Shahbaz Shaik - Professional Profile
Shahbaz Shaik
Accomplished Software Leader, Patent Holder, and AI Strategist
Seeking Vice President, Director, or Engineering Management roles in Product Development
Executive Leadership Profile
Dynamic Engineering Executive with over 25 years of experience leading high-performance product teams at IBM, HP, and Hitachi. Expertise in architecting global-scale Storage and Analytics solutions, securing US Patents, and co-founding Nura Solutions. Proven track record in building autonomous engineering cultures and driving commercial success through innovative Agentic AI and containerized product strategies.
Entrepreneurship & Agentic AI Innovation
Co-Founder & Chief Architect | Nura Solutions
Product: WizBI (Agentic Analytics Platform) - www.nura-solutions.com
- Architected WizBI, an AI-powered BI tool leveraging ChatGPT with schema-context injection to automate data insights for enterprise users.
- Designed a modular, Docker-containerized deployment architecture for seamless integration into diverse corporate IT environments.
- Business Traction: Spearheaded global expansion at GiTex Dubai and other international conferences; successfully secured 2 paying clients and executed 4 strategic PoCs.
- Managed the complete product lifecycle from technical roadmap definition to commercial customer acquisition.
Technical & Management Core
Leadership & Strategy
Engineering Operations, VP/Director-level Stakeholder Management, Global Team Leadership, Agile/Scrum Mentorship, Resource Planning.
Technology Ecosystem
Agentic AI/LLM Integration, Docker, Python, Java, SQL, Apache Airflow, Kafka, Storage Domain (SMI-S/CIM), NoSQL.
Career Highlights
Senior Manager & Product Owner
2016 – Present
Hitachi Vantara
- Architected the Hitachi MOAT performance benchmarking solution, overseeing the full development pipeline from ETL to visualization.
- Directed the design of an automation framework for testing storage arrays using Apache Airflow and Grafana.
- Manage global engineering teams responsible for product architecture, customer-critical issues, and hotfix generation.
Principal Software Engineer / Architect
2013 – 2016
Actifio India Pvt Ltd
- Acted as Technical Architect for the Resiliency Director project, integrating CDS VM management for VMWare SRM functionality.
- Revamped platform code to support multi-hypervisor environments including VMWare and HyperV.
Technical Lead & Agile Scrum Master
2010 – 2013
IBM India Pvt Ltd
- Led a team of 6 to design and develop the Cognos BI data model for Tivoli Productivity Center 5.1.
- Architected storage performance and resource models for ad-hoc and canned reporting.
- Recipient of the Bravo Award for excellence in engineering leadership from the Engineering Director.
Technical Lead / Manager
2002 – 2010
Hewlett-Packard (HP) / AppIQ
- Owned the "Backup Manager" module from inception to release, supporting enterprise-grade applications.
- Architected the integration of SAP Business Objects reports into the HP Storage Essentials infrastructure.
Patents & Education
- US Patents: 2 Patents filed for IBM (1 Granted: US20150325105, 1 Pending).
- Publication: Data fetch optimization for busy dashboards (IP.com).
- Education: Master of Computer Applications (MCA), Bharatidasan University.
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