Majid Nisar

Technology Executive · AI Product Leadership · Engineering Org Builder

majidnisar@gmail.com +91 7006 786959 linkedin.com/in/majidnisar github.com/Majidnisar Srinagar, India · Open to UAE/Gulf & Remote
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Executive Summary

Visionary technology leader with 18+ years building and scaling software, web, and AI-powered products across enterprise and startup environments. Currently Head of Technology at iQuasar LLC (Sterling, VA, USA), owning the technology budget, leading a 50+ person cross-functional engineering organisation, and delivering two flagship products from concept to production: Sahal ERP and ProposalPro. Solely conceived, architected, and built the Sahal AI service layer. Author of THE SYSTEM LAYER — a LinkedIn newsletter on technology leadership and AI strategy. Seeking a CTO, VP Engineering, or Head of AI role with a forward-thinking product company.

Core Competencies

Technology Strategy & Vision
Generative AI & LLM Product Development
Engineering Org Design (50+ people)
Cloud Architecture — AWS, Azure, GCP
Technology Budget & P&L Ownership
Microservices & Platform Engineering
Product Lifecycle Management (0 to 1)
MLOps & Responsible AI Implementation
Agile / SAFe Delivery at Scale
DevOps, CI/CD, Docker, GitHub Actions
Board & Investor Engagement
Fintech, ERP, BPO & SaaS Domains
OKR / KPI Definition & Governance
Digital Transformation & Change Management

Technical Stack

Languages Python, C#, Java, JavaScript, C++
AI / ML TensorFlow, PyTorch, RAG, LLMs, Computer Vision
Frameworks React, Angular, Node.js
Databases PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQL, NoSQL
Cloud AWS, Azure, GCP, Vertex AI Studio
DevOps Docker, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CI/CD
Architecture Microservices, Event-driven systems
Tools Jira, Confluence, Figma, ClickUp, Visual Studio

Professional Experience

Head of Technology — Software, Web & AI

iQuasar LLC

Sterling, VA, USA · Global IT Services & Consulting

Jan 2022 – Present
  • Own co-leadership of the technology budget and P&L; drive investment decisions aligned to business OKRs.
  • Built and lead a 50+ person cross-functional engineering org (frontend, backend, mobile, QA, DevOps, UX, BA) — increased delivery efficiency 25%, retention 45%.
  • Executed cloud-first infrastructure transition (AWS, Docker, microservices) — reduced IT costs 35%, improved system performance 25%.
  • Spearheaded Sahal ERP — a modular, cloud-native enterprise platform covering HRMS, time tracking, project delivery, billing, and analytics. 60% reduction in manual operational processes.
  • Solely conceived, architected, and built the Sahal AI service layer from the ground up — the only part of the platform built entirely by one person.
  • Conceived and delivered ProposalPro — AI-assisted RFP and proposal automation achieving 60% faster turnaround and 3× proposal throughput.
  • Established iQuasar's AI³ Services practice; defined SDLC methodology for AI application delivery.
AWS LLMs RAG Microservices DevOps Sahal ERP ProposalPro

Senior Consultant — Innovation, Projects & Technology

Islamic University of Science & Technology

Centre of Excellence for Innovation (CIED) · Kashmir, India

Nov 2021 – Mar 2022
  • Advised university leadership on innovation strategy and technology-led operational modernisation; developed SOPs improving efficiency by 30%.
  • Brokered MOUs with 10+ industry partners to accelerate knowledge exchange and industry-academia collaboration.
  • Mentored student teams and faculty on project execution and digital platforms.
Strategy Mentoring Innovation

Head of Technology & Innovation

Rushd.vc

Venture Capital · Kashmir, India

May 2021 – Dec 2021
  • Architected scalable technology infrastructure for VC operations — deal flow management, portfolio performance monitoring, and entrepreneur-facing web portal.
  • Designed investment process automation tools enabling data-driven due diligence at scale.
Platform Architecture VC Tech Automation

Vice President of Technology

eResolute Payment Services Provider LLC

Fintech & Digital Solutions · Kashmir, India

Apr 2019 – May 2021
  • Led product strategy and technology delivery for a portfolio of fintech products — scalability, security, and performance improvements aligned to market needs.
  • Established QA frameworks, agile development processes, and vendor evaluation methodology.
Fintech Product Strategy Agile

Senior Solutions Architect

eResolute Payment Services Provider LLC

Fintech · Kashmir, India

Sep 2018 – Apr 2019
  • Architected and deployed complex fintech solutions integrating multiple payment technologies; evaluated and selected technology stacks aligned to company strategy.
Solution Design Payments

Senior Project Manager / Head of Software Development & DevOps

eResolute Payment Services Provider LLC

Fintech · Kashmir, India

Apr 2017 – Sep 2018
  • Overhauled SDLC and introduced DevOps practices — accelerated release cycles, reduced defect rates, and improved deployment reliability across production systems.
DevOps SDLC CI/CD

Senior Technical Executive — Technology

Aegis Global Limited (Essar)

Global BPO · Kashmir, India

Dec 2016 – Feb 2017
  • Led development and deployment of mission-critical software applications optimising large-scale BPO business processes; translated complex stakeholder requirements into technical solutions.
BPO Enterprise Software

Assistant Professor — IT & Computer Science

Islamic University of Science & Technology

Kashmir, India

Nov 2011 – Dec 2016
  • Educated and mentored undergraduate and postgraduate students in Computer Science and Information Technology; designed curriculum aligned to industry trends.
  • 5 years of academic experience rare among technology executives — brings pedagogical rigour to team development and communication.
Academia CS Education Curriculum Design

Software Developer & Field Officer

Microminds Technologies · TPF Technologies · NRHM, Govt of India

India

2010 – 2011

Early career spanning software development and public-sector programme management. Full details available on request.

Education

Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.)

Islamic University of Science & Technology

2007 – 2010 · Kashmir, India

GPA 7.86 / 10

Certifications & Professional Development

Leadership & Product

Exercising Leadership: Foundational Principles — HarvardX / edX Project Management for Development — IDB / edX Achieving Product-Market Fit — University of Maryland / edX

Generative AI, LLMs & Multimodal Systems

MLOps for Generative AI — Google Cloud Document AI: Building a Custom Document Extractor — Google Cloud Gemini Multimodality and Multimodal RAG — Google Cloud Transformer Models and BERT · Encoder-Decoder Architecture · Attention Mechanism — Google Cloud Introduction to Large Language Models · Introduction to Generative AI — Google Cloud Vector Search and Embeddings · Introduction to Image Generation · Create Image Captioning Models — Google Cloud

Responsible & Ethical AI

Responsible AI for Developers: Fairness & Bias — Google Cloud Responsible AI for Developers: Interpretability & Transparency — Google Cloud Introduction to Responsible AI · Introduction to Vertex AI Studio — Google Cloud

Software Engineering & Web Development

Backend Development & APIs Developer Certification — freeCodeCamp Responsive Web Design Developer Certification — freeCodeCamp Data Visualization Developer Certification — freeCodeCamp .NET Development — HCL India Certified Developer Using Core Java — NIIT Technologies

Languages

English — Professional / Native
Urdu — Native / Bilingual
Hindi — Elementary
German — Elementary
Arabic — Elementary

Availability

Open to CTO · VP Engineering · Head of AI

Remote-first global · UAE/Gulf relocation · US visa sponsorship considered

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