
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP)
Pakistan

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP)
Pakistan
C / C++, C#, Java, Assembly, PHP, .NET, Java Servlets, JSP, XML, SOAP, MS SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, TCP/IP, Network / Socket programming, Windows/Unix Networking, Hardware Interfacing
(Computer Software industry)
October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
(Computer Software industry)
June 2005 — Present (4 years 6 months)
(Computer Software industry)
July 2004 — Present (5 years 5 months)
I provide technical consultancy and services for website and mobile development.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
July 2007 — April 2008 (10 months)
In the E-Banking dept. at Avanza, I was involved in the development of our main product Rendezvous which is actually a "Message Broker Middleware" used usually to integrate different delivery channels with banks’ core systems. My work was to enhance the existing functionalities as well as to add new one according to client’s requirements.
(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
April 2005 — August 2007 (2 years 5 months)
The Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) Program is an annual position that recognizes people who have made outstanding contributions to the student community. Microsoft selects and recognizes the most talented students from universities across the country for their dedication, passion and involvement with Microsoft each academic year.
As a MSP, I was involved in many activities including:
> Technical talks
> Founded and Leading a .NET user group
> Launched Imagine Cup in campus
> Led many technical events in campus such as seminars, programming competitions etc.
> Participation in Student and Professional Organizations
> Represented my country at Tech.Ed Europe Developers 2006 in Barcelona, Spain
(Computer Software industry)
May 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 1 month)
As Vice-Chair of IEEE Student Branch in my campus, my responsibility was to assist branch chair in planning and management of branch activities. I also worked as Technical Lead in the managing committee of an annual research conference IEEE INMIC.
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 2006 — September 2006 (3 months)
I worked here as Research Software Developer internee. I participated in the development of a Social Computing system. The goal of this on-going project is to find out the actual profile of a computer user by keeping track of her activities. For this purpose, I developed a virtual computing environment in which users can do many activities like Web Browsing, Chatting, Playing games etc. Users’ actual profile is developed, for example, by analyzing the contents of the sites he visits, text of her chats or the type of games he plays.
(Public Company; Telecommunications industry)
August 2005 — August 2005 (1 month)
During this internship, I participated in the development of a "Public Call Office Management System" actively. Technologies I used include Serial Communication using RS232 standard with Digital Phones using MSComm control, C# for GUI and XML for Data Storage.
2003 — 2007
Software Development, Programming, Project management, Algorithms, Maths and logic, Philosophy, Music
Microsoft, IEEE, INETA
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for the year 2008 & 2009
IT Committee Coordinator, All Pakistan Memon Federation (APMF)
Founder and User group Leader of FAST.net user group
Microsoft Student Partner Award for the year 2007
Microsoft Student Ambassador Award for the year 2006
Vice President of IEEE–NUCES student branch 2006-2007
Executive Committee Member, INETA (International .NET Association) Pakistan
First position, Programming Competition, ITPromo 2007, University of Karachi
First position, FAST-NU Internal Programming competition in 2006
2nd position, Dynamic Programming Competition, UTech 2006 Karachi
3rd position, Microsoft Programming Competition, PROCOM 2006 Karachi
2nd position, FAST-NU Internal Hacking Competition in 2006
2nd position, FAST-NU internal programming competition in 2005
2nd position, First All Pakistan Operation Badar Knockout Programming tournament 2002
First position, Software Competition, SM College Science Exhibition 2003