Abdul Ahmed is the president of AKA Comp Solutions, a Chicago based technology solution provider, with a specialization in incorporating technology with the school curriculum in a very seamless way.A graduate of DePaul University, Abdul started his career with a state funded service program ‘Bridging the Digital Divide’ in which he was responsible for working with different schools in Chicago to bridge the technology gap in the school.Using this background, a heart for providing service and his knowledge of system development, in 2006, Abdul established AKA Comp Solutions, a company dedicated to providing service to schools in the underserved communities. The sole mission of the company was to find ways for schools to adopt technology and build a 21st century learning environment for the students.

A major disparity of technology in the schools located in the underserved communities’ fueled the establishment of AKA Comp Solutions. Till date, Abdul has focused on bridging the technology divide. Over the years, Abdul has built a close working relationship with the Archdiocese of Chicago, the Chicago Public School, and the Illinois Network of Charter Schools and has served a number of schools who subscribe to these groups.

A number of achievements have been associated to the AKA Comp brand since its establishment in 2006. Abdul has set up the state of the art video conferencing rooms for schools to allow students to experiences places that they otherwise would not go. AKA Comp has also implemented one-to-one devices for the schools in line with the 21st century classroom.

With firm roots into the IT world, AKA Comp has since extended its service offerings for the Small/Medium Businesses market as well. Businesses set out goals that are unattainable without the proper use of technology. AKA Comp provides and manages those tools to enable and empower the business to not only meet but exceed it’s goals, which help them increase efficiency, boost productivity and in turn increase profitability.

Bilal is the Business Manager and the Project Lead at AKA Comp Solutions specifically for Development projects. Bilal has been part of the executive team since 2008 in various capacities. He is an expert solutions consultant and a liaison for the project from the inception to project completion.

Bilal holds a graduate degree from DePaul University College of Computing and Digital Media. Additionally Bilal also holds a Leadership Certification.

Koshal Joshi is the Senior Technical Specialist at AKAComp Solution. He has been with the team since 2013 providing the technical support needed by the clients. His background in Management Information Systems gives him the ingredients to assist and manage the Help Desk.
Koshal is responsible to maintain the help-desk and manage a fleet of Level 1 technicians.
Koshal holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and is working on his Master’s degree at DePaul University.

Fahad is the lead project manager for government client opportunities. He takes the lead in building and maintaining relationships with clients and key personnel within the state and federally funded agencies. He has been a part of the executive team since September 2013. Fahad is an expert in assessing the issues and providing resolution to clients.

Fahad holds a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science from Depaul University at Chicago.

Sam is a Process Driven UX/UI Designer with 3 years of experience in building and shipping scalable websites to Software products.

Sam is also a ISTQB certified Software Tester, Certified Adwords and Analytics Professional, has core skills in SEO/SEM project Management with experience of delivering excellent results for clients.

Sam is doing Master’s in HCI(Human-Computer Interaction) from DePaul University and holds a bachelors degree in Computer Science.

Key Skillset: UX Strategy, Customer Journey maps, KPI’s, Wireframes, Prototypes, Mockups, Information Architecture, User Research, Contextual Analysis, Card Sorting, Agile, personas, User Flows, Usability Testing.

Tools: Adobe CC Suite, Sketch, Axure, Office and Invision.

Saeed is a Software Engineer at AKAComp and has been developing web based projects for the past 7 years using various technologies. He is an expert in customizing web application to deliver desire results that satisfy the client’s needs.

Saeed holds a Master’s degree in computer engineering from University of Illinois at Chicago. While at UIC Saeed was part of the UIC Robotic team. Saeed was part of the team develop robots to join nationwide robot’s competition.