Global Tech Leaders' Podcast

Saeed Ahmad, MD at CallSign tells us how the future of transformation will create more entrepreneurs


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In today's episode we have Saeed Ahmad, Managing Director of the Middle East and North Africa at CallSign. CallSign is on a mission, they are pioneering digital trust through proprietary technology that uniquely mimics the way humans identify each other in the real world. It’s a positive identification of genuine users delivering privacy and safety with minimal friction whilst ensuring bad actors are blocked through swipe and type users can be personally recognised. Saeed is very experienced in the banking trade and has transformed his career from traditional to digital advocacy.

We kick off by asking Saeed to share with us his career journey and what his led him to where he is today:

  • Spent 28 years in technology
  • Data security
  • Worked closely with the government security group
  • Career started at IBM
  • Pure digital transformation
  • Banking
  • Joined KPMG
  • We ask Saeed, what has been unique about challenges in his unique world?

    • Hub71: Abu Dhabi's Unique Global Tech Ecosystem
    • To foster entrepreneurs
    • Access to capital
    • Abu Dhabi ecosystem
    • Digitising
    • Dealing with the fraud
    • Detecting that its you
    • Next we ask Saeed, what does the future of transformation look like?

      • Dealing with fraud
      • Identity in the travel business
      • New opportunities for new players
      • Entrepreneurs will come out of this
      • We then ask Saeed, how do they scale?

        • Core team
        • All part of the ecosystem
        • Bridging the gap
        • Next we ask Saeed how does he deal with delegation?

          • Surrounding himself with people he can trust
          • Delegate to them
          • Allow them to do their jobs
          • Learning to step back
          • Lastly, we ask Saeed how he stays productive and organized?

            • Getting in very early
            • Taking the time and space to think about the day and week ahead
            • Key outcomes
            • Text reminders
            • ...more
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