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Shubber Ali

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Father, husband, three decades in digital transformation, innovation strategy, startup and new tech, and teacher/mentor.
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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    Chief Executive Officer
    OmnicAI
    Jan 2025 - Current (1 year 10 months)
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    Advisor & Chief Strategy Officer
    VANTIQ
    Oct 2023 - Nov 2024 (1 year 2 months)
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    Chief Executive Officer
    Garden For Wildlife
    Oct 2022 - Jun 2024 (1 year 9 months)
    Led an amazing for-profit spinout from the National Wildlife Federation that is using the power of commerce and community to help restore our environment and bring back native flora and fauna!
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    Managing Director
    Unorthodox Advisors
    Jul 2022 - Mar 2025 (2 years 9 months)
    After almost 30 years of experience as an innovation and digital transformation consultant and executive, I founded Unorthodox Advisors to provide bespoke services to clients, ranging from Fortune 1000 companies to startups. I focus on breaking orthodox ways of thinking to identify new innovation opportunities both inside businesses and with customers.
  • Elastic
    Global Managing Director - Elevate Data Driven Innovation & Digital Transformation
    Elastic
    Apr 2021 - Jun 2022 (1 year 3 months)
  • Emory University  Goizueta Business School
    Guest Lecturer
    Emory University Goizueta Business School
    Jun 2020 - Current (6 years 5 months)
    Honored to be a recurring guest lecturer to the incredibly talented group of students in the Executive MBA program.
  • Accenture
    Global Lead, Accenture Startup Corps & Managing Director, Digital Innovation
    Accenture
    Sep 2017 - Apr 2021 (3 years 8 months)
    I work with C-Level executives on their most strategic challenges around transforming their companies for the 21st century, leveraging tools like digital, blockchain, and AI as well as connecting them with the startup ecosystem, to enable new innovation and avoid disruption.
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    co CEO/Founder
    Centriq Technology Inc
    Jan 2015 - Sep 2017 (2 years 9 months)
    Centriq is a software platform building a big-data asset management business centered on the 100m homes in America. It was acquired in 2021 and continues to grow.
  • Salesforcecom
    Vice President Strategic Innovation
    Salesforcecom
    Jun 2012 - Jan 2015 (2 years 8 months)
    I helped to build and lead the Salesforce Ignite program - a team working with some of the world's largest companies to solve their most challenging strategic problems by fundamentally rethinking their problems through the lenses of mobility, collaboration, speed, simplicity, and customer experience.
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    Adjunct Professor, Innovation Management
    Georgetown University Executive MBA
    Jan 2011 - Current (15 years 10 months)
    Teach a module on the principles of innovation management in the Exec MBA program. Course include building an innovation process, the key enablers of innovation, innovation portfolio management, and methods/workshops for developing breakthrough innovations.
  • Accenture
    Global Lead - Enterprise Innovation & Digital Transformation
    Accenture
    Nov 2007 - Jun 2012 (4 years 8 months)
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    co-Founder & Chairman
    Flaik Inc
    Jul 2002 - Oct 2007 (5 years 4 months)
    Founder, Director, and head of strategy for innovative consumer electronics startup, bringing revolutionary technology and capabilities to the SnowSports marketplace marketplace. Co-developed and seed-funded company, and assist in strategic planning and financing including raising Series A funding. Flaik is now available in over 60 ski resorts worldwide.
  • Capital One Financial
    Group Manager, Operations Risk Strategy
    Capital One Financial
    Apr 2001 - May 2002 (1 year 2 months)
    Led the Risk Strategy team for the fastest growing consumer financial services team. Headed analysis for corporate-wided cost reduction project resulting in $1b in annual operating savings. Managed consumer risk modeling and operational effectiveness across eleven lines of business.
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    VP Business Development
    Inferscape
    Aug 1999 - Feb 2001 (1 year 7 months)
    Worked in small dynamic high-tech startup developing Bayesian predictive modeling software. Led successful seed capital raising of over $1m for the company, as well as securing high profile external Directors for the board.
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    Consultant
    Advisory Board Company
    Jan 1996 - Dec 1997 (2 years)
  • KPMG US
    Manager, Aerospace & High Tech Strategy
    KPMG US
    Jun 1994 - Jul 1999 (5 years 2 months)
    Youngest & highest revenue producing manager (out of 8) in the A&D Strategy practice based in Washington DC. Developed and managed client relationships with Fortune 500 firms and government research laboratories, oversaw multiple technology commercialization projects, wrote business plans for financing of multi-hundred-million dollar satellite ventures, and led strategic and business planning for large international telecommunications projects.
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  • Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
    MBA, Strategy & international business
    Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
    Jan 1992 - Dec 1994 (3 years)
    Dean's List. Recipient of Carnegie Foundation grant for summer work in Prague, Czech Republic, assisting newly-emerging economy companies with western business practices.
  • California State University Long Beach
    BA, Economics
    California State University Long Beach
    Jan 1990 - Dec 1991 (2 years)
  • Caltech
    Physics
    Caltech
    Jan 1986 - Dec 1989 (4 years)
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