The team behind the work
People
The people who do the work
The AgentiQ delivery team brings programme scoping, applied AI engineering and production experience into the same room.
Most corporate AI training has two problems. The people teaching it have rarely shipped AI, and the syllabus is fixed before anyone has asked what the organisation actually needs. AgentiQ inverts both.
AgentiQ delivery team
Programme context, engineering depth and practical delivery in one team.
Shahzad Arif
Chief Executive Officer
Chief executive with more than 20 years across telecom, government, education, health and finance.
Shahzad Arif is Chief Executive Officer of AgentiQ, a technology leader and entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience across telecom, government, education, health and finance. He has led large-scale transformation and business modernisation programmes, and focuses on deploying AI-powered innovations that help financial institutions strengthen compliance, reduce risk and streamline operations.
Zeeshan Abdul Qadir
Director, Business Development and Partnerships
Enterprise partnerships and programme-scoping leader who aligns engagements to organisational priorities.
Profile on LinkedInZeeshan Abdul Qadir directs business development and partnerships at AgentiQ, shaping growth strategy and building enterprise relationships across multiple markets. He represents AgentiQ at international technology and innovation forums. On corporate training engagements, he scopes each programme to the client's objectives and secures sponsorship at the right level, so the work lands where it matters.
Ahmad Hanif
AI Engineer
Builds AI in production for enterprise clients, and leads the design and delivery of AgentiQ's corporate programmes.
Profile on LinkedInAhmad Hanif leads the design and delivery of AgentiQ's corporate AI training. He has run applied-AI programmes for audiences ranging from entry-level teams to senior executives, and builds AI-native software for enterprise clients in parallel, including executive decision-support systems and custom operational tools. That combination is deliberate: he teaches from live delivery, so sessions stay practical and current rather than theoretical, and participants leave with capability they can use immediately. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Habib University, and presented AI research at the CLEF 2025 conference in Madrid, where his work placed second internationally.
Mustafa Shahzad
AI Engineer
Software engineer and builder who ships AI products that reach real users.
Profile on LinkedInMustafa Shahzad is a software engineer who builds AI products that reach real users. A Computer Science graduate of FAST National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences in Karachi, he works across the modern AI stack, from agentic systems to the security and reliability questions that decide whether AI is safe to put in front of a business. He speaks on responsible and secure AI engineering, including at the ACM AI chapter at his university. In AgentiQ's programmes, he keeps every session grounded in what holds up in production, not just what works in a demo.
Engagement model
Built backwards from your goals
We do not arrive with a course. We arrive with questions. Before a single session is designed, we sit with your stakeholders to understand what you are trying to achieve, then work backwards from that goal to the programme. The measure is simple: your people apply what they learn the day they return to work.
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Discovery, before anything is designed
We start with a working conversation with your relevant stakeholders. Where is the organisation today, where do you want it to be in twelve months, and which functions feel the opportunity most. No syllabus is written until we understand what success looks like for you.
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A curriculum reverse-engineered from your goal
From that conversation we work backwards to the programme, built around your stack, your vocabulary and your sector. Most programmes above the foundations tier are customised before delivery, because a generic course teaches generic skills.
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Applied delivery, live work in the room
People do not watch slides, they build. On the builder tracks, participants leave with working agents and automations they created themselves. Every session is grounded in what holds up in production, not just what works in a demo.
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Enablement that makes it stick
Programme-specific certification, toolkits and playbooks tailored to your functions, scheduled office hours with the AgentiQ delivery team after delivery, and an alumni community of practitioners across the region. The capability stays after we leave.
Unified proof system
Proven in the room. Proven in production.
One AgentiQ proof system connects delivered programmes, institutional deployment, production infrastructure and recognised work through the visible Powered by AKS iQ relationship.
Training and enablement
- More than 250 individuals trained
- Three programmes delivered across the Packages Group
- Sessions with senior executives at the National Bank of Pakistan
- Supply chain work with the Gatron Group
- Corporate cohorts. Programmes for leadership teams and functional specialists across industry, financial services, and marketing.
Institutional deployment
- Trade iQ, in production across 19 financial institutions in 12 countries
- Infrastructure processing approximately USD 110 billion of Pakistan's annual trade volume
- 99.7% uptime SLA
- FATF-aligned
Recognition and operating context
- AKS iQ founded 2019
- Karachi and Dover, Delaware
- Recognised with the HBL P@SHA Award