Dr Dzahar Mansor

National Technology Officer | Microsoft Malaysia

Dr. Dzahar received a First Class Honors Degree in Computer Systems Engineering from Monash University, Australia in 1985, and completed his PhD in Computer Science in 1988. Dr Dzahar joined Microsoft in 2005 and has more than 32 years of
professional experience in ICT and telecommunications in senior leadership, engineering, research as well as academic roles.
In 2010, he had the honor of leading the Business Services Economic Transformation Program (ETP) Labs, and in 2018 appointed a committee member of the National Education Policy Review Council. He also presently is an Adjunct Professor at
International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and member of Industrial Advisory Panels at several other universities where he works closely with academia and has publications as well as professional certifications in Software Engineering, Computer
Architectures, Cyber Security, Telecommunications, Data Science and AI. He also holds several associate positions at, PIKOM, MQA, FMM and others.
Dr. Dzahar is passionate about technology and aspires to contribute towards the nation’s Digital Economy initiative.