Imran Kasam

Product-Minded Technology Executive

15+ years building and scaling technology organizations. Led the engineering team at eXp Realty through 20x agent growth—from penny stock to Nasdaq. Managed 90-person global teams and $10-15M P&L. Combat veteran with two deployments to Iraq.

Imran Kasam
20x
Agent Growth at eXp Realty
90
Global Team Size
2019
Mendix World Award

Contact

Location Houston, TX
Availability Remote / Hybrid Houston / Travel

Skills

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS Azure Serverless Architecture Docker / Containers ECS CI/CD

Architecture

Solutions Architecture Enterprise Architecture Microservices Event-Driven Systems SaaS / Multi-Tenant Domain-Driven Design OpenAPI / REST

Data

Data Architecture Data Modeling SQL / NoSQL Kafka

Development

Python PERN Stack Low-Code / Mendix

Product & Leadership

Product Strategy Product Market Fit P&L Management Engineering Management Digital Transformation AI/ML Financial Decision Making Technical Due Diligence Vendor Management

Domain Expertise

Real Estate Technology Healthcare IT Insurance SaaS Enterprise Software

Experience

Director, Product Management – Platform

Constellation1
May 2025 – Present
Houston, TX (Remote)
  • Lead platform and AI product strategy for end-to-end residential real estate solution
  • Define roadmaps for AI-powered features including intelligent coaching systems
  • Partner with engineering to translate market needs into scalable product capabilities

Principal Consultant & Technical Advisor

IM Technology Consulting
June 2020 – Present
Houston, TX
  • Architectural advisory services to growth-stage companies in proptech and enterprise software
  • Advised eXp Realty during international expansion on platform architecture
  • Consulted with Series A proptech startup and Latin American insurance SaaS provider

Global Vice President, Low Code Practice

Avertra Corp
Nov 2022 – May 2024
Dubai, UAE (Remote)
  • Led 90-person global organization: engineering, QA, DevOps, customer success, sales
  • Managed $10-15M P&L with responsibility for delivery excellence and revenue growth
  • Directed cloud-native applications on AWS and Azure for healthcare, finance, public sector
  • Promoted from Senior Director after bridging technical delivery and business outcomes

Engineering Director – CORE Home

Inside Real Estate
Feb 2021 – Oct 2022
Remote
  • Architected multi-tenant, white-labeled B2B/B2C platform using AWS serverless
  • Designed system architecture following AWS Well-Architected Framework
  • Implemented CI/CD automation reducing deployment friction

Enterprise Architect & Engineering Manager

eXp Realty
Aug 2017 – June 2020
Remote
  • Led 35-person engineering team; promoted Senior Dev → Enterprise Architect → Manager in 3 years
  • Built technology foundation enabling 20x agent growth (3,000 to 60,000) and transition from penny stock to Nasdaq
  • Delivered 30+ applications in three years, reducing agent onboarding from weeks to days
  • Pioneered low-code microservices—earned Mendix World 2019 Award for Digital Transformation
  • Architected event-driven platform using Mendix, Kafka, and AWS

Senior Business Application Developer

Memorial MRI and Diagnostic
Feb 2016 – Aug 2017
Houston, TX
  • Built patient portal with HL7/RIS/PACS integrations
  • Developed attorney self-service portal reducing response time by 90%

Supervisor, Software Programming

Caris Life Sciences
Dec 2011 – Sept 2015
Irving, TX
  • Advanced from Helpdesk Technician → Software Programmer → Supervisor in 4 years
  • Managed IT infrastructure separation during post-acquisition company split

Sergeant | Special Intelligence Systems Administrator

United States Marine Corps
June 2002 – June 2007
Various
  • Led secure communications operations across two combat deployments to Iraq
  • As NCOIC, supervised team of 5 Marines: classified networks, satellite comms, cryptography

Education & Certifications

Bachelor of Science, Business Management

Western Governors University | 2023
Completed while working full-time in senior leadership roles

Certifications

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
  • Mendix Expert Developer
  • CompTIA Project+

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