Summary
Faahil Farouk is an IT advisor specializing in commodity trading and the oil, gas and energy sector, with nine years’ experience designing and delivering process, data and systems improvements at scale. At Shell he has been consistently rated in the top 5% of performers and now advises Trading & Supply of Crude & Products, blending technical skills (Red Hat, Office 365 automation, ethical hacking) with continuous improvement and trade control expertise. He excels at translating ambiguous business needs into fit-for-purpose, cost‑effective IT strategies that prioritize compliance and cyber security while measuring impact. Comfortable managing stakeholders, budgets and cross-functional teams, he also integrates AI and design-thinking to automate and simplify legacy landscapes. A high-achieving VIT computer science graduate, he combines deep domain knowledge of energy trading with hands-on engineering instincts and a proven track record of owning outcomes beyond formal role boundaries.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, 9.2, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, 9.2 at Vellore Institute of Technology