~/sharif-newaz-chowdhury — product

$ whoami

Product Manager.
Deliver the system,
not just the roadmap.

10+ years across product management and solution delivery — from CG artist to Bangladesh's national mobile financial services rails. I write specs, read the codebase, and ship regulation-compliant systems at national scale.

Sharif Newaz Chowdhury
10+
yrs_in_product
80M+
users_served
05
companies_shipped
BDT 15M+
monthly_revenue
3DS MTX

// about

With over 10 years of experience as a product manager and consultant — with roots in the Bangladesh Army — I specialize in crafting and implementing tailored solutions that drive market success. I'm committed to building scalable, customizable systems, using creativity and agility to make technology a genuine catalyst for business outcomes.

My path has run through augmented reality and game engines, e-commerce logistics, SME service platforms, and now national-scale mobile financial services. What ties it together is the same instinct: define the scope, understand the technology underneath it, and ship something that measurably moves the business.

Sharif Newaz Chowdhury
Scalable Solution Design
Process Automation
Remittance & Integration
Cross-Functional Leadership
Retail & SME Strategy
Business Process Optimization
Risk & Financial Strategy
Distribution Strategy
Data-Driven Decisions

// experience

Delivery pipeline

Nov 2021 — Present · Dhaka, Bangladesh Fintech / MFS
Head of Service Delivery
Nagad Limited · Financial Technology & Services
  • Lead end-to-end product management for Nagad's core MFS delivery pipeline, serving a user base of over 80M+ users.
  • Designed and launched the Remittance feature via aggregator modality with banks & MTOs, generating BDT 10M in daily transactions in Q3 2024.
  • Manage a team of product managers across five active portfolios8% QoQ growth and BDT 15M+ in monthly revenue.
  • Enhanced POSM distribution & market visibility tracking using SQL-driven insights — 13% increase in market presence QoQ.
  • Led cross-functional delivery across engineering, UX, compliance & marketing — reduced time-to-market by 20%.
Apr 2021 — Oct 2021 · Dhaka, Bangladesh E-Commerce
Lead Product Manager
E-valy.com Limited · E-commerce
  • Led product & engineering to develop custom merchant solutions, migrating 10 million user records — reporting efficiency up 31%.
  • Launched a warehouse facility management system — 17% faster delivery via A/B testing and Agile sprints.
  • Integrated an MNO-based top-up service across 3 operators — 0.1M daily transactions, engagement up 23% in two weeks.
  • Designed a dynamic pickup/drop-off logistics system in 1 month — delivery errors down 40% via middleware integration.
Jan 2020 — Mar 2021 · Dhaka, Bangladesh Startup
Product Manager
Sheba Platform Limited · Sheba.xyz — Service Provider Platform
  • Led the core product of the country's first service-providing startup to operational breakeven in Dec 2020, after 3.5 years of seed investment.
  • Grew a revenue channel 14% QoQ, DAU from 54% to 75% among 20,000+ freelance service providers via a dynamic reward algorithm.
  • Enabled MFS wallet systems with 15K active transactions/month — organic sales up 10% QoQ.
Apr 2016 — Dec 2019 · Dhaka, Bangladesh AR / VR / Gaming
Senior UX Engineer
Dreamerz Lab Limited · AR/VR/Gaming Solutions
  • Led an AR framework lifting engagement 45–60% across automobile, medical, apparel & entertainment experiences.
  • Designed marker-based and markerless AR apps in Unity for a UK B2C marketplace — 18% sales increase in six months.
  • Introduced SaaS AR/VR to BMW and Porsche Singapore, helping drive a 50M QoQ B2B sales margin.
Mar 2015 — Apr 2016 · Dhaka, Bangladesh Agency
Junior CG Artist — Internship
Neotrix Advertising · Advertisement Agency
  • Drove offshore-client projects for the German Consulate Dhaka and the UN Regional Office in Bangladesh.
  • Crafted campaign MVPs — content hierarchy, wireframes, interactive prototypes — for the Education and Health Ministry under a UN vendor entity.
Mar 2015 — Apr 2016 · Dhaka, Bangladesh Agency
Consultant — Part Time
Astha International · Tradind
  • Crafted Digital Solution by identifying strongest & weakest impact for Advertisement and Marketing Strategy to ensure the campaign’s growth, social aspects & guidelines.
  • Collaborated and managed the Partner vendor of Interior Design solution to launch the Hotel management solution.Drove offshore-client projects for the German Consulate Dhaka and the UN Regional Office in Bangladesh.

// projects

Things I've built

Fintech · Live

Remittance via Aggregator

Designed and launched a bank & MTO aggregator remittance channel at Nagad, now generating BDT 10M in daily transactions.

Internal Tooling

Sales Workforce & Retail Automation

Automated the retail business model and enhanced the sales workforce management tool across five active portfolios.

E-commerce · Logistics

Dynamic Pickup/Drop-off System

Built a logistics network integration at E-valy, cutting delivery errors up to 40% via middleware in under a month.

Startup · Growth

Dynamic Reward Algorithm

SQL-driven reward system at Sheba.xyz that lifted DAU from 54% to 75% among 20,000+ freelance service providers.

AR / VR

Multi-Tenant AR/VR SaaS

Brought a SaaS AR/VR product to BMW and Porsche Singapore, helping drive a 50M QoQ B2B sales margin.

Public Sector

UN & Ministry Campaign Systems

Designed MVPs and prototypes for Education and Health Ministry programs under a United Nations vendor entity.

// skills

Toolkit

Core

Product Management
Regulations, Risk & Strategy
Data Analysis
Growth Hacking

Languages

SQL
JavaScript
Python
Java

Platforms & IDE

  • Android Studio
  • Unity · Unreal Engine
  • Metaase
  • Power BI · Amplitude

Methods & Tools

  • Agile, Scrum, Inbound
  • Jira · ClickUp
  • Postman · Insomnia

Adobe CC & Office

  • After Effects · Illustrator
  • Photoshop · XD
  • Excel · PowerPoint

3D

  • 3DS Max · Cinema 4D
  • ZBrush
  • Substance

// education & recognition

Education

2025
Advanced Certificate for Management Professionals (ACMP 4.0)
Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Dhaka University
2011–2015
B.Sc. Computer Science & Engineering
Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology (AUST)
2008–2010
Higher Secondary Certificate (H.S.C.)
Notre Dame College
2006–2008
Secondary School Certificate (S.S.C.)
Dhanmondi Govt. Boys' High School

Leadership & Awards

2019
Adobe Design Achievement Award (ADAA)
Adobe Top Talent in Products & Experiences
2019
Certified Android Gaming
ICT Division, Bangladesh
2015
Best Designer & Project Assistant
AUST CSE Society
2017
Top 5, IDEA & Innovation
a2i Innovation Fund
2009–10
Honorable Mention
Notre Dame Science Club

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Notes & writing

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// clients

Trusted by

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// contact

Let's talk

Open to product management conversations — fintech, e-commerce, or anything that needs someone who understands both the roadmap and the system underneath it.