Mohammad Zolkarnain Tun Abdullah

Zolkarnain specializes in Project Management related to new product introduction (Hardware, software and processes), also in Business Development Strategies and Research Methods.  Zolkarnain holds MBA from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), BSc. in Solid State Engineering and minor in Economics from Johns Hopkins University, MD, USA.

Advisor to various private and public organizations.  Mainly relating to business modelling, structure and strategies.  Previously he was in charge of product (Hardware, software, processes and supports) introduction and localization for Dell Asia Pacific Customer Centre (APCC) – as the Program Manager for APCC region including Japan.  Ensuring that all HW & SW inputs are in place, Marketing & Sales team ready to market and deliver, manufacturing line ready to go high volume manufacturing, and Quality & Customer Support team ready to resolve any end user issues.

Experienced in Project Management: Manage first large project while he was in Intel (1994) and became a mentor/trainer (Team Leader, Engineering) for new project managers while in Dell (1998).  Invited as a guest lecturer in USM to deliver a module on project management.  Experienced as a test program developer for Intel 8-bit and 16-bit microprocessors.  Written over millions-line of codes and had written a few test specifications for Intel.  Part of the Change Control Management team for various test program developments.  Later became the Product Team Leader for the first USB device, which oversees the transfer of the first commercialized USB product to the manufacturing plant in Penang, Malaysia.