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Naveed Ahmad

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MVP 2025

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MVP 2024

Technology

United States
MVP 2021

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MVP 2019

Technology

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2024

19/Nov

IN-PERSON Baltimore/DC Sitecore User Group meeting Tues, Nov 19th

As a co-host from Sitecore DC User Group, I was involved in organizing this user group and spreading the message. I setup the meetup.com page and added various awareness posts on social media platforms like LinkedIn, X and Slack.

Sitecore XM Sitecore XM Cloud

2024

18/Nov

LinkedIn Social Media Post about IN-PERSON Baltimore/DC Sitecore User Group meeting

I was excited to share that the two Sitecore User Groups (Baltimore & DC) are having an IN-PERSON meeting on Tues, November 19th.

Sitecore XM

2024

16/Oct

LinkedIn - Sitecore Symposium - Country Music Persona

Fun post from Sitecore Symposium 2024, gathering lots of reaction and engagement.

2024

16/Oct

Twitter/X - Sitecore Symposium - Sitecore Selfie

The mandatory #SitecoreSelfie at the #SitecoreSym 2024

2024

15/Oct

LinkedIn - Sitecore Symposium 2024

Hello Nashville! I was excited about the SitecoreSymposium happening this week and was looking forward to meeting with the passionate Sitecore community

2024

15/Oct

Twitter/X - Sitecore Symposium post

Hello Nashville! I was excited about the SitecoreSymposium happening this week and was looking forward to meeting with the passionate Sitecore community

2024

11/Oct

Twitter/X - Sitecore Symposium post

Sitecore symposium awareness post.

2024

26/Sep

YouTube Video Demo - Azure OpenAI Copilot for PLAY! Summit website

Earlier this year, I teamed up with Amit Kumar for the Hackathon, and we took on the challenge of the “Best Use of AI” category.

In this video post, I walk you through the back office demo from the Microsoft Azure OpenAI Studio, which was the backbone of the project.

Sitecore XM Sitecore XM Cloud

2024

24/Sep

Enhance Customer Experience with a Gen AI Chatbot for Sitecore XM Cloud-Powered Websites Using Microsoft Azure OpenAI

Earlier this year, I teamed up with Amit Kumar for the Hackathon, and we took on the challenge of the “Best Use of AI” category.

In this blog post, I walk you through our journey, the solution we built, and how leveraging AI can significantly enhance customer experience on modern digital platforms.

Sitecore XP Sitecore XM Cloud

2024

27/Jun

IN-PERSON Baltimore/DC Sitecore User Group meeting Thurs, June 27th

As a co-host from Sitecore DC User Group, I was involved in organizing this user group and spreading the message. I setup the meetup.com page and added various awareness posts on social media platforms like LinkedIn, X and Slack.

Sitecore XP Sitecore CDP Sitecore Personalize

2024

25/Jun

LinkedIn Social Media Post about IN-PERSON Baltimore/DC Sitecore User Group meeting

I was excited to share on LinkedIn that Sitecore User Groups Baltimore & DC were back in 2024! Join us IN-PERSON on Thurs, June 27th to meet your local Sitecore enthusiasts.

Sitecore XP Sitecore CDP Sitecore Personalize

2024

7/May

Exploring the Future: Innovating with Gen AI in Sitecore Hackathon 2024

I co-authored our Sitecore Hackathon 2024 blog titled "Exploring the Future: Innovating with Gen AI in Sitecore Hackathon 2024" with Amit Kumar.

Sitecore XM Sitecore XM Cloud

2024

7/May

LinkedIn - Sitecore Hackathon 2024 - Team Sitecore XPlorers

Resharing a social media post about our Sitecour Hackathon 2024 journey.

Sitecore XM Sitecore XM Cloud

2024

23/Apr

LinkedIn - Sharing Sitecore MVP Swag

LinkedIn post about the awesome SitecoreMVP swag that I received. Generating nearly 1.8K impression and inspiring others

2024

23/Apr

Twitter - Sharing Sitecore MVP Swag

Twitter post about the awesome SitecoreMVP swag that I received. Go Team Sitecore MVP. Thank you!!

2024

19/Apr

How Sitecore Commerce Cloud is revolutionizing e-commerce

My blog about Sitecore Commerce Cloud, as it was published on www.avanade.com. The blog was aimed at c-suite and decision makers providing them with thought leadership and a point of view about Sitecore Commerce Cloud.

Sitecore OrderCloud Sitecore Discover

2024

17/Apr

How Sitecore Commerce Cloud is revolutionizing e-commerce

I wrote my first blog post for www.avanade.com website. The topic was "How Sitecore Commerce Cloud is revolutionizing e-commerce". The blog was aimed at c-suite and decision makers providing them with thought leadership and a point of view about Sitecore Commerce Cloud.

Sitecore OrderCloud Sitecore Discover

2024

17/Apr

LinkedIn Social Media Post about the Sitecore Commerce Cloud blog on Avanade.com website

LinkedIn Social Media Post about the Sitecore Commerce Cloud blog on Avanade.com website

Sitecore OrderCloud Sitecore Discover

2024

2/Mar

Twitter/ X - Sitecore Hackathon 2024 - Team Sitecore XPlorers

Social media post about participating in Sitecore Hackathon 2024.

Sitecore XP Sitecore XM Cloud

2024

2/Mar

GitHub - Sitecore Hackathon 2024 - Team Sitecore XPlorers

In this hackathon, I participated along with Amit Kumar from UK. It was fun 24 hours. Amit did the XM Cloud integration, while I was involved in the setup of Azure OpenAI, which I shared in a blog. The main goal of our submission is to have a Gen AI based chat assistant aka Copilot. For this purpose, we developed a Copilot for PLAY! Summit website, based upon Azure OpenAI Studio and Azure Cognitive Search, and integrated it back to the PLAY! Summit repository. The Copilot can help improve the cu...

Sitecore XP Sitecore XM Cloud

2024

7/Feb

Getting Started with Sitecore Discover - Leveraging AI to Create Personalized Commerce Experiences

I presented a speaking engagement at the Sitecore DC / Balitmore user group on the topic of Sitecore Discover and how it can be used to leverage AI experiences, in front of the live audience about 20-30 in the size. The audience included fellow Sitecore collogues, partners and representative from local Sitecore offices.

Sitecore Discover

2024

7/Feb

BAL/DC SUG Weds, Feb 7th - Roadmap for Personalization, Discover, and more!

As a co-host from Sitecore DC User Group, I was involved in organizing this user group and spreading the message. I setup the meetup.com page and added various awareness posts on social media platforms like LinkedIn, X and Slack.

Sitecore Personalize Sitecore OrderCloud Sitecore Discover

2024

6/Feb

Twitter/X Social Media Post about my speaking engagement at Sitecore BAL/DC UserGroup

I was excited to share that I will be speaking at the BAL/DC Sitecore User Group and shared this news on Twitter/X.

Sitecore Discover

2024

5/Feb

LinkedIn Social Media Post about my speaking engagement at Sitecore BAL/DC UserGroup

I was excited to share that I will be speaking at the BAL/DC Sitecore User Group and shared this news on LinkedIn.

2024

31/Jan

LinkedIn Social Media Post about the Feb 7th Sitecore BAL/DC User Group

LinkedIn Social Media Post about the Feb 7th Sitecore BAL/DC User Group as the Baltimore & DC SUGs were excited to continue their in-person gatherings into 2024, featuring more collaborative meetings.

Sitecore Personalize Sitecore OrderCloud Sitecore Discover

2024

31/Jan

Twitter/X Social Media Post about the Feb 7th Sitecore BAL/DC User Group

Twitter/ XSocial Media Post about the Feb 7th Sitecore BAL/DC User Group as the Baltimore & DC SUGs were excited to continue their in-person gatherings into 2024, featuring more collaborative meetings.

2023

8/Sep

Commerce Composability in Action for Sitecore OrderCloud and Sitecore Discover – Sync Your Data with Sitecore Connect

This blog will explore how we can send data from Sitecore OrderCloud to Sitecore Discover via Sitecore Connect using a low-code approach. It provides a step by step process for Sitecore Connect and shares the custom recipe for the connection.

Sitecore OrderCloud Sitecore Discover Sitecore Connect

2023

8/Sep

Send Sitecore OrderCloud data to Sitecore Discover via Sitecore Connect

This video will explore how we can send data from Sitecore OrderCloud to Sitecore Discover via Sitecore Connect using a low-code approach.

Sitecore OrderCloud Sitecore Discover Sitecore Connect

2023

14/Aug

Introducing Postman Collection for Sitecore Discover’s REST API

In my research, I found no Postman collection tailored for Sitecore Discover. Recognizing this need for myself and other fellow developers, I decided to develop one and share it with the community. I recommend all Sitecore community developers download this collection from my GitHub repository when they start working on their Sitecore Discover project, which will speed up their integration process.

Sitecore Discover

2023

13/Aug

SitecoreDiscover.PostmanCollection

A Postman API client collection for API calls related to Sitecore Discover.

Sitecore Discover

2023

7/Aug

Enable Incremental Feed API for Sitecore Discover

This blog post talks about the steps required to activate the incremental feed API for Sitecore Discover and how to resolve potential issues that may show up during the process.

Sitecore Discover

2023

1/Aug

Sitecore Discover – Prepare your Product and Category Feed TAB-Delimited Text Files

In this blog post, we’ll consider that our product data is stored in Sitecore OrderCloud and can be obtained as JSON through an API. I took the initiative to develop my own solution and contribute it to the community as a GitHub Repo. The blog explains the code base and how to use.

Sitecore Discover

2023

27/Jul

SitecoreDiscover.GenerateProductFeed

GitHub Repo to generate product feed base TAB files.

Sitecore Discover

2023

27/Jul

SitecoreDiscover.GenerateCategoryFeed

GitHub Repo to generate category feed as per the specification

Sitecore Discover

2023

19/Jul

Getting Started with Sitecore Commerce Cloud – Part 3

Part 3 of the blog series. The PLAY! Shop demo implements a B2C business use case, in this blog post I explored some features and capabilities like express checkout, registration/sso, pricing and promotions, product catalogs and categories, customer profile pages etc.

Sitecore OrderCloud

2023

26/Jun

Getting Started with Sitecore Commerce Cloud – Part 2

Part 2 of the blog series explaining how Sitecore Discover is integrated with the demo, like Preview Search, Customer Also Bought This, Personalized Home Page, Recently Viewed Products etc.

Sitecore Discover

2023

16/Jun

Getting Started with Sitecore Commerce Cloud – Part 1

Part 1 of the blog series explaining how to setup Sitecore Commerce Cloud via the Sitecore Demo Portal. This post gives step by step instructions to setup the Sitecore Commerce Cloud demo

Sitecore OrderCloud Sitecore Discover