Syed Kareem Jawed

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Platform Engineering Director at TransUnion

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Overview

Syed Kareem Jawed is a Platform Engineering Director at TransUnion, specializing in hybrid cloud platforms, DevOps, and Infrastructure as Code. With a background from Ghousia College Of Engineering and experience at JPMorgan Chase, he is described by colleagues as relentless, strategic, and having a strong sense of ownership. He also holds a Red Hat certification in Ansible Automation.

He developed an innovative "repave" functionality at JPMorgan Chase, enabling seamless migration of legacy infrastructure to next-generation data centers.

Personality Overview

Information Seeker

ROI Driven

Objective Thinker

They like to take decisions independently and do not seek others' support often.  They prefer to analyze logically and value objective facts over emotions. They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data.

Topics They Care About

Hybrid Cloud Platforms
Leads the design and delivery of hybrid cloud platforms at TransUnion, focusing on multi-cloud environments like AWS and Azure.
Infrastructure as Code
Focuses on embedding best practices in CI/CD and IaC, particularly using modularized Terraform for provisioning compute and Kubernetes infrastructure.
SRE Transformation
Has a track record of transitioning traditional infrastructure engineers into modern Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) roles, notably at JPMorgan Chase.

Media Appearances

Syed has no verified media appearances

Work History

2-2021 - 11-2025
Platform Engineering Director at TransUnion
11-2016 - 2-2021
Vice President at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
5-2008 - 11-2016
Technical Team Lead at Thomson Reuters
3-2006 - 5-2008
Senior Engineer at UBS India Pvt Ltd
11-2005 - 3-2006
Senior Application Support Engineer at Slash Support (I) Pvt Ltd

Education

8-1998 - 6-2003
Bachelor of Engineering - BE from Ghousia College Of Engineering

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During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Leverage facts and figures wherever possible; use percentages, numbers etc.
  • Use phrases like ‘expect X% improvement’, ‘data clearly shows’ etc.
  • Tell them what ROI they can expect

DONT's

  • Make extra effort to not seem pushy or confrontational
  • Avoid pushing them too much to involve other stakeholders unless it is critical
  • Do not use very emotional or colorful language

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Syed Kareem is

  • Proof of ROI, low pricing and objective proof points are the important factors for them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Syed Kareem

  • They do not mind saying no if they believe that it is the right decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Syed Kareem move?

  • They are neither the fastest nor the slowest decision makers, they are somewhere in the middle.
  • Can Syed Kareem take some risk or not?

  • They can bear some risk if their analysis backs the decision.

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