Shabbir Anower has a comprehensive work history that spans over many years and includes various roles in the field of ICT and telecommunications. Shabbir Anower is currently the Vice President and Head of ICT Projects at Eastern Bank PLC. Prior to that, they worked as a Senior Project Manager at Brain Station 23, where they oversaw efficient service operations for global healthcare clients. Shabbir Anower also served as the General Manager at Summit Communications Ltd, where they led regional operations and maintenance teams and conducted financial performance analysis for telecommunications infrastructure projects. Before that, they held positions at Tork Engineering Ltd, Grameenphone Ltd, ZTE Corporation, Grameen Telecom, and Grameen Software Ltd, where they gained experience in project management, operations and maintenance, and system engineering. Shabbir Anower is highly skilled in methodologies such as CMMI, ITIL, PRINCE2 Practitioner, and COBIT.
Shabbir Anower has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, which they completed from 1996 to 2001. Shabbir Anower also holds a Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) with the 13th position in the merit list, which they obtained from Faujdarhat Cadet College from 1988 to 1994.
Shabbir Anower has pursued additional certifications throughout their career. Shabbir Anower obtained the CMMI Associate certification from ISACA in August 2021. Shabbir Anower also holds a PRINCE2 Practitioner Certificate in Project Management, obtained in November 2015 from AXELOS Global Best Practice. Additionally, they obtained the ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management in 2015. Other certifications include Scrum Master Certified from SCRUMstudy, Exin Cloud Computing Foundation Certificate from EXIN, and COBIT 5 Foundation from APMG International.
Shabbir Anower has also completed various online courses in data science and project management, including The Data Scientist’s Toolbox, Data Science Orientation, Open Source Tools for Data Science, Project Management: Healthcare Projects, What is Data Science, and A Crash Course in Data Science. These courses were completed on platforms such as Coursera and LinkedIn.
August, 2023 - present