EXPERIENCE

Vice Chancellor
University of Engineering and Technology Taxila, 2010-present

I joined UET Taxila as Vice Chancellor in November 2010. Since then I am heading all the University statutory bodies i.e., Syndicate, Academic Council, Finance & Planning Committee, and Selection Board. I am actively involved in streamlining various processes and providing vision for the future development of the University.

Professor, Engineering Management
National University of Science and Technology, 2/2008-12/2010

I am involved in post-graduate teaching and research – transforming engineers having different backgrounds and specialties into technical entrepreneur. I teach Management Principles and Practices, Financial Management, Marketing of Technology, Technology Enterprise, Technology Issue Analysis, and Operations Management. Previously, I have taught Financial Management, Organizational Design and Development, Project Management, Human Resource Development to Masters and PhD classes at George Washington University and Balochistan IT University. I am guiding graduate research on management issues of diverse nature.

Vice Chancellor
Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering & Management Sciences,
Quetta (2001-2006)

I was the first and founding Vice Chancellor of Balochistan University of Information Technology & Management Sciences based in Quetta. As Vice Chancellor I was responsible for all phases of University Development including but not limited to education program planning and implementation, project management including interaction with design and construction management consultants, building contractors, Provincial and Federal Governments, and Higher Education Commission and other stake holders.

As Vice Chancellor, I headed all the University statutory bodies i.e., Syndicate, Academic Council, Finance & Planning Committee, and Selection Board. As Head of the Institution, I was responsible to provide top leadership in all facets of management and administration. Steering the interaction with other universities and academic & research institutions, industrial organizations, national and international development organizations, and civic society was routine operation. Mobilizing the financial resources, from Higher Education Commission, federal and provincial organizations, national and international donor agencies is an important aspect of our operations. While Vice Chancellor at BUITMS, I established academic and research collaboration agreements with University of Minnesota, USA, George Washington University, USA, Glasgow University, UK, University of Sistan in Iran, and Adelaide University, Australia. During my tenure of five years, a fully functional University with 3000 students, 250 faculty members, about 20 graduate and postgraduate program and assets of over 5 billion rupees with over a 1000 million on-going projects were under implementation at BUITMS.

Director, Pakistan Telecommunications Authority, Government of Pakistan,
Islamabad, Pakistan 7/1998 - 12/2000

Responsible for planning and implementation of research studies for policy formulation and regulation and sector development and facilitate decision making at PTA. Prime focus was the institutional reforms, restructuring and development of the telecom sector. I also managed coordination function with international consultants, and interaction with International Telecommunications Union, Asia-Pacific Tele-community, FCC, OFTEL, and the World Bank. Conducted technology issue analysis, policy issue analysis, wrote licensing documents and recommended policy alternates to the authority for onward recommendations to the controlling ministry and government.

Professor under HEC foreign faculty hiring program, Department of Computer Science, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan 1/2002 – 8/2002

AIOU acquired my services for the Design of Courses, IT Executive Development Program, and Design and Development of Multimedia Content Delivery Network. Apart from the development of these projects, I recorded numerous Academic Programs for Broadcasting and Distance Education which are regularly being broadcasted at International Hookup.

Management Consultant, M/s ADP Inc. New York & Professor, George Washington University, Washington DC., USA from 01/2001 – 12/2001

Lead the Telecom and Network Engineering Team to set-up WAN links, Installation of Brokerage Processing Advantage Application (a legacy application of ADP), IBM MQ Series, Sybase 12-0, Oracle 8i, ConnectDirect-NDM, and OPC Tracker on remote Servers of client organizations. The analysis and development, deployment of a multimedia application “bidwell monitoring system” was main project. The development of the project implementation plan for fresh installations, conversions and coordination for the execution between mainframe, networking, datacom groups and client's IT project teams was also my responsibility. The development of the application documentation, actual installation of various tools, testing the installation and declaring ready for production are the main responsibilities. During this period, I taught Systems Engineering Program Management at GWU.

President, Systems in Social Science Limited, Pakistan & USA, 1993 - 6/1998

This was a top management position that involved the business development, procurement including writing proposals, interacting with clients and managing the technical teams, and providing technical and administrative leadership. I managed numerous research and ITC development projects in Pakistan and in USA. Major clients were Unisys Corporation USA; Department of Human Services, Washington DC; Center for the Study of Social Policy, Washington DC; Government of District of Columbia, Washington DC; State of Virginia, Maryland and Connecticut; National Institute of Electronics, Government of Pakistan; Overseas Pakistanis Foundation, Government of Pakistan; and Ministry of Education, Government of Pakistan.

Management Consultant: Department of Human Services, Washington DC. 1990-1993

At DHS, I performed system administration, re-engineering of Ward Tracking System, developed system documentation, and performed staff training. The project involved the up gradation of the operating system, database software and re-engineering the system for porting to platform independent operation. The Ward Tracking System was an operational system running critical client tracking and financial applications including periodic payments to service providers. Up gradation and re-engineering was done without affecting the operations. The WTS supported over 200 Case Workers at six locations in Washington Metropolitan Area.

Director Research, Kellerco Inc., McLean Virginia, USA, 1989-1990

I acted as resource person for the company teams on numerous research projects for FHWA, NTRB, and VDOT. Numerous engineering field studies for Mark Winkler Company, Crown American Corporation, and Baltimore Harbor were conducted. I was also involved in long-range urban planning study near Colonial Williamsburg.

Adjunct Professor, George Washington University, Washington DC., USA, 1988-1993

Courses Taught: Operations Research, Decision Support Systems & Models, Management Principles and Practices, Program & Project Management, Marketing of Technology, Strategic Management, Elements of Decision Making & Problem Solving, Systems Engineering, Regulation Analysis, Technology Issue Analysis, Management Information Systems and AI & Expert Systems.

Graduate Research Fellow Federal Highway Administration, USA, 5/1987-5/1988

At FHWA I was involved in the Design of Inertia Measuring System. A machine was designed to measure the height of center of gravity and moments of inertia of heavy vehicles in roll, pitch and yaw for vehicular safety studies.

Assistant Director, Project Loans Department, Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan,
01/1983-01/1987

As Assistant Director Project Loans Department, I was responsible for the technical and financial appraisal of industrial proposal and feasibility studies submitted to the bank for financing. I was also responsible for the monitoring of the project execution and routine interaction with Asian Development Bank for the ADB funded projects.