Professional Experience#

Hlistan Zolerani, LDA#

Founder January 2024 - Present (2 years 1 month) Porto, Portugal

Driven by a vision of a smarter, more efficient digital world, Zolerani engineers and builds high-performance cloud infrastructure. We combine deep industry expertise with cutting-edge technology to deliver bespoke cloud environments that empower businesses to achieve their unique goals across various IT areas.

Baxet Group Inc.#

Board Member December 2019 - Present (6 years 2 months) Delaware, United States

Following the successful acquisition of just.hosting by Baxet Group Inc., I joined the Board to provide strategic continuity and technical oversight.

  • Strategic Advisory: Advise executive leadership on high-level technology strategy, cloud infrastructure scaling, and product roadmaps, leveraging 20+ years of expertise in the hosting and SaaS sectors.
  • Subject Matter Expert: Serve as a key technical authority and speaker at company events and roundtables, sharing insights on distributed systems, DevOps methodologies, and market trends.
  • Post-Acquisition Integration: Guided the technical integration of just.hosting assets, ensuring retention of the client base and optimization of the acquired infrastructure.

FARFETCH#

Engineering Lead#

August 2022 - January 2024 (1 year 6 months) Porto, Portugal

Led engineering initiatives within a global luxury fashion platform, driving technical excellence and team performance.

Senior Software Developer#

January 2020 - August 2022 (2 years 8 months) Porto, Portugal

just.hosting#

Co-Founder & CTO @ just.hosting (Acquired by Baxet Group Inc) April 2010 - December 2019 (9 years 9 months) Moscow, Russia

  • Acquisition & Scale: Founded and scaled a hosting provider to serve 30,000+ clients.
  • Infrastructure Architecture: Architected the entire billing and management ecosystem from the ground up, designing a highly optimized hypervisor configuration that minimized hardware costs while maximizing revenue.
  • DevOps & Automation: Spearheaded the implementation of CI/CD pipelines, enabling seamless deployments across 300+ nodes in over 40 locations in 27 countries.
  • Team Leadership: Built and mentored high-performing teams of infrastructure engineers and customer support specialists.

Quest Software#

Senior Software Developer August 2006 - April 2010 (3 years 9 months)

Quest developed and supported software used in a variety of industries to simplify IT management. Quest Software was acquired by Dell, announced on July 2, 2012, for $2.36 billion.

  • Product Innovation: Key contributor to “Recovery Manager for Exchange,” creating the PowerShell API and enabling granular item restoration.
  • Process Transformation: Introduced Test-Driven Development (TDD), scaling the project from zero to 5,000+ automated tests, significantly reducing regression bugs and time-to-market.
  • Modernization: Added support for Lotus Domino databases. Added support for 64bit environment (to support Exchange 2010 and higher databases). Almost all core functionality was refactored to support 64 bit environment.

Skills: C++, Managed C++, C#, XML, VSS, AD, MS Exchange, Lotus Notes, PowerShell, Distributed systems.

Bell Integrator#

Software Developer October 2005 - August 2006 (11 months)

Delivered enterprise-grade data collection and visualization solutions while working for one of Russia’s leading systems integrators. Focused on high-availability web systems for BeeLine, a major telecommunications provider.

  • Service Desk Video Wall: Engineered a real-time, web-based visualization dashboard to monitor the critical status of cellular networks and related systems, providing the Service Desk with immediate operational visibility.
  • Infrastructure Reporting Portal: Developed a centralized web platform for the on-demand ordering and viewing of complex infrastructure reports, streamlining data access for enterprise stakeholders.
  • Automated Data Control (SNAFT): Built a specialized system for the automatic control and orchestration of enterprise data collection workflows, ensuring data integrity and process efficiency.

Skills: C++, C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, MS SQL Server, MS SQL Reporting Services.

MEDIA Service#

Software Developer March 2005 - October 2005 (8 months)

Engaged by a leading systems integrator to develop the Common Sensor Platform (CSP) for MKS Instruments, a global provider of vacuum and analysis systems.

  • Legacy System Integration: Engineered a C++ interoperability library to bridge legacy software with modern sensor platforms, ensuring seamless backward compatibility.
  • Real-Time Monitoring System: Developed a critical Java-based application for analyzing gas concentration levels, handling data acquisition and primary processing from diverse gauges.
  • Automated Alerting: Implemented complex logic to validate parameter thresholds and trigger automated notifications for critical environmental conditions.
  • Custom Database Architecture: Designed and built a custom, lightweight database engine and data integrity service to meet strict resource constraints where standard SQL solutions were not viable.

Skills: C++, Java, Distributed Systems, Low-level Data Processing.