Dec 2025 – Present · 4 mos · Singapore

• TWILLION, derived from TWO BILLION, the Muslim Consumer Market, began as a question, not a product.
• After more than a decade of building, investing in, and sometimes failing at MuslimTech, one pattern kept repeating: the global Muslim market was being approached with fragmented tools, borrowed playbooks, and short-term thinking.
• Twillion is the response to that gap. It is a long-term market thesis and operating framework for how the global Muslim economy can intentionally design, fund, and scale technology, capital, and platforms in an AI-first consumer world.
• It distills ten years of lived experience—across community platforms, SaaS, hardware, and AI—into practical blueprints for founders, investors, and institutions who are shaping the next generation of Muslim-focused products and companies.
• In essence, Twillion takes a decade of learning, mistakes, and hard-won insight, and turns it into a forward-looking plan for the next decade—one where AI sits at the core, and MuslimTech is built with clarity, scale, and purpose.
• A book, a framework, a full working operating thesis, coming soon.
• twillion.ai

Feb 2024 – Jun 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos · Makkah, Saudi Arabia · Hybrid

• We are an award-winning AI startup, Winners at the Hajj and Umrah AI challenge by the Hajj Ministry's "AI Umrah" competition.

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 3 mos · Malaysia · Remote

Jan 2022 – Nov 2025 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Singapore

• We at ⚡ Kitcod (funded by Antler) have built Social API Infrastructure (social-as-a-service) to help app owners integrate in-app social features. 48 hrs — that's all will take us to plan & integrate massive Social+ features in your app (Mobile & Web)
• The easiest way to Supercharge your platform with — Newsfeed with UGC to Groups to Stories to Chat to Live Streaming & more with Social+ API and UI Kit. Build online communities, drive social engagement, create positive experiences, and grow your revenues.

Sep 2021 – Sep 2022 · 1 yr · Singapore · On-site

• Antler is a global early-stage venture capital firm that invests in the defining technology companies of tomorrow, one of the world’s leading start-up generators 🚀 #Antler #VC

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 3 mos · Global

• Angel investor and mentor to startups primarily in consumer tech companies (b2c/d2c), product innovation, GTM, and e-commerce. (Fun fact: My 2nd investment was in a YC startup)

May 2019 – May 2021 · 2 yrs · Singapore · On-site

• Reimagine: Halal in Asia 2020 brings together leaders, founders, and innovators to explore opportunities in the fast-growing Muslim economy. With Asia home to 62% of the world’s Muslim population and driving global Halal consumption, the region is stepping into a powerful growth phase.
• In partnership with DIEDC, SalaamGateway, and Dinar Standard, the event became Singapore’s official platform for launching the State of Global Islamic Economy Report 2020/21. Despite being a non-Muslim majority country, Singapore consistently ranks in the global top 10 for halal media, travel, and cosmetics/pharma, and sits at #15 worldwide on the Global Islamic Economy Index.

Aug 2018 – Jan 2021 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Singapore

• Global Islamic Economy Series is a sequence of networking events crafted for Global Islamic Economy, which will enable the local communities to come together at a global stage

Nov 2017 – Aug 2022 · 4 yrs 9 mos · Singapore

• CollabDeen was a mobile-first community and payments platform built for nonprofits, faith-based groups, and halal-focused businesses. We created a seamless way for people to connect, driving over 100,000+ monthly interactions and serving a massive global niche.
• We reimagined how faith and lifestyle communities come together — a deep-tech, AI-powered platform designed for a 2-billion-person market. The demand was huge, and the growth was real.

Nov 2017 – Jul 2022 · 4 yrs 8 mos · Singapore

• Collabu is replacing how the communities collaborate and reinventing how each community is managed using their Artificial Intelligence, machine learning and pattern recognition platform with the cutting edge technology. Our startup is in early infancy stage, but dreams beyond imagination

Nov 2017 – Sep 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos · Singapore

• I had the chance to host the global #LinkedInLocal movement in Singapore — one of the most active communities in the world. It started with quarterly LinkedInLocal Singapore events, then grew into biweekly LinkedInLocal Breakfast sessions where I introduced an Open Space-style meetup format for small groups. We even kicked off the first-ever LinkedInLocal Students, bringing young people from all kinds of backgrounds together.

Aug 2017 – May 2018 · 9 mos · Auckland

• Focus Softnet Australia and New Zealand is part of the global Focus Softnet group. I led digital transformation in this new market, introducing AI, ML, and cloud solutions while shaping the business plan and long-term growth strategy. I also helped position our SaaS, mobile, and ERP cloud products across FinTech, Agri-food, energy, and health — all while driving a shared vision aligned with the UN SDGs in New Zealand and Australia.

Nov 2015 – Aug 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos · Singapore

• Program Manager coordinated and manage the Technology and Application Services Program for the Investment Banking Sector. Strong Virtual technology experience and Cloud Technologies with emphasis on development, testing, and execution of Technology implementation across the bank, focused in the SEA region.

Jun 2011 – Nov 2015 · 4 yrs 5 mos · Singapore

• Leading the virtual application team as Project coordinator, coordinating end to end on project requirements and implementation with clients, vendor, business partners, packaging & deployment teams, and stakeholders across 12 countries in ASIAPAC region.

Nov 2009 – May 2011 · 1 yr 6 mos · Singapore

• Joined J.P.Morgan thru ITCAN Consultancy, worked on Microsoft's Application Virtualization technology with Win7 migration of applications, an exceptional SME creating virtual applications.

Nov 2006 – Nov 2009 · 3 yrs

• Fresh out of college, I jumped into the world of enterprise tech, working across different internal teams and global projects. I started as an application and SharePoint developer, building smart enterprise apps and virtual solutions. Over time, I got deeper into cloud platforms and SharePoint environments, turning real business needs into clean, scalable technology.

Oct 2006 – Nov 2006 · 1 mo

• Joined Fidelity investments in Oct 2006 as Trainee Systems Engineer. Fresh out of college, got the biggest opportunity of the firm to represent the Enterprise service desk. Worked with different clients across the global firm on different application, issues & services

Dec 2005 – Jan 2011 · 5 yrs 1 mo · Bangalore

• This was my first amature startup - built a tech hub in the IT City of Bangalore
• We bring businesses online - Allywebs was an innovative IT services company that specializes in website design and development, web application development from 2005 to 2011, where I was the Founder & CEO of a futuristic software development house in Bangalore, while I was still in College.
• Clean Exit: After serving global clients for years, sold this business to a company in Bangalore in 2011