An established technology evangelist and innovation leader with a track record of successful digital transformations & architecture capability building in complex and large-scale mission critical environments and delivering strategic advantages. He has extensive experience in disrupting business operating models and value creation by merging business ideas and bleeding edge technologies like blockchain, machine learning and IoT. He is currently leading Innovation Lab at Dubai Customs – an innovation enablement program conducting active research and practice in the space of blockchain, natural language processing, machine learning & artificial intelligence, wearables & IoT, augmented reality and smart cities. Imran has been recognized by Zachman International for Leadership in Government Transformation using Enterprise Architecture and received the Best Technology Innovation Idea awards in public sector from IDEAS America & IDEAS UK.