Azeem Mackeen
Senior Manager
Azeem has built a portfolio career across engineering, strategic marketing, and venture building. He began as an electronics engineer commissioning Blu-ray manufacturing systems in China before moving into strategic marketing and, later, venture creation.
He was part of the team that launched and scaled a flagship executive education programme at a local IHL to top global rankings, executing multi-channel campaigns reaching senior professionals across Asia and building marketing systems that drove substantial institutional growth.
At a tech accelerator backed by leading Singapore corporates, he tackled an unfamiliar industrial challenge—immersing himself in power plant operations in Sri Lanka, developing a predictive maintenance solution through design sprints, and securing a pilot project by demonstrating solution viability to stakeholders.
He co-founded an EdTech startup serving Obstetrics & Gynaecology specialists globally, conducting user research across multiple markets, shaping the product, and validating product-market fit in a highly specialised vertical; building a foundation for scaling specialist medical education.
Venturing beyond conventional boundaries, he pursued a Master's in Management in Russia on a government scholarship—gaining firsthand insights in a region undergoing major economic and geopolitical recalibration.
At IIE, he helps founders refine value propositions, achieve market readiness, and scale ventures with clarity and purpose.
