Hi, I am Tanzim!

I am an executive software engineering leader. I taught myself to code in the dial-up days with help from my dad. I grew up in Bangladesh, where he used to earn about US$100 a month.

I have headed organizations that grew to 1000 engineers strong. Before that, I was Head of DevRel at Microsoft. I terraformed technical capabilities as a Principal Engineer at various organizations.

I am a company culture creator. I help software engineering teams achieve new levels of productivity and fulfillment by fostering a culture of excellence, purpose, and principled innovation.

Wicked problems I work on

• What makes AI useful?
• How can AI be experienced as a reliable actor?
• What makes learning with AI fun for youngsters?
• How to de-accelerate cognitive decline because of AI with AI?
• What is at the frontier of AI-driven development today?
• What creates a lasting positive impact that will outlive us?

Purposeful Principles

• Technology should have a clear and honorable purpose.
• Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth (Mohammad Ali)
• Talents and opportunities are gifts entrusted to us to illuminate hearts
• Personal excellence: What comes from the heart is received by the heart (Rumi)
• The happiness is not in the having, but in the becoming (Sahil Bloom)

I work well with like-hearted individuals and groups that are clever yet kind. Reach out if you want to find a way to work together at me /at/ tanzimsaqib /dot/ com.