Someone with an absolute passion for building great teams and impact-inducing products. That's what I have done and become better in the entire span of my career. As an expert in these two areas, I enable and empower people, processes, and technology setups. An "Innovation Consultant" with around two decades of experience in the Software Industry working in design, research, and development - leading, managing, and motivating cross-cultural/ cross-located teams, enabling them for success by nurturing a 'high-performance culture', one where people are 'highly passionate about building great products'. From the early 2000s, involved in foundations and startups specializing in R&D of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to empower businesses to achieve next-level automation (now recognized as Robotic Process Automation). Pioneer in the field of AI and NLP-based systems, sold a Chatter-Bot technology startup in 2004 and a Match-Making-based Information Retrieval technology in 2008. Have published numerous papers on AI, ML, Distributed P2P Systems, and Self-Organized Structures. By the end of 2021, I have worked with more than 3 dozen startups as an Adviser/ Technology and Product Development Expert. Have created around 2 dozen Products. and Have led around 7 major Digital Transformation Initiatives from the Biggest National Level conglomerates to Fortune 500 firms. Provided solutions to Fortune 100/ Global 500 and elite-profile organizations such as: Estée Lauder - Clinique, Swatch Group - Tissot, Politico Inc, Fluent Inc, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Liz Claiborne, Bank of America, IndyMac Bank, Wells Fargo & Co, Bank One, Fannie Mae, National and Delaware Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC and DVAEYC), Cendant Corp, Tulsa International Airport, Samsung Electronics, Emirates National Securitization Corporation (ENSeC), Lenders First Choice (LFC), EMC Corporation, Central Depository Company of Pakistan (CDC), HUM TV, GEO TV, CityFM89 (Dawn Media Group), Alfalah GHP Mutual Funds, Synergy Advertising, Manhattan Pakistan, Pak Media Com, Malir Cantonment, FOCUS Pakistan, Engro Corporation, Saudi Hollandi Capital (SHC)/ Saudi Hollandi Bank (SHB), Fransi-Tadawul/ Banque Saudi Fransi (BSF), SABB Securities/ Saudi British Bank, AlWasatah Malia, OOMCO, AKDN