Umair's CV
Umair Khan
Chief Technology Officer (CTO) | Chief AI Officer | AWS Certified
Profile summary
Strategic Chief Technology Officer with 18 years shaping technology strategy, enterprise system infrastructure, and engineering operations across the GCC and international markets. Known for directing corporate technology roadmaps, scaling AI-driven SaaS platforms, and aligning technical capabilities with business objectives. Committed to driving governance, security compliance, and high-performance execution across distributed organizational structures.
Career highlights
Technology Strategy and Governance: Directs corporate technology strategy since 2018, overseeing enterprise system infrastructure, cybersecurity, data protection, and quality assurance processes while managing budgets and reporting to stakeholders.
AI Platform Technical Direction: Shaped technical direction for an AI-driven SaaS platform, defining the core roadmap and architecting AWS cloud infrastructures for high-volume data ingestion and processing pipelines.
Cryptocurrency Exchange Platform Rollout: Executed the end-to-end technical rollout and guided engineering operations for a high-security cryptocurrency exchange platform, coordinating technical resources to hit milestones.
Cloud Certifications and System Design: Completed AWS Partner Accreditation and AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certifications while designing enterprise systems and custom database solutions for international clients.
Key skills
Professional experience
Reports to executive leadership while directing corporate technology strategy, aligning technical capabilities with business objectives, and overseeing enterprise system infrastructure, cybersecurity, data protection, and quality assurance processes.
- Manages technology budgets and monitors performance indicators for board members, partners, and key investors.
- Presents the long-term technology vision to executive leadership and external stakeholders.
Shaped the technical direction and execution for an AI-driven SaaS platform focused on business intelligence, OKRs, and KPIs. Steered engineering growth by mentoring the founding team and instituting Agile, CI/CD, and system reliability best practices.
- Defined the core technical roadmap, prioritizing AI/ML integration for predictive analytics and advanced data modeling features.
- Architected AWS cloud infrastructures designed for high-volume, real-time data ingestion and processing pipelines.
Guided engineering operations for a high-security cryptocurrency exchange platform, coordinating technical resources across the organization to execute project milestones.
- Executed technical rollout for a cryptocurrency exchange platform, managing the implementation process.
- Built operational workflows for cryptocurrency trading systems.
Directed executive direction and operational execution, steering cross-functional engineering units and aligning technological output with business objectives.
- Directed delivery teams using Agile frameworks and continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines.
- Designed scalable multi-cloud architectures while coordinating across key organizational stakeholders.
- Managed software specifications to align technical deliverables.
- Controlled project estimates to match operational parameters.
- Delivered software releases on time and within budget by coordinating engineers and designers across distributed digital production workflows.
- Built custom web applications.
- Integrated enterprise CRMs and payment gateways.
- Designed custom database solutions, general ledger systems, and enterprise resource planning applications for international clients.
- Executed concurrent project management tasks and software development duties across multiple client engagements.
- Presents technology vision and operational status directly to board members, partners, and key investors during formal meetings.
- Monitors key performance indicators to track operational health and ensure system reliability across enterprise accounts.
- Executed end-to-end technical rollout procedures for high-security cryptocurrency exchange platform infrastructure.
- Managed release schedules and deployment pipelines for core exchange modules.
- Built gateways and established version control standards using GIT and SVN.
- Designed enterprise systems encompassing General Ledger, ERP applications, and custom database solutions for international clients.
- Completed AWS Partner Accreditation in Business and Technical domains alongside AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification.
Education
Computer Science
Engineering
Certifications
Languages
English · Fluent
Urdu · Professional