Experts / Zafar

Zafar Ahmad

Delivery Excellence, Transformational Leadership, AI Enablement

Education

B.Tech., Electrical Engineering from BCE (NIT), Patna

Experience

Since 1981 in IT and software service

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More than 300 professionals coached on Agile

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Years of experience in leading large Engineering Teams

About Zafar

I am a principal consultant at PM Power, part of Agile Transformation and DevOps Service lines. My goal is to help organizations in achieving engineering excellence and Agility in software development and deployment.

Though it feels like it happened yesterday, I started my career as a programmer with Tata Steel in 1981 and worked there till 1989. This tenure was a huge learning phase for me having been part of Tata Steel’s transformational journey from mainframe computing to end user computing using Minis and PCs utilizing open systems software such as Unix, C, Oracle, Dbase and FoxBase.

In 2000, I relocated back to India and worked for Hughes, Aricent and Harman till 2016. During this phase, I was responsible for leading large engineering teams, managing delivery and ensuring customer satisfaction for US and European clients.

In addition, as a change-Leader, I drove several organization initiatives towards Engineering transformation, CMMI, TL9000 and institutionalizing Agile methods.

I am an avid sportsperson. Golfing with my friends acts as a stress buster and rejuvenates me. I also enjoy coaching to my friends who are Golf beginners.

Key roles held in the industry:

Practice Leader Renaissance Worldwide, USA

Leadership Roles, Aricent

Leadership Roles, Harman Connected Services