Personal Profile
Yazid Azahari
online.
Industry Background:
Tech
Area(s) of Mentorship:
Technology Adoption & Digitalisation, Design Thinking & Creative Problem Solving
About
Yazid is a passionate technologist with extensive experience in technology leadership. Starting his career as a software developer and progressing to leading enterprise projects, he also spent time at Microsoft managing a program that mentored graduates in modern software development skills and facilitating design thinking workshops.
Currently, Yazid heads innovation at BIBD where he works to foster a culture of innovation within a corporate environment, leads internal initiatives in intelligent automation, and strategizes experimentation involving emerging technologies.
Outside of work, Yazid is a father to two boys, volunteers as a judge and mentor for various technology and startup-related initiatives hoping to help others unlock potential through technology and creativity, and is a practicing generative artist — a genre that blends the creation of art with code and algorithms.
Experience(s)
Heading Innovation, Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam
Program Manager, Microsoft Consulting Services
R&D / Technology Consultant, Project/Service Manager, Brunei Accenture Group (now Dynamik Technologies)