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Zayd Enam of MediConnect and Babar Ahmed of Cricket Revolution, he gave
the time allocated for the Chairman’s address to these young men so that they
could present their innovative ideas and products to the 540 people assembled
at the Sheraton in Karachi. His faith in them (as well as the faith of all of us
who were inspired by them) was justified when they went on to win the
APICTA award and the Runner up award in their respective categories in
Melbourne Australia.

Imran is an MBA (Finance and Entrepreneurship) from the University
Of Chicago Graduate School Of Business. He is also an MS (Computer
Engineering) from Cornell University and a B.Sc. (Electrical Engineering) from
UET, Lahore. He has over 17 years’ experience working in senior managerial
positions in sales, consulting, product management, and product development
at Oracle, Altera, and other hi-tech companies. At Oracle, he was recognized
for his contribution to the sales and consulting teams and was nominated to
Club Excellence on two separate occasions – an award given only to the top
performers in Oracle sales and consulting. Imran has been bit by the
entrepreneurial bug and is a serial entrepreneur who has started software
companies both in the US and in Pakistan. He has also been teaching
entrepreneurship at FAST-NUCES Lahore for the past couple of years.

Imran Zia is an amazing chap and his friends and associates, and all of
us at P@SHA, believe that his appointment is a good omen for the ICT industry.
We all know that Imran will put in 110% into his new role. However, perhaps
all of us need to manage our expectations in so far as what, even a person like
Imran, will be able to achieve with the limitations of the governance framework
in which he will find himself. Let us give him a bit of time to settle in, a bit of
room to maneuver and to understand the lay of the land before we begin to
expect him to perform miracles.

Imran, the industry offers you its full support and cooperation. Let us join
hands and work together to ensure that the brilliant minds within the Pakistani
ICT sector can meet their true potential. Good luck Imran Zia. Our prayers and
good wishes are with you as you take on this challenging role.

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