University of Oslo

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

• Data Strategy: Leading the development of a data strategy to enhance decision-making and improve business performance.

• Cloud Strategy: Led the design and execution of cloud strategies, ensuring organizations achieve
alignment with business objectives. Collaborated closely with C-suite executives to maximize technology investments and enhance organizational agility.

• Cloud Native AI & ML: Implementing AI and machine learning solutions in the cloud to drive innovation and efficiency.

• Cloud security and data protection, ensuring robust defense mechanisms are in place to safeguard organizational data across all platforms.

Commitment AS

Cloud, Data & AI Lead | Enterprise Architect | Senior Consultant

• Led cloud observability and multi cloud security best practices projects, guiding consultants in securing cloud resources for optimal performance.
• Designed and implemented scalable and secure cloud architectures for public sector clients, aligning
with their unique business requirements.
• Successfully executed migration of databases and IT services to Cloud.

Crayon

Senior Cloud Architect

• Led a cross-functional project to develop a regulatory sandbox which also led to an initiative to improve
visibility into transaction flow in the bank.
• Implemented cloud-based alert and monitoring services, enhancing operational efficiency and ensuring
high system availability.
• Researched IT governance, Technical debt and team autonomy across the organization to improve
alignment between business objectives and technology initiatives.
• Discovered areas of improvement and designed an innovative solution that won the DNB Innovation
Hackathon in 2021.

"His tasks have mainly been development and solution architecture related to our product systems and services for this area. Adnan has performed his work to our satisfaction and expectations, and his relationship with customers and colleagues has been good. We recommend Adnan to future employers."
-Fredrik Svendsen, Technology & Services – Group Architecture & Technology

IT Architect

• Involved in all aspects of NBX’s financial exchange project life cycle, from the initial kickoff through the requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing and launch. 
• Identified the core system components of a financial exchange and translated requirements into UML diagrams.
• Provided overall direction, guidance and definition of matching engine architecture to effectively support the corporate business strategy via reports/documents and presentations to partners and senior managers.
• Writing the requirement specification involving functional and non-functional (including security) requirements.
• Increased security by detecting that the cryptographic entropy in the wallet generation service was not secure. 
• Programming a trading bot to test the most important service APIs of the system.
• Implementing a core component of the exchange service that interacts with external financial exchanges and users.
• Researched different databases, message brokers and cryptocurrencies and implemented prototypes to benchmark and assess the functionality and the performance of the different alternatives to find the optimal choice for the system.

"He[Adnan] designed the specification requirements of the core functionalities of the trading platform. Adnan solved this in an excellent way"
- Stig Aleksander Kjos-Mathisen, Managing Director Norwegian Block Exchange AS

Norwegian Block Exchange AS

Software Engineer / Functional Architect

• Elected representative of Expert committee (University of Oslo, The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences) 2016-2017. 
• Improving education and courses syllabus and reviewing feedback from students and possible solutions and improvements with administration and professors.

Adnan Alisa