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Ali has 16+ years of experience and now currently heads the presales and consulting unit at AVANZA Solutions. 
Ali through out his career has worked as technical architect, Project and Program manager as well as for the last few years working to consult customers of how to reap values with AVANZA suite of products. 

Ali also head the innovation unit at AVANZA and helped ideate and provide the business case for Proximate which is a beacon based Marketing Platform for retail industry along with a consumer mobile app. 

In his current role Ali enables 

-Using excellent presentation and consulting skills assist customers how Avanza suite of products can solve the customer pain points 

-Managing pool of consultants and presales engineers for engagement across Middle east, APA and Africa.

-Mentoring and grooming of the resources.

-Preparing RFP Responses, preparing and delivering technical presentations, performing demos and POCs and building client trust.

-Tailoring solutions based on clients requirement to deliver best value for their IT Investment.

-Managing Estimation process and striking balance with SALES instinct to sell, client appetite and technical resources realism.

-Advise product teams on new market realities to improve products to remain competitive.

-Joint presales with Partners including NCR, Avaya and others

-Product suite includes CRM, ATM Controller, Deposit Solutions, loyalty management, Financial integration, Data warehousing, reconciliation, fraud management, e-statement, prepaid cards, payment gateways, Electronic Fund Transfer, Internet banking, mobile banking, Electronic bill presentment and payments, internet banking and mobile banking.

BLOCKCHAIN PRACTICE LEAD working with governments, real estate developers and corporates.

TRUE DIGITAL PROCESSES architect

ADVISOR to Smart Dubai Office, an initiative of the Executive Office of HH Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
 

DESIGN AUTHORITY for the Smart Dubai Platform. 

SMART CITY CONSULTING - Working with Governments, real estate developers and Telcos to enhance the City through clever ICT services based on Data Orchestration / Big Data, Predictive Analytics, Integrated Operations Centres and Innovation

BIG DATA technologies architect and use case application

OPEN DATA Frameworks, laws and economic benefits
TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING - Program managed systems from big data to mobile applications
TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT - Managed teams and programs at the CTO level
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT of consulting services
BUSINESS CONSULTING - Experience with Altran and Delta Partners
ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT - Sold, account managed in 30 countries, 9 figure accounts
MARKETING PROGRAM MANAGEMENT - Managed roadmap for multi billion Telco
DIRECT OPERATOR BILLING AND EPAYMENTS - specified, negotiated and deployed
SOCIAL MEDIA AND DIGITAL PRESENCE - consulting and delivery

Fasih Sandhu is a high-octane technology leader, trusted advisor, program and project management consultant, and agile champion who has delivered professional services (Consulting, P3M) to Fortune 500 organizations:

♦ Sun Life Financial (NYSE, TSX, PSE: SLF)
♦ Voya Financial (NYSE: VOYA)
♦ Prudential Financial (NYSE: PRU)
♦ Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO)

Fasih delivers on outcomes and benefits that matter and have a tangible and sustainable impact to the current and future performance of the business coupled with IT/OT applications and services. He does this through driving initiatives with a roadmap for success and pathway to the future by marshaling key elements toward a united vision and objective:

✓ People
✓ Process
✓ Technology

His specialty is in heralding transformational initiatives enabled by Cloud Computing, Internet of Things, and Blockchain Technology...He has solid experience in enterprise-scale and complex program management leveraging Waterfall, Kanban, Scrum, and Prosci ADKAR Model for leading change management. He has an innate ability to build mutually beneficial partnerships across all organizational levels to ascertain the spoken and underlying needs of the business…Fasih’s knack for engaging top talent and leading high-performance teams stems from his ability as an empathetic coach and an active listener with an aptitude for managing ambiguity and creative problem solving. He gets the most out of his teams by offering a freedom to perform within a RACI framework.

PMO Governance | Advisory | Business Technology Consulting | Enterprise Infrastructure Delivery | Deployment of Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Applications | Migration from Legacy & Client Server to SaaS, IaaS, PaaS

BankTech, InsurTech, FinTech, LegalTech, RegTech

Digital Transformation enabled by E-Commerce, M-Commerce, Mobile Apps, Distributed Ledger Technology, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Smart Contracts, Smart Property

- 8+ years experience in software development
- 2+ years in the blockchain, fin-tech, hyperledger, ethereum sphere. Developed first national bonds system in the world using hyperlerdger. Has developed more than 4 international biggest blockchain projects.
- Extensive experience in designing, implementing, integration, and maintaining software
Strong knowledge of all development cycles: (analysis, design, implementation, testing,
deployment, maintenance)
Strong knowledge of team development (creation a diagram, version control, task management and project management, automated builds and continuous integration)

A veteran brand-builder with diverse experience of working with companies across consumer packaged goods, retail, telecom, and technology/software verticals.

Currently working as the Head of Global Marketing at Avanza Solutions a multinational channel banking solutions house with presence across 3 continents and 300+ corporate customer base. He has worked in domestic and international markets including but not limited to Pakistan, Middle East, Africa and Central Asia.

During his educational and professional duties he has gone through a rigorous learning, un-learning and re- learning regimen. This now enables him to look at brands as people, with personas and the need to socialise, express and communicate.

With his diverse experience he helps brands across key disciplines like: Integrated Marketing Communications, Consumer Research and Behavior, Brand Asset Value Management and Development, Sales Strategy and Global Expansion.

A visiting faculty at SZABIST for over 8 years and a writer who has appeared on various international blogs and publications including: Forbes-ME, Gulf Business, Dawn, Business.com, Problogger.com etc. He also takes time out to coach students on social citizenship and has helped deliver support/trainings to organisations like: Al Umeed Rehabilitation Association (AURA), TCF, Gills old age shelter and Manzil Educational Organization.

Valentina Kanancheva

crypto consultant - Blockchain technology, expert in digital money , investment adviser

Dynamic and Spirited individual with exposure to working in Switzerland, USA, UAE and India. Experience in working for both Fortune 500 companies and cutting edge startups. Extensive knowledge in Information technology, Transport Solutions, startup IT innovation. Core competencies include Technology Consulting, Digital Marketing Strategy, Business innovation & Development.