Anaf Durrani
CTO | B2B/B2C | Transformations & Customer Experience | Pragmatic AI | Cybersecurity | Building High-Performing Teams
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As a people leader with over 25 years of experience, I build organizations that learn, thrive, grow a make a difference by solving problems and finding opportunities to enhance a customer's experience. My results are built on a strong foundation of high performing teams, high engagement and focus on outcomes. I have experience in leading all aspect of engineering: Architecture, Product Delivery, Information Security, Infrastructure, Data, and Operations. I served as interim Chief Information Security Officer for Grainger in 2024. Skilled at empowering teams to deliver continuous business value, underpinning sustained growth and success. Spearheaded the evolution of organizations to scaleable, resilient software and data products; adept at leveraging artificial intelligence to augment team capabilities and product offerings. Demonstrated ability to instill a startup mindset within enterprise environments, effectively scaling operations while maintaining agility. Committed to harmonizing business objectives with technological advancements, ensuring strategic alignment and execution. Not your typical technologist that avoids solving hard problems, but an engineer who embraces them
Career Timeline
- Ford Motor CompanyCurrentJun 2025–Present· 1 yr 3 mos
- Chief Technology Officer, Ford Pro, Customer Service, EuropeCurrentJun 2025–Present
- Nov 2020–Jun 2025· 4 yrs 7 mos
- Group Vice President of Product and Platform EngineeringNov 2020–Jun 2025
- Apr 2020–Nov 2020· 7 mos
- Vice President, EngineeringApr 2020–Nov 2020
- Sep 2013–Apr 2020· 6 yrs 7 mos
- Sr. Director - DevOps, DevSecOps, Software Defined xSep 2013–Apr 2020
- Mar 2007–Sep 2013· 6 yrs 6 mos
- Director, Product Engineering, Quality Engineering, Customer ExperienceMar 2007–Sep 2013
- Jul 2000–Mar 2007· 6 yrs 8 mos
- Lead, Software EngineerJul 2000–Mar 2007
- Oct 1998–May 2000· 1 yr 7 mos
- Consultant, Professional ServicesOct 1998–May 2000
Education
MS
Software Engineering
Southern Methodist UniversityBS
Computer Science
DePaul University