Syed is a versatile Product Owner with over 10 years of experience in enterprise-level agile transformation and leading large-scale teams. Successfully released various B2B and B2C products of variable sizes and complexity, from inception to implementation, for multiple industries and target platforms. His expertise includes geospatial database modeling & governance, roadmap building, standards benchmarking, process development, and maturity assessments. Syed has successfully delivered various projects to achieve customers' digitalization goals by delivering the right set of technology including the project and master data stores, interpretation solutions, and workflow integration, on-premises as well as on the cloud.
Tackled complex business problems including providing support in subsurface studies for better integration, reliability, and efficiency. PBQ is high technology oilfield services company operating in Middle East and Asia with headquarters in Dubai UAE.
Conducted data management maturity assessments and information management bench marking, designing and deploying conceptual, logical and physical data model and spatial road map in various projects.
Translated product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes.
Setup a new QA team with highly skilled Geophysicists and Geologists and IT professionals to ensure good quality software delivery.
Worked as a product manager and product owner on "GVERSE-Connect" (a plug-in for the Petrel (R) platform), that seamlessly integrates well, seismic and maps between Schlumberger (Petrel) and Landmark (Geographix) to increase efficiency in an integrated interpretation environment.
Acted as product manager for various other software including Exploration Management System (EMS) and Petrohive (Physical Data Management).
Developed IP for E&P industry in GIS domain, providing Geophysical domain expertise in all development activities.
Performed R&D to solve navigation data interoperability issues between various applications form Halliburton, Schlumberger, ESRI & kingdom including UKOOA, LAS, SPS, Shape file, CAD files, Google KML, SEG-Y, SEG-D and ZGF formats.
Ensured Data Models POSC and PPDM were compliant to regulations.
GVERSE-Connect is a productivity plugin designed to accelerate the transfer of competitor technology from weeks to hours.
The plugin leverages two leading E&P Technologies for efficient database exchange and optimized user experience.
As Product Manager, the individual collaborated on product vision, roadmap, revenue model, and development strategy, delivering the product in 15 months.
ResTool is an internal product designed for reservoir engineers to improve Excel-based oil and gas reserves calculations.
The product achieved a 80% efficiency improvement and 100% error removal compared to existing methods.
As a Product Owner, the developer worked with a cross-functional team to build the product vision, roadmap, and release plan, including strategic feature releases.
A web-based portal offering enterprise document management, search, project data management, and a dashboard for administrators.
The product is built upon open-source technologies and includes features for smart tools and customization.
The product manager led the development of two releases, including customer support and training materials.
Education
Agile Product Owner Role: Foundations; Agile
Product Owner Role: Techniques; Becoming a
Product Manager: A Complete Guide; Business
Analysis for Project Managers; Planning and
Releasing Software with Jira; Requirements
Elicitation and Analysis; Scrum: Advanced;
Technology for Product Managers; The 45-Minute
Business Plan; Advanced Python; Learning Data
Governance; PostgreSQL Essential Training;
LinkedIn logo Product Management: Building a
Product Strategy; Decision-Making Strategies for
Optimal Team Performance: A Primer for Team
Leaders ; DevOps for Data Scientists
LinkedIn Certifications
Geographic Information System - Advanced Analysis
NED University of Engineering and Technology
Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Computer Science
Quaid-i-Azam University
Masters in Earth Sciences (Geophysical
Computation)
