About

Mashhood Ahmed started his research into AI and Project Management in 2017, since then he has spoken around the world, from New Zealand to Singapore, Africa to North America, at various conferences, and global events.

In 2024, Mashhood was recognized by  PMI Top Influencer for AI 2024, The Digital Project Manager Top Influencer 2024 and NimbleWorks Top Influencer  2025.

Since 2023, he spoke at over 40 events, shared his research, knowledge and expertise with over 50,000 project managers around the globe. He is one of the sought-after Keynote speakers, AI Masterclass trainer and Panelist.

Mashhood has over 20 years of project-program management experience leading multi-million-dollar projects around the globe. Currently, he runs a boutique consulting firm in Edmonton, Canada, and he is founding director of PMassistant.ai where is leading a team to design and develop next generation project management solution leveraging AI. 

He also teaches at Grant MacEwan University. Besides, all of this he also volunteers his time for PMI and ISACA for various initiatives.

He holds Master’s degree from the University of Waterloo, along with PMP, PMI-RMP, SAFe Agilist, CISA, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, ITIL and various other industry certifications.