Founding Member
Mohammad Mahdee-uz Zaman (Apu)
Mohammad Mahdee-uz Zaman is a global technology executive, AI strategist, and innovation leader with more than three decades of experience across startups, Fortune 500 enterprises, public-sector agencies, and academic institutions. Currently Vice President of Strategic Alliances at Cybage, he leads global cloud, data, and AI modernization initiatives that help organizations transition to AI-first operating models. His career spans senior leadership roles at Amazon, Dell, Verizon, and CenturyLink, where he drove enterprise-wide digital transformation, scaled mission-critical cloud services, and advised federal, state, and local governments on adopting cloud, data, and AI to improve public services. Mo has played an influential role in the education and innovation ecosystem as well, shaping digital skills and future-ready curricula at institutions including Daffodil International University, George Mason University, St. John’s University, Rutgers, NJIT, CodersTrust, and Washington University of Science and Technology. His commitments extend far beyond industry—he founded the NASA Space Apps Challenge in Bangladesh, mentors startups globally, supports SME and enterprise leadership teams, and speaks internationally on AI, digital transformation, and public innovation policy.
As a volunteer Founding Member of MillionX Bangladesh, Apu brings a powerful blend of global industry leadership, ecosystem-building experience, and a deep commitment to inclusive technological progress. His lifelong work of enabling organizations, governments, and academic institutions to adopt cloud and AI aligns directly with the MillionX mission of nurturing a million 10x minds and equipping Bangladesh to compete in an AI-driven global economy. Apu sees MillionX as a national platform to expand opportunity, accelerate capability-building, and foster a culture of innovation that positions Bangladesh for transformative, long-term growth. His contribution strengthens the movement’s ambition to create a future-ready generation prepared to lead Bangladesh into the next era of digital and AI-enabled development.
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Zafar Sobhan
Prominent public intellectual, lawyer, editor, and founding Editor of the Dhaka Tribune; Bangladesh’s first internationally syndicated English columnist and Yale World Fellow. Founding member supporting MillionX in developing a million 10x minds and elevating national dialogue for the AI era.

Munir Hasan
One of Bangladesh’s leading champions of STEM education, digital innovation, and youth entrepreneurship. Founder of BdOSN and General Secretary of BdMOC, with national impact through Olympiads, ICT policy, and major public-sector digitization. Founding member helping MillionX nurture a million 10x minds across Bangladesh.

Dr. Bashima Islam
Assistant Professor at WPI, Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, and researcher in AI, wearable sensing, and mobile health with innovations supported by NSF, NIH, Samsung, and Bell Labs. BUET graduate and Imagine Cup National Champion. Founding member advancing MillionX’s mission to nurture a million 10x minds across Bangladesh.
