Summary
Furqan Baqai is a seasoned enterprise technology leader with over two decades of experience architecting and delivering mission-critical integration, automation, and cloud solutions across banking and government sectors in the GCC. As Head of Enterprise Architecture, Business Process Automation and Integration at Sharjah Islamic Bank, he leads a 25‑person department, has automated 100+ processes reducing manual effort by 80%, and introduced SAP LeanIX, agile and DevOps practices to accelerate digital transformation. He previously scaled middleware and API platforms at Aion Digital, enabling 500+ integrations and slashing partner onboarding time by 95%, and brings deep hands‑on expertise in WebSphere, T24, SWIFT, SAP and major cloud providers. Certified in CKA/CKAD, TOGAF and blockchain platforms, Furqan combines technical rigor with strategic governance to turn complex legacy landscapes into secure, cloud‑native, API‑driven platforms. Notably, he’s an author of an IBM WebSphere SupportPac and has repeatedly been recognized across GCC and South Asia for driving measurable ROI through pragmatic architecture and automation.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors Of Computer Science, Software Engineering, Bachelors Of Computer Science, Software Engineering at Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology
Master of Computer Sciences - MCS, Information Technology, 3.51, Master of Computer Sciences - MCS, Information Technology, 3.51 at Virtual University of Pakistan
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