Biographical Information
Rashid Khan leveraged his entrepreneurial prowess to build Ultimus into a successful global enterprise. In 1983, Khan founded SINTECH, Inc., a start-up that pioneered the use of application software for mechanical testing automation. After a successful run, he sold SINTECH, Inc. to MTS Systems Corporation.In 1994, Khan founded Ultimus. Currently, Ultimus employs 200 people in nine offices across the globe and has achieved profitability for six consecutive years. Khan holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a Masters in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley, and a B.S. in Computer Science from M.I.T.
Articles by Rashid Khan
Adaptability: The Essence of BPM
07 Jan 2008
Adaptability, which also goes by the name "agility" in IT literature, is the Holy Grail of BPM. Yes, a small class of processes can be automated using software solutions that are rigid and immune to change because of their reliance on coding. However, such rigid solutions are limited in their scope, expensive to maintain and susceptible to obsolescence...
Empowering Business Teams with Interactive BPM
01 Jan 2007
Interactive BPM is a powerful and flexible capability that enables business professionals to view real-time performance metrics and to make changes to business processes dynamically. The first component of interactive BPM is business activity monitoring (BAM) which provides visibility into key performance indicators (KPIs). However, providing a “warning” when KPIs fall outside targeted levels is not enough.
Agility: Wreaking Havoc on Corporate IT
01 Jan 2006
The promise of agility isn't being delivered in too many cases. There is hope in BPM, if it is used as a new way for IT to partner with business teams to deliver agile process applications. The pressure is on for IT to deliver applications that can change on a dime—evolving as quickly as the business, even in the face of uncertain requirements...
Supporting BPM Teams
01 Jan 2004