Atif-Ullah Sheikh

Atif-ullah Sheikh has a diverse work experience spanning over many years. Atif-ullah'smost recent position is at Tkxel, where they serve as a Senior Data Architect and Technical Project Manager since February 2021. Prior to that, they worked as a Database Architect at SDS-IT from April 2020 to February 2021.

From February 2018 to January 2020, Atif-ullah Sheikh held the role of Manager SOW and DB Architecture at IBEX. Before that, they were a Programme Architect at iSky, Inc. for three years, from February 2015 to February 2018. In this position, they were responsible for creating and deploying multilingual BI projects for the company and designing complete data mart, ETL, and cube solutions.

At Ovex Technologies Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd., Atif-ullah Sheikh worked as a Database Architect and Consultant in the Microsoft Practice division from November 2013 to January 2015. Atif-ullah gained experience in working with big data and Hadoop, loading and querying HIVE tables, and developing reports using Windows Azure Reporting Services.

Prior to that, Atif-ullah Sheikh was an Assistant Director and BI Consultant at F3 Technologies Inc/Mobile Technologies Rawalpindi for more than five years, from January 2008 to October 2013. In this role, they led the database department and collaborated with developers and business analysts to provide normalized database designs.

At the beginning of their career, Atif-ullah Sheikh served as an Assistant Manager in the MIS department at Askari Leasing Limited from January 2003 to January 2008. Here, they maintained and debugged existing systems, developed new systems, and played a crucial role in data verification for auditing financial reports.

Overall, Atif-ullah Sheikh has a comprehensive background in data architecture, technical project management, and BI projects, showcasing their expertise in various domains and technologies such as Microsoft SQL, Azure, Hadoop, and more.

Atif-ullah Sheikh holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Finance and IT from Arid Agriculture University, which they obtained from 2003 to 2006. Atif-ullah also has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Sciences (BCS) from The National College, which they completed from 1996 to 1999. In terms of certifications, Atif-ullah Sheikh has obtained several from Microsoft and PMI. These include the MCSE: Data Management and Analytics certification, which they received in September 2016, and the MCSE: Data Management and Analytics - Certified 2016 certification, also obtained in September 2016. Atif-ullah has also completed PMP Training from PMI in August 2015. Furthermore, Atif-ullah Sheikh holds the MCSA - SQL Server 2012 certification (obtained in January 2014), the MCITP - Business Intelligence Developer 2008 certification (completed in July 2011), and the MCITP - Database Developer 2008 certification (achieved in June 2011). It is important to note that Atif-ullah Sheikh lists two certifications as "MCSE: Business Intelligence" and "MCSE: Data Management and Analytics" without specifying the obtained month and year.