Hello
, I'm Kashif Adeel.
Technology Evangelist & Advocate
- Investor
- Director
- Entrepreneur
23+ Years Experience
Recently, he served as a Board of Director for Dot.Asia and Namesphere where he provided strategic direction, oversight, inspiration, support and advice on various organization matters.
At DotAsia, Kashif also chaired the Board Finance Committee and was also the member of the Board governance and Community projects committees.
In the past, Kashif held various leadership positions, including Co-Chair for APNG (Asia Pacific Next Generation), where he conducted the APNG camp in Hiroshima, Japan, which was attended by 200 fellows from 25+ economies. He also served as an executive member, fellowship committee, and working group committee chair for various APNG events. In addition, he was the Chair for the fellowship committee member for APSIG and the Chair for the Internet Research Community (IRC).
Kashif is an active entrepreneur, director and advisor to various digital, technology, and start-up companies in the Middle East and Asia Pacific region. His research interests have led him to present and publish various papers on internet technology and its innovative applications in various reputed journals and conferences. He has been invited to address conferences as Chair/Keynote/Moderator in various international conferences/events in Asia Pacific, Middle East, and European countries.
Kashif's Extensive Qualifications
Governance in
Enterprise IT (CGEIT)
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Agile Program Management (Agile PgM, SAFe Agilest, Scrum Master)
IBM BlockChain Essentials, BlockChain Business Foundation
ITIL and COBIT5
Master's Degree in Software Project Management
Work Experiences
Head Enterprise Project Management Office (PMO)
Bank Dhofar is one of the largest banks in Oman. With the vision to become a Best Bank in Gulf the bank is investing heavily in revamping its IT and operational processes.
Section Head (Digital, Automation and Strategic Projects) / Agile Coach
Bank Dhofar is one of the largest banks in Oman. With the vision to become a Best Bank in Gulf the bank is investing heavily in revamping its IT and operational processes
Project Management Officer (PMO)
Allied Bank Limited is one of the largest banks in Pakistan with 1400+ branches spread through out the country.
Project Manager
Suave Solutions is a software development and IT services company, focuses on high-end solutions using client-centric approach and state of the art technologies.
Education
2005
Masters in Software Project Management
National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences (NUCES-FAST), Lahore, Pakistan
(CGPA: 3.18)
2000
BS in Computer Science
University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
(CGPA: 3.18)
Technical Skill Set
Programming Languages
C++, Java (JSP, J2EE, EJB’s)
Database
MS Access, SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase IQ
Development and Deployment
ArchiMate, Visio, MS Office Suite
Tools / Environment
Weblogic Application Server 5.1/6.0, Jboss 2.4.4 Application Server
Communication Planning and reporting Tools
MS SharePoint Portal Server/Services for communication and automation, Enterprise Project Management (EPM) and Microsoft Project for planning, UI Path for Robotics Process Automation, Microsoft PowerBI for reporting
Framework Develops
Project Management, Agile Framework, Quality Assurance, Architecture, Robotics COE, Automation COE
Honors and Awards
Board member and executive team member for leading international technology not-for-profit organizations
2021-2023
Received 4 times recognition and excellence award from BankDhofar on delivering quality projects delivery
Keynote speaker and Chair the 4th ICSTMH conference held at Bangkok, Thailand
Oct, 2017
Co-Chair for the 12th APNG Camp (180 Participants from 23 Countries Participated) held at Hiroshima, Japan
July 2010
Working Group Chair for “eCulture and Green ICT” Group or Asia Pacific Next Generation Research Consortium that consists of more than 20 Nations around the globe
2006-2009
Reviewer of Journal, International Journal of Computing and Information Sciences (IJCIS ISSN 1708-0479)
2006-2008
Reviewer - The World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS)
2008-2009
Fellowship awards to represent Pakistan for International Technology Camps, held at Teipei Taiwan, Singapore, Xi’AN China, Bangkok Thailand, Kula Lumpur, Malaysia, Hiroshima, Japan, Hong Kong
2005 - 2011
Credentials
PMP – Project Management Professional Project Management Institute (PMI), USA
PgM – Program Management APMG, UK
SA – Certified SAFe Scaled Agilest Scaled Agile Inc. USA
CGEIT - Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), USA
SCRUM Master International Scrum Institute
SCRUM - Scrum Fundamentals Certified Scrum Study Institute
COBIT 5 APMG International, UK
ITIL V3 – Information Technology Infrastructure Library APMG International, UK
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (Training & Project) QAI Global Institute
PgMP – Program Management Professional (Training) Project Management Institute (PMI), USA
TOGAF 9.1 (Training) The Open Group Architecture Framework
CMMI (Staged & Continuous Representation) Certification Software Engineering Institute (SEI) – Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Expertise:
- PMO
- Transformation
- Agile Project Management
- Lean Six Sigma Process Improvements
- Robotic Process Automation
- Blockchain
- Innovation & Digitization
Key highlights of my experience:
- Development of digital strategy, PMO (Agile/Non-Agile) and Quality framework, enterprise architecture, and implementation of digital roadmap to enhance customer experience, increase revenue, reduce cost and improve operational efficiency
- Delivery of Strategic and Technology Transformation projects using agile project management practices and capabilities backed by strong exposure in setup and maintenance of leading project management tools, process automation technologies and quality management framework.
- Establish center of excellence for Robotics process automation/Quality/Business process digitization resulted in efficiency improvement by more than 70% leading to 10 FTE reduction.
- Implemented cutting edge and emerging digital technologies including but not limited to: BlockChain based cross border payments using Ripple platform, Facial recognition to identify, track and analyze the sentiments of employees, organization-wide Robotics Process Automation (RPA) to enhance quality and work efficiency by automating operational tasks, workflow-based paperless approvals to digitize paper-based/manual processes, Big data analytics (insight to action, next best action) leading to informed decisioning etc.
- Project Management trainer, Key note speaker on digital transformation initiatives for various international conferences and former board member for worlds’ leading top level domain organization DotAsia (not-for-profit)
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