About
I’m Principal Evangelist Cloud & AI at Jazz, where I focus on sovereign cloud infrastructure, AI services, and the convergence of 5G with enterprise cloud in Pakistan.
With over 15 years of experience spanning VMware, IBM, local cloud startups, and now telco cloud, I’ve worked across the full spectrum of enterprise infrastructure. From designing VMware Cloud Foundation architectures and leading solution engineering across emerging markets, to building PaaS platforms on open-source stacks and establishing local hyper-scaler cloud offerings in Pakistan. I’ve completed 100+ enterprise projects and my current work sits at the intersection of cloud sovereignty, AI infrastructure, and emerging market digital transformation.
Career Highlights
- Jazz — Principal Evangelist Cloud & AI, driving sovereign cloud and AI services strategy alongside Pakistan’s largest 5G rollout
- VMware (7+ years) — Progressed from Solutions Architect to Leader Solution Engineering. Led the Cloud Provider Program in Pakistan, achieved the first VCAP and VCIX DCV certifications in the Nascent Region, and earned Employee of the Year. Deep expertise in VCF, Tanzu/Kubernetes, NSX, and SD-WAN
- Local Cloud Providers — Built PaaS platforms and cloud solution architectures as Chief Cloud Architect at Octans Digital, and led pre-sales and solutions architecture at Khazana Enterprise establishing in-country hyper-scaler cloud with partnerships like Rafay.co
- IBM (3 years) — Technical Solution Architect and Project Manager delivering Citrix, Microsoft, VMware, and end-user computing solutions across enterprise accounts
Areas of Expertise
- Cloud & AI — Sovereign cloud infrastructure, AI services strategy, inference-as-a-service, and enterprise AI adoption
- 5G & Edge Computing — Convergence of 5G networks with cloud and edge AI workloads
- VMware & Virtualization — VCF, ESXi, NSX, Tanzu/Kubernetes, SD-WAN, and migration strategies
- Cloud Architecture — Designing scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, GCP, and local sovereign platforms
- Platform Engineering — Internal developer platforms, DevOps practices, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code
- Alternative PaaS Solutions — VMware alternatives, open-source enterprise tools, and cloud cost optimization