Akbar Ansari

Akbar Ansari is a technology leader with expertise in architecture, development, and delivery of enterprise-class, web-scale products and applications.

He excels in creating technical standards across multiple teams, selecting suitable processes like agile, extreme, or waterfall, managing diverse and dispersed teams, and recruiting top talent.

Akbar is proficient in various programming languages such as Java, C#, and Objective C, as well as front-end and back-end technologies like JavaScript, JQuery, HTML5, SVG, VML, Raphael.js, Knockout.js, and traditional RDBMS like Oracle and SQL Server.

He is an expert in cloud technologies, Big Data solutions like Hadoop and Cassandra, open-source technologies such as Luce, Solr, and MySQL, and specializes in middleware, enterprise, internet, and mobile applications, SaaS, and cloud architecture and delivery.

With a background in Management from The Wharton School and Harvard University, as well as a Bachelor's in Engineering from the National Institute Of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Akbar has held key positions at Nasdaq, Oracle, Bea Systems, Experio Solutions, and Engineers India Limited.

At Nasdaq, Akbar served as the Head of Nasdaq Innovation Lab And Security Services, Associate Vice President of Research And Development And Enterprise Architecture, Senior Director of Enterprise Architecture, and Director of Technology And Chief Of Architecture, Global Software Development.

Prior to Nasdaq, he was affiliated with Oracle as a Principal Member Of Technical Staff and held roles at Bea Systems, Experio Solutions, and Engineers India Limited.

Akbar's expertise lies in technology leadership, standardization, SaaS, packaged software and services delivery, managing software development teams using agile and waterfall models, and overseeing geographically dispersed teams across the US, Europe, and China.

His technical skill set includes Java, Objective C, C#, Oracle, SQL Server, JQuery, Raphael.js, HTML5, REST, and web services.