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Sohail M. Khan

Sohail M. Khan

🚀 CTO | AI & Cloud Innovator | Business Transformation & Optimization | Generative AI | Scaling Tech Startups
Pakistan, US
+92 300 1890380
sohail.munir@gmail.com
Arabic, English, Urdu

Background

About

About

With more than 20 years of experience in the technology industry, I am a seasoned expert in solving complex business and technical challenges with artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and data analytics. I am passionate about applying practical AI solutions to various domains, such as advertising, marketing, finance, and education. As a Fractional CTO and Founder at Quantum Edge, I leverage my extensive network and knowledge to create and run technology companies in the United Arab Emirates and beyond. As a Principal - Technical Solutions at The Product Counsel, I design and showcase end-to-end solutions for clients in the generative AI and brand safety space, as well as automate business development pipelines and represent the company at premier technology events. I have a proven track record of facilitating business growth and delivering impactful results for industry giants and nimble startups alike, such as MediaMath, Spotify, and AdLib.

Work Experience

Work Experience

  • Chief Technology Officer, Access Group

    Sep, 2024 - Dec, 20251 year 2 months

    Spearheaded digital transformation, cybersecurity, and AI-driven innovation for banking, corporate, and fuel management sectors, aligning technology with revenue growth and operational excellence. * Led IBM collaboration to co-create Go-To-Market (GTM) strategies for 2025, including piloting Watson X for generative AI (summarization, classification, Q&A) and Guardium AI + Data + Security initiatives. * Delivered Honda Atlas business proposals and Group Five Pipe Saudi solutions, expanding market reach in automotive and energy sectors. * Architected AI-powered solutions using OpenAI, Google Vertex, Watson X, and PydanticAI, with scalable decision optimization frameworks. * Engineered real-time synthetic data pipelines and feature-flagging systems to accelerate AI model deployment for POS, loyalty platforms, and fuel management. * Strengthened InfoSec posture by integrating LogPoint SIEM with AI-driven analytics, deploying Mandiant threat intelligence, and researching Huntress EDR/ITDR solutions. * Modernized privileged access management and achieved compliance for Oracle 18c, SQL Server, and MobSF Docker-secured mobile apps. * Migrated enterprise systems to Oracle 18c and SQL Server, optimizing transaction processing for banking (HBL/OMA) and fuel distributors. * Dockerized middleware and upgraded CI/CD pipelines for Java-based POS terminals, Tomcat application servers, and automated release management (JIRA). * Revitalized Fuel Management Cloud Platforms with Covalent integrations, resolving critical POS issues and streamlining OMC onboarding. * Built high-performing teams by recruiting engineers (web/mobile) and mentoring junior/mid/senior developers in agile practices. * IBM Guardium Certified | Watson X AI Pilot Lead * Authored AI @ AccessGroup strategic deck for AI-driven transaction analytics.

  • Fractional Chief Technology Officer / Founder, Quantum Edge FZ-LLC

    Dec, 2023 - Sep, 20249 months

    3rd time lucky trying to run a technology company, now in United Arab Emirates
    Let's talk when you can. It's all about using the amazing LinkedIn network that I possess.
    Look to great challenges and more importantly to make Education the key to success.

  • Technical Solutions Consultant, AdLib: DSP Advertising Made Easy

    Dec, 2023 - Mar, 20243 months

    • Modeled a Medical-focused meta Digital Supply Platform (DSP) valued at USD $10 million (Upto USD $5 million profit shared with holding company), integrating pre-packaged supplies and unique identifiers like NPI (National Provider Identifier) for the medical industry, scalable for sectors like retail and real estate. This strategic solution addressed the market for around 12-14 million to a target of 20-30 million impressions per month, significantly boosting business growth in high-stake markets. - Participated in the initial phase of developing a system for automating campaign management, focusing on ingesting campaigns from various sources, integrating with platforms like AdLib and various DSPs. - Miscellaneous day-to-day tasks for effectively a startup and bringing out the best from what they offer

  • Principal - Technical Solutions, The Product Counsel

    Oct, 2023 - Feb, 20243 months

    • Designed and showcased a scalable and secure end-to-end solution, to build next gen. brand safety solution built with ChatGPT's API.
    • Assessed compatibility and cultural fit by evaluating 5+ software houses across multiple countries in alignment with The Product Counsel (TPC)'s ethos. Successfully engagement for a high-profile Generative AI startup.
    • Automated business development pipelines to pinpoint the right clients to engage with the TPC brand.
    • Represented TPC at GITEX, the premier technology exhibition held at the World Trade Centre, Dubai.

  • Senior Director, Technical Consulting, MediaMath

    Sep, 2019 - Jul, 20233 years 10 months

    • Strategically managed a portfolio of MediaMath's top 10 clients' projects, facilitating over $10M in ARR with significant 10% YoY growth. - Designed & integrated with mParticle, enabling real-time syndication unlocking an ad budget of over $5M for Spotify. Agile Delivery within 5 weeks. - Spearheaded Site Analytics integration, bolstering analytical audiences; aided IBM's global management with $20M+ ad spend. Seamless migratino within 2 weeks. - Automated data pipelines for State Farm, combining 25k+ campaigns log data on a bi-weekly basis saving $2M+ watermarking costs. Tools: Databricks, AWS, & Slack APIs. #AI #ML. - Partnered with pre-sales to transfer key knowledge Iteratively work with senior management and sales/marketing to refine product vision. - Participated in business and technical requirements [P&G, Realestate, EBay, ...] - Independently develop, deploy, and maintain custom web based tools, apps, and solutions to solve unique client challenges [Bulksheets]

  • Director of Technology Solutions, MediaMath

    Mar, 2016 - Aug, 20193 years 5 months

    • Bespoke + Custom Solutions build with MediaMath's AdTech Platform - Single-handedly led company level partnership with Adobe - Build strong relationships with senior business and technical stakeholders - Expert level knowledge of the MediaMath TerminalOne platform, partner platforms, and advanced client integrations [Amnet, ...] - Independently develop technical requirements, implementation plans, and SOWs for custom web based tools, apps, and solutions to solve unique client challenges - Independently define technical requirements for custom scripts, DB routines on as-needed basis to automate integrations with clients and partners [Bid Opportunity Firehose for P&G] - Rapidly prototype custom features and solutions independently, leveraging MediaMath TerminalOne APIs and services, client systems, and 3rd party technologies [Amnet, P&G, Realestate, ...] - Optimize Client Processes [Realestate, P&G, ...] Identify trends in client successes and Platform Integrations activities.

  • Solutions Director, Customer Success, Marin Software

    Jul, 2015 - Feb, 20166 months

    • Coordinated with the San Francisco Product team on excess of 10 projects yearly from the APAC region, improving product delivery efficiency by 25%. - Orchestrated the seamless migration of 2 billion URLs for global clients in a global keyword URL transition project; achieved a remarkable 25% improvement in site accessibility within a swift 6-month timeframe. - Liable for pre-sales technical advice, improving client satisfaction by 25% over 3 months. Ensured smooth client onboarding on a weekly basis with boutique consulting experience.

  • Senior Solutions Architect, Marin Software

    Feb, 2014 - Jul, 20151 year 5 months

    Marin Labs (Global Technical Services) - Contributing to writing Channel Connect library that connects with any 3rd party advertiser

  • Solutions Architect, Marin Software

    Jul, 2012 - Feb, 20141 year 7 months

    SEM integration using Marin Tracker, DFA, SiteCatalyst, Mediamind, Tealium and many more
    Marin Labs member - Contributing to writing Channel Connect library that connects with any 3rd party advertiser
    ProductsUp - Creating 1000s of dynamically built campaigns using clients' inventory feeds. Just to name some are EBay.in, Scoopon, Open Universities, Rakuten (global offices in Spain, Brazil, Thailand), Groupon Japan, Element14
    QA realtime big data tracking contents.
    Project Management for all projects in the ANZ region

  • Senior Salesforce | AWS Consultant, ProQuest Consulting

    Oct, 2011 - Jul, 20129 months

    Architecting solution designs using cloud platforms such as Salesforce, Amazon and Google's technologies. * Liaising with enterprise clients, teams to gather business requirements.

    • Designing solution designs.
    • Interviewing.
    • End-to-end consultation with Spreets (Yahoo) for a complex business requirement. Optimised graph theory algorithms in Apex ( Distributed constraints ).
    • Enfinium FX integration between SQL on AWS with Salesforce using Java force.com API using microservices principles.
    • Integration with Paypal for a project with Nuix ; it included doing end to end integration with Paypal.
    • Amazon SQS in Python within two days serving VHA using Amazon's EC2, Cloudwatch, SNS, SQS technologies.
    • Design documents for a huge video streaming project that will serve 300 million people for telemetry enabled Cycling event with both video streaming and video on demand solutions.
    • Veda Advantage Salesforce integration that serves credit scores for individuals and businesses

  • Senior Software Engineer, WorkForce Software

    Aug, 2010 - Sep, 20111 year 1 month

    Design and implementation on wide variety of software enhancements including porting their full software suite to WebSphere Application Server v7. This included redesign of all their integral software pieces to run with IBM's Java environment. Deployment on different topologies including clusters, network environments using automated install scripts Migration of core components to WebSphere Application server that included front and backend software that runs on DB2, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server. Also available as software as a service. Load balancing on clusters of servers using automated Jython scripting for Cells, Nodes and Servers for IBM's version 7 WebSphere Application Server. Made significant stride towards developing code that runs smoothly on Tomcat and other application servers. Regression testing. Rhino Javascript coding. Business Objects integration testing for WebI reports. Policy profile configuration for different clients.
    Debugging WebSphere code using MyEclipse blue edition and running with IntelliJ ver. 10 Web service migration and testing with SOAP UI and other application e.g. Fiddler2, Firebug and other plugins for web browsers. Adding security constraints for the safety of web components using latest RESTFUL Servlet API specifications
    Full load and performance testing using YourKit profiling tools to test additions of core listener components for the database framework classes. Multiple assignment configurations for the business clients that need the support. Working on multiple versions of code using Perforce's integration tools to merge and create branches. Made my own changes so that I can run GIT on top of the Perforce version control software so that it becomes distributed. Oracle payroll export scripts modified to include more columns and data. ANT build script specialist for various steps in configuring code to building database to doing full upgrades.

  • Managing Director | Pioneer Cloud Architect | Product Manager, Cloud Core Pty Ltd

    Mar, 2009 - Jul, 20101 year 4 months

    Australia's pioneers into the cloud computer software horizon. Developed software projects that uses the power of Google's App Engine as well as Amazon's EC2. Id4Football

    • Commercial Facebook App in multiple languages
    • Software built using Google App Engine / Google Web Toolkit ( 1st Cloud Company in Sydney, Australia )
    • Sophisticated forum / chat / profile pages
    • Football App that allows people to upload video contents so that teams and agents can find talent. Video Analytics

    Custom video broadcasting website built with Amazon cloud computing services. * Software ownership for the product 'Video Analytics'

    • Software built with Google App Engine and Amazon EC2
    • Web Services with REST architecture
    • Real-time Video Analytics
    • Distributed software design
    • Asynchronous event tracking based on the concept of fire and forget.
    • Interaction with the video content.
    • Designed for millions of data events using Google App Engine's Datastore.

  • Senior Software Engineer, Visionbytes Pty. Ltd.

    May, 2006 - Dec, 20082 years 7 months

    • Software design and analysis
    • Requirements gathering to Unit testing
    • Led engineering efforts on various Java technologies from backend Java native connectors of (Audio) encoders to frontend development with JSF and JavaScript Visionbytes was a market leader in the development and provision of workflow-based digital video mining technologies and services. A pioneer in the development of ‘media search technology'. Visionbytes creates solutions to mine digital media content and create searchable XML Metadata, enabling retrieval and distribution to web, mobile, ITV and IPTV. It included state-of-the-art Visionbytes.TV platform which is used by clients including: NineMSN, ABC TV, SBS and CNN. Senior Software Engineer – Multi Channel Audio Encoder
    Senior Software Engineer – Administration Console
    Lead Software Engineer – Data Migration Project
    Lead Software Engineer – Video Hansard Synctool

  • Systems Engineer, Super Technologies

    Dec, 2003 - Dec, 20041 year

    Call center system administration. Adding Interactive Voice Response (IVR) with the ongoing system. SIP based communication was established with Cisco based telephones with extraordinary voice quality. • Developed plug-in for creating Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system with open source products like Asterisk PBX
    • SIP based telephony devices setup with Asterisk PBX
    • Call centre administrator
    • Communicated with the lead developer of Asterisk to help fine tune some areas.
    • Helped enable Digium based audio cards to use in call centre setup. (Linux based telephony scripts)

  • Director | Product Manager, Cronus Technologies Lab.

    Dec, 2002 - Dec, 20031 year

    Newly established company in collaboration with Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) Responsibilities / Achievements:
    • Owner / Entrepreneur
    • Software designer / engineer for Cash Junction (Cash registers
    interface with the computer using serial communication) Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) ran a project that assisted companies to export their software to the international marketplace. Created MFC based C++ (6.0/.net) complaint multi-threaded application that interfaces day-to-day transactions for easy viewing and printing. Serial port was used to communicate with the cash register

Projects Experience

Projects Experience

Skills

Skills

  • Engineering
  • Team Leadership
  • AI Solutions
  • Cybersecurity
  • Social Media Integration
  • Display Advertising
  • Decision-Making
  • Data-driven Decision Making
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • IT Integration
  • Social Media Optimization (SMO)
  • Data Modeling
  • Generative AI Tools
  • Kubernetes
  • Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
  • Service Design
  • Product Development
  • Leadership
  • Business Strategy
  • Automated Machine Learning (AutoML)
  • Social Media Blogging
  • Project Management
  • R (Programming Language)
  • Information Technology
  • Social Media Outreach
  • Startup Marketing
  • Budgeting
  • Team Management
  • FinTech
  • Social Media Advertising
  • Quantum Computing
  • Social Media Consulting
  • Digital Media
  • Technology Integration
  • Docker Products
  • Social Media Marketing
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Marketing Automation
  • Business Transformation
  • Rust (Programming Language)
  • Personalised Advertisement
  • Social Media Measurement
  • Strategic Enterprise Management
  • Social Media
  • Media Buying
  • Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
  • Python (Programming Language)
  • Quantum Machine Learning
  • Social Media Communications
  • Business Development
Education

Education

  • Computer Science, Masters, University of New South Wales

    Dec, 2004 - Dec, 2006

  • Computer Science, B.Sc. (Honours), Lahore University of Management Sciences

    Dec, 1998 - Dec, 2002

  • Accounts / Economics, 'O' Levels, Habib Public School

    Dec, 1986 - Dec, 1996

Certificates

Certificates

Volunteer Work

Volunteer Work

  • Revenue Integration Admin, Marin Software

    Jun, 2014 - Jun, 2014

    Working with Marin Labs team for innovations in the field
    Creating solutions to help other Professional / Client Services
    Helping out Client Services team on day-to-day tasks

Publications

Publications

  • EMR and DynamoDB , Slideshare

    Published on: Jun 01, 2012

    How to use AWS' DynamoDB for realtime tracking plus run Hadoop's EMR analytics on the live data

References

References

  • Emera Trujillo

    The Technical Solutions team at MediaMath was incredible and it would not have been the same without Sohail. A wonderful advocate for our clients, Sohail brought a forward-thinking technical approach to solving some of marketing's toughest problems. Despite the 12+ hour time difference, we would brainstorm async, sharing ideas, JSON, and emojis, so he could lead the development of bespoke solutions for a variety of clients in every industry imaginable. Sohail is an amazingly creative generalist that can quickly pivot to dive deep, making you think he is in the impossible: a specialist in nearly everything! He will be an amazing addition to any team and organization.

  • Konstantinos Tountas

    I have closely worked with Sohail over the past (nearly) 6 years over various projects. Sohail is a very experienced and capable Senior Technical Consultant.
    He communicates with account managers and clients, gathering information about potential projects.
    He is also a very experienced solutions architect and software engineer. This massively enhances his ability to design the architecture of new solutions. He enjoys learning about and using new technologies whenever he gets a chance and he is a very capable programmer which means that you can always rely on him to suggest and/or deliver the right solution for each problem. He would be a great asset for any company!

  • Pritika Hemmady

    I worked closely with Sohail on several complex projects while at MediaMath, and his expertise and leadership were instrumental in achieving our clients' goals.
    Sohail is a strategic thinker who excels at understanding business needs and translating them into innovative solutions.
    What sets Sohail apart is his exceptional communication and collaboration skills. He has a natural talent for collaborating with cross-functional teams, fostering a fun work environment, and effectively managing client expectations.
    Overall, I wholeheartedly recommend Sohail for any leadership position in technology solutions. His expertise, leadership abilities, and commitment to delivering outstanding results make him an invaluable asset to any organization.

  • Kelli Scott

    Sohail is a very talented and driving individual whom I had the honor to have as a part of my team running the Sydney Solutions Architecture for that office and our customers. He is very detail oriented, thorough and kept on task (and track) with the many various situations that were tossed his way. He was independent, yet communicative. Sohail is a great colleague and respected by his peers and leadership team!

  • Azra Rabbani

    Sohail is a friendly, sensible and intelligent person. He posses good analytical, designing and development skills as well. He is a very quick learner. His questions during the product training @ WorkForce showed his remarkable interest and quick understanding of the very complex product. He has been very helpful for all the colleagues during his tenure.

  • Clive Roberts

    Sohail made a great contribution to our cloud services practice over the course of the past 12 months. He was particularly valuable because he came into the 'cloud' team with a solid underpinning of J2EE enterprise class development and design practices. He then applied those talents against a cross-section of different projects, embracing both our Salesforce practice and our AWS practice. In particular, he complemented the Salesforce team with technical development skills to support the build/config aspect of our projects.

    Sohail produced code from designs that stood the test of change, and helped us build good working projects for our customers. He's now taken a decision to progress toward being an architect - and away from the clear focus we have on Salesforce - but we'll continue to value the contribution he made toward the dozen or so engagements that he touched over the course of his stay at ProQuest. And we wish him all the best in his new role.

  • Rajpal Vaghela

    Its great opportunity working with Sohail Khan.He is technically sound and has ability to produce different solutions for given problem , he also posses knowledge of different programming languages,cloud computing environment,system and network architecture.

    I would strongly recommend him.

  • Parikshit Basrur

    Sohail is a detail-orientated consultant who works effectively in teams to deliver customer value. Attention-to-detail, ability to look at big picture, programming best-practice concepts for solution architecture. Team player, all round nice guy. I would be happy to recommend him for future prospective employers.

  • Muhammad Asif Ghouri

    Sohail Khan possesses all of the necessary qualities to succeed as a software architect. He is involved in different phases of Software Development Life Cycle particularly in Software Architecture and Design engineering. He provides valuable suggestions in improving and optimizing the architecture and design of the product. His knowledge of software design methodologies, software design patterns and skill of applying them in problem scenarios are admirable. I also like his approach of using UML for creating the design diagrams before commencing writing code. He is also very keen in keeping himself abreast of the new technologies. I have nothing but good things to say about him and I would strongly recommend him for any endeavor he chooses.

  • Ahmed Memon

    I have found Sohail Khan a talented professional, who sign in a task, set his pace and finally deliver the results.

    Additionally he has good interpersonal communication skills and play his part very well as an effective & friendly team member.