| Prior to starting his own consulting firm, Mr. Ahmed worked for IBM for |
| 33 years and in his last assignment he was Corporate Director of |
| Development Staff Operation, responsible for the worldwide development |
| business transformation in IBM. |
| As part of IBM Chairman Lou Gerstner's reengineering team, |
| Mr. Ahmed led IBM's worldwide development reengineering initiative. |
| His team invented and implemented Integrated |
| Integrated Product Development (IPD) processes; most notably among |
| them was a common building block (CBB) process, which saved IBM |
| in excess of $1B in development and procurement efficiency over a |
| four year period. |
| During his tenure with IBM, Mr. Ahmed also managed S/390 Electronic |
| Packaging Laboratory in East Fishkill, NY, Technology Strategy, in |
| Armonk, Product Assurance Laboratory, in Poughkeepsie, NY, and |
| many other technology related projects. |
| He has been awarded numerous awards and has long list of |
| achievements. His complete bio can be download as pdf file |
| by clicking here. |
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Shakil Ahmed |
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President & CEO |
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VP Design Excellence |
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VP Integrated SYS. Excellence |
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VP Dev/Supply Chain Excellence |
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Chief Technologist |
| He holds a B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of |
| Karachi, Pakistan; MS in Metallurgy from Michigan State University, East |
| Lansing, MI; MBA from Pace University in NYC. Advanced Quality |
| training at Phil Cosby Quality College, and Business Decision |
| Management School, University of Virginia. |
