About

Furkhan Shareef is a highly experienced Software Development Manager at Amazon with over 18 years of experience in eCommerce SCM. He has a proven track record of delivering both mobile and web applications using Waterfall and Agile methodologies. Furkhan is a certified SCRUM master and PMP in good standing, and he has been instrumental in formulating SCRUM KPIs and enhancing SCRUM success factors to 9/10 points. Furkhan is an expert in managing small to mid-sized projects with complex schedules, change, risk, and resource management. He has handled team sizes of 10-35 team members and has been actively involved in ramping up the team, training, and appraisals for both development and QA members. Furkhan has also handled the roll-out of project management application implementation, roll-out, and training for domestic customers with 300 licenses. Furkhan is proficient in RFP/RFQ response preparation and has won several awards for his incredible work, including the Employee of the Year 2011 at Ness Technologies and an award winner for the year 2013. Currently, he is owning the Seller experience charter for service retails platform at Amazon, driving legal compliance, and customer trust for service personnel performing service fulfillment. He is also responsible for driving business set up and registration automation, reducing the operational load by over 50%. Furkhan has grown the team charter to cover all major aspects of Seller experience and has grown the team both in terms of size and promoting 80% of the team in a span of 24 months. Furkhan has worked with Amadeus in the past as a Senior Manager Development, managing delivery for digital experience for a large customer in the NORAM region, and as a Manager Development, handling end-to-end project management from requirement elicitation to go-live and post-production support. Furkhan holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Information Science/Studies from Vishveshwaraiah Technological University and has completed his primary education from Gulabi Primary School. He has expertise in Software Engineering, Mobile, QA, and Web technologies.