{"id":1239,"date":"2026-09-16T22:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T05:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iamnakib.com\/?page_id=1239"},"modified":"2026-09-16T22:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T05:39:15","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iamnakib.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1239\" class=\"elementor elementor-1239\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b52ec731 e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b52ec731\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2806cbb e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f2806cbb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dae5ec9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dae5ec9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iamnakib.com\/\">M A Nakib<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f07622e e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1f07622e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef87187d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef87187d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/iamnakib.com\/\" style=\"margin-right:22px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:500;color:#211C17;font-size:14px\">Home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/iamnakib.com\/index.php\/about\/\" style=\"margin-right:22px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:700;color:#467748;font-size:14px\">About<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/iamnakib.com\/index.php\/experience\/\" style=\"margin-right:22px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:500;color:#211C17;font-size:14px\">Experience<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/iamnakib.com\/index.php\/certifications\/\" style=\"margin-right:22px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:500;color:#211C17;font-size:14px\">Certifications<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/iamnakib.com\/index.php\/speaking\/\" style=\"margin-right:22px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:500;color:#211C17;font-size:14px\">Speaking<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/iamnakib.com\/index.php\/blog\/\" style=\"margin-right:22px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:500;color:#211C17;font-size:14px\">Blog<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/iamnakib.com\/index.php\/contact\/\" style=\"margin-right:22px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:500;color:#211C17;font-size:14px\">Contact<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6be51d56 e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6be51d56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92678769 elementor-align-right elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"92678769\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"mailto:hello@iamnakib.com\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Book a call<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7424ac29 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7424ac29\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b47f26d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b47f26d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tABOUT\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b00f7205 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b00f7205\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cloud strategy, told straight.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef035d0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef035d0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNakib spent four years at Microsoft Bangladesh as a Technical Evangelist and Field Technical Manager, advising 50+ enterprise clients and delivering over 100 technical presentations to C-suite stakeholders. He went on to lead Managing Director-level cloud migrations at CloudThat, phasing out data centers for $900K in annual savings and lifting application uptime from 90% to 99%.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb240603 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb240603\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tToday he splits his time between IT leadership at Angeles University, advising as a Cloud Technology Advisor with SCORE Mentors, and FinOps consulting at Vnomic \u2014 auditing multi-client Azure spend for organizations including Coca-Cola Europe, Esri, and Costco USA. He is a Microsoft Certified Trainer and a regular conference speaker on Azure architecture and cloud migration.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c6feddb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3c6feddb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-decda2dd e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"decda2dd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b7c10fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b7c10fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Education<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df378ff4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df378ff4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"padding:10px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #DDD6CF\"><b>MBA, Management Information Systems<\/b><br><span style=\"color:#5C5751;font-size:13px\">International American University &middot; 2023\u20132025<\/span><\/div><div style=\"padding:10px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #DDD6CF\"><b>MBA, Management Information Systems<\/b><br><span style=\"color:#5C5751;font-size:13px\">Jagannath University, Dhaka &middot; 2019\u20132022<\/span><\/div><div style=\"padding:10px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #DDD6CF\"><b>B.Sc. Computer Science &#038; Engineering<\/b><br><span style=\"color:#5C5751;font-size:13px\">University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh &middot; 2013\u20132017<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5aebaa4f e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5aebaa4f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d11d4df9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d11d4df9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Languages<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-945ced94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"945ced94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEnglish (Professional), Hindi (Limited working)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21d3e84a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"21d3e84a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Based in<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1097119d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1097119d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLos Angeles, California, United States\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fed701df e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fed701df\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-size-default\">Who is M A Nakib?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82352c4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82352c4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA Cloud Solutions Architect and Microsoft MVP based in Los Angeles, with 10+ years designing and evangelizing Microsoft Azure solutions.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a0187be e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6a0187be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d777bfe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0d777bfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What does he specialize in?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01f44dbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01f44dbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAzure architecture and migration, FinOps cost optimization, and cloud governance for enterprise and higher-education organizations.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-382af0ac e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"382af0ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-981e5206 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"981e5206\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is he available for consulting or speaking?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf53290d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAll Microsoft and industry certifications are verified on Credly at credly.com\/users\/m-a-nakib-nj\/badges.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c72881f8 e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c72881f8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83f0b5d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"83f0b5d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u00a9 2026 M A Nakib. 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