[1] He was the President of Tally Solutions,[2] the leading Indian Financial ERP system with over 1 million clients and a worldwide presence in 100 countries.
He was nominated by his peers in the Indian Retail industry for the Economic Times Now 'Retail Leadership Award' and was a member of the Regional Council of NASSCOM, and a Founding Member & Fellow of iSPIRT, the Indian Software Products Industry Round Table, think tank for the Indian Software Products Industry[3] He is now incubating Catalystor – an enterprise with the intent to make technology effective for businesses.
[5] Shoaib did his degree in St. Josephs College, Bangalore, and post graduation from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.
Ahmed, in addition to his role as President of Tally, is actively involved in mentoring software products and entrepreneurs in India.
He is on the advisory committee of the Glocal University[7] and was a member of the regional council of NASSCOM Ahmed started as an entrepreneur by co-founding his own company, Vedha Automations, which developed a unique Point of Sale (POS) retail product – Shopper, later acquired by Tally in 2005.