Akif Khan
Founder & CEO, NerdTech Softwares LLP
Akif started NerdTech in Nashik in 2020, on the idea that software should feel effortless rather than overwhelming. Five years on, he leads a team of seven designers, engineers and marketers who have delivered 200+ projects for 150+ clients in eight countries.
He still reads every brief before work starts, and sits in on the free discovery workshop where scope, timeline and budget get agreed. If you book an intro call, he's one of the people you'll speak to.
From one person to a studio of seven
2020
NerdTech starts in Nashik
Akif founds the studio on one conviction: software should feel effortless, not overwhelming.
2021–22
First clients
Early projects for hospitality and local service businesses, mostly won by word of mouth.
2023–24
One team for the whole job
Design, development, branding and marketing come under one roof, so clients stop juggling agencies.
Today
Seven people, eight countries
200+ projects for 150+ clients in India, the US, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Ghana, Cyprus, Germany and France.
Still hands-on
Akif designed FlowTrex, a scan-enforced chain-of-custody system that tracks every box a manufacturer ships, from the factory floor through third-party warehouses to dealers. It runs in production as a web platform with a mobile app, and he has written up its design as a research paper.
He also writes for the NerdTech blog, most recently on why NerdTech builds with Next.js.
How Akif runs a project
Clarity over complexity
If a feature needs a manual, it isn't finished. Every screen is judged by one question: does it make life simpler for the person using it?
Trade-offs on the table
Timelines, costs and compromises are agreed in the discovery workshop, before any build starts, not discovered halfway through.
Built to keep running
The goal is software a client can keep using and extending as they grow, not a launch that needs rescuing six months later.