Abid has been with Microsoft for twelve years, currently serving as Chief Operating Officer of Microsoft’s Philippine subsidiary. Before this, he was the Country General Manager of Microsoft in Pakistan before moving to Microsoft Asia Pacific region.

With a career spanning over 20 years of working at various executive positions in Fortune 500 companies, he brings with him a wealth of experience in successfully managing businesses, both locally and internationally.

He is a results-oriented Business Leader with experience in Sales, Operations and Business Management. He has a great passion for incubating ideas and innovating solutions to help customers accelerate their business transformation in line with their goals and objectives, to achieve success.

His immense passion for problem solving through software led him to also venture into local and international entrepreneurial initiatives, which included establishment of startups from the ground up. From hiring of talent to working on novel solutions like Augmented Reality, Mobile Apps, EdTech, to productizing, branding, marketing and selling, helped him be an active contributor and part of knowledge economies.

Abid believes in nurturing of ideas and consistent innovation and feels that Microsoft has the right vision and capability to bring to life the promise and potential of technology for everyone. He is passionate about translating Microsoft’s vision in a future where every individual and organization has the right skills, knowledge, and opportunities to achieve more.