Shazafar Ahmed was born and raised in India and migrated to the USA and earned a dual master’s in computer engineering and Bio-Medical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma. As the Director of Software Development at Total Quality Logistics he lead the Business Integrations team at TQL. He is currently the Sr. Adv Software Engineering Manager at The Kroger Technology.
When not at his day job, Shazafar loves to use technology to solve social and communal challenges. He is a certified educator and loves teaching K-8 students about technology and conducts coding and robotics bootcamps. He also served as the Chief Technologist and the board of trustees, and Executive Board for the Islamic Center of Greater and currently member of the Board of the IT Leadership Forum at NKU.
Shazafar has lived in the greater Cincinnati area since 2009, and currently resides in Mason with his wife Nasreen, and 3 children.