Iqbal U. Ahmed

Biography

Iqbal Ahmed is the founder-president of Austin Business Consulting. His firm specializes in marketing research, branding issues and Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) strategies. He has previously served as a Marketing Manager for OSS-Cube Inc., a Houston-based vendor of digital transformation solutions to start-ups. He has also served as a licensed Broker for Fidelity Investments and Wells Fargo, offering financial solutions to their high net worth clients. 

Iqbal holds s  BS in Biology (Honors Thesis) from the UT-Arlington, and an MS in Microbiology from UT - Tyler. His master’s thesis was funded by the American Heart Association.  He  returned to UT- Arlington to earn his MBA (Finance).  with a specialization in Finance. Iqbal’s research interests focus on how consumers interact with AI devices.  Specifically, he is examining how social robots may be used to address the interactional needs of consumers who experience loneliness due to social exclusion or self-imposed selectivity reflecting interactional preferences..