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Waheed Sujjad

Director, AI Strategy and Development — Deep IT Vision
Naperville, Illinois, United States
Technology Management Agentic AI Microsoft Power Platform
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Summary

I am the Director of AI Strategy and Development at Deep IT Vision, where I help enterprises unlock the full potential of Artificial Intelligence. With expertise in AI strategy, enterprise adoption frameworks, automation, and product development, I bridge the gap between business needs and cutting-edge AI solutions. My background spans healthcare, finance, energy, and manufacturing, where I have designed and delivered AI products that drive efficiency, compliance, and growth. I specialize in enterprise AI roadmaps, RAG-based systems, predictive analytics, and intelligent automation using platforms like OpenAI, Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft Azure Foundry, n8n, and AWS.

Strategic IT Leader and Technical Program Manager with deep expertise in enterprise infrastructure, cloud modernization, AI-driven automation, and large-scale digital transformation. Adept at building and executing multi-million-dollar programs that strengthen business continuity, improve operational efficiency, and enhance security across global organizations. Proven record of leading end-to-end datacenter migrations, developing AI governance and delivery frameworks, and driving cross-functional alignment between executives, engineering, security, and business stakeholders. Recognized for turning ambiguity into structure, simplifying complex technology decisions, and delivering outcomes with measurable business impact.

Experience

Deep IT Vision

Director AI Strategy and Development
August 2025 – Present (1 yr 1 mo) · Naperville, IL
AI Products & Services Offered by Deep IT Vision:
  • AI Regulatory Document Assistant — Automates compliance checks, summarization, and FDA-related document processing.
  • AI Medical Lab Workflow Assistant — Automates order intake, scheduling, and result delivery for diagnostic labs.
  • Enterprise AI Strategy Consulting — Tailored AI adoption frameworks, automation roadmaps, and executive advisory services.

Nissan Motor Corporation

18 years 2 months total
Power Platform Team Lead at Nissan North America
September 2024 – August 2025 (1 yr) · Naperville, IL

Power Platform Team Lead, Power Platform Toolkit, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, User Training.

Americas Regional Infra Delivery Lead
July 2020 – February 2025 (4 yrs 8 mos) · Franklin, TN

Infrastructure delivery lead with experience in developing Infra Strategies, Planning and Business Cases for new initiatives. Led globally located cross-functional teams for infra modernization and standardization, and rolled out the Zero Trust Security framework including SDWAN and SASE solutions. Developed functional and financial analysis to evaluate projects and service providers, and led vendor onboarding from RFP through legal contracts.

Led the development of Standard Infra Delivery processes and reference architecture across all Americas markets, with daily interaction with global teams on fast-paced initiatives. Built and hired teams to achieve business objectives, directed internal and managed-services resources, and led the rollout of Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Dataverse) across the Americas region.

ISIT Demand Manager
April 2014 – July 2020 (6 yrs 4 mos) · Nissan HQ, Franklin, TN
  • Managed Digital Product Demand (AWS cloud development and migrations) requests from the business — infra, DevOps, and operations.
  • Managed Application Design reviews (Enterprise Architecture, Compliance, Database, Security) for IS products.
  • Followed up with product development teams on project status, and enabled business functions with their IT needs.
  • Focused on digital transformation, cloud implementation, and integrating DevOps tools across the build and deployment lifecycle.
  • Coordinated Alliance projects between Nissan business units globally, and application planning, design, and architecture discussions.
  • Negotiated between technical and business teams, and arranged Professional Learning events for IS employees.
IS Operations: Services Delivery / DevOps
January 2010 – March 2014 (4 yrs 3 mos) · NNA HQ, Franklin, TN
  • Managed outsourced services delivered by several IT vendors.
  • Responsible for 24/7 operations of 1,100 Wintel servers.
  • Developed strategy to reduce application outages via trending and forecasting reports.
  • Planned Wintel server consolidation and OS upgrades, and evaluated financial and productivity loss from IT system failures.
  • Ensured DevOps, ITIL, and Agile service management methodologies were followed, and coordinated Root Cause Analysis discussions.
Enterprise Source Code Manager / DevOps
July 2007 – January 2010 (2 yrs 7 mos)

Managed DevOps tasks for the source code of more than 200 business applications. Streamlined and standardized application build and deployment processes, working with global Nissan sites (USA, Mexico, and Brazil) to secure and manage source code using CA Software Change Manager (CA-Harvest).

  • Consolidated application source code into a supported Source Code Management repository.
  • Developed standards for source code versioning, build, and deployment processes.
  • Developed training videos for hundreds of developers on the standard processes.
  • Helped design and implement a federated CMDB.
  • Led project management for the Advantis-to-PGP conversion.

IBM

March 1999 – June 2007
DevOps: IBM Rational Software and Configuration Manager
March 2003 – June 2007 (4 yrs 4 mos)

Managed configuration and integration of application development, source code, and change tracking tools. Developed standards for build and deployment processes, and managed user access to required environments and tools.

IBM Global Services — IT Specialist
1999 – 2003 (4 yrs)

Education

Cornell University
Certification for Technology Leadership, Information Technology · Aug 2022 – Oct 2022
Middle Tennessee State University
MBA, Finance and Management · 2012 – 2014
Middle Tennessee State University
BS, Computer Science · 1996 – 1999
IBM and Nissan Virtual Academy
IT, Business and Leadership Classes · 1999 – 2013
Vanderbilt University
Certification, Agentic AI and AI Agents – A Primer for Leaders, Artificial Intelligence

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    Phone
    +1 615 969 7754
    Email
    ai.services@deepitvision.com
    Location
    Chicago, USA