problems
using interdisciplinary teams
• Mapping requirements of clients as well as different Service Providers, Senior Management, Vendors / Consultants &
other Stakeholders for ensuring effective translation of business needs into technology requirements in adherence with
company’s objectives
• Interacting (onsite & offshore) with client for requirement gathering; evaluating technical & commercial feasibility of solutions
• Identifying, conceptualizing & documenting appropriate technical solution approaches for various business
scenarios and challenges
• Supervising the preparation of flowcharts, block diagrams and code programs for validation and testing
• Designing & writing automated functional and unit tests; supporting developers in troubleshooting system issues along
with monitoring system-level integration
Education
2008 Master of Computer Application (MCA) from Sikkim Manipal University
2003 Diploma in Computer Application from Hyderabad.
2000 Graduation from Mumbai University
Certifications/Training
• Pursuing CSM (Certified Scrum Master)
• 36 hour of Project Management Program
Personal Details
Date of Birth: 28th
December 1978

3. Address: Room No 6, Jamila Building, A Wing, Road No 2, Malad (East), Mumbai – 400094
Language Known: English, Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati
Visa Details Issued Date:-2007, Expiry Date:-2017, Type :- B1/B2
Please find the attached annexure for projects handled
Annexure
Projects Handled
Title: SPBinder
Organization: SurePrep India Pvt. Ltd. (www.SurePrep.com)
Role: Team Leader
Projects: Website & Componentization
Team Size: Five
Period: Since Jun’14
Development Tool: VB.Net, C#, WCF, MVC 4.0, SQL Server 2008 /IIS 7.0
Description: Existing product is whole one giant Application. Need to build small part of that product into
independent application (component) that can be used anywhere required making sure the business
logic is totally separated with UI so that it can be used any other devices supporting.
Title: GFR Integration (https://www.gofileroom.com)
Organization: SurePrep India Pvt. Ltd. (www.SurePrep.com)
Role: Project Leader/ Developer
Projects: Authentication, Submission Project, Downloading Project & Uploading Project
Team Size: Three
Period: Jun’12-Feb’14
Development Tool: VB.Net, C#, WCF, Web Service, SQL Server 2008 /IIS 7.0
Description: Thomson client has a huge client base and wanted to use our services but didn’t want their client to
login twice to access our product and services. We have extended our API and developed with the
help of Thompson developer a single sign on taking care of authentication and security as expected
by the client, so that Thompson client can access our services without needed to login twice.
Title: Loanbeam (www.loanbeam.com)
Organization: SurePrep India Pvt. Ltd. (www.SurePrep.com)
Client: Bank of America
Role: Project Leader
Projects: Application, Website, OCR, OCR Preprocessing, Excel Output & Excel Add-Ins
Team Size: Eight
Period: Dec’11-Jan’13
Development Tool: VB.Net,C#,WPF, ASP.NET, MVC 3.0, Web Service, SQL Server 2008 /IIS 7.0 & Excel Add-Ins 2010
Description: Loanbeam will be first ever product in US market to allow user to calculate qualifying income
automatically just by getting the required document and presenting the same in a format designed by
the user. To accommodate fully functional cycle of automation. This product include four project and
Excel Add-Ins.
Title: SPTC (SurePrepTransanction Console) Integration
Organization: SurePrep India Pvt. Ltd. (www.SurePrep.com)
Role: Project Leader/Developer
Team Size: Seven
Projects: SharePointdownload, SureprepUpload, GTNotification & Bus Dashboard
Client: Grant Thorton (www.grantthorton.com)
Period: Jun’10-Nov’11
Development Tool: VB.Net, ASP.NET, Ajax, Web Service, SQL Server 2005 /IIS 5.0 VB.Net
Description: SPTC (SurePrep Transaction Console) is web based tool. It was incoporated into another software
which was owned and manage by GT people. It act as a tunnel for GT user to submit their work to
SurePrep. At SurePrep end Business Dashboard have the interface by which user can manage the
incoming load easily. SharePoint server interaction are also included in this project scope.

4. Title: Ocrengine 7.1 /8.0/9.0 / Denodo Normalizer
Organization: SurePrep India Pvt. Ltd. (www.SurePrep.com)
Role: Project Leader/Developer
Team Size: Three
Period: Apr’07-Jan’09
Development Tool: VB.NET, Web Service, SQL Server 2005 /IIS 5.0
Description: Ocrengine: Automation of 1040Scan product depend heavily on capturing the source document data
into database. Templates are used for the same which are defined by one of the team (OCR Team).
Normalizing the data on the basis of US tax rules, which helps processing the data at later stage.
Above project is ongoing from last three years and we have been upgrading since then. Every year
our software upgrades with new version. Denodo Normalizer: Third party tool is used i.eDenodo
for smashing of data. My team was responsible integration and for the automated flow of calling
webservice of denodo and passing xml and getting the processed data as return from the webservice
further normalizing by applying tax software logic on the same.
Title: 1040SCAN /QueueManager
Organization: SurePrep India Pvt. Ltd. (www.SurePrep.com)
Role: Team Leader
Team Size: Five
Period: Jul’06-Jan’07
Development Tool: VB.NET, Web Service, SQL Server 2005 /IIS 5.0
WebLinks: http://www.acct1st.com/pdf/Acct1st_innovationAward.pdf
Title: Billing /Site Maintenance
Organization: SurePrep India Pvt. Ltd. (www.SurePrep.com)
Role: Developer
Period: Sep’05-Apr’06
Development Tool: ASP, SQL Server 7 /IIS 5.0
Title: EMA (Engagement Manager)
Organization: SurePrep India Pvt. Ltd. (www.SurePrep.com)
Role: Developer
Team Size: Seven
Period: Jan’05-Aug’06
Development Tool: VB.Net, ASP.Net, SQL Server 7
Title: PPDATABASE / File Formatter – II / PDF Generator
Role: Developer
Team Size: Three /Two
Period: Aug’03-Dec’04
Client: RI (Research International)/ TAM MEDIA RESEARCH /IMRB
Development Tool: SQL Server 2000 & Visual Basic 6.0
Component Used: Excel Object 9.0 & Outlook 9.0