Random Facts
- I graduated from IBA FCS with a degree in Computer Science & got a Gold Medal for my research project.
- I also have an MBA from the same school.
- I aspire to goto Stanford for another graduate degree and startup a venture after that based on high-technology such that I either revolutionise an industry or create a new industry on its own.
- I love to eat pizza & fries but prefer not to drink soft drinks.
- I am part of Karachi Koalas, a team participating in the Robocup competitions since 2011.
- Some of my favorite Movies and TV shows are: 21, A Beautiful Mind, Chuck, The Big Bang Theory, Pirates of the Silicon Valley (there are so many more!).
- I believe in strong AI and love to read.
- I love how Google has picked the simplest of AI concepts from the books and applied it to their products e.g. 'Filters' in Gmail.
- I was one of the 500 Osama 's interviewed for the Osama Bin Everywhere documentary broad-casted on Channel4.
- I feel Japanese management is better than the theories from Harvard and Sloan.
- I love to dance, scuba dive, learn languages, travel, listen to music and play various sports like table-tennis, volleyball, football and cricket.
- I formed a company with some Angle investment right after my undergrad. It sort of failed but I learned alot!
- Other than my entrepreneurship experience I have worked with a relatively growing company (Abudawood Pakistan) from the FMCG sector which gave me immense insight into the sector as well as the challenges of a fast-paced growing company. I now work with an established corporation (Pakistan Petroleum Ltd.) which is giving me a flavor of the Oil & Gas sector along with the skills to strategise and manage operations at a larger scale.
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As an open source activist ...- When I started to work on real science problems, I realised Python (+ its rich libraries) was the complete set for all sorts of problems and platforms.
- I was always an Ubuntu Linux user, but now have shifted FULLY to FOSS & OSS.
- I feel that OSS are and will further change how industries operate.
- Its just the ideology of building communities that is changing how everything is done now be it marketing or software.
- I solve the most complex problems possible problems using open source software. Some of my tools are listed here.
- My software stack consists of:
- O/S: Ubuntu/Fedora Linux
- Browser: Mozilla Firefox/ Google Chrome
- Media Player: VLC Media Player
- VM: Virtual Box OSE
- Productivity s/w: LibreOffice & Google Apps
- 3D: Blender
- IM Client: Empathy
- Social Media Client: Gwibber
- IDE: Vim, Eclipse, Geany & Mono Develop
- File Sync: Dropbox
- Image Editing: GIMP
- Vector Art: Inkscape
- Torrent Client: Transmission
- PDF Reader: Evince
- Web Framework: web2py
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