He is currently working as Chief Technology Officer of a2i Program, ICT Division. He is leading a2i’s Technology Team that deals with different large-scale nationwide e-service initiatives including National Portal, Paperless Office Platform, National Single Sign-on platform, Land Systems Computerization, Citizen Application Platform and related ICT Solutions. He is actively involved in National ICT Infrastructure development, National Cyber Security initiative, ICT related policy, ICT Audit, guideline and strategy issues.

He worked with different audit farms and actively worked as IT Auditor for Banks, NGOs and IT Companies. Arfe Elahi Manik is Computer Science graduate and Masters in Business Administration. He is Certified Information Systems Auditor [CISA], CISCO Certified Network Professional and Microsoft Certified Professional. He is member of ISACA USA and Bangladesh Computer Society. Currently he is Vice President ISACA Dhaka Chapter and Joint Secretary of CTO Forum Bangladesh.

Mr Elahi worked in many countries in Asia and Africa region including Indonesia, Srilanka, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya for improving their e-Governance Infrastructure. He conducted various IT based study, training and workshops in different countries.

Mr. Tapan Kanti Sarkar has been awarded as CTO of the Year 2014 by ICT Division of Bangladesh Government and Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS).

Mr. Sarkar has more than 38 years of experience in the field of Information and Communication Technology. He did his graduation with Honors from Chittagong University and completed Masters from Dhaka University and studied MS in Computer Science from USA. He started his career in 1980 as a Programmer in a multinational pharmaceutical company, named Bristol-Myers Squibb with overseas assignment in Egypt & USA. Then he worked as MIS Manager at Beximco Group and worked as Head of IT & CIO at IFIC Bank. Lastly he worked with NCC Bank as Chief Technology Officer from 2007 to 2015. Now, he is the Managing Director of ADN EduServices Ltd.  ADN Eduservices is dedicated to provide high quality IT Education & services through the center of Excellence.

He has long experience in strategic alignment of Business and Information Technology by applying most cost effective & innovative techniques. He successfully managed various Mission-Critical IT Projects both in Banking and Large Enterprise. In the First CIO Conference of SAARC Countries, he represented Bangladesh and presented keynote paper. He has delivered many key note papers on various critical IT Issues like Enterprise ICT Security, Online Fraud Prevention, Information Security (IS) Audit & Control, Electronic Banking & its Prospects in different IT Seminars/workshops and in training institutes within the country and abroad as well. Many of his articles are published in all reputed newspaper. His most recent achievement is prepare 1st concept paper of National Data Center for Ministry of ICT.

Mr. Sarkar has been tireless and selfless in his efforts to make the CTO Forum a community of experts to share knowledge with each-other and discussed on different new technologies and innovation that can be implement in business enterprise to get better outcome. He leads CTO Forum Bangladesh that also arrange seminars, workshops to enhance skills and aware the mass people of using ICT, which has yielded achievement to him.

For more information please visit my website www.tksarkar.com

Jaspreet is a Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP), Certified Ethical hacker (CEH), Certified Information Security Auditor (CISA), Certified  Implementer of ISO 22301 (2012) and ISO 27001 (2013) to mention a few.

Jaspreet has been instrumental in setting up and leading the BCP practice at EY. Jaspreet has over 12 years of experience in handling cyber security related engagements and his primary focus is on Cyber/ Business Resilience Strategy & Planning, Crisis Management, Cyber risk, Security Incident Response, Governance, Risk & Compliance strategies & solutions, Vulnerability Assessment, Penetration Testing, Sox Compliance, Network, communication, data and voice infrastructure, Information Security advisory & implementation, IT Due Diligence review, IT Strategy ERP audits, Application reviews and Vendor Evaluation.

Almas Kabir’s MetroNet is the pioneer and the most trusted data-communication company in the country offering IT Enabled Services nationwide. MetroNet’s Contact-Centre Solution Software is popular among call-centres operated by many multinationals. MetroNet is a Gold Partner of Microsoft and Palo Alto Networks, Advanced Technology Partner of Cisco, and has been working in high level network security domain and in the FinTech solutions industry.

Syed Almas Kabir is the Chairman of Humac Lab Limited, a mobile app based services company with two local & international award-winning products. He is also the Chairman of NewsEllo Limited, a news aggregating service having presence in 36 countries. Almas chairs the Board of Telefonica Global Limited, an international call-centre offering BPO services.

Syed Almas Kabir is the President of BASIS and served as Senior Vice President, Vice President, Treasurer and Director in the past. He has been the Convener of the Standing Committee on Telecom, ICT & Intellectual Property Rights of Dhaka Chamber. Almas has been elected as the President of American Alumni Association (AAA) for the second time. Currently, he is also the Vice President of Bangladesh-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Mr. Kabir is the Co-Chairman of two FBCCI Standing Committees on e-Commerce and Telecom & IT. He was elected as the National President of Junior Chamber International Bangladesh (JCI) and St. Joseph Old Boys’ Foundation. He also served as the International Councilor of JCI Asia-Pacific Development Council. Almas is the Member-Secretary of Traffic Management & Community Policing Committee of Gulshan-Banani-Baridhara-Niketan under the purview of Dhaka North City Corporation. He is also the Founder & Advisor of IUB Alumni Association (AiA). Almas Kabir was the Convener of BASIS SoftExpo 2017.

The US State Department awarded Mr. Kabir as International Visitor in their Leadership Program (IVLP). He was awarded the Global Networker pin from JCI. He was the Team Leader of the Bangladesh Delegation to CeBIT 2013, 2014, & 2015 in Hannover, Germany and presented keynote-paper on Outsourcing Opportunities in Bangladesh at IT Investment Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark. Almas represented the ICT industry in Prime Minister’s delegation to multiple countries promoting investment.

As BASIS President, Almas initiated an ecosystem for growth for the member companies by making agreement with a renowned legal firm for free legal counseling, arranged free advice on Intellectual Property from Bangladesh IP Forum, negotiated collateral-free loan with Midas, launched ERQ-based BASIS-branded credit card for software & ITES exporters, created an e-Gov Cell in BASIS to assist government in preparation of RFP & evaluation of tenders in upcoming government projects, signed MoU with PUM – a Dutch company that will train & help in capacity building, started Automated Member Services System, and taken steps to overhaul the BASIS website to make it an interactive platform for showcasing expertise of member companies.

Syed Almas Kabir may be reached at Almas@Metro.Net.bd or at Facebook.com/AlmasKabir and LinkedIn.com/in/AlmasKabir. To connect with him on Twitter, please use the handle @AlmasKabir.

Pallab Ganguly, is an expert in Telecommunications, Computer Networks, Information Security, Cyber forensics, IT/OT Security Audit. He is a researcher on the Smart Grid security issues etc. He is working in a big power utility, CESC for the last 17 years in the field of Computer Networks & Security in the domain of Information Technology and Operational technology for the Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution. Was instrumental in the setting up of the company wide high speed optical fiber network for data communication and the Build, NOC and Compute part of the CESCs Data Center project. He was a key member for the Network implementation team at satellite companies like International Management Institute (Kolkata), Crescent power(Asansol), DIPL(Maharashtra), Haldia Energy ltd, Quest Mall, Kolkata, Ranchi Power distribution company, BESL, KEDL, BKESL,Rajasthan etc. Was a task force member for the Company wide IT/OT Security Audit by a CERT-In empaneled auditor and mandated by the Ministry of Power, Govt of India. Was instrumental in the ISO 27001 certification of CESC’s Corporate Datacenter.

He has presented technical papers in leading Conferences like IEEE, ACM, SPIE, CII, INFOCOM, and INTEROP (UBM). He is a Senior Member of the IEEE. He has been Industry and Session Chair of many IEEE Conferences, 5G Summit and Seminars. He is the Vice-Chairman of IEEE COMSOC chapter, Kolkata. He has visited many cities in India& Abroad for the inspection and testing of Electrical, Electronics and Telecommunication Systems. He is a speaker at many public forums including Industrial Forums, Leading Universities, IITs, IIMs, Seminars, Conferences and IEEE events. He has Certifications in IBM AS/400, ITIL, ITSM, IEEE Smart Grid Security etc. He is associated with the IEEE IoT & Smart Grid Technical Community. He is an honorary member of GISFI.He is a FELLOW of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, India.