An ambitious graduate from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, Akbar has accomplished as much in his post graduate life as he was able to achieve throughout his academic career. With numerous interests and the capacity to excel across various fields, Akbar graduated with a double major in Political Science and Languages & Cultures of Asia alongside a double minor in Religious Studies and South Asian Studies.

Post graduation, he worked in several managerial roles in retail and in banking before being offered a role in project management. Always up for a new challenge, he accepted that position at a pivotal moment when much of the industry was transitioning from a waterfall methodology to Agile. Realizing the shift was going to be seen across most of the IT field, he went back to the classroom and earned his Scrum Master, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), and Agile Facilitator certifications to ensure he was at the forefront of the change.

Fast forward a few years, Akbar has helped teams maximize productivity in some of the largest corporations across a myriad of industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, B2B, and more. Today, he continues to help teams increase their productivity at one of the largest data mining/computer-assisted legal research (CALR) companies in the world.