Affaque Ahmed
Investor
Atlanta Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
Founder & CEO
2017 - Current
Providing 360 degrees solution to startups from their idea to execution and funding. Empowering Bold Innovators & Early-Stage Startups. At XIFAQ, I lead our mission to build a vibrant ecosystem for entrepreneurs who dare to disrupt. We’re not just an incubator—we're a launchpad for high-potential startups tackling real-world challenges with courage and creativity. I work closely with founders to accelerate growth, refine business models, and connect with mentors, investors, and collaborators. Through our innovation-focused programs, we’re shaping the future—one bold idea at a time. If you're building something game-changing, let's connect. Email: info@xifaq.com
Entrepreneur in Residence
2025
Go to market strategy Branding Investor relations
Strategic Advisor
2024
Massive multiplayer mobile game that blends social interaction, immersive storytelling, and creative gameplay.
Co-Founder
2024
Artificial intelligence for Human Resources for candidate screening, assessment, scoring, evaluation, scheduling and conduting interviews via AI itself.
Director
2017
Startup incubator, accelerator, mentor, advisor, speaker.
Seed Investor
2023 - 2025
Manufacturer of Snacks, Savouries (Namkeen).
Inside Sales Manager
2016 - 2017
Inside Sales, building new clientele. Interacting with supplier diversity, procurement teams. Gathering the information and submit supplier requests. Follow ups with potential clients. Supporting in University Recruiting. Co-ordinating with management for company's growth. Suggesting company regarding various certifications that helps in business. Handling supplier portals. Market Survey, trends & technologies. Analyzing & submitting RFPs, RFIs, RFQ, case studies, bid, win-win model. Interacting with buyers, purchasing teams. Next Level Business Services is a full service information technology and outsourcing company with around 1600+ consultants serving clients. By combining integrity, innovative recruiting practices, and a whatever-it-takes attitude, have achieved an extremely high rate of referral and repeat business and an 1800+% growth since company’s inception in 2007. As a preferred partner for several Fortune 500 consulting companies, we bring absolute accountability and consistent delivery capabilities to the table, to help our clients become high-performance businesses and governments. Specialties: Permanent Staffing, Contract Stafffing, Contract-to-hire Staffing, Executive Consulting, Strategy Consulting, ERP Consulting, Business Intelligence/Data Warehousing Consulting, IT Operations Consulting, Technology Implementation Partners, Outsourcing Management, Big Data, Infrastructure, Integration.
Founder
2014 - 2016
Inside Sales, Business Development, Client Relations, Client handling, Vendor Management, Applicant Tracking. VOLT Worldwide is a privately held consulting firm, specializing in providing Information Technology solutions and Outsourcing services. With deep industry and business process expertise and a proven track record of our experiences, VOLT Worldwide can mobilize the right people, skills, and technologies to help clients improve their performance. We work with organizations of all sizes. Our service offerings covers different industries such as finance and banking, insurance, telecommunications, transportation, retail, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, healthcare and utilities. Our clients includes small, medium and large companies. Our goal is to achieve 100% client satisfaction by economically delivering ideal solutions for every client.
Director
2014 - 2016
Volt Automotive is my own venture in India. Automobile firm (manufacturing electric vehicles) Contributing towards green, pollution free environment. A step towards removing unemployment, increasing economy. Handling A to Z of the firm, from building vendors/procurement till sales/after sales as well. Roadmap.
ARM
2014 - 2014
Business Development, Client Relations, Client handling, Vendor Management, Applicant Tracking, Recruiting, Knowledge sharing. West Coast Consulting is a privately held boutique consulting firm formed in 1998, specializing in providing Information Technology solutions and Outsourcing services. We understand that the technology market has changed significantly in the last few years and different organizations have unique needs whether they are revenue growth, cost reduction, competitive advantage or an increase in productivity and efficiency. Committed to delivering quality and satisfaction, West Coast Consulting, LLC collaborates with its clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. With deep industry and business process expertise, comprehensive resources and a proven track record, West Coast Consulting, LLC can mobilize the right people, skills, and technologies to help clients improve their performance. We believe in fostering relationships with leading companies and governments and work with organizations of all sizes. Our service offerings are varied, and straddle many different industries, such as finance and banking, insurance, telecommunications, transportation, retail, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and utilities. Our clients include small, medium and large companies, and our consulting engagements vary from a few person-months to person-years in effort. Our work spans a range of activities, from strategy consulting and system integration services to offshore development for sophisticated software development. Our goal is to achieve 100% client satisfaction by economically delivering ideal solutions tailored for each client.
Sr. Technical Recruiter/ARM
2013 - 2014
Responsible for fulfilling the client needs, contingent, direct hires in their budget. West Coast Consulting is a privately held boutique consulting firm formed in 1998, specializing in providing Information Technology solutions and Outsourcing services. We understand that the technology market has changed significantly in the last few years and different organizations have unique needs whether they are revenue growth, cost reduction, competitive advantage or an increase in productivity and efficiency. Committed to delivering quality and satisfaction, West Coast Consulting, LLC collaborates with its clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. With deep industry and business process expertise, comprehensive resources and a proven track record, West Coast Consulting, LLC can mobilize the right people, skills, and technologies to help clients improve their performance. We believe in fostering relationships with leading companies and governments and work with organizations of all sizes. Our service offerings are varied, and straddle many different industries, such as finance and banking, insurance, telecommunications, transportation, retail, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and utilities. Our clients include small, medium and large companies, and our consulting engagements vary from a few person-months to person-years in effort. Our work spans a range of activities, from strategy consulting and system integration services to offshore development for sophisticated software development. Our goal is to achieve 100% client satisfaction by economically delivering ideal solutions tailored for each client.
Technical Recruiter
2012 - 2013
Recruiter at American Cybersystems Inc., a leading provider of information technology solutions, staffing and workforce management services. Responsible for sourcing, qualifying and selecting high-quality contract, contract-to-hire and direct placement employees for small, mid-tier and large business customers. More than 2 years of professional recruiting experience. American Cybersystems Inc. is a division of ACS Group, a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) specializing in providing information technology solutions, staffing and workforce management services to global Fortune 1000 companies across various industry verticals. Through its operating companies, ACS provides a full spectrum of services and solutions to include program management, staffing, vendor management solutions, on-site consulting and more. With integrity, service excellence and innovation, ACS Group provides unparalleled value to our customers and employees.
Education
Intermediate
1993 - 2005
B.E
2006 - 2010
C++
2009 - 2010
B.E
2006 - 2010