[May 2009 – June 2010] COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) Islamabad, Pakistan
Sr. Lecturer/Researcher – Full Time
- Leading a team of interns and researchers in order to instigate innovative R’n’D
- Member of the research team for "Multidimensional Simulation of Neuron Microcircuits using Supercomputing”. The system aims to extend a global neural computation cluster for Blue Brain Project in collaboration with EPFL institute in Switzerland.
- Teaching and counseling for undergrad students.
- Organizer of CEPEX’10 (CIIT Engineering Projects Exhibition)
[Jun 2005 – Dec 2006] EnterpriseDB PK (SMC-PVT) Limited, Islamabad 44000 Pakistan
Senior Infrastructure/Software Engineer – Full Time
Outshining in some of the most important phases of the product lifecycle of EnterpriseDB; from product development to quality assurance, from build farm production over Dos, Windows and various clones of UNIX based operating systems to product documentation, from network/infrastructure maintenance to graphics and multimedia, I have always proved my multifaceted abilities.
The responsibility of research, development and maintenance of build form included 32 and 64 bit x86, SPARC, and Mac machines running a large variety of Dos, Windows, and UNIX based operating systems and packages (QNX,Dos, MinGW/MSYS and VMWare over Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, RedHat (7.3, 9.0, EL3.0, EL4), Fedora Core (2,3,4), SuSE Professional (9.2), Free BSD, and Mac OS X). The job demanded heavy shell scripting along with the regular maintenance of the systems.
As an infrastructure resource, I have designed, developed, maintained and upgraded the PIX firewall & VPN, established another VPN over Windows 2003 Server for employees working from home, devised the FTP server, file server, database server, Visual Source Safe server, antivirus server, proxy server, video conferencing, IP phones (Vonage, Avaya), and CVS repository for EnterpriseDB infrastructure. My research and development ability in the network solutions is highly recognized throughout EnterpriseDB.
A new team named as XRAD (Xserver Research And Development) my present playground at EnterpriseDB, where I work closely with the Global Database Architect/Director Technology. I am focusing on further research and development of the product, EnterpriseDB Studio 2005, and removal of various bugs from EnterpriseDB Development Studio, programmed in JAVA2 along with my other duties as mentioned above.
NOTE: EnterpriseDB, established in November 2005 from the cream of Fusion Technologies, was announced as the best database solution in August 2005 at Linux World 2005 expo held at San-Francisco, USA, within four months after its release to international market. [ Details Here ... ] EnterpriseDB won the same award again in 2006. Look HERE for more news on EnterpriseDB.
[Jun, 2005 – Dec, 2005] GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, N.W.F.P, Pakistan
Computer Engineer – Full Time
I used to assist Dr. Alex Kevokin with the course of Software Engineering, conducted the lab course on the same subject, and supported the dean of Computer Science & Engineering (FCS&E) faculty at undergraduate Senior Design Project (Part-1) course. A senior design project group of undergraduates selected me as their co-advisor over a segment of a World Bank sponsored nationwide network research and development project, PIFRA II*. The faculty of FCS&E chose me to be its representative in the GIK Institute’s convocation committee.
[Jan 2004 – Jun 2005] Fusion i-Tech, Islamabad 44000 Pakistan
Associate Consultant – Full Time
Fusion i-Tech (an offshore facility of Fusion Technologies, Edison, New Jersey, USA in Islamabad, Pakistan) used to deal with business software and IT consulting. As an associate consultant, I have been working in different capacities in the fields of Network/Infrastructure, Software Development, Quality Assurance, Technical Documentation, and Graphics/Multimedia. I had to work with various platforms and tools, namely, ASP.NET, PERL/CGI scripts, JSP/servlet and J2EE, while solving problems of various forms encapsulating multiple fields of IT and software engineering. Fusion i-Tech won the office of choice award from the parent company, Fusion Technologies (USA), for a software product (codenamed JobFactory) developed for InfoRes Inc. As 1/5 of the team of J2EE developers/programmers involved on the huge product, I have researched and worked on various Java API’s and tools from open source (DataVision, Hibernate, Jalopy, etc.). I had also been handling the localization/internationalization of the JobFactory.
I have developed and maintained various servers (Domain Controller, CVS, Visual Source Safe, Database, and Antivirus/Windows Update) over Dos, Windows and UNIX based operating systems, and I have set up the Video Conferencing, PIX firewall (for establishing VPN between various worldwide presences of the company) and IP phone systems for the company.
NOTE: Fusion Technologies, a global provider of IT services, announced today that it had been acquired by Alliance Consulting Group. Alliance Consulting is wholly-owned by Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE: SFE). [ Details Here ... ]
[Jun 2002 – Nov 2003] Ultimus Pakistan, Rawalpindi 46000 Pakistan
Marketing Executive (Website & Graphics/UI Developer) – Full Time
My responsibilities at Ultimus Pakistan, an off-shore product development facility of Ultimus Inc. (Cary, North Carolina 27513 USA) at Rawalpindi, Pakistan, included the research, development, maintenance and upgrade of their website ((http://www.ultimus.com) onto Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS), production of flash/PowerPoint presentations, and graphics for the booths on various fairs, posters, product documentation, and icons for the Ultimus BPM Suite user interface. My work on the client-side scripting, and form development in .NET technology, and Interface designs of the new Ultimus Thin Client proved a major improvement in the product.
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