Quazi Zaman
Founder
CricketPoint, USA
Quazi Zaman is the Founder of CricketPoint, an Angel Investment company providing Strategic Advisory services
focusing on Digital Transformation to Start ups, private and public sector organizations. He is the first Bangladeshi
American who started working for Microsoft, as a Systems Engineer, specializing in Network Security and Secure Messaging, in the early 90s. Today he is helping partners invest in AI, Big Data, Cloud and Cyber Security technologies
to build secure and scalable solutions for social impact in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Previously, while working for Unisys and Microsoft for over 25 years, Quazi Zaman specialized in the areas of largescale software development, systems integration, Security and Collaboration on multiple platforms, from Mainframes, minicomputers, PCs to mobile devices to Cloud. He first started his career in 1987 as Software
Developer, with Unisys Corporation at the Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to modernize the PALMS (Patent
Application Location Monitoring System) and Trademark Search. In 1988, he joined the PC manufacturing team and deployed over a Million PCs in the Department of Defense supporting the development of C4I infrastructure over the next 5 years after winning the Desktop III Contract worth 750 Million USD.
After joining Microsoft as a Systems Engineer in the Federal district, Quazi Zaman deployed Secure Messaging solution
based on Microsoft Exchange Servers at US Federal customer locations around the globe. With his team,
he established Active Directory as the directory services of choice among US Federal clients, impacting over 6M users, focusing on Security, Identity Management and Directory Services which led to the development and
integration of the Smart card integration, Public Key Infrastructure Services in the Windows Server product, impacting over 3 Billion dollar annual business. Since leaving Microsoft he has supported deployments of Microsoft Lync/Skype for Business/Teams, Office 365/Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and Azure at clients. At Microsoft, he
was responsible for the Microsoft Federal Security Program which enabled Microsoft products to get compliant with Federal security and standards requirements, such as, S/MIME v3, IPv6, LDAP, X.500, etc. This resulted in the origination the Microsoft Cybersecurity business today. His areas of expertise include building secure scalable solutions with Unified Communication and Cloud technologies. Since leaving Microsoft, he has been investing with his partners in Bangladesh to actualize the Digital Bangladesh dream by supporting building the national fiber optic network, High Tech Parks, skills development and startups in Media and System Integration services. Over the past decade, he has Co-Founded Janata Wi-Fi, a startup focusing in democratizing Broadband and invested in several startups, such as Adcast Limited, Magpie Analytics and Biniyog Fintech. Quazi Zaman is an Independent Director at Link3 Technologies, one of the top network service providers in Bangladesh. As Technology Investor with software development background, he loves to keep his feet wet in modern and upcoming technologies to identify breakthrough technologies, such as, AI, Block Chain, SDN, 3D Printing, etc. with his team and business partners. Mr. Quazi Zaman completed his Bachelors in Management from Chittagong University and pursued his Masters in
Computer Information Technology at George Mason University, Virginia, USA.
