Ahmar Abbas

Current

• Senior Vice President, Global Infrastructure Management at Cybernet-Slashsupport Inc
• Founder at Grid Technology Partners

Past

• Vice President, Blackboard ASP Group at Blackboard Inc
• Director, Product Marketing at ONI Systems
• Director, Business Development at Zaffire Inc

• Senior Manager, Asia-Pacific and Latin America Product Management at UUNET
• Analyst at Salomon Brothers
• Engineer at Dialogic Corp (Now Intel)
• Analyst at United Airlines

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Education

• Stevens Institute of Technology
• Harvard Business School
• Georgetown University - The McDonough School of Business

• Stevens Institute of Technology

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Recommended

6 people have recommended Ahmar

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Outsourcing/Offshoring

Websites

• My Book on Grid Computing
• Grid Blog
• Slashsupport Inc

Ahmar Abbas’s Summary

Executive with broad experience in product management, product marketing, technology and general management.

Ahmar Abbas’s Specialties:

Author/Editor: Grid Computing: A Practical Guide to Technology and Applications (Thomson, 2004, 408pp)

Ahmar Abbas’s Experience

• Senior Vice President, Global Infrastructure Management

  Cybernet-Slashsupport Inc

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)

  June 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

• Founder

  Grid Technology Partners

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Networking industry)

  January 2002 — Present (7 years 7 months)

• Vice President, Blackboard ASP Group

  Blackboard Inc

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; BBBB; E-Learning industry)

  November 2003 — May 2006 (2 years 7 months)

• Director, Product Marketing

  ONI Systems

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; cien; Telecommunications industry)

  May 2001 — May 2002 (1 year 1 month)

• Director, Business Development

  Zaffire Inc

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  May 2000 — May 2001 (1 year 1 month)

• Senior Manager, Asia-Pacific and Latin America Product Management

  UUNET

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; vz; Internet industry)

  May 1996 — May 2000 (4 years 1 month)

• Analyst

  Salomon Brothers

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; c; Investment Banking industry)

  May 1993 — May 1996 (3 years 1 month)

• Engineer

  Dialogic Corp (Now Intel)

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; INTC; Computer Networking industry)

  May 1991 — May 1993 (2 years 1 month)

• Analyst

  United Airlines

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; UAL; Airlines/Aviation industry)

  May 1992 — September 1992 (5 months)

Ahmar Abbas’s Education

• Stevens Institute of Technology

  MS , Technology Management , 1988 — 2006

• Harvard Business School

  Certificate , Leading Product Development , 1999 — 1999

• Georgetown University - The McDonough School of Business

  Certificate , International Business Management , 1997 — 1998

• Stevens Institute of Technology

  BE , Electrical Engineering , 1988 — 1993

  Activities and Societies:

  Minor in Social Science
  President, Eta Kappa Nu - Electrical Engineering Honor Society
  Captain, Squash Team

Additional Information

Ahmar Abbas’s Websites:

• My Book on Grid Computing
• Grid Blog
• Slashsupport Inc

Ahmar Abbas’s Interests:

Squash, Private Pilot, Kite Surfing, Writing

Ahmar Abbas’s Groups:

•    Stevens Alumni Association
•    ITIL V2&V3 (4000+)
•    UUNET Alumni
•    ex-UUNET
•    The Classic MCI Alumni Group
•    Cybernet-Slashsupport
•    Cloud Computing
•    Salomon Brothers Alumni Group
•    Stevens Alumni
•    Blackboard Alumni Network
•    CloudCamp - Unconventional Cloud Computing
•    United Airlines employees & alumni

Ahmar Abbas’s Honors:

Author/Editor: Grid Computing: A Practical Guide to Technology and Applications (Delmar Thomson, 2004, 408pp)
Most Valuable Contributor, Galaxy Award, UUNET (2000)

Ahmar Abbas’s Contact Settings

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