President & CEO
Dr Ihsan Riaz
With over 20 years of proven expertise, Ihsan is a dynamic and results-oriented professional with a track record of success in technology, data, market strategy, consultancy, digital transformation, sales, marketing, M&A, intellectual property, worldwide business development, project management, and product development.
- Former Managing Director for the Asian operations of a multinational unicorn company (startup to > $1 billion valuation).
- Raised a $30M investment deal with the Malaysian government in Malaysia.
- Managed business operations in the UK, Malaysia, South Korea, China, Australia, USA Pakistan and India.
- Sold and delivered award winning solutions to the customers like Telefonica/O2, Zenga Entertainment, Sony Ericsson, Electronic Arts(EA) and IPL.
- Developed products that got recognition at TechCrunch40 and under the radar events.
- Developed and deployed Cricket Companion mobile app with a community of more than 20 Million users. This app was recoginsed as the best app by SonyEriccson .
- Developed partnerships with UK Malaysian and other international universities to develop technology/talent transfer programs.
- Lead and implemented multiple IT solutions and digital transformation projects.
- Lead data analytics and insights function at SSE plc in UK.
- Qualified with PhD, MPhil degrees and post graduate diploma from University of Glasgow, Strathclyde University and Glasgow Caledonian University.
- Published research in international scientific journals and taught at Glasgow Caledonian University UK.