Akhtar Badshah

Current

Board Member at United Way of King County
Senior Director, Global Community Affairs at Microsoft

Past

President and CEO at Digital Partners
President at Asia Pacific Cities Forum

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
School of Planning and Architecture

Recommended

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Connections

241 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Akhtar Badshah’s Summary

Badshah is a Board Member of the Council of Foundation, Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC), United Way King County, the Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) and Youth Employment Summit Inc. Badshah is also the chair of the IT Task Force of the Council of Foundations. He also serves on the Advisory Boards of the following organizations: World Affairs Council (Seattle), Santa Clara University Center for Science Technology and Society, University of Washington South Asia Center, and University of Washington Business School. He has co-edited “Connected for Development – Information Kiosks for Sustainability,” and authored “Our Urban Future: New Paradigms for Equity and Sustainability,” as well as several articles in international journals on Information Communication Technology for Development, megacities and sustainability, housing, and urban development.

Akhtar Badshah’s Specialties:

Corporate Social Responsibility, Non-profit development, Iinformation and Communication Technology for Development

Akhtar Badshah’s Experience

Board Member

United Way of King County

(Computer Software industry)

2007 — Present (2 years)
Senior Director, Global Community Affairs

Microsoft

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

March 2004 — Present (5 years 5 months)

Manage the company global philantrophy porftolio including employee giving and volunteer programs. Key programs include: Unlimited Potential -- Community Technology Skills Program with over 900 partners in 102 countries, with 50,000 ccommunity technology centerns serving over 55 million underserved people worldwide.
President and CEO

Digital Partners

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

February 2000 — March 2004 (4 years 2 months)

Global NGO focussed on bringing IT to the underserved community by supporting social entreprenuers.
President

Asia Pacific Cities Forum

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

June 1996 — February 2000 (3 years 9 months)

Global NGO working on CSR issues in Asia's largest cities.

Akhtar Badshah’s Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

PhD , Architecture and Environmental Studies , 1981 — 1993
School of Planning and Architecture

Architecture , Architecture , 1975 — 1981

Additional Information

Akhtar Badshah’s Interests:

Author of several books and artciles. Frequent speaker on issues of development, Information Technology for Development and Corporate Social Responsibility. Co-edited “Connected for Development – Information Kiosks for Sustainability,” and authored “Our Urban Future: New Paradigms for Equity and Sustainability,” as well as several articles in international journals on Information Communication Technology for Development, megacities and sustainability, housing, and urban development.

Akhtar Badshah’s Groups:

Newly Elected Board Member, Council of Founadtions -- Chair ICTP Task Force, Charter Member, The Indus Entreprenuers
Board Member of United Way King County, the Global Knowledge Partnership and Youth Employment Summit Inc.
Advisory Boards of the following organizations: World Affairs Council (Seattle), Santa Clara University Center for Science Technology and Society, University of Washington South Asia Center, and University of Washington Business School.