Our Team

The team at Panni Management consists of experienced management consultants and technology experts. Our consultants have experience in oil and gas, oil field services, utilities, distribution, manufacturing and banking sectors. Their successful track record and expertise in implementing management and technology solutions for various enterprises ensures that your business requirements are well understood and the delivered solution meets your desired business goals and has a high user adoption.

Meet Our Key Team Members

Abubakr Asif

President / Principal Consultant

Abubakr Asif is the founder and president of Panni Management and Technology Corporation. He started the company in 2009, and since then has led the company to be a leading provider of Sage X3 and business process automation solutions. He has over 15 years of experience in managing and implementing complex organizational transformation by leveraging their IT investments. His diverse industry experience includes oil and gas, oil field services, sales and distribution, retail, cannabis and chemical manufacturing sector.

Prior to Panni, Abubakr was a Senior Business Consultant at Price Waterhouse Coopers, where he was involved in several SAP implementation and business transformation projects at energy companies in Alberta. He was also involved in business development efforts and was a key member of the team that responded to and won a proposal from one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies for the outsourcing of consulting services worldwide.

Abubakr has an MBA from the University of Victoria, and an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from the GIK Institute of Engineering. In his spare time, he plays squash and hikes in the Rockies.

Hammad (Max) Qureshi

CTO (AI and Software Development)

Hammad has more than 20 years of experience in software development and software project management. He has been working in AI related research and development projects for more than a decade and has published more than 30 peer reviewed publications in the AI domain. He has developed highly accurate AI algorithms throughout his career working for corporations like Philips and startups like NConnex and Strados Labs. He is passionate about all things AI with focus on Large Language Models and Computer Vision. He has delivered AI powered software products for Philips, Acer, Mobileweaver, NConnex etc.

He holds a PhD in AI and Machine Learning from University of Warwick, UK and an undergraduate degree in Computer Systems Engineering from GIK Institute of Engineering. He likes to read, swim during his free time and is an avid gamer. He has volunteered for Warwick Volunteers, provided disaster relief in floods and led social entrepreneurship projects under the auspices of The Indus Entrepreneurs.

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Alex Altamirano

Senior Business Analyst

Alex is an experienced Business Manager with over 20 years of experience leading business process transformation initiatives in the areas of distribution, manufacturing and supply chain. His industry experience includes cannabis accessories distribution and retail, food, oil and gas and industrial equipment manufacturing. He leads the supply chain and manufacturing business optimization practice at Panni.

Prior to Panni, Alex has held leadership positions in several manufacturing and distribution companies. He has been involved in establishing manufacturing facilities from the ground up, getting them ISO-9000 certified as well as developing complex supply chains.

Alex has an MBA and a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico. He is an avid squash player and is also the coordinator for Calgary Squash interclub league.

Omair Hyder

Senior Marketing and Sales Manager

Omair is a serial entrepreneur and has been involved in several start ups in the areas of creating user experiences, mobile app design development, educational technology, digital games, content creation for wire less telecommunication companies. At Panni, he is responsible for leading the marketing and content creation department and plays a key part in the company’s growth strategy.

Most recently Omair was involved in laying the building blocks for a digital animation content company, 3rd World Studios. The company won several awards for its work at the Infinity Film Festival as well as Unreal Dev grant by Epic games. The company was able to grow the company to 60 employees in a short span of two years. Prior to 3rd World Studios, he was involved in setting up a mobile applications and content creation company for wireless operators and was able to grow the company to 3 million in annual revenues.

Omair holds an MS from Stanford University as well as an undergraduate degree in engineering from the GIK Institute of Engineering. He volunteers for TedX Calgary and Guide Dogs for the Blind in his spare time and prefers to shoot on film.

Sreekanth Gandham

Senior Technical Analyst

Sreekanth is a senior Sage X3 consultant with more than ten years of experience in implementing and supporting Sage ERP X3 customers. His industry experience includes automotive, oil and gas, retail, cannabis and chemical manufacturing.

Most recently, Sreekanth was involved in leading the Sage X3 implementation at a large multinational chemical manufacturing company with operations across several countries. An excellent leader and team player, Sreekanth enjoys working with clients at all levels of the organization, from executive to the front lines, developing strategic vision and optimizing business process to solve complex business challenges.

Sreekanth holds a master’s degree in computer applications and is a certified Sage X3 developer. He enjoys playing music in his free time.

Wasay Muzamil

Senior Business Analyst

Wasay has over 5 years of experience implementing Sage X3 solutions in complex organizational environments. His diverse industry experience includes hospitality, food and beverage, cannabis and chemicals.

Wasay leads the technical implementation and data migration for Sage X3. He also assists in improvements and operational efficiency on the sales, distribution and manufacturing processes making use of prior experience working on several full-cycle Sage X3 implementations. He also teaches management and user features and functional use of the software. He utilizes problem-solving skills to assist in diagnosing issues and applying methods to resolve them.

Wasay has a bachelor’s degree in engineering and is a certified Sage X3 consultant. He enjoys playing cricket in his free time.

Radhika Limsay

Sales Lead

Radhika has over 8 years of experience in sales and marketing for SaaS software working for APAC, EMEA, NA region. She has worked for industries spanned across manufacturing, process, and distribution among others. Prior to Panni management, She was associated with Infor (Koch group) , Mobikon and Credence Analytics. In her previous roles, she played an instrumental role in opening and developing new marketing for ERP, SaaS software solutions. 

She holds a degree in computer engineering and an MBA (Sales and marketing). In her free time she loves to play with her toddler son and read novels, her favorite author being Khaled Hosseini. She has also won an inter school swimming championship and is well trained in the Bharatnatyam form of dancing.

Ronald Kitali

Senior Presales Consultant

Ronald is our Senior Sage X3 Presales Consultant and he brings with over 10 years of experience across EMEA in Software Solution Sales Software Solutions Consulting and Software Solution Support. Out of this, he has spent 7 years in Enterprise Business Solutions from Sage.

Ronald holds an Undergraduate Degree in Business and Information Technology from Strathmore University & is currently pursuing his MBA from Strathmore University.

In his free time Ronald likes to go on hikes, where he has managed to get to the top of Mt Kenya, the highest mountain in Kenya and also likes to swim as he used to be a competitive swimmer in his younger days.

Robert Simam

Senior Finance Consultant

Robert is experienced and certified Sage X3 Finance Business Analyst. He has over 7 years of experience supporting and implementing the Sage X3 Finance module. His industry experience includes financial services, food manufacturing and services for the airline industry, agriculture, and cannabis Robert has 7 full life cycle Sage X3 implementations experience and has provided support to large clients for Sage X3 finance. He has experience in leading requirement gathering sessions, configuration, and building of finance module of Sage X3 and leading testing cycles, and providing end-user training,processing. He has bachelor’s degree in finance and Banking from Moi University. His rich experience in Sage X3 implementation can be useful in implementations. All your finance needs can be resolved by him. He is also a certified public Accountancy Course from Strathmore University and Sage Certified for Sage Distribution, SEI.