Founder-led technical builder and 0→1 product architect with an MBA, designing and shipping production-grade platforms across Healthcare, Fintech/Banking, Aerospace, Consulting, Proptech, and Travel. Strong in translating strict business requirements into scalable architecture while avoiding early-stage architectural mistakes. Fluent in using modern AI developer tools to accelerate delivery without compromising engineering fundamentals, security, or data integrity—covering product strategy, technical architecture, workflow design, compliance systems, and high-velocity execution.

Zulqarnain Shahzad

Founder-led technical builder and 0→1 product architect with an MBA, designing and shipping production-grade platforms across Healthcare, Fintech/Banking, Aerospace, Consulting, Proptech, and Travel. Strong in translating strict business requirements into scalable architecture while avoiding early-stage architectural mistakes. Fluent in using modern AI developer tools to accelerate delivery without compromising engineering fundamentals, security, or data integrity—covering product strategy, technical architecture, workflow design, compliance systems, and high-velocity execution.

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Founder-led technical builder and 0→1 product architect with an MBA, designing and shipping production-grade platforms across Healthcare, Fintech/Banking, Aerospace, Consulting, Proptech, and Travel. Strong in translating strict business requirements into scalable architecture while avoiding early-stage architectural mistakes.

Fluent in using modern AI developer tools to accelerate delivery without compromising engineering fundamentals, security, or data integrity—covering product strategy, technical architecture, workflow design, compliance systems, and high-velocity execution.

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Language

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Work Experience

Founder & CTO | Product Architect at Space Intelligence Corporation
June 1, 2023 - Present
Architected and built a production-grade multi-sided luxury travel marketplace, connecting guests, hosts, and service providers via unified booking, payments, identity, and reservation infrastructure. Designed end-to-end booking workflows including commission structures, subscription-ready billing architecture, inventory management, reservation lifecycle management, pricing logic, and double-booking prevention. Implemented Stripe Connect for commission routing, automated payouts, tax calculation, and marketplace financial workflows supporting multi-party transactions. Engineered identity verification, trust/compliance, messaging, onboarding, and operational systems required for a three-sided marketplace. Led end-to-end platform architecture and systems engineering, translating business requirements into scalable technical systems while preventing early-stage architectural mistakes and technical debt.
Technical Founder & Lead Architect at Galaxitron Ltd
May 1, 2016 - June 1, 2023
Architected a production-grade, multi-tenant healthcare platform from 0 to 1, engineering secure portal integrations and complex clinical workflows for patients, clinics, administrators, and partners. Designed strict authentication/RBAC pipelines to secure patient onboarding and clinical blood-work dashboards. Built secure, scalable financial infrastructure and core multi-tenant platform frameworks for a major banking institution, optimizing for data integrity and system reliability. Deployed an enterprise workflow operational system to optimize lean manufacturing pipelines.

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA) at University Canada West
September 1, 2023 - May 1, 2025
Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) (BBA) at University of Hertfordshire
September 1, 2019 - October 1, 2022
B-Tech Business Management Level 5 (HND) at Pearson London
August 1, 2017 - September 1, 2019
Master of Business Administration (MBA) at University Canada West
September 1, 2023 - May 31, 2025
Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) (BBA) at University of Hertfordshire
September 1, 2019 - October 31, 2022
B-Tech Business Management Level 5 (HND) at Pearson London
August 1, 2017 - September 30, 2019

Qualifications

McKinsey & Company Forward Program (Advanced Level)
January 11, 2030 - August 3, 2026
SAP Technology Consulting
January 11, 2030 - August 3, 2026
Google Project Management
January 11, 2030 - August 3, 2026
Wharton Corporate Finance
January 11, 2030 - August 3, 2026
Google Digital Marketing
January 11, 2030 - August 3, 2026
UCW Financial Accounting
January 11, 2030 - August 3, 2026
Applications of AI in Business
January 11, 2030 - August 3, 2026
AI: Ethics & Societal Challenges
January 11, 2030 - August 3, 2026
AWS Cloud Foundations
January 11, 2030 - August 3, 2026
IBM Building AI Agents
January 11, 2030 - August 3, 2026
BCG Strategy Consulting
January 11, 2030 - August 3, 2026
Google IT Security
January 11, 2030 - August 3, 2026
IBM Agile & Scrum
January 11, 2030 - August 3, 2026
Agentic AI
January 11, 2030 - August 3, 2026
Quantum Computing
January 11, 2030 - August 3, 2026
Oliver Wyman Financial Services
January 11, 2030 - August 3, 2026
Accenture Strategy & Technology Consulting
January 11, 2030 - August 3, 2026

Industry Experience

Travel & Hospitality, Healthcare, Financial Services, Real Estate & Construction, Professional Services, Software & Internet, Other