Founder & CEO, Qualix | 17 Years at Microsoft
Naveed Ahmed is the founder of Qualix Solutions, a custom software and AI solutions company helping founders and operations leaders turn complex business problems into reliable, scalable software. A former Microsoft Technical Leader with 17 years at the company, Naveed held roles spanning software development management, technical product management, data architecture, and information architecture, delivering platforms for deal management, services product data, SAP integration, and workforce skills systems.

At Qualix, he leads a distributed team building SaaS products, web and mobile applications, AI and machine learning solutions, intelligent automation, and data engineering platforms for clients across professional services, healthcare, and telecommunications. Naveed writes about custom software development, AI solutions for mid-market businesses, product strategy, SaaS architecture, and the operational realities of running a modern software company.