Urfaan Azhar

Urfaan Azhar

Head of Cloud & AI @ Jungle IT Ltd

About

Watched Back To The Future and life was never the same. Today that means I'm lucky I love what I do for my profession.I aim to simplify technology and help business leaders align the right technology with their business objectives.I am proud to have joined Jungle IT to build a northern powerhouse consultancy and help our customers on their AI journey.About me and why I love tech:I'm unashamedly an AI envangilist but I keep it real and cut through the noise and hype I believe in a Hybrid IT approach, connecting on-premise and edge computing to the public cloud Passionate and focused on Azure/AWS IaaS/PaaS services and solutionsBuilt Modern Workplace (productivity, security and compliance) solutions and roadmapsI specialise in Zero Trust SecurityI fancy myself as a futurist and future trend analystI'm a public speaker and regularly speak on topics such as the 4th Industrial Revolution, Security and AILoved my experience running a software development teamI help organise a Technology User Group in the Midlands with the hope of bringing together the tech community in the MidlandsIoT Enthusiast - Connecting things is fun

Country

United Kingdom

City

Birmingham

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

Cloud Computing, Technology Roadmapping, Microsoft 365, Security, Business Continuity, Virtualization, Disaster Recovery, Account Management, Direct Sales, Managed Services, CRM, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Storage Area Networks, Storage, Business Development, Firewalls, Go-to-market Strategy, VMware, Microsoft Technologies, Citrix

Experience

Jungle IT Ltd

Head of Cloud & AI

Jungle IT Ltd

LinkedIn
2026-3 - Present · 7 mos

IT starts with people Our belief is simple: IT only works when people and technology work well together. That relationship is what drives real outcomes for businesses.

TIEVA

Head of Public Cloud

TIEVA

LinkedIn
2023-12 - 2026-3 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Birmingham

We design, deploy, manage, and support transformative technology solutions to help your organisation scale and succeed. Building the leading Public Cloud Practice in the UK

TIEVA

Head of Microsoft Cloud

TIEVA

LinkedIn
2023-3 - 2023-12 · 10 mos

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

At TIEVA we deliver the essential business technology products, services, and support, to simplify IT and create more powerful ways to work. Building the leading Microsoft Cloud Practice in the UK

TIEVA

Senior Microsoft Technology Strategist - Azure

TIEVA

LinkedIn
2022-8 - 2023-3 · 8 mos

Birmingham, United Kingdom

What I do Specialising in Microsoft Cloud Security and Compliance including Defender, Entra, Purview and Sentinel. For our business: Continuing to build the leading Microsoft Cloud Practice in the UK. For our customers: Focusing on our key accounts, I work with C-Level and senior management to define a technology strategy that is aligned to their business objectives, I aim to enable our customers to achieve more everyday by delivering the following strategic plans and workshops: The Art of the possible Technology Roadmap Azure CAF and WAF workshops How to build an Azure security roadmap How to build an Azure compliance roadmap How to leverage cost analysis, usage and utilisation metrics within Azure How to build a data strategy Workshops delivered to Executive Level, Technical Teams and Technology Users

TIEVA

Microsoft Technology Strategist

TIEVA

LinkedIn
2021-4 - 2022-8 · 1 yr 5 mos

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

For our business: Continuing to build the leading Microsoft Cloud Practice in the UK. For our customers: I help define a technology strategy that is aligned to their business objectives, I aim to enable our customers to achieve more everyday by delivering the following strategic plans and workshops: The Art of the possible Technology Roadmap How to build a security roadmap How to build a compliance roadmap How to build a productivity roadmap How to build a data strategy The secret to Cloud Adoption and how to build a champions programme Microsoft 365 Productivity, usage and utilisation - Maximising value in the Modern Workplace Microsoft Teams - Improved productivity, Effective Communication and Enhanced Collaboration Workshops delivered to Executive Level, Technical Teams and Technology Users

TIEVA

Microsoft Practice Lead

TIEVA

LinkedIn
2019-6 - 2021-4 · 1 yr 11 mos

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Here to build a leading Microsoft Cloud Practice that’s sits as an overlay function to the sales teams. I build solutions and products that leverage/complement the Microsoft cloud stack. Working with Microsoft and our distribution partners to standardise and scale our offerings. Developing sales and marketing strategies and campaigns that allow our sales teams to draw on our cloud and security expertise.

Nike Consultants

Managing Director - Consultant

Nike Consultants

LinkedIn
2018-6 - 2019-5 · 1 yr

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

My role at Nike Computing is to lead our transformation to Hybrid IT and Cloud Solution Specialists. Building on our core partnerships with HPE and Microsoft. This will further enable us to deliver solutions that help our clients succeed.

ACUTEC

Commercial Director

ACUTEC

LinkedIn
2018-1 - 2018-6 · 6 mos

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Building world class solutions Proud to manage a small software development team and lead our ambition to build bespoke and ready for market line of business applications for our customers Responsible for modernising our software development practice and introducing a DevOps process, driving our adoption of modern dev tools and a move from waterfall to agile development.

ACUTEC

Operations Manager

ACUTEC

LinkedIn
2017-2 - 2018-1 · 1 yr

West Midlands

Delivering world class service enabling you to achieve more every day Managing the service desk, project management, pre-sales technical, engineering, solution architects and software development teams

ACUTEC

Infrastructure Manager, Azure & IoT Specialist

ACUTEC

LinkedIn
2016-2 - 2017-2 · 1 yr 1 mo

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Managing the Service Desk, Project Management and Engineering teams Developing the Microsoft cloud strategy including Office 365, EM&S, Azure compute and IoT

ACUTEC

Senior Business Development Manager - IT Solutions

ACUTEC

LinkedIn
2012-3 - 2016-2 · 4 yrs

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Chapco IT

Business Development Manager

Chapco IT

LinkedIn
2010 - 2012-2 · 2 yrs

West Midlands

Computeach

Training Consultant

Computeach

2007 - 2010 · 3 yrs
EPSON TELFORD LTD

Technician - Tool Room / Injection Moulding

EPSON TELFORD LTD

1999 - 2006 · 7 yrs

Telford, United Kingdom

Education

University of Wolverhampton

University of Wolverhampton

LinkedIn

Mechanical Engineering

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