Dr. Ahmad Khalid began his career as an electronic engineer in Penang after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1995. He then worked at several multinational companies such as Motorola, Hewlett-Packard, Agilent, and Broadcom while continuing his postgraduate studies in management at Universiti Utara Malaysia. Later, he joined an agency under the Ministry of Science and Innovation (MOSTI), MIMOS Berhad, as a senior manager of technology ventures and commercialization in 2010, and subsequently joined the publicly listed company Uzma Berhad in 2018 as the Chief Executive Officer of the Renewable Energy Division before becoming the Chief Technology and Innovation Officer. Under his tenure as CEO of the Renewable Energy Division, Uzma managed to secure its first Large Scale Solar project and other renewable energy projects projects with a capacity of over 100MW. Currently, his role focuses on aligning technology and innovation including AI enabled applications with business strategy, ensuring that both areas contribute to the company’s transformation from an oil and gas services entity to an energy, digitalization and space technology company.
