Years of corporate experience and senior leadership
Industries covered through multiple startups founded
Operating product engineering companies built
Seed funding secured for two SaaS ventures
[01] Executive profile
Arshad has built his career where technology, corporate leadership, and entrepreneurship meet.
As a founder and senior operator, he has built multiple startups and led business operations, strategic alliances, growth, product transformation, and market expansion across India and the Gulf.
He is based between the UAE and Mumbai and works with founders and enterprise leaders navigating complex technology shifts.
View LinkedIn[02] The throughline
Arshad Kazi has worked inside each shift as a technology leader, founder, investor, and operator.
His focus today is the commercial and operational side of enterprise AI: opening markets, building partnerships, and making sure ambitious systems move beyond the pilot.
[03] Selected chapters
(Guest Commerce Experiences)GM & Co-Founder · UAE
Connecting the guest journey with ticketing, access, food and beverage, retail, venue operations and insights for high-volume venues. Its flagship product, Nuvio, unifies cinema ticketing, point of sale, scheduling, occupancy and reporting.
(Enterprise AI & Product Engineering)Co-Founder & COO · India & Global Markets
Leading business operations, alliances, and growth for an engineering firm that takes enterprise AI from idea to production.
(Media & Digital Publishing)Director, Technology
Led the digital transition across Vogue, GQ, Condé Nast Traveller, and Architectural Digest, from publishing systems to mobile products.
(Private Equity)E-commerce Practices Lead · Now Emerald Asia
Shaped products, joint ventures, and technology partnerships for a media private-equity platform operating across Mumbai and Los Angeles.
(Now PVR INOX - Cinema Chain)Technology Manager to CTO
Helped take cinema operations online, building digital ticketing, promotions, payments, and revenue-driving customer experiences.
(Now Disney - Broadcast Media)Technology Management · Broadcast Operations
Worked across technology functions during STAR TV's formative years, building the managerial breadth and leadership foundation for later executive roles.
[04] Proof of execution
A career built around the difficult middle: where systems, people, commercial reality, and delivery must align.
Moved Vogue, GQ, Condé Nast Traveller, and Architectural Digest onto a shared mobile-first foundation, halving launch time.
Migrated a cinema platform serving 20 million monthly visits while reducing infrastructure costs by 45%.
Launched iOS and Android editions for Condé Nast titles; the work was featured three times by Apple in July 2015.
[05] Operator's perspective
They stall on messy data, unclear ownership, procurement friction, and the absence of a plan for the day after launch.
Tools change. Teams built on trust, accountability, and commercial clarity endure.
[06] Connect