Usama Shamma is a Director of Software Engineering with 25+ years of IT experience across EMEA. An academic supervisor and international speaker, he specializes in data, AI, SOA, and enterprise architecture, advising global organizations across fintech, banking, telecom, retail, and hospitality. As a trusted mentor, he coaches and develops multi-disciplinary, multi-national engineering leaders and ICs—spanning Software Engineering, SDET, DevOps, TPM, and PMT—helping individuals and teams grow, lead, and deliver impact in complex global environments.

Mentoring & Advisory Services

Career & Interview Coaching
• Software Engineering interview preparation for international tech companies
• Career progression and growth planning for software engineers
• Coaching for Software Engineering Managers (first-time to senior leaders)

Leadership, Program & Delivery Excellence
• Technical Program Management (TPM) practices, frameworks, and consultations
• Executive coaching on engineering leadership, execution, and scaling teams

Architecture & Engineering Excellence
• Application, technology, and data architecture reviews
• Software architecture and system integration reviews
• SRE and DevOps best practices for scalability, high availability, and operational resilience
• Digital transformation and legacy modernization strategy reviews

Data & Analytics Advisory
• Data management best practices and data governance consultations
• Advisory on building analytics-driven organizations

Academic & Research Supervision
• Industry supervision for postgraduate and research projects
• Suitable for MBA, Business Analytics, Data Analytics, Leadership, Business & Management research and assignments

Thought Leadership & Public Speaking
• Coaching and review for technical speakers and authors
• Suitable for conference speakers, and journal / magazine contributors