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Bazil I. Farid

Houston,TX

Summary

Dynamic Sr. Commerce Cloud Solution Architect at Adobe, specializing in digital transformation and multi-cloud solutions. Proven track record in architecting high-value deals exceeding $550M, leveraging AI integration and strategic planning. Recognized for effective communication and leadership, driving innovative solutions that optimize resource provisioning and enhance client engagement. Strategic Cloud Solution Architect with in-depth knowledge of cloud computing technologies and business development. Notable experience includes designing, implementing, and managing secure, scalable cloud infrastructure solutions across multiple platforms. Strengths include exceptional problem-solving capabilities, robust technical skills in modern cloud architectures, and a keen understanding of customer needs. Previous work has consistently demonstrated an ability to drive efficiencies while aligning technology solutions with business goals. Customer-focused professional with practiced expertise selling technical solutions in business-to-business environments. Researches and understands complex and system-wide customer needs and proposes and explains optimum solutions. Builds lasting and mutually beneficial relationships with key customers.

Overview

32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr. Commerce Cloud Solution Architect

Adobe
Remote, TX
11.2021 - Current
  • Lead Cloud Solutions Architect for the client facing collaborative effort in the areas of Digital Transformation, Personalized Experience, eCommerce and other Adobe offerings such as Adobe Experience Platform & Manager, Adobe Document Cloud etc.
  • Work with Technical Pre-Sales Teams to Architect, Solution, Size and Cost the Digital Transformation solutions for primarily Large and Complex deals involving marquee clients. [Apr/2025 Deal Values Influenced: $550M+]
  • Lead the Architecture and Solutioning with focus on Applications, Integration, Systems and Infrastructure areas
  • Lead the initiative for creating re-usable assets for reference architecture, solutioning and costing models
  • Liaison between Product, Sales, Cloud and Services to facilitate client centric Product and Cloud Roadmap
  • Participate in Internal initiatives involving AI/Generative AI technologies to improve processes and tooling
  • Recognition/Awards: RSUs, Sales Achiever 2022, Adobe Made-It-Happen Q2/2022, Q3/2024

Cloud Solution Architect / Manager / Cloud Native

IBM
Austin, TX
09.2014 - 10.2021
  • Lead the client facing collaborative effort in defining Cloud Native Solution Architecture with focus on AI (Watson & Watson Health), Analytics and Big Data in Multi Cloud Environments (IBM, AWS, Azure, GCP). Member of the Worldwide Elite Squad working with F50 clients on very large opportunities
  • Advise (Strategic Initiatives), Architect, Solution as well as Certify as a Member of Cloud Review Board, business opportunities containing Cloud Native components involving Hybrid-Cloud to achieve optimal solution within the constraints of client’s as well as IBM’s business requirements (profitability and delivery risks) [>$2B deal value].
  • Worked on enterprise-wide initiative to enable J2C Journey to Cloud including legacy (Mainframe, Unix) based Application Modernization to Cloud Native Architecture
  • Define Solution, Reference, Technical and Data Architectures and Cloud Migration and Deployment
  • Lead and participate in writing SOW resource and project planning for medium to large solutions
  • Mentor junior developers and building solutions and reusable assets such as BI Analytics, Exec Dashboard, etc.
  • Designed and developed several POCs based on Watson Health and Watson Core services & Big Data Technologies in IBM Cloud and Watson Health Services. Workarood across multiple teams including R&D to streamline delivery processes. Played critical role in establishing alliance between Salesforce and IBM through ideas like “Embedded Watson”. SME for developing IBM Cloud Certification courses.
  • Lead the development of wealth management prototype using Watson Explorer and Watson services in different form factors. Also, integrated it with Salesforce platform using BigData API and Web Services and showcased it in Dreamforce 2015 conference. Lead Architect for Watson Wealth Management offering.
  • Design and develop data strategy and artifacts for Sugar.IQ solution with Medtronic.
  • Wrote use & test cases, execution plans using Rational tools and developed shell scripts and Postman test suite to automate testing of the services and components.
  • Technologies: Cloud (IBM, Azure, AWS), Java, shell script, DB2, Web Services, Watson Explorer (WEX), Watson Conversation and AI Services (NLP, Discovery, Watson Knowledge Studio (WKS), Speech to Text, Personality Insight, etc.), Watson Health Platform & Services (e.g., ACD), FHIR, Big Data (Hadoop, Hbase, Kafka), Blockchain, Analytics, DevOps, Rational Tools, Dialog (Speak, Linux, AIX, VMware, Virtual Box, DB2, IBM IIB & IIS, InfoSphere DataStage, Machine Learning, Agile, Git, Cloud Foundry, New Relics, Smart Building IoT, Python, Etc.
  • Awards/Recognitions: Candidature for STSM – Senior Technical Staff Member (2021)
  • Eminence and Excellence Award (2020, 2021)
  • Manager’s Choice Award (2015, 2016)
  • Solutions Lab Services Award (2016)
  • Software Teaming Achievement Award (2015)
  • Member of Industry Solutions Board for Healthcare and Life Sciences (advising global team of high-level executives on strategy and solutions) (2017)
  • Awarded RSUs
  • Recognition Awards (2019, 2020, 2021)

Technical Lead

Accenture
Austin, TX
03.2013 - 08.2014
  • Lead the team in building enterprise custom solutions.
  • Lead a team of security analysts to evaluate security compliance and developed integrated solution for reporting compliance on Linux platform using bash shell and system admin tools.
  • Lead a team of Java developers to develop Data Warehousing and Archiving strategy and solution for a large scale B2B OLTP application for a major bank.
  • Developed specialized queries in SQL Server to analyzed data, performed impact analysis and presented solution to save $3M to $15M per year.
  • Architect, designed and developed Batch component for a largescale Health and Public Services solution using Java, Oracle, OPA Rules engine.
  • Technologies: Java, J2EE, Oracle, SQL Server, Apache Tomcat, Eclipse, Ant, Perforce, MS Project, Git, Web Services, Spring Batch, Rules

Technical Lead

Dell
Austin, TX
01.2010 - 03.2013
  • Architect, design, develop and manage delivery of system management solutions for Storage Appliances.
  • Lead the system management strategy, evaluated multiple solutions and presented options to management.
  • Lead a team of storage engineers to develop system management solution based on Dell OpenManage foundation in C and Linux environment. Delivered solution on time with high-quality for DR2000 and DR400x (Sales > 100M+)
  • Architected the solution, created data model using Visio and developed major components. Designed simulation environment to expedite development without dependency on the hardware generated SNMP events.
  • Performed Project Management and mentored junior developers
  • Performed code analysis using Valgrind suite and improved the code.
  • Design and develop deployment framework using RHEL rpm.
  • Worked with 3rd party vendors to design, developed and integrate specialized hardware components using well defined system level interfaces.
  • Complete hands on role. Setup source code repo, developed build using Make, manage development and test environment, developed major components.
  • Technologies: C/C++, Shell Scripting, SNMP, POSIX Message Queue, Valgrind, C#, Java, NetBeans, Visual Studio, SVN, Git, Web Services, Agile Development, Project Management, UML, MS Office, Dell Enterprise Tools, Dell OpenManage, Storage Technologies, WMI, Linux (RedHat, CentOS), Windows

Technical Lead

Accenture
Austin, TX
10.2006 - 12.2009
  • Architect, design, develop and manage delivery of custom enterprise e-commerce solutions mainly based on WebSphere Commerce and Portal
  • Worked on multiple high-profile e-commerce projects in lead role.
  • Perform complex system and data analysis and interfacing with client and cross functional teams.
  • Architected, designed and developed components in Java for WebSphere Commerce.
  • Provide SME level support for WebSphere Commerce projects
  • Built reusable assets and reference architecture for Accenture Innovation Center for IBM Technologies (AICIT). Wrote use cases, built data model and developed solutions.
  • Lead projects using Rules Engine. Configure Blaze Advisor framework.
  • Developed integration framework in Java for consumption of Rules in broader project
  • As functional lead, defined functional and test deliverables for Price Load tool in Batch Architecture. Supervised offshore team for delivery.
  • Designed and developed complex component for converting content from IBM CM to Documentum utilizing proprietary APIs in Java while maintaining complex data mapping.
  • Worked on several POCs building reusable assets in Java.
  • Technologies: Java, J2EE, C/C++, shell scripting, WebSphere (Server, Commerce, Portal), Message Broker, DB2, Web Services, Rational Tools, Agile Tools, Linux, Windows, Documentum, IBM CM, Blaze Advisor, RAD, Spring Framework, MS Vision and Project, Accenture Delivery Methods

Sr. Software Engineer

Sun Microsystems Inc.
Austin, TX
03.2001 - 08.2006
  • Architect, design, develop software components and tools for Utility Computing & Storage Management
  • Architect, designed and developed server-side components for Utility Computing Suite using Java, J2EE on Solaris.
  • Architect, designed and developed server-side components for Managed Storage Services using C and Java on Solaris.
  • Integrated modules with Centauri (BAM), RapX Case Management and Reactor (BPM)
  • Designed and developed components for Storage Virtualization Engine using C++, Java in Solaris and VxWorks environment.
  • Developed build tools to reduce build time considerably (from 15 minutes to 2 minutes) on Solaris for x86 architecture resulting in huge boost in team productivity.
  • Designed and developed components for Enterprise Storage Manager in C and Java.
  • Designed and developed Storage Agents on Solaris in C on Solaris using System, Volume Manager and Cluster APIs.
  • Worked on several pilot projects and evaluated technology options
  • Technologies: Java, J2EE, C/C++, Shell scripting, Oracle, XML, Volume Managers and Clusters (Veritas, Sun), Solaris, Linux, VxWorks, Windows, Jini, Jiro, SCSI, CIM/SMI-S, CIMOM, Disksuites, Ant, Junit, Storage Arrays (Sun StorEdge 3000, 690x, HDS 9K)

Sr. Software Engineer

Parametric Technology
Needham, MA
05.1995 - 03.2001
  • Design and develop software components and tools for Pro/ENGINEER family of CAD/CAM/PDM Suite
  • The environment was fast paced & very advanced in software engineering techniques.
  • Design, developed test and debug software components for different areas of Pro/Engineer suite such as Trail Mechanism, Message System, Pro/Toolkit, I18N, GUI, Pro/E Database, File Management, Process Control, IPC etc. using C in Unix (all flavors) and Windows environment. Used Unix system level and Win32 APIs.
  • Developed and maintained tools related licensing based on FLEXlm libraries.
  • Designed and maintained automated test tools and scripts in C and shell scripts.
  • C/C++, Unix Shell, X-Windows, Unix Systems APIs, Win32 APIs, Visual C++, FLEXlm, Purify, Quantify, Unix (Solaris, IRIX, AIX, HP/UX, Ultrix, Hitachi, NEC), Debuggers (dbx, cxx, Dde, softdebug, tooviews, workshop, ddd), Linux, Hardware(from all major vendors), Windows, Java
  • Technologies: C/C++, Unix Shell, X-Windows, Unix Systems APIs, Win32 APIs, Visual C++, FLEXlm, Purify, Quantify, Unix (Solaris, IRIX, AIX, HP/UX, Ultrix, Hitachi, NEC), Debuggers (dbx, cxx, Dde, softdebug, tooviews, workshop, ddd), Linux, Hardware(from all major vendors), Windows, Java

Release Engineer

Novasoft Inc.
Burlington, MA
09.1994 - 02.1995
  • Lead for Configuration and Release management of NovaManage Document Management Suite
  • Built tools and scripts in C and shell scripts to support configuration and release management for the NovaManage document management suite.
  • Technologies: RCS Tools, C/C++, Unix Shell, Unix, Windows, VAX/VMS, Oracle

Software Engineer

Associative Design Tech.
Westborough, MA
07.1993 - 09.1994
  • Develop software components for Object Oriented CASE Tool Suite
  • Developed software components in C and Unix/Windows environment.
  • Ported entire product from Unix/X-Window to MS Windows 3.1 and NT using Win32 API through extensive and complex mapping between X-Window API calls to Win32 GDI.
  • Technologies: C, X-Windows Xlib, Motif, Win32 GDI, Unix Shell, Unix(main flavors), Windows (3.1 & NT)

Education

MS - Computer Science

University of Houston
Houston, TX

Master’s - Information Management Systems

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
01.2000

Skills

  • Languages: Java, C/C, SQL, Linux Shell, Python, C#, FORTRAN, Assembly (VAX-11)
  • OS: Linux (RHEL, CentOS, SuSE), Windows (Desktop & Server), MacOS, Unix (Variety)
  • Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, DB2, HBase, Oracle, MS SQL Server, SQLite
  • Packages / APIs: IBM Watson AI Services (WKS, Conversation, Assistant, Discovery, Personality Insights, NLC, NLU, Speech to Text, Tone Analyzer, ML), IBM Cloud, Big Data (Hadoop, HBase), J2EE, JDBC, JUnit, Servlet, Web Services, Watson Health Services, Rules Engine, Valgrind, etc
  • IDE/Tools: IntelliJ, Eclipse, NetBeans, Java Profiler, JMeter, Postman, Visual Studio, MS Visio, Git, Ant, Maven, VMware, Virtual Box, Linux Tools, Cygwin, Debuggers (dbx and like)
  • Web/App/Portal Servers: Apache Tomcat, WebSphere (Liberty), WebSphere (Commerce, InfoSphere, Portal, ESB)
  • Architecture/ Framework/ Methodologies: Cloud Computing (IBM, Azure, AWS, GCP), Cognitive Computing, AI, Machine Learning, Design Thinking, Architecture (Cloud Native, Application, Integration, Batch, E-Commerce, Messaging, Data), Agile Development, SOA, Design Patterns, System Management, Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, Computer Visualization, Robotics, Parallel Computing, Configuration Management, Project Management etc
  • Cloud architecture
  • Digital transformation
  • Multi-cloud solutions
  • AI integration
  • Reference architecture
  • Technical pre-sales
  • Solution selling
  • DevOps practices
  • Client engagement
  • Strategic planning
  • Team leadership
  • Effective communication
  • Problem solving
  • Multi-cloud strategy
  • Cloud architecture design
  • Data storage optimization
  • Serverless computing
  • API integration
  • Scalability planning
  • Resource provisioning
  • Continuous integration
  • Disaster recovery planning
  • Cost optimization
  • Solution implementation
  • Capacity planning
  • Application modernization
  • Infrastructure migration
  • Virtualization technologies
  • Hybrid cloud management
  • Backup and recovery
  • Containerization technologies
  • Monitoring and logging
  • Identity and Access management
  • High availability design
  • Cloud application development
  • Microservices architecture
  • Compliance and regulations

Certification

  • Azure Solution Architect Certification (In-Progress - Completed AZ-900)
  • IBM Internal Training (2014-Present): Held Sales, Courses on Watson, Cognitive Computing, BigData, Architecture, Quality Management System (QMS), Blockchain, HIPAA, QMS, Healthcare Solutions, etc.
  • Accenture Internal Training (2006-2009): Java, SOA Design School, Spring Framework, project management, personal development, team management, IBM WebSphere Commerce and Portal, Blaze Advisor (by Fair Issac)
  • Sun Microsystems (2000-2005): Variety of courses in Technology (Java, XML, Sun Cluster, Fibre-Channel, SAN, Solaris Admin, Java Caps (SeeBeyond) Six Sigma) and Personal Development
  • Harvard University Courses (1997-2000): Adv. Topics in Java and Distributed Computing, Oracle (SQL+PL/SQL), Java for Distributed Computing, Object Paradigm: C++ and Java, Adv. Windows Programming in VC++ and MFC
  • University of Houston (1990-1993): MS Thesis: Computer Visualization in Scientific Computing | Graduate Level: Computer Architecture, Software Engineering, Data Structures, Numerical Analysis, Compiler, Operating Systems, Computer Graphics, Vector Processing, Computer Network, Data Management | PhD Level: Advance Operating Systems, Computer Vision, and Robotics
  • Badges: Big Data Foundations Level 1, Team Solution Design, Architecture Thinking, Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner, IBM Blockchain Essentials, IBM Blockchain Consulting etc.
  • Certification: PMP (Oct/2012)

Extracurricular Activities

Member of ACM and Technology Interest Groups [2018 – 2021]: Volunteer at local community Food Pantry initiatives [2013 – 2018]: Board member of a non-profit K-12 educational institute [2007 – 2015]: Lead Master Planning for a comprehensive multi-phase and multi-million (5M+) community service center project. Lead design, development and construction of Phase-0 Infrastructure development that involved design of a complex detention pond and 240+ parking spots [2001 – 2005]: Volunteered for multi-million (3M+) and 44K sq. ft. community center project. Lead the effort for creating technology strategy and implemented it.

Languages

English
Native/ Bilingual
Urdu
Native/ Bilingual
Hindi
Full Professional

References

References available upon request.

Publications

  • Dreamforce 2015
  • CES 2016
  • HIMSS 2017

Contract Assignments

  • Worked on several contract assignments
  • Developed a GUI prototype using Zapp C++ framework and tools using Btrieve in C.
  • Taught courses in C, Unix, X-Windows and Motif to companies like BP, EXXON etc.
  • Technologies: Unix (main flavors), C, Unix Shell, VAX/VMS, Windows, Btrieve

Timeline

Sr. Commerce Cloud Solution Architect

Adobe
11.2021 - Current

Cloud Solution Architect / Manager / Cloud Native

IBM
09.2014 - 10.2021

Technical Lead

Accenture
03.2013 - 08.2014

Technical Lead

Dell
01.2010 - 03.2013

Technical Lead

Accenture
10.2006 - 12.2009

Sr. Software Engineer

Sun Microsystems Inc.
03.2001 - 08.2006

Sr. Software Engineer

Parametric Technology
05.1995 - 03.2001

Release Engineer

Novasoft Inc.
09.1994 - 02.1995

Software Engineer

Associative Design Tech.
07.1993 - 09.1994

MS - Computer Science

University of Houston

Master’s - Information Management Systems

Harvard University

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