Lecturer A
Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
School of Engineering, Technology and Sciences
Room No: 5007
Email Address: sabrina.alam@iub.edu.bd
Research Profile
- CIS 101 : Fundamental of Computer Systems
- CSE 307 : System Analysis and Design
- CSE 454/ SEN 647 : Software Engineering Process
- CSE 458/ SEN 653 : Software Quality Assurance, Testing and Reliability
- SEN 565 : Software Architecture & Component-Based Design
Independent University, Bangladesh |
(Fall 2016 – present) |
Faculty Lecturer (B) Courses: |
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- System Analysis and Design
- Software Architecture and Component-Based Design
- Software quality Assurance, Testing and Reliability
- Software Engineering Process
- Fundamental of Computer System
Research/ Projects:
· Local Technology Startups; their Challenges and Solutions to overcome the Challenges in regard to Software Engineering Processes.
· Software Quality Assurance implementation in Innovative Projects.
· Affiliation of University Students with Social Media and its effect on academics. Identify Characteristics of Different Social Medias.
· Benefits of Social Networking on Mainstream Industries.
· Mobile Application Development on Learning Management System.
Digicon Technologies Limited |
(Feb 2012 – Sep 2012; Jun 2013 – Jan 2018 ) |
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Project Consultant |
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- Work closely with other engineers to initiate much-needed changes to the software launch practices.
- Collaborate with developers, QA, product owner to assess ROI, prioritize needs and produce high quality software changes. Initiate and oversee the migration of system.
- Develop Project Plan.
- Manage project schedule, budget and risks identified.
- Increase internal team confidence for change management.
- Establish upstream measures and indicators to provide better visibility and understanding of software and product maturity. Collaborate with all internal teams on a regular basis to define, understand and translate requirements.
- Create cross-functional teams to develop processes, measures and indicators, heightening understanding of Software maturity, risks.
The Daily Star (Feb 2011 – Aug 2011)
Manager External Fairs and Automation
- Collaborating with the IT team in managing projects; development and implementation of CRM, HRM, Newspaper management systems, Web Portal and Web Application.
- Building a sustaining strategic relationships with business, community leaders, Govt. representatives and other key constituencies of The daily Star.
- Working collaboratively and developing strategies aligned with Editorial teams, Journalist teams, Advertisement dept and Marketing Dept plans to meet the organizations objectives of the Daily Star.
- Creating strategic client relationship and innovate opportunities to grow revenue and business share.
- Planning the execution of The Daily Star business and organization stakeholder engagements activities.
United Commercial Bank Limited (Aug 2008 – Jan 2011)
Vice President
Deputy Head of Information Technology Division
- Provided a layer above project management focusing on selecting the best group of programs, defined them in terms of their constituent projects.
- Provided the infrastructure where projects can be run successfully.
- Developed Major Project Plan.
- Monitored and managed project schedule, project budget and project risk.
- Ensured project requirements and objectives.
- Maintained project documentation.
- Organized stakeholder meetings.
- .Managed multiple ongoing inter-dependent projects.
- Coordinated and prioritized resources across projects, departments, and entities to ensure that resource contention is managed from a global focus.
- Mentored team members and developed team spirit across the departments.
Projects Performed and Implemented At UCBL:
- Proactively participated in Bangladesh Automated Clearing House, an Automated Cheque Processing System. It was implemented based on requirements provided by Bangladesh Bank.
- A web facility was provided to the branches to submit requisition for Personalized MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) encoded cheque books.
- Enhancement of Bank’s comprehensive information technology policy was done based on the international best practices with compliance of central bank guideline.
- As part of acquiring the Core Banking Solution (CBS) to ensure better customer service and enhance our internal business processes, a Pilot CBS was implemented in two branches.
- Completed web-based Case Management System and was also implemented for Retail Banking Division (In-House Development).
- To provide better logistic support customized Human Resource Management System was implemented.
- Case Management System was implemented for Legal Division (In-House Development).
- Designed solution for Automated Centralized Data Back-Up and Reporting System.
- To equip users with modern technology to help them perform with their full potential and increase IT awareness, Zone wise extensive IT training was conducted by me.
- Portfolio Management and Stock Analytical Software was implemented for Merchant Banking.
- Remittance Management System was deployed for International Division.
- To ensure secure connectivity among branches and Head Office Divisions, CA internet security software was implemented.
- Exchange Server 2007 was implemented to keep email communications flowing with enterprise-class reliability.
- Active directory was deployed to provide logical grouping of users and computers in a domain, centrally managed by servers.
- New Data Center was built in Corporate Head Office with following solutions:
- Cisco Data Networking Solution
- Cisco IP-PABX Solution
- APC Data Center Solution
- Systimax Structure Cabling Solution
- Network Monitoring System
- BARCO Control Room Display Unit for NOC
- BARCO Control Room Display Unit for Security Room
- Card Management System was deployed for Alternate Delivery Channel Division
- Establishment of Alternate Delivery Channels which include ATM network, SMS Banking, Internet Banking, Mobile Banking and POS Terminals.
Tyco Electronics Power System - Texas (2006- 2008)
Application developer
• Collaborated with requirements team on a regular basis to define, understand and translate requirements
• Design, Develop and intense testing of web applications to support business needs;
- Pricing Data Management System (Quotation and Best bill of material management)
- Engineering Change Request
- Initial Product Inspection
- User Database Management
- Patent Management System and Contract Management System
• Co-ordinate the Implementation of web applications
• Managed the post-implementation maintenance and necessary enhancements.
United States Steel Corporation – Pennsylvania (2003-2004)
Application Programmer
• Back end support for payroll dept
• Develop application to generate report on a specified schedule
• Problem analyzing and modified existent programs to prevent future malfunction of the system
• Enhancement of the vacation system
• Created naming conventions for new plan locations as us steel acquired national steel
• Incorporated additional information of the new locations to the existing payroll system programs.
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MS in Software Engineering , 2013
Southern Methodist University (SMU), TX, USA
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BS in Applied Computer Science, Minor: Mathematics , 2004
Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), PA, USA