Anaf Durrani

Anaf Durrani

CTO | B2B/B2C | Transformations & Customer Experience | Pragmatic AI | Cybersecurity | Building High-Performing Teams

Ford Motor Company

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Experience27+ Years
LevelCXO

Executive Overview

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

Professional employment history
  • Jun 2025–Present· 1 yr 3 mos
    • Chief Technology Officer, Ford Pro, Customer Service, EuropeCurrent
      Jun 2025–Present
  • Nov 2020–Jun 2025· 4 yrs 7 mos
    • Group Vice President of Product and Platform Engineering
      Nov 2020–Jun 2025
  • Apr 2020–Nov 2020· 7 mos
    • Vice President, Engineering
      Apr 2020–Nov 2020
  • Sep 2013–Apr 2020· 6 yrs 7 mos
    • Sr. Director - DevOps, DevSecOps, Software Defined x
      Sep 2013–Apr 2020
  • Mar 2007–Sep 2013· 6 yrs 6 mos
    • Director, Product Engineering, Quality Engineering, Customer Experience
      Mar 2007–Sep 2013
  • Jul 2000–Mar 2007· 6 yrs 8 mos
    • Lead, Software Engineer
      Jul 2000–Mar 2007
  • Oct 1998–May 2000· 1 yr 7 mos
    • Consultant, Professional Services
      Oct 1998–May 2000

Education

MS

Software Engineering

Southern Methodist University

BS

Computer Science

DePaul University

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