Tuesday, 8 October 2013

Resume

CURRICULUM VITAE

Of

ABUL KASHEM MD. SHIRIN


Job Experience

From
To
Organization and Designation
Job Description

14/02/2008
To date
Dutch-Bangla Bank

Managing Director and CEO

As a Managing Director and CEO of the Bank, I am responsible to conduct banking business within the rules, regulations and compliances of the Central Bank, and manage expectation of the Board of Directors of the bank in one side, and that of the employees of the bank on the other side.

14/02/2008
30/10/2018
Dutch-Bangla Bank

2008-2009:
Deputy Managing Director (Admin)

2010-2018:
Deputy Managing Director-1

As Deputy Managing Director (Admin) of DBBL from 2008-2009, I was a (a) policy maker for Human Resource Development, General Services (opening of new branches and ATMs), Branches’ Control, Research & Development, (b) responsible for development and sales & marketing of products related to Retail and SME loans, (c) administrator of Information Technology of the bank and (d) responsible for development, marketing & sales of Credit Card products and services.

As Deputy Managing Director-1 of DBBL from 2010 to 2018, I was a (a) policy maker for Foreign Trade business, (b) responsible for development, sales and marketing of products related to Personal loans & Credit Cards, (c) administrator of Information Technology of the bank, (d) responsible for planning innovative Alternative Delivery Channels, and design & implementation of DBBL’s mobile financial services and Biometric-based Agent Banking Services.

01/01/2006
13/02/2008
Dutch-Bangla Bank

Senior Executive Vice President
Þ Head of Information Technology Division

Þ Supervising Executive of the Card Division

Þ Marketing of the largest ATM Network of DBBL to other Banks for sharing it by them, negotiating the terms & conditions and pricing and successfully signed the sharing agreement with Mutual Trust Bank, Citi Bank N.A., Standard Chartered Bank, Bank Asia, NCC Bank, Commercial Bank of Ceylon, Prime Bank, UCBL, Southeast Bank, The City Bank, First Security Bank, Trust Bank, Mercantile Bank.

Þ Marketing & sales of the Retail Business products specially opening of the salary accounts of the corporate bodies, and singing corporate deals for offering both asset and liability products to the staff of the corporate bodies.

Þ Responsible for selection and approval of the ATM sites including fixing rent and advance.

01/01/2003
31/12/2005
Dutch-Bangla Bank
IT Division

Executive Vice President
Þ Head of Information Technology Division.

Þ Worked as Project Manager for implementation of Centralized On-Line Banking Software (Flexcube of i-flex solutions ltd, India)

Þ Project Manager for implementation of Switching Software (IST/Switch of EFunds, USA), ATM (Diebold and NCR) and POS terminals (Hypercom)

Þ Project Manager for implementation of Internet Banking, SMS & Alert Banking systems

Þ Project Manager for implementation of Maestro and Cirrus products of MasterCard International

Þ Project Manager for implementation of Visa Electron and Plus products of Visa International

Þ Project Manager for implementing Online Synchronous Disaster Recovery Site (DRS)

26/08/2001
31/12/2002
BASIC Bank, Computer Division

Deputy General Manager
Þ IT Manager.

Þ Design and coding of a de-centralized banking software called “EAGLE” for the Bank.

01/06/1998
25/08/2001
BASIC Bank, Computer Division

Assistant General Manager

Do
01/07/1996
31/05/1998
BASIC Bank, Computer Division

Manager

Do
15/10/1994
30/06/1996
BASIC Bank, Computer Division

Deputy Manager

System analysis, Computer Programming and UNIX Network administration

31/08/1992
12/10/1994
Bangladesh Sugar & Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC), Computer Cell

Assistant Engineer
Computer Programming and UNIX Network administration
05/06/1984
30/7/1992
BSFIC, Thakurgaon Sugar Mills Ltd.

Assistant Engineer
Looked after transport pool of the mills
01/09/1983
04/06/1984
Bangladesh Agricultural University, Department of Farm Power & Machinery

Scientific Officer
Research works on "Solar Crop Dryers" and preparation of technical reports


Educational Qualifications

Certificate /Degree
Year of award
Institute / University
Remarks
Master of Engineering (Computer Science and Engineering)

15 April, 2001
Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Master of Engineering (Farm Machinery and Management)

16 Aug., 1991
Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand

B. Sc. (Hons) in Agricultural Engineering

1982 (held in 1983)
Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh
First Class, First Position
Higher Secondary Certificate (Science group)

May, 1978
Government college, Sylhet, Bangladesh
Comilla Board
Secondary School Certificate (Science group)

March, 1976
Govt. Jubilee High school, Sunamgonj, Bangladesh
Comilla Board



Training courses conducted

a)                  Conducted training on CDS/ISIS organized by CIRDAP at Dhaka.

b)                  Conducted training on Visual Foxpro organized by the BIBM (Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management) in 1999.

c)                   Conducted training on Visual Basic organized by the BIBM (Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management) in 2001.

d)                  Delivered lectures in different seminars / courses (semester) at BIBM such as

-          Management Information System (MIS)
-          System Analysis and Design
-          Application of Computer in Banks
-          E-Commerce
-          Evaluation of Computer Hardware and Software
-          Factors to be considered in designing MIS
-          Database Architecture and WAN connectivity for MIS
-          Database Management System
-          IT Security and Information Systems Audit in Banks


Services provided as members of various committees

a)      Worked as member of the “Computer Advisory Committee” of the Institute of Bankers Bangladesh (IBB), Dhaka constituted for computerization of the examination system of the institute.

b)      Worked as external examiner of the BIBM (Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management) for following subjects of one year’s course entitled “Diploma in Computer Applications Program (DCAP)”

-          Management Information System
-          Algorithm and Data Structures
-          Database Management System
-          Fundamentals of IT
-          Object Oriented Programming in Java

c)    Worked as a member of the National Technical Committee for introducing electronic utility bills payment system under the strengthening the ICT capacity of the Prime Minister’s Office

d)    Worked as an expert in the Committee for computerization of the Accounting and Library Management Systems of the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM).

e)    Worked as a member of the Committee for implementation of a Centralized Core Banking software in 100 branches of the Agrani Bank

f)     Worked as a member of the Committee for implementation of a Centralized Core Banking in 45 branches of the Sonali Bank

g)      Worked as a member of the Committee for evaluation of the bids for procurement of banking application package for Bangladesh Bank (Central Bank) under the Central Bank Strengthening Project.

h)      2006 - Worked as a member of a Committee of preparation of a ICT Policy for Banks on behalf of the Bangladesh Bank (Central Bank)

i)        2009 - Worked as member of the National Payment System Council (NPSC) of the Bangladesh bank (Central Bank) to support the development of a sound and efficient clearing and settlement system in Bangladesh

j)        2012 - Worked  as a member of the Committee for setup of a ‘Nation Payment Switch, Bangladesh’ in the Bangladesh Bank (Central Bank)

k)      2013 – Working as a member of the working group created by the Ministry of Finance to prepare a policy guideline for agent banking, electronic financial inclusion (e-FI) and financial literacy, and to outline a pilot project for the same.


Deliberations in National/International Conferences

i.          eASIA-2011 conference held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Presentation in the seminar entitled “Electronic and Mobile Payments: Financial Inclusion for the Unbanked on 1 December, 2011.

ii.             MasterCard Conference held in Bangkok, Thailand. Discussant in the session entitled “Financial Inclusion and ways to do it profitably by participants from relevant banks” on 9 December, 2011,

iii.              The Asian Banker Summit-2012 held in Bangkok, Thailand. Discussant in the session entitled “Remote Banking – the future of payments: Innovation and Security” on 26 April, 2012.

iv.            SAP SapphireNOW-2012 held in Orlando, Florida, USA. Speech delivered in the session entitled “Mobile Commerce Services: 2012 and beyond (Session ID-7538) on 15 May, 2012.

v.          SAP SapphireNOW-2012 held in Orlando, Florida, USA. Discussant in the Mobile Customer Success & Innovation Panel moderated by Sanjoy Poonen, President and Corporate Officer, SAP Global Solutions on 14 May, 2012.

vi.            National Microfinance Conference-2012 held in BICC, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Keynote speaker in the plenary session-2 entitled ‘Mobile Banking and Role of MFIs in Financial Inclusion’ held on 30 May, 2012.

vii.           Roundtable Discussion jointly organized by the Daily Star (a renowned English newspaper in Bangladesh) and the Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) on 12 January, 2013 on the eve of e-Commerce Week run jointly by the Bangladesh Bank (Central Bank) and BASIS. Keynote speaker entitled “e-Commerce in Bangladesh: How ready are we?”

viii.           Roundtable Discussant in a seminar entitled “Mobile Banking Services: its impacts and future in Bangladesh” organized jointly by the Daily Star (a renowned English newspaper in Bangladesh), BRAC Bank and the bKash on 8 Dec, 2012.

ix.          The 2nd Indian Ocean / South Asia Mobile Payments & Banking Summits – 2013 held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Speaker on Day-2 (31 January, 2013) entitled “Opportunities for Banks in the m-Commerce Revolution”


Publications

SHIRIN, A.K.M. (1998). Computer Programming (Quick BASIC). A text book for the students of MBA, BBA, B.Sc. Ag. Engg, Diploma in Computer Science and Electronics, HSC, SSC, A & O Level. Published by the “Bangla Academy”.
 
SHIRIN, Abul Kashem Md and KAYKOBAD, M (2001). Query Optimization by Decomposition of BCNF/3NF Relations. In the Proceedings of International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT,2001), University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 28-29 December, 2001.
 
SHIRIN, Abul Kashem Md and PRIANKA Nursat Tamanna (2011). Information Technology in Financial Services. A text book for the bankers appearing for Banking Diploma of the Institute of Bankers Bangladesh (IBB). Published by the Institute of Bankers Bangladesh (IBB).

SHIRIN, Abul Kashem Md (2012). Banking the 87 Percent. In the Mobile Commerce Guide-2012 (P 32-34). Published by Sybase – a SAP Company.

SHIRIN, Abul Kashem Md (2010). The push and pull of mobile banking. In the Daily Star (a renowned English newspaper in Bangladesh: www.thedailystar.net) on 5 December, 2010 (page-B4).

SHIRIN, Abul Kashem Md (2011). Bangladesh enters into e-commerce era – Part-I. In the Financial Express (a renowned English newspaper in Bangladesh: www.fe-bd.com) on 17 July, 2011 (pg-6).

SHIRIN, Abul Kashem Md (2011). Bangladesh enters into e-commerce era – Part-II. In the Financial Express (a renowned English newspaper in Bangladesh: www.fe-bd.com) on 19 July, 2011 (pg-6).

SHIRIN, Abul Kashem Md (2011). Handling Properly Paypal in Bangladesh. In the Financial Express (a renowned English newspaper in Bangladesh: www.fe-bd.com) on 27 July, 2011 (page-6).

SHIRIN, Abul Kashem Md (2013). Popularizing e-commerce. In the Financial Express (a renowned English newspaper in Bangladesh: www.fe-bd.com) on 3 February, 2013 (page-5).


Personal Information

a) Name                                                               : ABUL KASHEM MD. SHIRIN

b) Permanent Address                                  :   Village        : Dharargaon
                                                                                             P. O.+P.S .   : Sunamgonj Sadar - 3000
                    District        : Sunamgonj
                    Country      : Bangladesh  

                c) E-mail address                                             : akmshirin@yahoo.com


Professional Membership

a)            Member of the Bangladesh Computer Society (M506).
b)            Member of the Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh (F-9153).
c)            Member of the Association of Bankers Bangladesh (ABB)
d)            Member of the Executive Committee of Jalalabad Association for 2012-13, 2014-15
e)            Member of the Executive Committee of the Alumni Association of the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh