Learning Management System Consultant

Institute of Bankers Malaysia

August 2012 to November 2012

Consultant for IBBM Learning Management System

Visiting Professor

City University of Science and Technology

February 2012 to September 2012

Research and Teaching

Chief Technology Officer

Prospere Solutions Sdn Bhd

January 2009 to Actually working here

Responsible to lead rapid development team to the completion of design and development under aggressive timelines. Define standards, policies, procedures, measures, and organizational enhancements to meet company goals for the Product & Technology Management group. Develop and monitor department budgets and forecasts. Establish key performance indicators Mentor staff members in order to assist them in cultivating their skills. Establish compensation, training, short and long-term goals. Review technical designs created for conformance to development standards, appropriate design choices. Create technical design for large and complicated projects. Evaluate new technologies and make recommendations and decisions on inclusion into the organization's development methodologies and product architecture. Create implementation plan and documentation to be followed by development staff. Research and evaluate third party software for usage in development lifecycle to aid efficiency and/or quality. Define development standards and methodologies. Define design documentation methodology and philosophy. Utilize ingenuity and inventive thinking to evaluate options for design and deriving the best solutions based on sound analytical judgment, team input and the customers? best interest. Manages all research, development, and product design initiatives. Manage the overall department of Information Technology.

Adjunct Research Professor of Computer Science

Malaysian University of Science and technology

January 2009 to May 2014

Post Graduate Supervision Research

Associate Professor

Universiti Teknologi Petronas

October 2004 to August 2011

Research, Teaching, Postgraduate Supervision, Management

Senior Lecturer

Monash University Malaysia

May 1998 to August 2003

Undergraduate teaching and supervision.

Master of Software Engineering

January 1998 to January 1999

Bachelor of Science

January 1981 to January 1985

Career Goals

Azween Abdullah obtained his bachelors degree in Computer Science, Master in Software Engineering, and his Ph.d in information technology. His work experiences includes twenty four years in institutions of higher learning and as director of research and academic affairs at two institutions of higher learning, dean of faculty and fifteen years in commercial companies as Software Developer and Engineer, Systems Analyst and IT/MIS and educational consultancy and training. He had spent more than a decade with leading technology firms and universities as a process analyst, senior systems analyst, project manager, and lecturer. He had participated in and managed several software development projects. These have included the development of management information systems, software process improvement initiatives design and implementation, and several business application projects. He has many years of experience in the application of IT in business, engineering and research and has personally designed and developed a variety of computer software systems including business accounting systems, software for investment analysis, website traffic analysis, determination of hydrodynamic interaction of ships and computation of environmental loads on offshore structures. His area of research specialization includes computational biology, system survivability and security, autonomic computing and self-healing and regenerating systems, medical computing and network modeling. His contributions include publishing several academic books and in the development of programs to enhance minority involvement in bridging the ICT digital gap. He has published more than 150 papers in reputable journals and conference proceeding and has more than 500 citations.

Industries of interest

Areas of interest

Availability to travel and work outside the city

No

Interests and hobbies

Religion, Philosophy, Astronomy