Zakeer Shaik is a technology expert and product specialist with over 15 years of experience in technology strategy execution, product innovation, and implementation, and support management. He is passionate about building and deploying enterprise-level technology solutions to drive business success. Zakeer's success comes from defining product vision, gathering requirements, and designing customer-focused application process flows. His latest venture has been a technology-driven produce trading platform, MarketGalee, that contributed to a 50% reduction in lead time for major agriculture ecosystem stakeholders in India.

Additionally, Zakeer has established target markets for new product launches by conducting 85 user interviews for optimized application design. He also pioneered a digital media platform to empower young women and adolescent girls to become future leaders. Furthermore, Zakeer spearheaded the $4 SBU establishment in the Middle East.

Zakeer has studied a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Cornell University, NOLS Leadership Expenditure - Utah Canyons, Leadership and Risk Management at NOLS, and a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science and Information Technology at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University.

He has held several key positions such as Principle Technical/Service Delivery Consultant at Regeneron, Oracle Financials Principal at InComm Payments, Product Person at MarketGalee, Manager Oracle Applications at Capgemini, Senior Oracle Financials Business Analyst at The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Senior Oracle Consultant at Apps Associates, and Advisory Board Member at Moulana Industrial Boilers Pvt Ltd.

Zakeer develops teams for seamless product implementation, rollout, and upgrade management. For instance, at Apps Associates, he trained 40+ new hires on developing value-adding technical solutions. If you’re interested in working with someone who drives business growth through large-scale product solution implementation and continuous post-release support, you can reach him via email at zs296@cornell.edu.