Summary
Kazi Ahmed is a seasoned IT leader with 20+ years of experience (10 years in senior roles) building and executing software strategy and roadmaps for supply chain, manufacturing, retail, and healthcare organizations. Currently Director of Digital Supply Chain and Manufacturing Products at Abcam, he has a proven track record of delivering large SaaS and cloud transformations that cut labor, inventory, and operating costs while driving revenue growth. He excels at translating executive strategy into technical roadmaps, managing global matrix teams, and mentoring talent—several direct reports he coached were promoted to senior technical roles. Hands-on with supply chain systems (WMS, TMS, OFL, JDA/Manhattan) and experienced in handling PHI/PII under HIPAA, he blends product mindset with operational rigor and 24x7 support accountability. An MIT-trained transportation systems expert, he pairs deep quantitative background with practical delivery—one notable WMS rollout reduced peak labor by 30% and another initiative targeted a $34M inventory reduction. Based in Toronto, he combines consulting savviness with enterprise program management to drive measurable business outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Science - Sc.D. Transportation Systems and Decision Science, Doctor of Science - Sc.D. Transportation Systems and Decision Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.Sc. Engineering, B.Sc. Engineering at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology