Adi Hamshari

Network International delivers innovative solutions that drive revenue and profitability for customers by simplifying commerce and payments and is the leading enabler of digital commerce in MEA

• Leads 20+ technical / commercial projects annually including the implementation of Payment API, MC Scheme Tokenization, Alipay / Terrapay / WeChat, Debit Cards & ATM rollouts for subsidiaries, infrastructure SFTP and file transfers and Mobile & Internet banking projects
• Owns the entire project life-cycle; business cases, RFPs, contract review, SOW, technical evaluation, project planning, stakeholder relationship management, risk management, vendor management etc
• Negotiated contracts with vendors and suppliers, securing quality materials at competitive prices for efficient use of resources.
• Manages a team of 13 squad Agile members (8 Developers & 4 Testers and a solution architect)
• Developed comprehensive project plans with clear timelines, milestones, and budget requirements, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality results.
• Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously by prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals.
• Attained $3m in extra revenue through implementation of various banking projects
• Saved 22% of consultant annual salaries by up-skilling technical staff
• Agreed new strategic partnerships with 2 banks in Africa; generated $800k additional annual revenue

Project Examples:

• Orabank Enabling dual / multiple currency on all Orabank merchant POS across 12 African countries

* Revenue/ Budget: $350k, Project Timeline: 6 months

• Orabank Applied ATM surcharge fees on all international Visa transactions acquired on Orabank Terminals across 12 African countries

* Revenue/ Budget: $540k, Project Timeline: 8 months

• Orabank Digital Transformation - BankWorld Mobile App and Internet Banking Migration; migrated from legacy system to NI vendor (CR2). Upgraded their MA and IB which provides several new features through its MVC model

* Revenue/ Budget: $1.8m, Project Timeline: 14 months

• Air Serbia: API creation and electronic settlement and reconciliation payment report transfer; built an API interface to process and exchange payment files securely using PGP Encryption

* Revenue/ Budget: $220k, Project Timeline: 4 months

• MasterCard: Mastercard Scheme Tokenization on MPGS Mandate - scheme tokenization enabled for NI’s merchants. Enabling scheme tokenization at MPGS will result in annual cost savings of $300k, Project Timeline: 6 months

• ENBD: Terrapay, Alipay & WeChat pay implementation. ENBD now accepts Alipay / WeChat / Terrapay on their terminals and offer solutions to merchants in UAE thereby supporting wide acceptance of APM’s

* Revenue/ Budget: $1.2m, Project Timeline: 10 months

• Led an Agile Squad of digital transformation & technology modernization programs to deliver high-quality software solutions, significantly reducing time to market.
• Owned / prioritized product backlog and led product deployments from vision to delivery
• Focused on building critical features up front in order to identify constraints and maximize the products value.
• Managed Jira’s product backlog, Sprint / Epic planning activities, and Release Planning
• Managed Sprint reviews / demo sessions with various senior stakeholders
• Analyzed customer feedback to identify areas for improvement
• Led a global operations software system (Opsx 360) covering 250 offices in 60 countries, 18k employees, with $200m annual operating costs to improve the performance and speed of shipments
• Also improved KPIs for 90+ branches in 37 regions resulting in 23% increase in branch revenue
• Introduced processes to track / enhance customer satisfaction; improved Net Promoter Score (NPS)
• Refreshed global employee training; reduced content production time / increased user satisfaction
• Owned product roadmap and met 94% of all deadlines by identifying and mitigating technical issues

• Company Overview: UL helps companies to demonstrate safety, enhance sustainability, strengthen security, deliver quality, manage risk and achieve regulatory compliance
• Led large projects with pharmaceutical clients including Allergan, Biogen and Genentech
• Built Incident Management, environmental, health, safety and sustainability custom forms using SQL / PLSQL and XML
• Designed wireframes & configured IOS mobile apps; UL EHS Incidents - UL Compliance
• UL helps companies to demonstrate safety, enhance sustainability, strengthen security, deliver quality, manage risk and achieve regulatory compliance

• Company Overview: Fiserv is a global FinTech and payments company with solutions for banking, global commerce, merchant acquiring, billing and payments, and point-of-sale
• Led detailed interactions with stakeholders to gather business requirements; analyzed, translated and prioritized these into functional (NFUI- UX) requirements and turned them into BRD, FSD
• Fiserv is a global FinTech and payments company with solutions for banking, global commerce, merchant acquiring, billing and payments, and point-of-sale

• Company Overview: NCR Corporation is a global transaction technology leader
• Led several application projects: McAfee Solid Core Security Project for various Middle East banks
• Gasper Journal Project - Baraka Bank, National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), UAE Exchange and others
• Marketing Campaign Solution for NBAD Mobile Cash Withdrawals for Bank of Bahrain & Kuwait and Ahli United Bank
• NCR Corporation is a global transaction technology leader

• Company Overview: Aspire is a trusted digital partner for clients across the MENA region and the USA
• Produced QA Test Plans, Functional Specifications and Test Scripts
• Carried out manual, UI, regression, functional, performance and load testing using Black Box, White Box, Grey Box and other techniques
• Aspire is a trusted digital partner for clients across the MENA region and the USA