Founder & CEO
TkXel
2008 – Present (5 years)
I founded tkxel in 2008 inside a University lab and then led it to a multi-million dollar stage. I still work day in and day out at tkxel to take it to next level.
Today, TkXel is a high end technology and services company, which specializes in Mobile and Social apps space.
We help create highly profitable businesses by delivering technology-eco-systems involving mobile and social apps that provides visibility to the business and spurs its growth.
In the last three years we have delivered over 300 mobile apps along with backends, to various companies. We also helped a number of companies deploy social media solutions to engage effectively with their customers. Our customers range from small startups to high value companies like NBC Universal, Barclays, Nokia, China mobile and many more.
We have delivered solutions across globe, with domains ranging from games, infotainment, enterprise dashboards, publishing, travel, field force and telecommunications.
**TkXel is an abbreviation derived form Technology accelerated and is pronounced as : Tek-Sel
Specialties
iphone, android, mobile apps, applications, games, product development, Nokia symbian, blackberry, facebook apps, ipad interactive publishing, enterprise dashboards
Director
Catalyic
May 2008 – Present (5 years 8 months)
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As partner in Catalyic, my role is to provide strategic advice from time to time and open doors of business wherever possible.
Consultant
Strategic Alliancez
January 2008 – Present (6 years)
Strategic Alliancez is a digital agency that specializes in the domain of SEM and Social Media Marketing. It help businesses grow by creating high performance marketing campaigns that can generate sales and create word of mouth.
As part of Strategic Alliancez Board, I offer advice for the strategic direction and growth of the company.
Adjunct Faculty
Lahore University of Management Sciences
January 2003 – Present (11 years)
LUMS is among the top ranked IT and Business universities in Asia. I am working regularly with LUMS for the last ten years in the capacity of adjunct faculty. The courses I teach regularly include
• Software Engineering
• Software Architecture
• Software development Processes and Process evaluations
Frameworks (including CMMI)
• Distributed Software Systems Development
• Advanced Programming in various languages
Besides LUMS I have also taught at various first tier universities in the capacity of visiting faculty. My lectures related to course Web Design and Development are also televised through satellite channels by the Virtual University of Pakistan
Co-Founder and Co-CEO
GenITeam
October 2006 – May 2008 (1 year 8 months)
I cofounded Geniteam from scratch inside a university lab and took it to stability before selling it to my partner in 2008.
GenITeam is a virtual staffing company which manages development teams for various companies in outsourcing model. Its clients vary from extremely promising startups to steady corporates. My involvement with GenITeam included business development for the company and to oversee its engineering operations.
Co-founder & Partner
Strategix
May 2004 – September 2006 (2 years 5 months) Pakistan
Strategix was an education consulting firm, aimed at getting involved in public private partnerships to help universities establish new departments and faculties. The services included searching and hiring top faculty, qualifying vendors, manage day to day operations in the initial years and establish routine processes.
During its three years of operations, the firm successfully helped two public sector universities create their management and telecom engineering department. These departments have produced over thousand graduates to date and regarded as the flagship departments at these universities.
Senior Software Engineer
Techlogix
June 2002 – October 2004 (2 years 5 months)
Techlogix (www.techlogix.com) is a global consulting and IT services company with offices in Lahore, Boston, China and Middle East. I stayed at Techlogix for about two and half years and worked for clients which included top multinational companies like General Electric (GE) and local textile giants like Crescent & Sapphire groups.
During my stay there I worked and lead projects on Oracle applications, ERP systems and J2EE based application development for various automation and workflow management tasks