Central Executive Committee - Members (2022~2023)
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Central Executive Committee - Office Bearers (2021~2022)

Badar Khushnood

Badar Khushnood is a Cofounder and Partner at Bramerz, a leading and a pioneer full-service digital media & marketing agency in Pakistan. Badar primarily focuses on Growth Hacking two Bramerz product ventures, Fishery & Publisher.
Badar was recently Twitter’s Country Representative for over a year and was Google’s Country Consultant for Pakistan for 9 years before joining back Bramerz. He acted as a one-man-army-on-the-ground for Google & Twitter liaising closely between internal teams and all-things Pakistan! He has also worked for ASUSTeK, SMEDA & Nishat Textiles. Badar is also a founding board member and an active mentor at several tech incubators & accelerators including Plan9, LUMS LCE (NIC Lahore) and The Nest I/O, Invest2Innovate, Telenor Velocity and NIC Islamabad. Badar has also been judging at APICTA (Asia Pacific ICT Alliance) for the last few years.
Badar brings along more than 18 years of rich and diverse experience working with leading brands in the global tech space. In his previous lives, Badar secured his Masters in Economics & Management from the Lahore School of Economics (LSE).
Badar Khushnood
Chairman
Ammara Masood

Ammara is the CEO and President as well as a partner in National Data Consultants (Pvt) Limited (“NdcTech”) which is one of the leading Technology firms providing solutions and services internationally in Banking and Finance. She has pursued a versatile career path traversing Information Technology; Consulting and Entrepreneurship across 3 continents. She is a Senior Leader with 28+ years of experience in Information Technology and Governance. Her primary expertise is in IT Strategy, Consulting and large Digital and IT Transformations for Clients in Banking & Finance; Telecom and High Tech Sectors. Currently, she is on the Industry Advisory Board of Habib University.
Previously, she has experience of working and founding various companies in global markets including United States; Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa.
Ammara Masood
Senior Vice Chairperson
Waqas Khan Pitafi

Waqas is the CEO of DevBatch (Pvt.) Ltd, a premium Blockchain, and Custom Software Development firm.
Waqas Khan Pitafi
Vice Chairman
Barkan Saeed

CEO at Vizteck, he has a strong background in strategic execution, architecture, marketing automation, CRM automation and digital solutions. He co-founded PolarStrategy, a SugarCRM reseller partner providing CRM automation and marketing automation solutions. Also Co-founded Vizteck, which is a digital platform application development company mostly working with startups and also investing in them. Barkan is also the former chairman of P@SHA.
He is passionate about #startups and #executive learning and manages a group by the name of Shana Bashana with 40+ tech executives. The group uses regular meetups between members as a way for executive learning.
Barkan Saeed
TreasurerHira Zainab
Secretary GeneralCentral Executive Committee - Members (2021 - 2022)
Ali Ihsan
Member CECBilal Hashmat Khan
Member CECKhuram Rahat
Member CECM. Zohaib Khan
Member CECSalman Dar
Member CECDr. Shoab A. Khan
Member CECCentral Executive Committee - Office Bearers (2020~2021)

Barkan Saeed

CEO at Vizteck, he has a strong background in strategic execution, architecture, marketing automation, CRM automation and digital solutions. He co-founded PolarStrategy, a SugarCRM reseller partner providing CRM automation and marketing automation solutions. Also Co-founded Vizteck, which is a digital platform application development company mostly working with startups and also investing in them.
He is passionate about #startups and #executive learning and manages a group by the name of Shana Bashana with 40+ tech executives. The group uses regular meetups between members as a way for executive learning.
Barkan Saeed
CHAIRMAN
Amin Ansari
Amin, along with partners, founded CTO 24/7 in 2007. At the end of 2012 its biggest customer, Stewart Information Services Corporation fully acquired the company. Stewart is one of the major title insurance underwriters in the US. It is a well-respected multi-national with its headquarter in Houston, Texas. Stewart is listed on the prestigious New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ‘stc’. Stewart operates in more than 50 countries.
Amin heads Stewart’s Lahore operation providing technology and business services to its parent company.
Amin Ansari
VICE CHAIRMAN
Shamim Rajani
Shamim Rajani is the Co-Founder and COO at Genetech Solutions, an award-winning Software Development Company that provides end-to-end technology solutions & services to Corporations and SMBs worldwide. Genetech serves in various technology areas including Web Development, Mobile Applications Development (both native and hybrid), AI and machine learning applications, Internet of Things (IoT), Custom CRM and ERP Solutions, Learning Management Systems, Graphic design, and Animation work.
She is also the founder of CODEGIRLS, which is a tech training Bootcamp for girls from low-income families to improve financial inclusion and gender disparity in the Technology domain.
She also serves as Board Member for the Agile Development Society of Pakistan, Adviser for WomenInTechPK and Community Ambassador in Pakistan for CryptoChicks, Canada.
Shamim Rajani
VICE CHAIRPERSON
Shahzad Shahid

Shahzad Shahid is the CEO of TPS Pakistan and the Middle East. Prior to his appointment to the position of CEO, Shahzad was serving in the capacity of CMO of TPS. Joining the company as a software engineer in 1999, Shahzad moved to the TPS business development team in 2004. His instinctive flair for business was a natural fit and saw Shahzad emerge as a distinctive leader with strategic, creative and financial acumen as well as strong business intellect. He has played an integral role in shaping the e-banking landscape in Pakistan through closely working with banks, telcos and financial institutions.
Shahzad Shahid
TREASURERCentral Executive Committee - Members (2020 - 2021)

Badar Khushnood

Badar Khushnood is a Cofounder and Partner at Bramerz, a leading and a pioneer full-service digital media & marketing agency in Pakistan. Badar primarily focuses on Growth Hacking two Bramerz product ventures, Fishery & Publisher.
Badar was recently Twitter’s Country Representative for over a year and was Google’s Country Consultant for Pakistan for 9 years before joining back Bramerz. He acted as a one-man-army-on-the-ground for Google & Twitter liaising closely between internal teams and all-things Pakistan! He has also worked for ASUSTeK, SMEDA & Nishat Textiles. Badar is also a founding board member and an active mentor at several tech incubators & accelerators including Plan9, LUMS LCE (NIC Lahore) and The Nest I/O, Invest2Innovate, Telenor Velocity and NIC Islamabad. Badar has also been judging at APICTA (Asia Pacific ICT Alliance) for the last few years.
Badar brings along more than 18 years of rich and diverse experience working with leading brands in the global tech space. In his previous lives, Badar secured his Masters in Economics & Management from the Lahore School of Economics (LSE).
Badar Khushnood
MEMBER CEC
Mujeeb Zahur

Mujeeb Zahur is the senior director of operations at S&P Global’s Islamabad office. Mujeeb runs the operational aspect of the site in Islamabad and has been with S&P Global for several years now. He previously ran one of the largest BPOs in Pakistan’s capital city. Mujeeb’s area of expertise is performance management, operations management, devising and implementing strategy and thought leadership.
Mujeeb Zahur
MEMBER CEC
Naseer A. Akhtar

Naseer A. Akhtar is the President and CEO of InfoTech Group, a position he has held since the founding of InfoTech in 1995. As a successful entrepreneur, Naseer A. Akhtar brought InfoTech to profitability and continues to build on that success with double-digit year-on-year growth. He is a sought after speaker, mentor and has been honoured with numerous industry awards and accolades. Naseer A. Akhtar sets the corporate direction and strategy for all lines of business. He focuses on customers, strategy and innovation. He has been responsible for multimillion-dollar revenue-generating product roadmaps that have disrupted major industries like Capital Markets, G2C and Smart Grids. He has participated in over 200 conferences and read numerous papers on various forums for ICT Policy, ICT Development, Human Development, Entrepreneurship, Trade and Investment and Global Leadership forums.
Naseer A. Akhtar
MEMBER CEC
Syed Ali

As the CEO & founder of 7Vals, Ali Syed is managing a product suite focused on optimizing business processes through improved information workflows. Their products are used by industry giants like NASA, Netflix, NBC Universal, Disney, John Deere, BBC, and CBC. Ali holds an MS(CS) from UIUC and has worked for F500s and startups ranging from Sun Microsystems to Confiz Solutions.
Syed Ali
MEMBER CECTalha Bin Afzal
ACTING SECRETARY GENERALCentral Executive Committee - Office Bearers

Shahzad Shahid

Shahzad Shahid is the CEO of TPS Pakistan and the Middle East. Prior to his appointment to the position of CEO, Shahzad was serving in the capacity of CMO of TPS. Joining the company as a software engineer in 1999, Shahzad moved to the TPS business development team in 2004. His instinctive flair for business was a natural fit and saw Shahzad emerge as a distinctive leader with strategic, creative and financial acumen as well as strong business intellect. He has played an integral role in shaping the e-banking landscape in Pakistan through closely working with banks, telcos and financial institutions.
Shahzad Shahid
CHAIRMAN
Syed Ali

As the CEO & founder of 7Vals, Ali Syed is managing a product suite focused on optimizing business processes through improved information workflows. Their products are used by industry giants like NASA, Netflix, NBC Universal, Disney, John Deere, BBC, and CBC. Ali holds an MS(CS) from UIUC and has worked for F500s and startups ranging from Sun Microsystems to Confiz Solutions.
Syed Ali
SENIOR VICE CHAIRMAN
Mujeeb Zahur

Mujeeb Zahur is the senior director of operations at S&P Global’s Islamabad office. Mujeeb runs the operational aspect of the site in Islamabad and has been with S&P Global for several years now. He previously ran one of the largest BPOs in Pakistan’s capital city. Mujeeb’s area of expertise is performance management, operations management, devising and implementing strategy and thought leadership
Mujeeb Zahur
VICE CHAIRMAN
Amin Ansari

Amin, along with partners, founded CTO 24/7 in 2007. At the end of 2012 its biggest customer, Stewart Information Services Corporation fully acquired the company. Stewart is one of the major title insurance underwriters in the US. It is a well-respected multi-national with its headquarter in Houston, Texas. Stewart is listed on the prestigious New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ‘stc’. Stewart operates in more than 50 countries.
Amin heads Stewart’s Lahore operation providing technology and business services to its parent company.
Amin Ansari
TREASURER
Jehan Ara

Jehan has 30 years’ experience in Marketing, Communications and interactive new media in Hong Kong, the Far East, the UAE and Pakistan. She is a motivator, an entrepreneur, a social activist and a strong propagator of extending the power and use of Information and Communication Technologies beyond pure traditional business, to empower and enable communities. She is a regular speaker at seminars and conferences and at colleges and universities across Pakistan and the region. She also writes for various industry publications.
Policy Advocacy through the use of cutting edge technology is one of Jehan Ara’s passions. Cyber Crime, Privacy and Data Protection legislation are some of the things she is advocating for. She is currently also part of an initiative called Bolo Bhi which is an organization focusing on research-backed advocacy.
Jehan Ara
PRESIDENTCentral Executive Committee - Members

Muhammad Zohaib Khan

As Founder and CEO of A2Z Creatorz, Muhammad Zohaib Khan, oversees all local and international corporate business development, joint venture and partnerships. As a Technical IT Professional, he engages with upcoming technologies and directs the company to ensure the attainment of sales and profit goals in order to earn maximum return on invested capital. He is responsible for the formulation of current and long-range plans and objectives and represents the organization in relations with its customers and the business and nonbusiness communities.
Muhammad Zohaib Khan
MEMBER CEC
Naseer A. Akhtar

Naseer A. Akhtar is the President and CEO of InfoTech Group, a position he has held since the founding of InfoTech in 1995. As a successful entrepreneur, Naseer A. Akhtar brought InfoTech to profitability and continues to build on that success with double-digit year-on-year growth. He is a sought after speaker, mentor and has been honoured with numerous industry awards and accolades. Naseer A. Akhtar sets the corporate direction and strategy for all lines of business. He focuses on customers, strategy and innovation. He has been responsible for multimillion-dollar revenue-generating product roadmaps that have disrupted major industries like Capital Markets, G2C and Smart Grids. He has participated in over 200 conferences and read numerous papers on various forums for ICT Policy, ICT Development, Human Development, Entrepreneurship, Trade and Investment and Global Leadership forums.
Naseer A. Akhtar
MEMBER CEC
Shamim Rajani
Shamim Rajani is the Co-Founder and COO at Genetech Solutions, an award-winning Software Development Company that provides end-to-end technology solutions & services to Corporations and SMBs worldwide. Genetech serves in various technology areas including Web Development, Mobile Applications Development (both native and hybrid), AI and machine learning applications, Internet of Things (IoT), Custom CRM and ERP Solutions, Learning Management Systems, Graphic design, and Animation work.
She is also the founder of CODEGIRLS, which is a tech training Bootcamp for girls from low-income families to improve financial inclusion and gender disparity in the Technology domain.
She also serves as Board Member for the Agile Development Society of Pakistan, Adviser for WomenInTechPK and Community Ambassador in Pakistan for CryptoChicks, Canada.
Shamim Rajani
MEMBER CEC
Sultan Hamdani
Mr Sultan Hamdani is a Partner & Senior Consultant at Maison Consulting & Solutions. With an MBA degree in hand from Institute of Business Management, he started his career with SmithKline & French which later merged with Beecham and became SmithKline & Beecham. He founded MaisonConsulting.com in 2004. In his leadership, Maison has achieved the highest accolades and recognition at Microsoft level and has done more 250+ successful projects across multiple countries.
Sultan is a volunteer director at the Pakistan Children Heart Foundation (www.chhri.com)
Sultan volunteers to be a mentor for the IT industry startups and is a regular to accompany the Pakistan delegation to the Asia Pacific ICT Awards.
Sultan is also part of the General Body of FPCCCI.
His wide exposure on industries, make him easy to successfully provide the solution to any business operations.
Sultan Hamdani
MEMBER CEC
Syed Ahmed

Syed Ahmad is founder & CEO of DPL, a leading software company based in Islamabad. Like no one else, DPL is setting a trend in Pakistan defying popular culture with its own counter-culture movement called “Rebel Ethos”. DPL’s mission statement reflects this: “Liberating minds to become the model IT enterprise in the region”.
Syed founded DPL in 2003 with three co-founders straight out of university. Learning from its ruthless mentor i.e. the market, DPL is now a multi-million dollar company that has top global companies as its clients in the US and Northern Europe. Syed wants to build DPL into the first large-scale IT company from Pakistan that can compete at a global stage with likes of InfoSys and Accenture. In order to achieve its goals, DPL is focusing on building a team comprised of top talent and giving them an environment and culture that is no less than Silicon Valley. DPL has already won various awards and recognition and currently going through the high-growth phase.
Syed Ahmed
MEMBER CEC
Talhah Munir Khan

Talhah is working at Knowledge Platform since November 2001 and where he leads the technology team. He also manages the Pakistan operations of the business. Talhah has extensive experience in building effective teams, leading engineering operations, talent acquisition, management and engagement, strategic thinking and alignment, program management, creating customer-focused culture, ensuring cross-functional collaboration and use of performance support to drive delivery excellence. Having focused on learning solutions for the past fifteen years, he has deep knowledge of heterogeneous e-learning standards and numerous learning technology systems.
Talhah Munir Khan
MEMBER CEC
Shehryar Hydri
As Secretary-General, Shehryar will be responsible for all financial, operational and strategic matters of P@SHA under the guidance of the recently elected CEC and Chairman.
Shehryar has two decades of diverse experience as a Tech Entrepreneur and Marketer, founding and scaling cross-functional teams that have delivered products and services for some of the top brands in the world.
Prior to joining P@SHA, Shehryar was the Director, Marketing & Operations at Convo and a member of the Convo board. He also served on the Advisory Board of Ingrain.io (formerly Groopic) which was recently acquired by KeepTruckin.
Shehryar also co-founded Trango Interactive, one of the pioneering game development and CGI studios of Pakistan. Trango was nominated in the Red Herring Asia 100 list within two years of its formation and delivered world-class content for some of the most well-known games and consumer brands in Europe and North America. He did his MBA from IBA Karachi.
Shehryar Hydri
FORMER SECRETARY GENERALCentral Executive Committee - Office Bearers

Syed Ahmad

Syed Ahmad is founder & CEO of DPL, a leading software company based in Islamabad. Like no one else, DPL is setting a trend in Pakistan defying popular culture with its own counter-culture movement called “Rebel Ethos”. DPL’s mission statement reflects this: “Liberating minds to become the model IT enterprise in the region”.
Syed founded DPL in 2003 with three co-founders straight out of university. Learning from its ruthless mentor i.e. the market, DPL is now a multi-million dollar company that has top global companies as its clients in the US and Northern Europe. Syed wants to build DPL into the first large-scale IT company from Pakistan that can compete at the global stage with likes of InfoSys and Accenture. In order to achieve its goals, DPL is focusing on building a team comprised of top talent and giving them an environment and culture that is no less than Silicon Valley. DPL has already won various awards and recognition and currently going through the high-growth phase.
Syed Ahmad
CHAIRMAN
Muhammad Zohaib Khan

As Founder and CEO of A2Z Creatorz, Muhammad Zohaib Khan, oversees all local and international corporate business development, joint venture and partnerships. As a Technical IT Professional, he engages with upcoming technologies and directs the company to ensure the attainment of sales and profit goals in order to earn maximum return on invested capital. He is responsible for the formulation of current and long-range plans and objectives and represents the organization in relations with its customers and the business and nonbusiness communities.
Muhammad Zohaib Khan
SENIOR VICE CHAIRMAN
Badar Khushnood

Badar Khushnood is a Cofounder and Partner at Bramerz, a leading and a pioneer full-service digital media & marketing agency in Pakistan. Badar primarily focuses on Growth Hacking two Bramerz product ventures, Fishery & Publisher.
Badar was recently Twitter’s Country Representative for over a year and was Google’s Country Consultant for Pakistan for 9 years before joining back Bramerz. He acted as a one-man-army-on-the-ground for Google & Twitter liaising closely between internal teams and all-things Pakistan! He has also worked for ASUSTeK, SMEDA & Nishat Textiles. Badar is also a founding board member and an active mentor at several tech incubators & accelerators including Plan9, LUMS LCE (NIC Lahore) and The Nest I/O, Invest2Innovate, Telenor Velocity and NIC Islamabad. Badar has also been judging at APICTA (Asia Pacific ICT Alliance) for the last few years.
Badar brings along more than 18 years of rich and diverse experience working with leading brands in the global tech space. In his previous lives, Badar secured his Masters in Economics & Management from the Lahore School of Economics (LSE).
Badar Khushnood
VICE CHAIRMAN
Talhah Munir Khan

Talhah is working at Knowledge Platform since November 2001 and where he leads the technology team. He also manages the Pakistan operations of the business. Talhah has extensive experience in building effective teams, leading engineering operations, talent acquisition, management and engagement, strategic thinking and alignment, program management, creating customer-focused culture, ensuring cross-functional collaboration and use of performance support to drive delivery excellence. Having focused on learning solutions for the past fifteen years, he has deep knowledge of heterogeneous e-learning standards and numerous learning technology
Talhah Munir Khan
TREASURER
Shehryar Hydri
As Secretary-General, Shehryar will be responsible for all financial, operational and strategic matters of P@SHA under the guidance of the recently elected CEC and Chairman.
Shehryar has two decades of diverse experience as a Tech Entrepreneur and Marketer, founding and scaling cross-functional teams that have delivered products and services for some of the top brands in the world.
Prior to joining P@SHA, Shehryar was the Director, Marketing & Operations at Convo and a member of the Convo board. He also served on the Advisory Board of Ingrain.io (formerly Groopic) which was recently acquired by KeepTruckin.
Shehryar also co-founded Trango Interactive, one of the pioneering game development and CGI studios of Pakistan. Trango was nominated in the Red Herring Asia 100 list within two years of its formation and delivered world-class content for some of the most well-known games and consumer brands in Europe and North America. He did his MBA from IBA Karachi.
Shehryar Hydri
SECRETARY GENERAL
Jehan Ara

Jehan has 30 years’ experience in Marketing, Communications and interactive new media in Hong Kong, the Far East, the UAE and Pakistan. She is a motivator, an entrepreneur, a social activist and a strong propagator of extending the power and use of Information and Communication Technologies beyond pure traditional business, to empower and enable communities. She is a regular speaker at seminars and conferences and at colleges and universities across Pakistan and the region. She also writes for various industry publications.
Policy Advocacy through the use of cutting edge technology is one of Jehan Ara’s passions. Cyber Crime, Privacy and Data Protection legislation are some of the things she is advocating for. She is currently also part of an initiative called Bolo Bhi which is an organization focusing on research-backed advocacy.
Jehan Ara
PRESIDENTCentral Executive Committee - Members

Asif Peer

Currently serving Systems Limited as the CEO and MD – the same company where he began his career as a software developer in 1996, and now, also serving as a Member of the Board of Directors for Visionet Systems and Systems Limited.
Having majored in CS at the NUCES, he completed his MBA in Marketing and Finance from IBA Karachi. He took a challenging role at the U.S. office, and then took on a wider array of responsibilities, focusing on delivery and projects. He went on to serve as the COO of Visionet Systems from 2008 to 2012 in the U.S. before returning to Pakistan and taking charge of Systems Limited as CEO.
In the current role, he works closely with customers, partners, vendors, and governmental institutions while leading the multi-million-dollar expansion program for Systems Limited. The company has a market cap of $80m, it employees 3500 people and spans across 6 countries with ongoing projects in many other countries.
During this tenure, the company did its IPO and won several accolades, including prestigious awards by the industry associations and Principals.
Asif Peer
MEMBER CEC
Dr. Shoaib A Khan

Dr Shoab Ahmed Khan is Professor in the College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, National University of Sciences & Technology. He is an inventor of 5 awarded US patents and has 260+ international publications. His book on Digital Design is published by John Wiley & Sons and is being followed in national and international universities. Dr Shoab Ahmed Khan has more than 22 years of industrial experience in companies in USA and Pakistan. He has been awarded Tamgh-e-Imtiaz (Civil), National Education Award 2001 and NCR National Excellence Award in Engineering Education. He is a member of the Board of Governance of multiple groups in the Ministry of IT and Commerce. He has also served as a member of the National Computing Council and National Curriculum Review Committee.
Dr. Shoaib A Khan
MEMBER CEC
Jawwad Ahmed Farid

Jawwad has served as CEC member and treasurer on multiple occasions, mentors the P@SHA Asia Pacific ICT Awards delegation, volunteers time for the judging and selection of PASHA ICT Awards companies.
Jawwad’s speciality is enterprise risk systems for the financial services sector, he is a Fellow Society of Actuaries and an MBA from Columbia business school. He is also an alumni of FAST ICS Karachi – Class of 1992.
Jawwad Ahmed Farid
MEMBER CEC
Barkan Saeed

CEO at Vizteck, he has a strong background in strategic execution, architecture, marketing automation, CRM automation and digital solutions. He co-founded PolarStrategy, a SugarCRM reseller partner providing CRM automation and marketing automation solutions. Also Co-founded Vizteck, which is a digital platform application development company mostly working with startups and also investing in them.
He is passionate about #startups and #executive learning and manages a group by the name of Shana Bashana with 40+ tech executives. The group uses regular meetups between members as a way for executive learning.
Barkan Saeed
MEMBER CEC
Sultan Hamdani
Mr Sultan Hamdani is a Partner & Senior Consultant at Maison Consulting & Solutions. With an MBA degree in hand from Institute of Business Management, he started his career with SmithKline & French which later merged with Beecham and became SmithKline & Beecham. He founded MaisonConsulting.com in 2004. In his leadership, Maison has achieved the highest accolades and recognition at Microsoft level and has done more 250+ successful projects across multiple countries.
Sultan is a volunteer director at the Pakistan Children Heart Foundation (www.chhri.com)
Sultan volunteers to be a mentor for the IT industry startups and is a regular to accompany the Pakistan delegation to the Asia Pacific ICT Awards.
Sultan is also part of the General Body of FPCCCI.
His wide exposure on industries, make him easy to successfully provide the solution to any business operations.
Sultan Hamdani
MEMBER CECCentral Executive Committee - Office Bearers (2017-2018)

Barkan Saeed

CEO at Vizteck, he has a strong background in strategic execution, architecture, marketing automation, CRM automation and digital solutions. He co-founded PolarStrategy, a SugarCRM reseller partner providing CRM automation and marketing automation solutions. Also Co-founded Vizteck, which is a digital platform application development company mostly working with startups and also investing in them.
He is passionate about #startups and #executive learning and manages a group by the name of Shana Bashana with 40+ tech executives. The group uses regular meetups between members as a way for executive learning.
Barkan Saeed
CHAIRMAN
Syed Ali

As the CEO & founder of 7Vals, Ali Syed is managing a product suite focused on optimizing business processes through improved information workflows. Their products are used by industry giants like NASA, Netflix, NBC Universal, Disney, John Deere, BBC, and CBC. Ali holds an MS(CS) from UIUC and has worked for F500s and startups ranging from Sun Microsystems to Confiz Solutions.
Syed Ali
SENIOR VICE CHAIRMAN
Haider Altaf Janjua

Haider Altaf Janjua – Founder & President Jtelemarketing. A 17-year-old high school drop out – who set foot in the BPO industry 14 years ago. Today in Jtelemarketing he operates one of the largest BPO’s in the country – A company he founded Ten Years ago with 4 Employees and just $ 1000 in the bank. Now a venture employing over 600 People – Jtelemarketing has become the epitome of success not just in the industry but in corporate Pakistan, Inspiring Young Pakistanis to venture out and pursue their dreams.
Haider Altaf Janjua
VICE CHAIRMAN
Jawwad Ahmed Farid

Jawwad has served as CEC member and treasurer on multiple occasions, mentors the P@SHA Asia Pacific ICT Awards delegation, volunteers time for the judging and selection of PASHA ICT Awards companies.
Jawwad’s speciality is enterprise risk systems for the financial services sector, he is a Fellow Society of Actuaries and an MBA from Columbia business school. He is also an alumni of FAST ICS Karachi – Class of 1992.
Jawwad Ahmed Farid
TREASURERCentral Executive Committee - Members (2017-2018)

Asif Peer

Currently serving Systems Limited as the CEO and MD – the same company where he began his career as a software developer in 1996, and now, also serving as a Member of the Board of Directors for Visionet Systems and Systems Limited.
Having majored in CS at the NUCES, he completed his MBA in Marketing and Finance from IBA Karachi. He took a challenging role at the U.S. office, and then took on a wider array of responsibilities, focusing on delivery and projects. He went on to serve as the COO of Visionet Systems from 2008 to 2012 in the U.S. before returning to Pakistan and taking charge of Systems Limited as CEO.
In the current role, he works closely with customers, partners, vendors, and governmental institutions while leading the multi-million-dollar expansion program for Systems Limited. The company has a market cap of $80m, it employees 3500 people and spans across 6 countries with ongoing projects in many other countries.
During this tenure, the company did its IPO and won several accolades, including prestigious awards by the industry associations and Principals.
Asif Peer
MEMBER CEC
Dr. Shoaib A Khan

Dr Shoab Ahmed Khan is Professor in the College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, National University of Sciences & Technology. He is an inventor of 5 awarded US patents and has 260+ international publications. His book on Digital Design is published by John Wiley & Sons and is being followed in national and international universities. Dr Shoab Ahmed Khan has more than 22 years of industrial experience in companies in USA and Pakistan. He has been awarded Tamgh-e-Imtiaz (Civil), National Education Award 2001 and NCR National Excellence Award in Engineering Education. He is a member of the Board of Governance of multiple groups in the Ministry of IT and Commerce. He has also served as a member of the National Computing Council and National Curriculum Review Committee.
Dr. Shoaib A Khan
MEMBER CEC
Ahmed Ayub

Ahmed Ayub is the Country Manager for TenPearls and has over 16 years of experience in General Management, Cost and Profitability Management, Software Project Management and Software Development. He specializes in several key areas of Operations Management such as HRM, PMO, Finance, Administration and IT and has implemented end-to-end back-office systems for enterprise-level resource management, billing, invoice generation and multi-level profitability reporting. As a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), he has established and managed PMOs, end to end project management processes and has worked on projects that cater to significant clients around the globe including SAP, Bank of America, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., JPMorgan Chase, China Mobile, Telenor and Liz Claiborne. Prior to TenPearls, he was the VP Operations for Folio3 and Head of Project Management at PixSense.
Ahmed Ayub
MEMBER CEC
Muhammad Yusaf Raza

Muhammad Yusaf Raza, Head of Accounting and Finance / Company Secretary at Ovex Technologies (Pvt.) Ltd. and is responsible for overall Financial Management, Financial Planning and Budgeting for the company. He manages all Income Tax and Sales Tax matters, supervises Financial and Tax audits for Ovex Technologies and deals with corporate clients as well as professional and business organizations such as Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB), and Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP). He has 09 years of experience in various sectors of the economy like Accountancy profession, Textiles and IT Sector.
Muhammad Yusaf Raza
MEMBER CEC
Naseer A. Akhtar

Naseer A. Akhtar is the President and CEO of InfoTech Group, a position he has held since the founding of InfoTech in 1995. As a successful entrepreneur, Naseer A. Akhtar brought InfoTech to profitability and continues to build on that success with double-digit year-on-year growth. He is a sought after speaker, mentor and has been honoured with numerous industry awards and accolades. Naseer A. Akhtar sets the corporate direction and strategy for all lines of business. He focuses on customers, strategy and innovation. He has been responsible for multimillion-dollar revenue-generating product roadmaps that have disrupted major industries like Capital Markets, G2C and Smart Grids. He has participated in over 200 conferences and read numerous papers on various forums for ICT Policy, ICT Development, Human Development, Entrepreneurship, Trade and Investment and Global Leadership forums.
Naseer A. Akhtar
MEMBER CEC
Shahzad Shahid

Shahzad Shahid is the CEO of TPS Pakistan and the Middle East. Prior to his appointment to the position of CEO, Shahzad was serving in the capacity of CMO of TPS. Joining the company as a software engineer in 1999, Shahzad moved to the TPS business development team in 2004. His instinctive flair for business was a natural fit and saw Shahzad emerge as a distinctive leader with strategic, creative and financial acumen as well as strong business intellect. He has played an integral role in shaping the e-banking landscape in Pakistan through closely working with banks, telcos and financial institutions.
Shahzad Shahid
MEMBER CEC
Badar Khushnood

Badar Khushnood is a Cofounder and Partner at Bramerz, a leading and a pioneer full-service digital media & marketing agency in Pakistan. Badar primarily focuses on Growth Hacking two Bramerz product ventures, Fishery & Publisher.
Badar was recently Twitter’s Country Representative for over a year and was Google’s Country Consultant for Pakistan for 9 years before joining back Bramerz. He acted as a one-man-army-on-the-ground for Google & Twitter liaising closely between internal teams and all-things Pakistan! He has also worked for ASUSTeK, SMEDA & Nishat Textiles. Badar is also a founding board member and an active mentor at several tech incubators & accelerators including Plan9, LUMS LCE (NIC Lahore) and The Nest I/O, Invest2Innovate, Telenor Velocity and NIC Islamabad. Badar has also been judging at APICTA (Asia Pacific ICT Alliance) for the last few years.
Badar brings along more than 18 years of rich and diverse experience working with leading brands in the global tech space. In his previous lives, Badar secured his Masters in Economics & Management from the Lahore School of Economics (LSE).
Badar Khushnood
MEMBER CECCentral Executive Committee - Office Bearers (2016-2017)

Naseer A. Akhtar

Naseer A. Akhtar is the President and CEO of InfoTech Group, a position he has held since the founding of InfoTech in 1995. As a successful entrepreneur, Naseer A. Akhtar brought InfoTech to profitability and continues to build on that success with double-digit year-on-year growth. He is a sought after speaker, mentor and has been honoured with numerous industry awards and accolades. Naseer A. Akhtar sets the corporate direction and strategy for all lines of business. He focuses on customers, strategy and innovation. He has been responsible for multimillion-dollar revenue-generating product roadmaps that have disrupted major industries like Capital Markets, G2C and Smart Grids. He has participated in over 200 conferences and read numerous papers on various forums for ICT Policy, ICT Development, Human Development, Entrepreneurship, Trade and Investment and Global Leadership forums.
Naseer A. Akhtar
CHAIRMAN
Shahzad Shahid

Shahzad Shahid is the CEO of TPS Pakistan and Middle East. Prior to his appointment to the position of CEO, Shahzad was serving in the capacity of CMO of TPS. Joining the company as a software engineer in 1999, Shahzad moved to the TPS business development team in 2004. His instinctive flair for business was a natural fit and saw Shahzad emerge as a distinctive leader with strategic, creative and financial acumen as well as strong business intellect. He has played an integral role in shaping the e-banking landscape in Pakistan through closely working with banks, telcos and financial institutions.
Shahzad Shahid
SENIOR VICE CHAIRMAN
Ahmed Ayub

Ahmed Ayub is the Country Manager for TenPearls and has over 16 years of experience in General Management, Cost and Profitability Management, Software Project Management and Software Development. He specializes in several key areas of Operations Management such as HRM, PMO, Finance, Administration and IT and has implemented end-to-end back-office systems for enterprise-level resource management, billing, invoice generation and multi-level profitability reporting. As a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), he has established and managed PMOs, end to end project management processes and has worked on projects that cater to significant clients around the globe including SAP, Bank of America, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., JPMorgan Chase, China Mobile, Telenor and Liz Claiborne. Prior to TenPearls, he was the VP Operations for Folio3 and Head of Project Management at PixSense.
Ahmed Ayub
VICE CHAIRMAN
Muhammad Yusaf Raza

Muhammad Yusaf Raza, Head of Accounting and Finance / Company Secretary at Ovex Technologies (Pvt.) Ltd. and is responsible for overall Financial Management, Financial Planning and Budgeting for the company. He manages all Income Tax and Sales Tax matters, supervises Financial and Tax audits for Ovex Technologies and deals with corporate clients as well as professional and business organizations such as Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB), and Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP).” He has 09 years of experience in various sectors of the economy like Accountancy profession, Textiles and IT Sector.
Muhammad Yusaf Raza
TREASURERCentral Executive Committee - Members (2016-2017)

Farzal Dojki

With over 12 years of experience, Farzal has hired and mentored 100s of engineers, designed several user/product experiences, delivered dozens of Global software products and founded and run several companies profitably. He is the CEO of Next Generation Innovations and Co-Founder and Interim CEO of DotZero, a curated co-working space built with crowdsourced funding. In the last 4 years, Farzal has founded and Co-founded of 2 Tech Consulting firms, focusing on Payment Platforms, E-Commerce, M-Commerce & Information Portals – using Open Source & Mobile platforms. He has a dual Bachelor’s degree in Economics & Computer Science from UT Austin and a Masters from NYU.
Farzal Dojki
MEMBER CEC
Muhammad Zohaib Khan

As Founder and CEO of A2Z Creatorz, Muhammad Zohaib Khan, oversees all local and international corporate business development, joint venture and partnerships. As a Technical IT Professional, he engages with upcoming technologies and directs the company to ensure the attainment of sales and profit goals in order to earn maximum return on invested capital. He is responsible for the formulation of current and long-range plans and objectives and represents the organization in relations with its customers and the business and nonbusiness communities.
Muhammad Zohaib Khan
MEMBER CEC
Talhah Munir Khan

Talhah is working at Knowledge Platform since November 2001 and where he leads the technology team. He also manages the Pakistan operations of the business. Talhah has extensive experience in building effective teams, leading engineering operations, talent acquisition, management and engagement, strategic thinking and alignment, program management, creating customer-focused culture, ensuring cross-functional collaboration and use of performance support to drive delivery excellence. Having focused on learning solutions for the past fifteen years, he has deep knowledge of heterogeneous e-learning standards and numerous learning technology systems.
Talhah Munir Khan
MEMBER CEC
Syed Ahmed

Syed Ahmad is founder & CEO of DPL, a leading software company based in Islamabad. Like no one else, DPL is setting a trend in Pakistan defying popular culture with its own counter-culture movement called “Rebel Ethos”. DPL’s mission statement reflects this: “Liberating minds to become the model IT enterprise in the region”.
Syed founded DPL in 2003 with three co-founders straight out of university. Learning from its ruthless mentor i.e. the market, DPL is now a multi-million dollar company that has top global companies as its clients in the US and Northern Europe. Syed wants to build DPL into the first large-scale IT company from Pakistan that can compete at a global stage with likes of InfoSys and Accenture. In order to achieve its goals, DPL is focusing on building a team comprised of top talent and giving them an environment and culture that is no less than Silicon Valley. DPL has already won various awards and recognition and currently going through the high-growth phase.
Syed Ahmed
MEMBER CEC
Amin Ansari

Amin, along with partners, founded CTO 24/7 in 2007. At the end of 2012 its biggest customer, Stewart Information Services Corporation fully acquired the company. Stewart is one of the major title insurance underwriters in the US. It is a well-respected multi-national with its headquarter in Houston, Texas. Stewart is listed on the prestigious New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ‘stc’. Stewart operates in more than 50 countries.
Amin heads Stewart’s Lahore operation providing technology and business services to its parent company.
Amin Ansari
MEMBER CEC
Syed Ali

As the CEO & founder of 7Vals, Ali Syed is managing a product suite focused on optimizing business processes through improved information workflows. Their products are used by industry giants like NASA, Netflix, NBC Universal, Disney, John Deere, BBC, and CBC. Ali holds an MS(CS) from UIUC and has worked for F500s and startups ranging from Sun Microsystems to Confiz Solutions.