Ahmad Rizal Azwir

Rizal Azwir currently serves as the head of the NTIS in MRANTI. In his role, he is responsible for managing the NTIS programme and implementing best practices to achieve operational excellence alongside other members of the NTIS Secretariat, as well as agencies of MOSTI (Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation), related ministries, and agencies. Rizal has received certification as a Registered Technology Transfer Professional (RTTP) from the Alliance of Technology Transfer Professionals (ATTP) in Malaysia.

Rizal began his professional journey as a Project Engineer in 2010. Since the end of 2011, he has focused on Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property (IP) and has accumulated 11 years of experience in the R&D industry. He initiated his career at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), where he had the privilege of representing Malaysia at the Japan Patent Office (JPO) for the IP Practitioners course, conducted in collaboration with MyIPO (Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia), spanning three weeks.

Later, Rizal joined PlaTCOM Ventures, where he gained valuable expertise in facilitating the progression of products from the R&D stage to commercialisation. Through his extensive work with UKM, Rizal has become well-versed in the challenges and obstacles faced by researchers and SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) when introducing and promoting their inventions in the market.