Taimur Asad

Current

• Founder at SQL PASS Karachi Chapter
• Vice President at Software Engineering Society
• Students Partner at Microsoft

• Owner at Redmond Pie
• Software Architect at Aero Designs

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Past

• Director at DevClub
• Vice President at BIMCS.NET
• UG Coordinator at BIMCS.NET

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Education

• Bahria University
• Bahria College

Connections

26 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Blog
• My RSS feed

Taimur Asad’s Summary

Owner and Editor in Chief at RedmondPie.com - One of the leading Technology Blog of Pakistan.

Chief Software Architect at Aero Designs - (A Division of Redmond Pie)

Redmond Pie is among the 6 companies from Pakistan with Microsoft BizSpark Network Partnership.
http://www.redmondpie.com/bizspark

Microsoft Student Partner

Microsoft Certified Professional for Distributed Applications

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist | .Net Framework 3.5 WCF

Wrote the popular programs Turn Off LCD and Sprink.
http://www.redmondpie.com/sprink

INVOLVEMENTS AND AFFILIAIONS
Microsoft Beta Tester for
Windows Live Beta (2005-07)
Windows Vista & Windows Server 2008 (Longhorn) (2005-08)
Visual Studio 2008 (Code name Orcas) (2007)
Microsoft Expression Family (2007 to date)
Microsoft Silverlight (2007 to date)
XNA Game Studio (2006 to date)
Windows Seven (Early Feedback Program (2007 to date)
Windows Azure (2008 to date)
Windows 7 (2008 to date)
Group Manager of BIMCS.NET (INETA) (Feb 2007-April 08)
Vice President of BIMCS.NET (INETA) (since April 2008)
Vice President of Software Engineering Society (since January 2009)
Microsoft Student Partner (since January 2009)
Microsoft BizSpark Network Partner (Redmond Pie) (since April 2009)
MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) (since July 2009)
MCTS (Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist) (since July 2009)
President for SQL PASS Karachi Chapter (Redmond Pie) (since July 2009)

Have lead & Organized the following events:

Windows Vista & Office 2007 Launch (April 2007)
Lead the launch event of Windows Vista & Office 2007 at Bahria University Karachi.

Imagine Cup 2007 (May 2007)

Participation as Speaker and/or Organizes Microsoft’s Events (since Sept. 2007)

Member of HEROS Community Launch, Microsoft (since January 2008)

HEROES Community Launch Event (April 2008)

Energy Launch Event: SQL Server 2008 (December 2008)

Taimur Asad’s Specialties:

C#, C++, Objective-C, VB 6, HTML, XML, XAML, PHP, CSS, Expression Studio 3.0, Adobe Photoshop, SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, .NET Framework 3.5, Cocoa, ASP.NET 3.5, AJAX, Silverlight 3, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Communication Foundation, Oracle Form Developer, Adobe Flash, MATLAB, Windows Server 2008, Windows Azure, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio, Rational Rose, Rational Software Architect 7.0, Wordpress Designing, SEO

Taimur Asad’s Experience

• Founder

  SQL PASS Karachi Chapter

  (Computer Software industry)

  June 2009 — Present (6 months)

• Vice President

  Software Engineering Society

  (Computer Software industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

• Students Partner

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

• Owner

  Redmond Pie

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

• Software Architect

  Aero Designs

  (Computer Software industry)

  October 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

• Director

  DevClub

  (Computer Software industry)

  May 2008 — June 2009 (1 year 2 months)

• Vice President

  BIMCS.NET

  (Computer Software industry)

  April 2008 — May 2009 (1 year 2 months)

• UG Coordinator

  BIMCS.NET

  (Computer Software industry)

  December 2006 — April 2008 (1 year 5 months)

Taimur Asad’s Education

• Bahria University

  BSE , Software , 2006 — 2010 (expected)

  Activities and Societies:

  Microsoft Students Partner
  Administrator - MSDNAA Bahria University
  Vice President Software Engineering Society
  Vice President BIMCS.NET
  UG Coordinator BIMCS.NET

• Bahria College

  1994 — 2006

Additional Information

Taimur Asad’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My RSS feed

Taimur Asad’s Interests:

Designing, Software Development, Programming, Blogging, Gadgets, Formula 1, Tennis

Taimur Asad’s Groups:

BIMCS.NET, Microsoft Beta Testers, MSPs, INETA, HEROES Community Launch - Microsoft, SQL PASS Karachi Chapter, MCP, MCTS, MSP

Taimur Asad’s Honors:

3rd prize at Annual IT Competition (2002)
Awarded by Bahria College for developing a game on Macromedia Flash in Annual IT competition at age 15.

• Letter of Appreciation & Award (2003)
Awarded by Commander Karachi, Pakistan Navy; Vice Admiral Irfan on revamping an age old submarine simulator with a new one (SUBTICS: Submarine Tactical & Integrated Combat Systems) based on latest technologies.

• Scholarship Award (March 2008)
Awarded by Bahria University for taking 1st position with a GPA of 3.75 of BSE batch of 2006 in Fall 2007 semester.

• Careers Fair Bahria University (May 2008)
Won Second Prize for my 3rd Semester Project.

• Careers Fair Bahria University (June 2009)
Won Second Prize for Sprink.

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