Istiak Mahmood is a founder and seasoned technology leader with 11 years of experience building cloud-native products and driving digital transformation for enterprises across retail and automotive industries. He has led product and platform initiatives at H&M, Volvo Cars, and IKEA, combining enterprise architecture, FinOps, and data-driven product management to scale reliable data and SRE capabilities. As founder of iNext, LoomPin, and YesLance he translates business strategy into MVPs, recruiting high-performing teams and managing cloud infrastructures on AWS and GCP. Known for turning complex regulatory and data-quality challenges into practical product roadmaps, he blends hands-on engineering experience with a knack for stakeholder-driven design. Based in Stockholm, he balances entrepreneurship with a multidisciplinary background in software engineering and intercultural communication, and is also a proud father who brings that same collaborative focus to team building.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Software Engineering at Kristianstad University
High School Computer Science, High School Computer Science at Rifles Public School and College
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