Naeem Altaf

Naeem Altaf, IBM Distinguished Engineer, CTO Space Tech
Naeem as IBM’s CTO for Space Tech Industry, leads innovation group and partnering with various space tech companies, to design and build first-of-a-kind proof of concepts and technical prototypes using Edge Computing, Data Services and Blockchain technologies. Democratizing access to space-based resources by optimizing the space tech/cargo supply chain; gaining valuable and actionable insights from Earth-observing satellites; analyzing telemetry data and software-defined satellites; and paving the way for deep space exploration. Naeem has been leading work for IBM in collaboration with NASA and SETI for the Frontier Development Lab (FDL) program. Naeem also leads a technical client engagements in building Public, Private and Hybrid Solutions for IBM enterprise customers and strategic ISVs for migration & transformation on IBM Cloud.