Qualifications
· Ph.D (1994) and MS (1989), Electrical & Computer
Engg. Dept, UT Austin, Texas,
USA.
· MBA (1987) from IBA and BE-Elect from DCET/NED.
Academic Leadership
· Launch of industry mentorship framework for professional and personal development of students
· Design of decentralized academic units with operational and financial independence.
· Integrated design of QEC and MIS for automatic collection of quality data with existing staff.
· Setup of a framework for collaborations in academic programs led by industry
· Development of research culture, leadership for faculty development, and consolidation of campus MIS
· Launch of innovative programs in social leadership, entrepreneurship and growth of new programs
· Setup of a framework for Social Advocacy Projects for micro-business setup by students
· Setup of Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering with active impact factor research
· Setup of Technology Innovation Center, Center for Entrepreneurship for industry linkages
· Led the research oriented MS/MPhil Programs and KIET
journals; Market Forces, Technology Forces
· Led the formation of College of Engineering,
KIET City Campus, Computer Arts program
· Launch of innovative programs such as MBA (Education Leadership), MBA (Islamic Finance), BBA (ERP), BCA, BBE,
BBA(MIS), MTN, BTN, MSTE etc.
· Redesign of BS(CS), BCS(Hons), BBA(Hons), BBA 4 yr,
BE (Electronics)
· Introduced Final Projects exhibition for all programs
as a major output quality control check
· Introduced a culture for mandatory course projects
and their regular exhibition for quality control
· Introduction of mandatory Guest Speaker Sessions, Mentoring
Sessions
Industry/National Recognition
· Session Chair at over 15 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
Research
· Over 20 research publications in peer-reviewed
international conferences and journals
· Developed a research environment leading to over 60
research publications by students, faculty
· Industry research in a unique ERP product idea whose
IP is now sold for a stake in a company.
Institutional Leadership
· Led Center for Computer Studies at IBA from 50
students in 1995 to over 400 students in 2000
· Instrumental
in enabling KIET to go from 350 students in 2001 to over 3500 students in 2013.
· Led College
of Engineering, KIET for
accreditation by PEC in their first visit
· Led the development of KIET quality control systems
for registration, examination, academics
Entrepreneurship
· Led the startup of a Software House ePatterns and its
operations for over 6 years.
· Established L2L (Learn to Learn) Academy, an innovative school based on PBL
· Development of over 20 case studies of technology entrepreneurs.
To be published in a book.
· Startup of an NGO Ahsan Education Foundation at Ahsan Memorial.
Consultancy Projects
· IT Consultancy for Pakistan
Steel, Pakistan
Ordnance Factories, Oxford University
Press, etc.
· Implementation consultancy for an ERP products for
over 20 companies in trading and manufacturing
· Led the E-Commerce working group of MoST in
developing national IT policy and action plan
· Trainings for CBR, AGPR, HBL and other organizations.
Technology Projects
· Architected 3 generations of an ERP product having
accounting, HR, SCM, WIP and other modules
· Design of the university ERP with ledgers,
registration, examination, academics, admissions etc.
· 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 number of workshops and talks on education for schools
Skills
· Leadership Leading strategic project teams through change transitions
· Motivation Motivating employees and overcoming change resistance
· Team Building Developing project team of dedicated and committed professionals
· 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 and feasibility studies
· Cognitive: Ability to identify relationships among disparate pieces of information