Ahmed is the Senior Vice President, Corporate Operations and General Counsel of Pieris Pharmaceuticals where he acts as site head for the company's Boston office, oversees the centralized project leadership and quality assurance functions, and leads Pieris’ intellectual property, corporate secretary, and legal activities, including licensing and corporate legal as well as the company's global patent portfolio. Prior to joining Pieris, Ahmed was an attorney with the law firm Covington & Burling LLP, where he represented pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in a range of matters. Ahmed was also previously a law clerk at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and an IP Associate at the law firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Ahmed obtained undergraduate degrees in Molecular Biology and Government from Cornell University, a masters' degree in Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University and research experience prior to his legal career focused on tumor biology and angiogenesis. Ahmed graduated from Georgetown Law with honors, where he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Georgetown Journal of International Law.