EPAM Systems

🚀 Wealth Product: Led and continue to drive end-to-end product strategy in Wealth; launched MVP within a year, accelerated GTM with a fail-fast mindset, and now delivering high-impact features to help branch advisors delight their clients.

🚀 Digital Smart Product: Transformed commuter experience by digitizing 200+ transit terminals with smart digital signage, serving 50,000+ daily users and significantly increasing user satisfaction and trust in public transit.

🚀 FinTech Product: Delivered a high-impact lending analytics engine within an existing B2B platform, slashing manual workflows by 30% and accelerating loan approvals for 20K+ customers.

👥 Managed a high-performing team of 19 direct reports (Business Analysts and Product Owners), and led a 13-member Scrum team across multiple features in a SAFe environment

Product Manager | BA Team Lead

🤖 Telecom: Led AI-powered predictive maintenance for Set-Top Boxes, reducing truck roll costs by 37% and boosting service reliability for 10M+ subscribers.

🧠 Healthcare: Operationalized fraud detection ML models, supporting SIU investigations and reducing fraudulent claims significantly.

💻 E-Commerce: Launched a 1-click buy flow across web and mobile, increasing sales by 26% and simplifying customer experience.

Product Manager | Lead Business Analyst

📊 Insurance: Delivered enterprise big data initiatives (e.g., Risk Pool Analytics, GL Optimization), earning a “Hero” badge for leading stakeholder alignment and delivery.

🛍️ Retail: Built an ML-driven Replenishment System, cutting markdown losses by 30% and optimizing inventory efficiency across e-commerce channels.

🔄 Retail: Defined and delivered an AI-enhanced Distributed Order Management System, accelerating fulfillment speed, reduced mark down, efficient DC replinishment and enabling seamless omni-channel operations.

Senior Business Analyst

Tangentia

🚀 Launched and scaled an Intelligent Automation practice, leading a team of 11 engineers to deliver high-impact RPA and BPM solutions, resulting in $1M in new revenue and streamlined enterprise operations.

Senior Practice Manager - RPA & AI

NESMA

⚡ Built a no-code BPM platform (K2 BlackPearl) that cut SME loan processing time by 70%, automating origination-to-approval workflows.

✈️ Modernized 25-year-old legacy systems for Miro (Boeing) & Rolls-Royce, deploying supply chain solutions across 7 air bases and 3,000 RSAF users.

🔧 Led a $4M digital transformation of aircraft inspections, streamlining operations via BPM and seamless data migration.

📊 Pioneered predictive demand forecasting (Servigistics), optimizing service parts SCM—now enhanced with AI-driven dynamic models.

Senior Business Systems Analyst

Drawbase Software

Software Developer

Stevens Institute of Technology

Graduate Teaching Assistant

I'm product manager with business analyst background. I delivered B2B and B2C products in Wealth, Telecom, Retail, Insurance, Healthcare, FinTech, Transportation for private and public sector using AI, Digital modernization & Process engineering. I love focusing on strategy and talking to stakeholders.

I focus on strategy, engineering, launch & feedback. 

I'm accomplishments driven
- Investment Management Reporting portal for Branch for Wealth management launched in 11 months
- FinTech product increased customer onboarding in commercial lending space
- Telecom product predicted STB failure, network interruption with the help of AI/ML
- Retail helped predict replenishment, size, best order policy using AI/ML
- Transportation helped digitalize signage on platforms in creasing customer experience
- Telecom helped digitalize their web and mobile application increasing the customer base
any many more

I can align, lead and grow world-class teams from 10 to 50 people
- I love to win, but helping team win gives me greater joy
- I speak tech and exec
- I tell great narratives that motivates

I worked in different countries
Canada | United States (USA) | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | India

I / Me
- Coached 500+ to become the BA, PO, SM
- Wrote many articles, IIBA instructor, Agile instructor, LinkedIn top voice
- host Tech Podcast channel

My academic highlights:
- Masters in CS & Bachelor in Engineering
- Certificates in CBAP, CSPO, A-CSPO, CSP-PO, CSM, PMP

Professional Skills:
Product Management | Product Owner | Business Analysis | User Experience (UX) Design |  Team Development | Market Analysis | Strategy Planning | Product Roadmap | Agile | Scrum | Kanban | Requirement Gathering & Analysis | User Stories | BRD | UAT | Coaching | Mentoring

Technical Skills:
Jira | Confluence | Azure DevOps board | Azure Wiki | Trello | Pivotal Tracker | Figma | Lucid Chart | MS Visio | Draw.io | Mural | Miro | Json | API | PowerBi | COTS | XML | Cloud | Aha |  FinTech

Afaq Qazi

Accomplished Head of Product with over 17 years at the forefront of food manufacturing, retail, supply chain and e-commerce sectors, I am currently spearheading digital transformations and product strategy innovations at KFC South Pacific. 

My leadership extends beyond traditional product management, encompassing the development and execution of forward-thinking digital strategies that integrate cutting-edge technologies like AI, IoT, Camera Vision, and Voice Bots. 

My expertise lies in driving organisational change, leading cross-functional teams, and making strategic decisions that align with overarching business objectives and market trends. In my tenure, I have cultivated a culture of innovation and operational excellence, propelling businesses to industry leadership positions. 

My approach as an executive product leader is characterised by a blend of technological insight, strategic foresight, and a keen focus on delivering customer-centric solutions. I am passionate about guiding companies through digital evolution, leveraging my extensive experience to make impactful decisions at the executive level.

𝐊𝐄𝐘 𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐒𝐍𝐀𝐏𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐓
🏅Implemented one of Australia's first grocery aggregator solutions at WooliesX, integrating seamless Same Day & On Demand Delivery into e-commerce platforms, significantly enhancing user experience and operational efficiency. 
🏅 Delivered Digital Order Routing playbook to support 750+ restaurants in increasing capacity, speed and accuracy as Head of Product at KFC South Pacific.
🏅	Enabled Global Digital Drive Through strategy and playbook, enabling scalable implementation across varying technological landscapes and amplifying operational efficiency as Head of Product at KFC South Pacific.
🏅	Orchestrated comprehensive technological transformations, pushing to 100% digital conversion of POS, Digital Kitchen Routing, Restaurant and Production Management Systems, Dynamic Menu Boards  across 750+ restaurants as Head of Product at KFC South Pacific.
🏅	Delivered customer-centric strategy to remove in-store pain points of Driver Handover in partnership with UX Design teams at WooliesX.
🏅	Delivered Strategy for Last Mile Order Orchestration system making optimised decisions based on number of variables in each unique order (Store, Inventory, Capacity and Cost) at WooliesX.

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