Muazam Sarfaraz

Technical Product & Project Manager
2019
Supporting Several Entrepreneurs in a Technical Product Management Capacity Project Management and Delivery Management for Enterprise Clients 1) Peruvian NeoBank - Payments, Cross Border Remittance, and Lending - handoff 2021 2) Egyptian NeoBank - Payroll Card for Egyptian SMEs - Ideation and handoff 2020 3) Saudi NeoBank for Business - NeoBank for Business Banking - Ideation and handoff 2021 4) Constraint Optimization Platform for digital optimization for transport, people and manufacturing resources. handoff 2020 5) US Technology House - Product Management & Roadmap, NeoBank for USA. est 2021 6) Options Trading App - Interim Product Management and handoff 2022 7) Automotive OEM - Testing & Cyber Security Project Management for Telematics Integration - hand off July 2023 8) Medical Startup - Product Management and BA for US Medical Startup - hand off 2022 9) Quantum Readiness Startup - Technical Writer - ongoing

2018 - 2018

Technical Specialist, Product Manager
2018 - 2018
As a technical product manager, led oversight of client projects for: 1) Diversity first recruitment app; ideation and feasibility study of technology to encourage diversity-first recruitment for large corporates. Specifically analysing hidden needs and requirements of the target worker population, possible technological solutions and defining a tangible go to market strategy. 2) Digital Umpire for Tennis Coaching; helped ideate and initial prototype vision-based AI tool for ball tracking (think pocket hawk eye) for use in tennis coaching activity. Interesting approach of using spherical homography to extract salient tracking points. 3) Supply chain digitalisation tool ideation; based on deep value chain analysis (led from my procurement understanding) and leverage graph-node and constraint AI approaches to optimise supply chains across multiple suppliers and platforms - ideation, customer discovery and liaison. 4) Supervisory of Predicitave Stock placement for goods inventory for large supermarket, attempting to improve discounts offers to optimise revenue.

2016 - 2018

Digitalisation Lead - Purchasing
2017 - 2018
Digitalisation Evangelist through platformization, artificial intelligence and leveraging startups. Successful in liaising with multiple stakeholders across the organisation, from Manufacturing, Marketing, IT and Transformation. Stakeholder communication up-to LL2 level - presenting new concepts to gain support to establish company wide work streams. • As Digital Lead for Purchasing, supported strategy for creation of AutoSource project - a consortium sourcing eco-system platform for JLR and its Suppliers through inMotion vehicle.
Senior Buyer - Research Autonomy & AI
2016 - 2017
• Initiated and ran the JLR AI Forum, a cross function Artificial Intelligence evangelism and training initiative - sponsored by Corporate planning and Strategy function, feeding into Digitalisation Steering Group. • As a Buyer, supported Jaguar Land Rover Research teams for Advanced Technology Procurement of Autonomy / Self Driving & Artificial Intelligence technologies. Including finding new vendors, working with potential internal stakeholders, commercial and contract negotiation.

2014 - 2016

Founder, General Partner
2014 - 2016
Innovative "managed technology startups" model. Used to commercialise tried and tested innovations. [in setup phase]

2011 - 2016

Founder, CEO
2011 - 2016
Developed "Award Winning" solution for the scrap metal industry www.metalcashcard.com to aid industry to satisfy new regulations in cashless payments. Combined a bespoke mobile unit, with full mobile KYC, prepaid VISA card, 6 to 6 back office provision. Innovative use of outsourced supplier model to satisfy regulatory requirements. Fully boot-strapped; used 3D printing for prototyping. In use by second largest shredder in UK. Bullioncard - Enabling "Gold as Currency" through card technology.

2006 - 2014

2009 - 2011

Owner
2009 - 2011
Innovate ideas, pre-patent taken through to start up. Currently working on several internal ideas to be spun into companies.

2006 - 2008

CEO (interim)
2006 - 2008
Start up biometric security business, focused on selling to Commercial, Financial and Retail Sectors. > Raised £1m to take business to pre-private listing status within 1 year. Built brand awareness, created technical, product, marketing and sales strategies. Built technical, sales and operations team. Built significant channel base leading to several large opportunities (UK Post Office, Poste Italiane, SBI etc) > Delivered 2 software products and built technology platform to leverage business sales and marketing model. Software design instigated recurring revenue model critical to the business and multiplier. > Built excellent relationships with channel partners including CA, ActivIdenity, Wavesys (DELL), BioScrypt (HP) and Mastercard. Ongoing relationships with System Integrators Accenture, BT Labs and Logica. > Developed highly innovative multi-tier business strategy favourable to public market with business designed to deliver high multiplier growth. Began process of flotation up to private listing.

2003 - 2008

Director
2003 - 2008
Investment club with 6 startup business investments. 2 successes, 3 going concerns.

2001 - 2007

Director
2001 - 2007
Multi faceted small business, ranging from IT consultancy, Graphic Design to 3D Virtual Visualisation. > Sponsored Swimming Pool Design Competition for UK (SPATA 2003). > Designed and licensed a solution for the Swimming Pool Industry integrating 3D VR, Calculation and E-commerce.

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