Ahmad Khan

• Led enterprise-wide cloud and architecture transformation, increasing operational efficiency by 40 percent and
reducing IT operating costs by 35 percent through platform standardisation, automation, and application
rationalisation.
• Directed migration and modernisation of upstream, downstream, gas, and new-energy workloads to cloud and hybrid
platforms, establishing a secure, scalable digital foundation supporting lower-carbon and diversified energy portfolios.
• Defined and implemented energy-transition-aligned enterprise architecture blueprints, enabling accelerated
onboarding of renewables, hydrogen, carbon management, and digital energy initiatives while decoupling legacy
systems.
• Established data-, AI-, and digital-twin-ready architectures enabling predictive maintenance, emissions monitoring,
asset optimisation, and advanced analytics across critical operations.
• Embedded security, resilience, and regulatory-by-design principles across cloud and enterprise architectures, meeting
the reliability, sovereignty, and compliance expectations of a national energy organisation.
• Led strategic governance of hyperscaler and technology partner ecosystems including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and
Databricks, ensuring long-term platform sustainability, cost discipline, and controlled innovation.
• Redesigned workforce and operating models to align with a future AI-enabled organisation, transitioning teams from
legacy operations to platform, data, and digital product delivery.
• Built and scaled high-performing global cloud and architecture teams, doubling technical capacity while maintaining
strong retention through structured capability uplift.

Led digital architecture strategy for a major UK telecom operator, shaping go-to-market execution through modernisation and
customer-centric innovation.

• Led cross-functional teams across security, cloud and testing, delivering seamless integration across multiple vendors
and regions.
• Designed target architectures and reference models to enable customer-centric omnichannel experiences and data
governance excellence.

Led cross-functional teams spanning voice and server platforms, APIs, big data and BI systems as Agile Chief Architect and
Technical Design Authority.
• Designed a comprehensive digital architecture for Orange, enhancing value streams and customer experience.
• Spearheaded the development of Libon (OTT service), achieving 10 million users in its first year.

Defined and executed the companys technical strategy and architecture to align technology initiatives with business
objectives.
Restructured and expanded engineering and operations teams to support new growth.
(Earlier career includes senior engineering and consulting roles in telecoms and infrastructure modernisation)

Performed trusted advisory role to public and private sector. Driving strategic technology focused
initiatives while consistently delivering revenue growth and driving highly strategic business initiatives
to support company goals including:
• Growth & structuring of teams, including Software Engineers and Operations.
• Defining the companys technical strategy and architecture
• Ensuring all work is adhering to legal and security policies
• Evaluating new technology and make recommendations on which tech to implement
• Crafted the companys long-term technology strategy also attended conferences and meet ups
• evolving our product and technical strategy, along with building a fast-growing team of
exceptional developers, and product designers.