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Ali Raza Shaikh OBJECTIVE To change the world of IT with my passion & enthusiasm. Want to serve the clients all over the world with the best solutions possible. WORK EXPERIENCE DevNext Solutions (http://www.devnext.org) Founder / Developer / Designer / Tester
March 2007 – Current
DevNext Solutions is a small dev shop (2 people) that I started while resigning from my first job (Kalsoft) because I want to work on real world technologies and test out my own ideas. Nuvica (http://www.nuvica.com) CEO – Nuvica Pakistan
January 2008 – December 2008
DevNext operation was acquired by Nuvica Inc for a year and I was made the Chief Executive Officer of Pakistan branch. During my period with Nuvica, I hired the best talent and proved myself to be a good developer, designer, tester as well as a good manager. In my 12 month tenure with the company Nuvica Pakistan got recognized in many local magazines and news channels. One of our biggest achievements was getting the award of Best in Innovative work environment 2008 during P@SHA ICT Awards beating all the local companies. Mulazamat (http://tinyurl.com/8ajpyh) Founder
June 2007 – December 2007
It was a two people startup that focuses on job market. Our idea of video based job portal was highly appreciated by the industry and later on we sold out Mulazamat to a foreign company for Rs 2.5M. Mulazamat acquisition made us one of the youngest proven entrepreneurs of the country at the age of 23.
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KalSoft (Pvt) Limited (http://www.ekalsoft.com) Software Engineer Microsoft Gold Certified Partner •
July 2006 – March 2007
CRMPlus CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management. It is a strategy used to learn more about customers' needs and behaviors in order to develop stronger relationships with them. The idea of the said application is to help Hilal Financial Services use technology and human resources to gain insight into the behavior of customers and the value of those customers. Tools & Technology: .NET Framework, Visual Studio.NET 2005, IBatis.NET, User Interface Process Application Block, SQL Server 2005, SQL Reporting Services, XML
EDUCATION BS (Computer Science) National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences ( FAST-NUCES ) Karachi Campus, Pakistan (http://www.nu.edu.pk) CGPA 2.8* (4-point scale)
2002 - 2006
*University Drop Out (Completed 121 out of 130 credits)
HSSC (Computer Science) Federal Board PAF Inter College, Jinnah Camp, Chaklala, Rawalpindi, Pakistan (http://www.fbise.edu.pk) A Grade
2000 - 2002
College Position Holder
SSC (Computer Science) Federal Board PAF Degree College, Faisal, Karachi, Pakistan (http://www.fbise.edu.pk) A Grade
1998 - 2000
TECHNICAL SKILLS •
Programming Languages & Technologies • Visual C# • Visual C++ • .Net Framework 1.1/2.0 • ASP.NET 1.1/2.0 • ASP.NET AJAX
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ADO.NET 1.1/2.0 Xml Web services,
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Software Architecture & Design • Object Oriented Analysis and Design with UML • Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) • Design Patterns • Microsoft Enterprise Solution Patterns • Test Driven Software Development. • Data base design
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Databases • MS SQL Server 2000/2005
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CASE Tools • Visual Studio.NET (2003 / 2005/2008) • Visual Source Safe • Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS & AWARDS •
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional – Visual C# (ID # 4024635) – 01st January, 2009
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Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (ID # 3441532) – 30th June, 2007 70-630: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Configuring
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Microsoft Certified Application Developer (ID # 3441532) - 17th September, 2005 70-315: Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 70-316: Developing and Implementing Windows-based Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 70-320: Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual C# and the Microsoft .NET Framework
ACHIEVEMENTS •
Best in Innovative Work Environment – P@SHA ICT Awards http://tinyurl.com/8durgz
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2007 TopCoder Collegiate Challenge – Finalist http://tinyurl.com/bq7hmy
Secured 1st Position in College Computer Science Department (HSSC) http://tinyurl.com/8t4awt
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iEducationXP – Best Final Year Project http://tinyurl.com/7qwghe
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Spire – Best Project of Database Course http://tinyurl.com/9xejy5
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1st Position at TECH WEEK 2005 – IEEE NUCES (FAST-NU Karachi) in Programming Competition
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Won 1st Prize at WEBWAVE 1.0 (FAST-NU Karachi) in Internal Website Designing Competition
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Won 1st Prize at WEBWAVE 2.0 (FAST-NU Karachi) in Internal Website Designing Competition
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1st Position in Internal Programming Competition 2006
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3rd Position at PROCOM 2006 (FAST-NU Karachi) in Programming Competition
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4th Position at SPARC 2005 (Muhammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi) in Programming Competition
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8th Position out of 46 at SOFTEC 2006 (FAST-NU Lahore) in International Programming Competition
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Participated in Software Competition at PROCOM 2005 (FAST-NU Karachi)
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Participated in Software Competition at SOFTEC 2005 (FAST-NU Lahore)
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Participated in Internal Programming Competition 2005
ACADEMIC PROJECTS •
iEducationXp – An Interactive E-Learning Project (Final Year Project)
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WordPad.net (Visual C# 2.0)
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Mini Pascal Compiler (Visual C# 2.0)
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Spire – Student Information and Management System (SQL Server 2000 , ASP.Net , Visual C# 1.1, DB Designer, Crystal Reports)
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Gen OS – Operating System Simulation (VC++, MFC)
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DLX Scoreboard Simulation (C# 1.1)
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Numerical Analyzer (C# 1.1)
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Library Management System (VC++, MFC)
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Multi Threaded Chatting Application (VC++, MFC)
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Extreme Bowling – 3D Bowling Game (VC++, MFC, OpenGL)
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Flight Reservation System (Turbo C)
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Audio Video Library System (Turbo C)
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Com Infector – a COM file infector virus (Assembly)
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Airmen Record Management System for Pakistan Air Force (MS Access, Visual C# 2.0, Crystal Reports)
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Officers Record Management System for HQ Sousec, PAF (MS Access, Visual C# 2.0, Crystal Reports)
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Billing & Inventory System for Saeed Enterprise Distributors (MS Access, Visual C# 1.1, Crystal Reports)
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RESEARCH PROJECTS Currently working on the Development Side of following Research Projects • •
Mobile Agents Ghulam Ali Mallah, Dr. Zubair A. Shaikh – FAST NUCES Karachi Social Agents: The Digital Persona Ghulam Ali Mallah, Dr. Zubair A. Shaikh – FAST NUCES Karachi
OTHER ACTIVITIES •
Member INETA Speaker Bureau
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User Group Leader – DevNext (www.devnext.org) DevNext User Group is a volunteer based organization which was started back in January, 2007 with the vision to make Learning a culture, over the years I have conducted many workshops and seminars on different topics from Development to Designing to Testing.
PERSONAL INFORMATION Date & Place of Birth Nationality Passport Information Marital Status
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1st March, 1984; Badin, Pakistan Pakistani Pakistani Passport; Passport # BK9893301 Engaged
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