Summary
Shoaib Sufi is a project portfolio manager and community-focused leader with 13 years delivering technical programmes, bespoke software systems and research software initiatives across academia and industry. He combines hands-on technical understanding (Python, metadata ingestion and data architecture) with strategic programme management, having overseen multi‑project portfolios, million‑pound budgets and teams of researchers and developers. A long‑standing organiser of workshops, hackathons and fellowship programmes, he excels at stakeholder engagement and building sustainable research software communities. Shoaib’s background in metadata models and e‑infrastructure work gives him a rare blend of domain technical depth and people‑centric delivery skills, enabling measurable, data‑oriented improvements in projects and events.
13 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
PGCert, Higher Education, PGCert, Higher Education at The University of Manchester
Cambridge University