Navid Thakur has extensive experience in the banking and technology sectors, currently serving as VP for SSO Enterprise Tools and Automation as well as VP for IT Service Availability & Capacity Management at First Abu Dhabi Bank since June 2017. Prior positions include Group Leader of the Network Operation Center and Network Administrator at National Bank of Abu Dhabi from June 2009 to May 2017, along with roles as a Network Operations Specialist at BMC Software in 2008, Technical Support Engineer at vCustomer (Linksys Division) from 2006 to 2008, and Hardware and System Engineer at Logitech India in 2006. Navid holds a Master's Degree in Information Technology from Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology and a Bachelor's Degree from Savitribai Phule Pune University.