About

Ahmad was an early employee at Allbirds and built the supply chain to support their scale from $20M to $400M+ in Revenue and through a successful IPO. As part of the early executive team, he drove the strategy for manufacturing, merchandising, inventory management, sourcing, warehousing, logistics and customer service as the brand grew from 2 countries to 10 global markets, from 1 store to 30+ globally, and from 1 footwear product line to 30+ including across apparel and basics. He is also an ex-strategy consultant and worked for Apple Supply Chain, launching their flagship products across the globe. Currently he is the COO at Firstbase, building a global supply chain for IT asset procurement, management and logistics, powered by a B2B SAAS platform. Firstbase was recently acquired by AppDirect, where he now runs Operations for all Hardware and Logistics globally. Key Competencies: - P&L management - Supply Chain, Transportation and Fulfillment - Global Manufacturing, Quality and Production - Customer Experience / Customer Care - Reverse Logistics - Inventory Management - Materials Management - Operations of fulfillment / distribution centers - E-commerce operations - Sourcing and Direct Procurement - Go to Market program management - Global buying, and merchandise and retail planning - Business Operations