Dr Raihan Ahmad (PhD)

Research Profile

My career spans over 23 years with success stories around product development, design and operations of large distributed systems, security transformations, and scientific research. With two doctorate degrees and having published a book and over 80 international papers, I have been at the forefront of innovation and have immensely contributed to enterprise-wide programs around DevSecOps, Automation, and Enterprise Architecture. I am currently supporting IBM clients and partners as a Success Manager and Senior Architect under the Automation portfolio, especially AI for Ops, Maximo (Sustainability) and QRadar (Security). Being a hands-on and cross-skilled individual, I have led the teams from the front.

Have been in the development teams, through to the post-sales, hence know the whole tech spectrum end-to-end, plus the business side of things first-hand. To me it is important for customers to get value from their purchase, and business partners to expand their sales volumes.

I am passionate about Automation (Terraform, Ops, Ansible, everything and anything in the Microsoft ecosystem; and to some extent in Amazon and IBM as well), API design, application and Code Security (threat modeling, SAST, DAST, IAST, Obfuscation, and CI/CD tooling), and Enterprise Architecture. Contact me for infrastructure modernization, security posture assessment, solution reviews, integration advice, engineering practices uplift, and technology landscape.