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El Hadji Malick GAYE

Dakar

Summary

Versatile Product Engineer with 12 years background designing products and corresponding manufacturing activities. Polished in building digital models of concepts, testing and creating prototypes and selecting appropriate materials for manufacturing. Proficient in CAD and CAM software. Focused and results-oriented professional possessing strong communication and motivational skills.

Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.

Overview

13
years of professional experience

Work History

INTOUCH

Head of Business Unit MyTouchPoint & New Products
01.2022 - Current

Job overview

  • Tested completed projects for functionality and implemented changes to production methods to rectify issues in final products.
  • Drove continuous improvement culture in engineering to provide clear product design standards, improve manufacturability through enhanced documentation and reduce engineering cycle time.
  • Recommended software solutions, built custom software proposals and developed presentations.
  • Optimized design by implementing effective stakeholder-driven design review process.
  • Led continuous improvements in engineering, resulting in clearer product design standards, better manufacturability and reduced engineering cycle time.
  • Directed, guided and monitored support engineers and in-house operational personnel.
  • Devised new products and features to boost customer satisfaction, reduce costs and propel product line to industry forefront.

INTOUCH

Head of New Service Integration Dept.
09.2019 - 12.2022

Job overview

  • Designed and maintained integrated requirement traceability matrices to verify development performance consistency across teams and projects.
  • Interfaced with front-end and back-end development teams to develop unified product, smoothing out coding conflicts before problems arose.
  • Advised senior stakeholders on correct project methodologies based on business goals and internal parameters for planned development tasks.
  • Directed multi-national team of junior developers, integrating disparate levels of experience and technical knowledge into cohesive efforts.
  • Collected and analyzed client requirements, incorporating business goals and budgetary concerns into project proposals.

BOSS/JONI JONI

Chief Technology Officer
10.2015 - 07.2019

Job overview

  • Managed company-level architecture, platform and data configuration processes and implementation protocols.
  • Laid out complete business continuity plan to maintain data protection in event of natural disaster or long-term outage.
  • Interpreted multifaceted technological issues into defined frameworks and highly scripted action plans.
  • Directed engineering team's complex project development and functionality objectives.

BOSS/JONI JONI

Mobile Application Developer
01.2014 - 10.2015

Job overview

  • Partnered with marketing and sales teams to incorporate app components likely to increase sales and revenue production.
  • Tracked post-deployment bug reports to recognize and resolve trends among user-reported faults and complaints.
  • Collaborated across multi-disciplinary teams using Agile development frameworks.

MANOBI

Software Developer
07.2012 - 04.2013

Job overview

  • Revised, modularized and updated old code bases to modern development standards, reducing operating costs, and improving functionality.
  • Collaborated on stages of systems development lifecycle from requirement gathering to production releases.
  • Collaborated with project managers to select ambitious, but realistic coding milestones on pre-release software project development.
  • Pioneered new methods of code review to incorporate wider range of voices.

BAAMTU

Software Developer
08.2011 - 06.2012

Job overview

  • Collaborated with project managers to select ambitious, but realistic coding milestones on pre-release software project development.
  • Revised, modularized and updated old code bases to modern development standards, reducing operating costs, and improving functionality.
  • Collaborated on stages of systems development lifecycle from requirement gathering to production releases.
  • Designed intuitive graphical user interfaces to improve user experience.

BAAMTU

Trainee Software Engineer
02.2011 - 08.2011

Job overview

  • Partnered with team members to learn best practices in software design.
  • Worked closely with peers to identify issues and provide suitable resolutions.
  • Shadowed team members to learn new tasks and how to appropriately handle technical issues.
  • Worked with developers to identify and remove software bugs.

Education

Polytechnic School
Dakar Senegal

Master of Science from Information Technology
08.2011

University Overview

Faculty of Science And Technology
University Cheikh Anta Diop Dakar Senegal

Licence from Physical Sciences
07.2008

University Overview

High School Demba Diop
Mbour Senegal

High School Diploma
07.2005

University Overview

Skills

  • Information Technology Banking Payments Innovation FinTech Thought Leader
  • Complex topics simplifier
  • Great products builder,
  • Great teams builder
  • Digital transaction
  • Understanding of business functions
  • Understanding of client business requirements
  • Business opening and closing proficiency

Languages

French
Native language
English
Upper intermediate
B2

Timeline

Head of Business Unit MyTouchPoint & New Products
INTOUCH
01.2022 - Current
Head of New Service Integration Dept.
INTOUCH
09.2019 - 12.2022
Chief Technology Officer
BOSS/JONI JONI
10.2015 - 07.2019
Mobile Application Developer
BOSS/JONI JONI
01.2014 - 10.2015
Software Developer
MANOBI
07.2012 - 04.2013
Software Developer
BAAMTU
08.2011 - 06.2012
Trainee Software Engineer
BAAMTU
02.2011 - 08.2011
Polytechnic School
Master of Science from Information Technology
Faculty of Science And Technology
Licence from Physical Sciences
High School Demba Diop
High School Diploma
El Hadji Malick GAYE