Vision

To develop a top class international educational institution

Qualifications

• Ph.D. (1994) and MS (1989) from UT Austin, Texas, USA
• MBA (1987) from IBA and BE-Elect from DCET/NED

Academic Leadership

• Implementation of PBL and Experiential Learning interventions at university and school levels
• Design and implementation of processes for international accreditations such as AACSB
• Enabling of research culture and culture of self-development among the faculty members
• Launch of PhD programs and institution of necessary support processes and structures 
• Launch of industry mentorship framework for professional and personal development of students 
• Implementation framework for the virtual university and R&D for online class room management
• Integrated design of QEC and MIS for automatic collection of quality data with existing resources 
• Setup of a framework for industry engagement in academic programs led by industry 
• Design of decentralized academic departments with operational and financial independence 
• Setup of a framework for Social Advocacy Projects for micro-business setup by students 
• Setup of Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering involved with active impact factor research 
• Setup of Technology Innovation Center, Center for Entrepreneurship for industry linkages 
• Led the establishment of College of Engineering, KIET Campuses&Computer Arts program 
• Introduced final projects exhibition for all programs as a major output quality control check 
• Introduced PBL approach through project orientation in most courses of programs 
• Instituted Guest Speaker Sessions, Mentoring Sessions, corporate relations development 
• Launch of innovative programs such as BCA, BBE, BBA(MIS), BS Acctg, MTN, BTN, MSTE etc. 
• Redesign of BS(CS), BCS(Hons), BBA(Hons), BBA 4 yr, BE (Electronics) and their specializations

Institutional Leadership

• Initiatives for AACSB accreditation, experiential learning and PhD program output for IoBM
• Strategically enabled KIET to go from 350 students in 2001 to over 3500 students in 2012
• Led Center for Computer Studies at IBA from 50 students in 1995 to over 400 students in 2000
• Led College of Engineering, KIET for accreditation by PEC in their first visit
• Led the development of CMS for registration, examination, academics for quality addition

Industry & National Recognition

• Session Chair at over 10 conferences and Program Director of 5 national/international conferences
• Keynote Speaker, Invited Speaker at over 39 national/international conferences
• Represented Pakistan at AFACT, member of various national level task forces, institutional boards
• Head of E-Commerce working group of MoST in developing national IT policy and action plan  

Research

• Over 20 research publications in peer-reviewed international conferences and journals
• Developed a research environment at the Graduate School with impact factor publications
• Applied CS research in a unique ERP product idea. Its IP sold for a partnership stake in a company

Consultancy Projects

• Consultancy for Pakistan Steel, Pakistan Ordnance Factories, Oxford  University Press, KIET etc.
• Implementation consultancy for an ERP products for over 20 companies in trading and manufacturing 
• Consultancies for EPB, MoST etc. Trainings for CBR, AGPR, HBL and other organizations

Entrepreneurship

• Led the startup of ePatternsSoftware House and its operations for over 6 years.
• Established L2L (Learn to Learn) Academy, an innovative school based on PBL
• Enabled 20+ entrepreneurial ventures of students Entrepreneurial Development Center
• Startup of an NGO Ahsan Education Foundation at Ahsan Memorial
• Development of over 20 case studies of technology entrepreneurs. To be published in a book

Technology Projects

• Architected 3 generations of an ERP product having accounting, HR, SCM, WIP and other modules
• Architected the university ERP/CMS with ledgers, registration, examination, academics, admissions etc.
• Integration of the university ERP with Moodle online classroom management system
• Design of a state of the art ontology based suite of software engineering tools for ERP development 

Motivational Training

• Conducted strategic Vision workshops for Timelenders at Khi, Lhr, Isb and Madinah
• Conducted workshops for developing career visions, leadership and motivation for students and faculty
• Conducted a series of workshops and talks on educational paradigms

 Skills

• Multi-processing:  Ability to work on a large number of projects simultaneously
• Creativity: Ability to generate innovative and out-of-the-box solutions
• Leadership: Leading organizations and departments to new paradigms/processes
• Team Building: Developing strategic project teams of dedicated and committed professionals
• Motivation: Motivating employees and overcoming change resistance
• BPR: Ability to identify the weaknesses and reengineer processes
• Modeling:Ability to construct abstract level graphical and mathematical representations
• Presentation: Regularly invited to speak at IT and management conferences, seminars
• Interpersonal: Ability to build a consensus by reconciling several point of views
• Writing: Preparing convincing proposals, feasibility studies, policies, procedures
• Cognitive: Ability to identify relationships among disparate pieces of information

 Experience

• Apr 13 – Present: Dean CES and CBM at IoBM
• Mar 09 – Present: Director, Ahsan Memorial (AEF) and L2L Academy
• Feb 01 – Mar 13: Vice President and Dean, PAF-KIET.
• Jul 00 – Jul 06: Director and Architect , e-Patterns Software Solutions (Pvt) Ltd
• Jul 95 – Dec 00: Deputy Director/Assistant Professor, Center for Computer Studies, IBA
• Jul 95 – Nov 97: IT Consultant & Project Director, Oxford University Press, Karachi.
• Jan 95 – Jun 95:Adjunct Faculty, FAST Institute of Computer Science
• Nov 89 – Dec 94: Research Assistant, University of Texas at Austin, USA