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# snapshot
ROLES
What I do today.
engineering leader
product & agile delivery
SOCI / CIRMP researcher
founder / builder
SPOKEN LANGUAGES
Languages I speak.
punjabi · saraiki
urdu · hindi · english
arabic (reading)
ATLAS
Where I have lived and worked.
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5 countries · 20 yrs
AI STACK
What I build and deliver with.
claude code · cursor
v0.dev · codex
SaLLM framework · vibe coding
jira · confluence · miro
microsoft 365 · slack · google workspace
# certifications
SAFe SPC
SAFe Program Consultant
PSM I
Professional Scrum Master
PSPO
Professional Scrum Product Owner
PAL-E
Professional Agile Leader
CDMP
Certified Data Management Professional
AWS CCP
AWS Cloud Practitioner
AZ-900
Azure Fundamentals
GCP DGL
GCP Digital Leader
PMI MF
PMI Project Management Fundamentals
# core competencies· What I do when a program is cross-functional, regulated, or on fire.
Engineering Leadership & Team Building
AI-Enabled Engineering Workflows
Cloud & Data Platform Delivery
Digital & Mobile Product Delivery
Agile Delivery (SAFe · Scrum · Kanban)
Delivery Governance & Reporting
Stakeholder & Exec Engagement
Cross-cultural & Distributed Teams
# professional experience· Where I owned the outcome, the team, and the relationships.
Engineering Manager
Sonic Healthcare
Aug 2026 - present · Melbourne
  • Line management for two pathology IT teams.
  • Working with the teams and the wider department on agile practice and delivery uplift.
Founder
9T5
Dec 2017 – present · Melbourne
  • Built a technology and agile consulting practice across delivery, embedded product work, and transformation.
  • Partnered with enterprise teams on product roadmaps, planning rhythm, and execution quality.
Co-Founder
Kind Corner
Apr 2024 – present · Melbourne
  • Co-founded a care platform product for neurodivergent kids and families with practical pathways.
  • Built cross-functional operating rhythm across product direction, service quality, growth, and community trust.
Senior Digital Delivery Manager
MECCA Brands
Oct 2025 – Apr 2026 · Melbourne
  • Led a squad delivering an uplifted, intelligent product discovery experience powered by Constructor.io.
  • Drove the rollout of Jira Premium, migrating teams from Miro-based planning to Jira Plans for a single source of delivery truth.
  • Introduced a portfolio sprint showcase cadence that materially improved quarterly planning quality and exec visibility.
Delivery Consultant & Coach
Australia Post (via EPiC Agile)
Jul 2025 - Aug 2025 · Melbourne
  • Facilitated discovery and shaped epics/features for faster customer delivery.
  • Delivered in 4-6 weeks outcomes that usually take 3-6 months.
Delivery Lead & Acting Product Owner (Data)
Wesfarmers OneDigital
May 2023 - Apr 2025 · Melbourne
  • Led two data squads across Snowflake, DBT, S3, Airflow, sequencing work to product priorities from marketing and analytics.
  • Delivered migration, segmentation, retention, and de-identification programs with measurable product outcomes.
Engineering Manager / Domain Agile Coach
NAB (via 9T5)
Nov 2021 - Mar 2023 · Melbourne
  • Led two mobile squads serving ~4 million customers.
  • Improved app rating from 3.8 to 4.3 through delivery discipline.
Agile Delivery Consultant
Coles Group (via 9T5)
Jul 2021 - Oct 2021 · Melbourne
  • Scrum Master and Agile coach for API squads supporting web/mobile.
Agile Coach - Customer Operations
ANZ (via 9T5)
Oct 2019 - Jul 2021 · Melbourne
  • Supported 4+ value teams in customer support ops transformation.
  • Proposed a team structure change that shortened time to decision and time to draw-down for customers.
Agile Delivery Manager - Data & Operations
Emirates Airlines
Mar 2018 - Sep 2019 · Dubai
  • Led 50 people across BI, analytics, and operational efficiency.
  • Supported launch of Data & Analytics ART in enterprise transformation.
Earlier career
2007 to 2018
  • Iteration Manager / Agile Enabler · Myer · Jul 2017 - Feb 2018
  • Delivery Lead at NAB, via DiUS Computing · Nov 2016 - Jun 2017
  • Iteration Manager & Business Analyst · DiUS Computing, Melbourne · Nov 2015 - Jun 2017
  • Group Technical Business Analyst · iCar Asia, Malaysia / Indonesia / Thailand · Mar 2014 - Sep 2015
  • Technical Business Analyst · iCar Asia · Feb 2013 - Mar 2014
  • Business Analyst · Scicom MSC Bhd, Malaysia / Singapore · Oct 2012 - Feb 2013
  • Technical Support Executive · Scicom MSC Bhd · Feb 2012 - Sep 2012
  • Technical Writer & Software QA Engineer · IT Beams, Pakistan / Saudi Arabia · Feb 2011 - Nov 2011
  • Technology Writer & Business Analyst · Bir Al Sabia Technologies, Pakistan / UAE · Jan 2008 - Jan 2011
  • Technical Writer · Ikonami, Pakistan / UK · May 2007 - Nov 2007
# current focus· Where my learning hours go.
engineering leadership
Leading an engineering team in a regulated industry. Team health, release quality, and the operating rhythm that keeps people shipping safely.
critical infrastructure research
Working toward a Masters by Research on how critical infrastructure security actually gets measured. Reading the rules the teams I lead work under.
building: cirmp AI
Where the research meets something I actually ship.
building: AI governance & sovereignty
Learning what governable AI looks like for Commonwealth agencies.
Experience · Salam Khan