About
Zaid Waqi is a consultant and Microsoft Certified Trainer with over 17 years of experience in the IT and managed service provider industry. He holds a Master of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (M.Eng) from Imperial College London and a Master of Computer Science (Information Security) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
His work spans data, analytics, AI, automation, cloud, DevOps, cybersecurity and open source, including product development, solution design, delivery and operations. He holds three expert-level Azure certifications, is also an HRD Corp Accredited Trainer, and has mentored more than 30 interns and early-career technologists.
Outside work, he is a two-time Malaysia Go (Weiqi) Champion (2012 and 2014) who has represented Malaysia at the World Mind Sport Olympiad, the Asian Games and the World Amateur Go Championship.
