Entrepreneurship
President and Digital Transformation Advisor, Digital Transformation Global Foundation
Ontario, Canada
January 2025 – present
- Advise governments, development agencies, and philanthropies on digital transformation of public services and reform of public institutions to become 21st-century-ready to handle polycrisis and various divides exacerbated by digital and AI.
Co-founder, Vice President and Board Member, BizLogix LLC
Virginia, USA
October 2003 – August 2006
- Providing strategic guidance in corporate policy and solution delivery to Fortune 500 clients in IT architecture development for operational intelligence and organizational development
Co-founder and Trustee, Foundation for Education Research & Innovation (FERI)
Bangladesh
Aug 2002–Jul 2008
- Providing strategic guidance in corporate policy and solution delivery to Fortune 500 clients in IT architecture development for operational intelligence and organizational development
Co-founder and Trustee, Bangla Innovation through Open Source (BIOS)
Bangladesh
Aug 2002–Jul 2008
- Focused on making ICT an appropriate and timely tool for social and economic development projects. Towards this goal, it is leveraging open source and proprietary technologies to create digital Bangla content for formal and non-formal education sector, and a Bangla computing platform.
Co-founder and Member of Governing Body, Development Resource Network (D.Net)
Bangladesh
2001 – 2008
- Researching the role of ICTs in poverty alleviation and execution through pilots
Co-founder and Chairman, eVastra Corporation
Massachusetts, USA
January 2000 – June 2006
- Leading the joint enterprise of Bangladeshi RMG association Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and technology solutions company DataSoft for e-commerce driven sectoral development
General Secretary, TechBangla
USA
1998 – 2002
- Co-founded TechnoBridge in 1998 merged it with TechBangla in 1999 to facilitate technology transfer in ICT, power and energy, biotechnological, chemical, environmental, agro-based and light engineering technologies. One of the principal organizers of TechTransfer-2000. Represented TechBangla to the United Nations and White House and many other organizations and conferences in the USA and Bangladesh. Coordinated many activities for the non-resident Bangladeshis towards the goal of technology transfer to Bangladesh.
Head of New York Business Unit, Invenio Technologies
Massachusetts and New York, USA
Jan 1997–Sep 2000
- Founded and led the New York and New Jersey Business Unit, executing fund allocation, recruitment, and P&L
- Previous to heading the Unit, implemented and integrated multi-vendor and multi-client technology architectures and solutions for Enterprise Systems Management
Senior Enterprise Architect, Open Environment Corporation
Massachusetts, USA
June 1993 – December 1996
- Led development of several enterprise management systems for Fortune 500 clients.