Summary CV
Vision
- To develop a world class institution of higher education through its impact on society, industry and economy
Qualifications and Experience
- Ph.D (1994) and MS (1989), Electrical & Computer Engg. Dept, UT Austin, Texas, USA.·
- MBA (1987) from IBA and BE-Elect from DCET/NED.
Mar 09 – Present | Director | L2L Academy, Ahsan Memorial (AEF) |
Mar 24- Present | Vice Chancellor | Salim Habib University |
Mar 21 – Dec 23 | Vice Chancellor | Ziauddin University, Khi |
Feb 19 – Feb 21 | Rector | Institute of Business Management, Khi |
Apr 13 – Feb 19 | Dean CBM and CES, Project Leader CMS | Institute of Business Management, Khi |
Jul 00 – Jul 06 | Director and Architect | e-Patterns Software Solutions |
Jul 95 – Dec 00 | Deputy Director/Assistant Professor | Center for Computer Studies, IBA |
Education Management and Leadership
Innovations
- Developing a culture of funded and sponsored projects for collaborative learning and sustainability
- Design of innovative governance structures for centralized and decentralized HEIs
- Design and institutionalization of innovative experiential learning and PBL programs
Strategy Projects
- Design of RCM framework for distributing responsibility among revenue & non-revenue generating centers
- Developing centralized controls for an overly decentralized multi-campus, multi-disciplinary, spreadout institution
- Developing a devolved culture of leadership initiatives in an overly centralized bureaucratic institution
- Integration of medical education system with semester system
- Led enhancement of IT capacity and scalable processes for sustainable growth at ZU, IoBM, KIET
- Strategically enabled growth of intake in new programs at ZU, IoBM, KIET, and IBA (CCS)
- Established post-graduate quality control structures for supporting MS/PhD programs at ZU, IoBM & KIET
- Enabling accreditations for engineering, business, tibb, law, veterinary, pharmacy, CS, Education n other programs
- Led the establishment of KIET Campuses & College of Computer Arts
- Led the implementation of LMS for online classes at KIET (2009-13) and IoBM (2019-21)
- Launch of innovative programs such as BCA, BS Entreprenruship, Social Entreprenurship, Business & Psych etc.
Quality
- Process design for national accreditations bodies & international accreditations such as AACSB
- Integrated design of QEC and MIS for automatic collection of quality data with existing resources
- Institutionalized quality controls for capstone/final projects/thesis and funded projects
Research
- Design of support processes and structures for MS/PhD research for creating societal & industry impact
- Enabling of research culture and culture of self-development among the faculty members
Collaborations
- Implementing frameworks for industry engagement in academic programs creating positive word of mouth
- Developing a framework for Social Advocacy Projects for micro-businesses setup by students
Entrepreneurship
- Led the startup of ePatterns Software House and its operations for over 6 years.
- Enabled 20+ entrepreneurial ventures of students Entrepreneurial Development Center
- Development of entrepreneurial programs for social and business ventures
School Education Leadership and Experiential Learning
- L2L (Learn to Learn) Academy, an innovative school based on PBL since 2010
- Startup of an NGO Ahsan Education Foundation at Ahsan Memorial
- Change management of schools to fully PBL mode.
- Frequent speaker at school education conferences and seminars around the countr: School Education Blog
Research and Trainings
MS/PhD Supervision and Research Groups:
- Research in Leadership, HRM, Marketing and Strategic Management
- Energy Security
- Entrepreneurship, innovation and social leadership and social entrepreneurship
- Ontology and big data based analytics
- Higher education and school education research: Experiential Learning and PBL
- MIS Research in ERP designs, data warehouses
- Software Engineering Research
- Telecommunication engineering research
- Qualitative Research methodologies such as action research
Leadership Training Workshops
- 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
Industry/National Recognition
- Session Chair at over 20 conferences and Program Director of 5 national/international conferences
- Keynote Speaker, Invited Speaker at over 50+ national/international conferences/Seminars
- 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
IT and Software Engineering Management
ERP
- Architected 3 generations of an ERP product having accounting, HR, SCM, WIP and other modules
- Design of tools for multi-version management and roll out of the ERP
- Design of a state of the art ontology based suite of software engineering tools for ERP development
- Applied CSE research in a unique ERP product idea. Its IP sold for a partnership stake in a company
CMS ·
- Architected/implemented university ERP/CMS with ledgers, registration, examination, academics, admissions etc.
- Integration of the university CMS/ERP with Moodle online classroom LMS management system.
- Led the implementation of CMS for registration, examination, academics for Ziauddin Univ and IoBM
- Led the development/implementation of KIET-CMS for registration, examination, academics, finance etc
MIS/IT Consultancy
- Consultancy for Pakistan Steel, Pakistan Ordnance Factories, Oxford University Press, KIET etc.
- Implementation consultancy for an ERP products for over 30 companies in trading and manufacturing
- Consultancies for EPB/TDB, MoST etc. Trainings for CBR/FBR, AGPR, HBL and other organizations.
Engineering Management
- Business Process Engineering of industry processes of 30+ organizations
- Redesign of Process Workflows of business and educational institutions
Multi-dimensional 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 for new paradigms/processes |
Team Building: | Developing strategic project teams of dedicated and committed professionals |
Change Mgmt: | Motivating employees and overcoming change resistance |
BPR/Change Mgt: | Ability to identify the weaknesses, reengineer processes, manage change |
Modeling: | Ability to construct abstract representations for complex phenomena |
Presentation: | Regularly invited to speak at conferences, seminars, as keynote/session chairs |
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 |