21Tech, LLC
1390 Market Street, Suite 1202
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: 1-415-355-9090
Fax: 1-415-355-9095
Contact contact@21tech.com

Management Team

Azhar Mahmood, Partner

Mr. Mahmood, co-founder at 21Tech with his long time college friend, has built 21Tech from a startup to a highly successful company that believes in the philosophy: Earn the client’s trust. With a Master’s in Computer Science and 17+ years of experience in IT strategies and a technical background, Mr. Mahmood leads the vision and direction for the company. Mr. Mahmood’s experience includes implementation of Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Business Process Re-Engineering, IT Audits, Data Center Projects, Asset Management, Order Management, Billing and Financials, Workflow and Web solutions.

Mr. Mahmood brings experience from projects that span fortune 100 companies and public sector. His experience includes multi-channel strategy, vendor selection, vendor management, change management, organization level IT architecture, help desk, data center, staffing, service, process design, audits, surveys and business case development. More importantly, he provides a steady hand and a sure touch to the team and his clients, and has the credibility to deliver complex integration solutions.

Mr. Mahmood’s clients include AT&T, Microsoft, Oracle, Accela, Amdocs, IBM, Charles Schwab, Franklin Templeton, City and County of San Francisco, City and County of Indianapolis, the City of Chicago and the Port of San Francisco.

Dilraj Kahai – Partner

Mr. Kahai, co-founder at 21Tech with his long time college friend, has built 21Tech from a startup to a highly successful company that believes in the philosophy: Earn the client’s trust. With a Master in Computer Science and 17+ years of experience in IT strategies and a technical background, Mr. Kahai leads the vision and direction for the company. From honing his craft in the enhancement of business processes, software strategies in business, workflow solutions, he has led projects with more than 75 engineers in distributed workflow environments, automated solutions, public-private partnerships, data warehousing, and market branding.

Mr. Kahai’s clients include the City and County of San Francisco, Oracle, City of Indianapolis, AT&T, Levi Strauss, and the State of California. He places a high priority on being available and responsive to his clients, and believes in fostering a close partnership with strategic vendor partners including Oracle, Infor, Microsoft, Accela, and Adobe.

Ken Lam – Vice President of Operations

Ken Lam oversees professional services at 21 Tech. Ken is responsible for customer engagements and customer satisfaction. Prior to joining 21 Tech, he held professional services leadership positions in publicly traded and private companies where he was responsible for building and deploying solutions for global Fortune 1000 customers. Ken has more than 15 years of experience implementing enterprise applications and solutions as a consultant, software developer, customer advocate and services leader. Ken began his consulting career with Accenture and most recently was VP at Escend Technologies and General Manager at Exact Software. He holds an Masters in information systems and a bachelor's degree in computer science from California State University.

Ali Nasiri – Director of Technology

Mr. Nasiri is the responsible for architecting software solutions for our customers. Ali is a professional with 22 years of experience in providing software services to his broad range of clients, from semiconductor factory automation to modern office automation solutions. He has worked on all aspects of the software development, from software design and implementation, to architecting standard and customized software solutions, to integration/interfacing of enterprise level software applications for clients.

Ali has a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Vienna University of Technology in Austria.
Mr. Nasiri’s broad knowledge across the industries and excellent technical and analytical skills, enable him to create practical solutions for real problems.