Ahmad formerly served as the Chief technology officer of Napster in addition to many other positions and ventures in Silicon Valley.
[1] His early ventures included positions at the now defunct @Home Network, GrandCentral (which is now Google Voice) and Netscape.
[1] As Napster's C.T.O., Ahmad was responsible for shutting down the file sharing site after a series of court rulings against the company.
[1] His most recent venture was the launch of SynCH Energy Corp, a company whose goal is to convert greenhouse gases released from sewage treatment plants into fuel for automobiles.
[3] At the time of Ahmad's death, the city had a $400,000 budget surplus in May 2011, ending eleven years of cuts and deficits.