 Join us for the upcoming FAANA session titled: Investing in Start-ups
The talk will include - Raza Shaikh’s journey from starting at FAST to becoming a professional venture investor. - What investors look for to fund companies at early stage. - From the other side of the table, how venture capital works, - What do angels and venture capitalists do. - How you can invest in the start-up asset class. Tune in live at 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time (9pm-10pm Pakistan Standard Time) on Sunday, 19th September, 2021 Register Here Speaker: Raza Shaikh Raza Shaikh is Managing Director at Launchpad Venture Group, one of the most active and largest angel investor groups in the US. Raza is an active investor in early-stage companies in the New England area. He also co-manages the Beacon Venture Partners Fund, which invests in early-stage companies, including the Launchpad portfolio. He also currently mentors and advises several Boston-based businesses. Raza co-founded NorthBay, one of the largest independent Amazon Web Services partners helping large companies transition to the Cloud and Artificial Intelligence. Previously, Raza was part of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University, building science platforms for small molecule synthesis, and was an early employee at Formulatrix, building software and robotics for drug discovery applications. Raza holds a B.S. in Computer Science from National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences FAST-NU in Pakistan.
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 Join us for the upcoming FAANA session titled: Careers in Sales Engineering
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Speaker: Ali Farooq Ali is Vice President of Sales Strategy and Development at GoodData. With 17 years of professional experience across multiple Data & Analytics roles, Ali brings a wealth of knowledge. Ali defines himself as an unorthodox sales professional where he is always looking for innovation, creativity and challenging the status quo. He is a Purdue Alumni with M.S in Data Mining. Besides Purdue Ali completed MBA in management from Bradley University and MS Computer Science from Florida International University. Zoom Info : FAST-NU Alumni Association is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: FAANA Webinar#22 : Sales Engineering Time: Aug 15, 2021 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88969578763?pwd=K2FReHFhWlZaY0UwVGJkRWVpdFE2Zz09 Meeting ID: 889 6957 8763 Passcode: 264646 One tap mobile +16699009128,,88969578763#,,,,*264646# US (San Jose) +13462487799,,88969578763#,,,,*264646# US (Houston)  Join us for the upcoming FAANA session titled: Careers in Computer Graphics Learn about the different Career opportunities that exist for Computer Graphics Engineers. We will cover the different tracks that exist within this field as well as the industries to which this skillset can be applied to. The talk will include - The speaker's academic and career journey - Graphics applications in the industry - Overview of different types of job roles - How to get started in the field - Q&A Tune in live at 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Pacific Time (9pm-10pm Pakistan Standard Time) on Sunday, April 11th, 2021. Register Here Speaker: Novaira Masood Novaira is a graduate from FAST Islamabad, Batch 2000. She has 20 years of industry experience in computer graphics and computer vision. She has worked on numerous Hollywood movies as an R&D Software Engineer, including titles like Maleficent and Thor etc. Check out her IMDB profile here : https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3681538/ She is also the Vice President of Pakistani Women in Computing, and passionate about creating strong networks for female engineers.  Join us for the upcoming FAANA session titled: Conflict Resolution: Making progress while building trust
In this interactive talk, we will discuss conflict resolution and learn about a framework to resolve conflicts in a workplace, among friends or any other situation Tune in live at 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Pacific Time (9pm-10pm Pakistan Standard Time) on Sunday, March 14th, 2021. Register Here Speaker: Rehan Hamid Rehan coaches soft skills to help grow individuals and teams being more effective and efficient. He works at Google as Technical Program Manager. He is proud to be a founding member of FAANA. He loves to play squash, read books and hunt - holds a record of hunting two deers in 2 minutes :)  Join us for the upcoming FAANA session titled: Towards Business Sustainability: The Role of Tech-Entrepreneurs and Business Decision-Makers
This session provides a comprehensive background in the management principles needed to enhance entrepreneurial decision-making in today’s complex World. It will allow participants to examine some local and global level management challenges. A pragmatic stakeholder engagement approach will be discussed as a way to confront these multifaceted and dynamic business situations. The subject areas that make up this session include, stakeholder theory, sustainability, management of technological innovation, and business ethics. Tune in live at 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time (10pm-11pm Pakistan Standard Time) on Sunday, February 14th, 2021. Speaker: Dr. Umair Shah With a PhD degree in Management of Technology, Dr. Umair Shah is a Lecturer in the Department of Management Sciences at the University of Waterloo (Canada). He actively pursues teaching, industry-consultation, and research in these four areas: 1) stakeholder theory, 2) management of technological innovation, 3) business sustainability, and 4) behavioural aspects of privacy and cybersecurity. Outside of work, he enjoys traveling, reading books, and playing music. Zoom Info : FAST-NU Alumni Association is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: FAANA Webinar Session17: Business Sustainability Time: Feb 14, 2021 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87983320542?pwd=TUhucCtyY2RxU25CeG5qVVZmb0RqUT09 Meeting ID: 879 8332 0542 Passcode: 120706 One tap mobile +16699009128,,87983320542#,,,,*120706# US (San Jose) +12532158782,,87983320542#,,,,*120706# US (Tacoma) Dial by your location +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) Meeting ID: 879 8332 0542 Passcode: 120706 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdKyeHQnq3 Dear friends, As we approach year-end, we would like to share a quick update. The demand for financial assistance from various campuses increased this year due to economic struggles resulting from COVID. However, thanks to your generous contributions, we have exceeded our goal of 60k this year and collected 68k USD. It is also the first time that we have hit the highest number of unique donors (138 and counting!), which shows how far we have come along since FAANA was established in 2008. Thank you to all of you who have contributed with your suggestions, time, and money.   FAST-NU Alumni Association is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: FAANA Webinar 16 Time: Nov 8, 2020 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85217253946?pwd=Yy9NY3ZrNFF3UTg3LzJrUVhOWE5EUT09 Meeting ID: 852 1725 3946 Passcode: 284587 One tap mobile +16699009128,,85217253946#,,,,,,0#,,284587# US (San Jose) +12532158782,,85217253946#,,,,,,0#,,284587# US (Tacoma) Dial by your location +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) Meeting ID: 852 1725 3946 Passcode: 284587 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kPDLFOV4S  Join us for the upcoming FAANA session titled: A Path to Product Management through Solution Engineering
The session would cover: - A career path into Product Management - Differentiation between Technical Sales and Product Management. - Critical components of Tech Sales. - What are the key competencies to be a successful Product Manager. - How to Demo a Product - Juggling between Problem Solving and Technical Sales. Tune in live at 9:00AM – 10:00AM Pacific Time (9pm-10pm Pakistan Standard Time) on Sunday, October 25th , 2020. Speaker: Sheharyar Mehmood Currently working at Qualtrics , Sheharyar enables organizations to create a one to one Customer Journey in order to increase and optimize their revenue and reduce marketing/sales operation costs. Sheharyar is an Alumni of FAST Islamabad Batch 2000. Later he went on to do his MBA from LUMS. Over the span of 15 years, he has worked across a diverse range of companies including Jazz, Oracle, Salesforce and IBM. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89690276350?pwd=SjZreXd2NmVVWGk5Ymtxd1Rzc2Jmdz09 Meeting ID: 896 9027 6350 Passcode: 074084 One tap mobile +16699009128,,89690276350#,,,,,,0#,,074084# US (San Jose) +12532158782,,89690276350#,,,,,,0#,,074084# US (Tacoma) Dial by your location +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) Meeting ID: 896 9027 6350 Passcode: 074084 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kkU4IlZfu  Join us for the upcoming FAANA session titled: An Intro to Cognitive Computing and a Use Case of Data Science in Education Sector.
The session would cover some practical applications of Data Engineering and Data Science in Education Industry Tune in live at 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time (9pm-10pm Pakistan Standard Time) on Sunday, September 27th , 2020. Speaker: Ahmed Sattar Ahmed Sattar is Data Architect / Data Scientist at IBM. Before this he was at Teradata for 10 years and has been in the IT industry for 15 years. Ahmed is currently working in the Education Industry in Atlanta Georgia. Prior to this, he has been involved in the Communication, Media and Finance industry. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89607501911?pwd=OFFRY0ZGcEUxWHB6cmdyNVJzNzR1QT09 Meeting ID: 896 0750 1911 Passcode: 704445 One tap mobile +13126266799,,89607501911#,,,,,,0#,,704445# US (Chicago) +16465588656,,89607501911#,,,,,,0#,,704445# US (New York) Dial by your location +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) Meeting ID: 896 0750 1911 Passcode: 704445 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdKvDXiC1j  Join us for the upcoming FAANA session titled: Startups vs. Big Companies -- the boons and banes of two extremes in Tech
Your career is not something that should just "happen to you". It should be a carefully crafted undertaking that you should feel pride in and enjoy to the fullest. After all, this is what you'll spend most of your life on. Something that will deeply affect how you learn and grow in your career is how you choose your roles and of course who you work for. Understand what truly motivates and drives you and how to land those opportunities. In this session, the speaker would love to share some of his learnings from working for companies of almost every size there is in the tech world -- companies with less than 20 employees to 100s of employees to 1000s to 100,000+. We'll touch on the different kinds of risks you take when you work for a startup or a large company, what kind of things you're bound to learn, what avenues are available to you as you grow and how each of these will affect your career progression and the impact you'll have in your larger career. I hope you walk away from this session having a better grip on what things to keep in mind in order to have a rewarding career. - The impact of company size on your career - How to build a profile for a company like Microsoft - Transitioning between companies of different sizes - Risks of working in a small company and a large company - How to market yourself for a large company vs a small company - The pros and cons of having strong role boundaries (as are in large companies) vs wearing multiple hats (like in startups) Join via Zoom : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81808677116 Tune in live at 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT (9pm-10pm Pakistan Standard Time) on Sunday, August 23rd, 2020. Register Here Speaker: Assad Safiullah Assad Safiullah is a Software Engineer by profession, a graduate of FAST Islamabad and UT-Arlington, father of two and an occasional/casual musician. He was a Comp Sci Major at FAST-Islamabad and graduated in 2005. He then went on to complete Grad school from the University of Texas at Arlington. Although, he had a brief stint at Ultimus and an internship at Siemens Corporate Research in Princeton, NJ, his career really began in Redmond, WA at Microsoft in 2008. He joined as a Software Engineer on the ASP.NET team and delivered the first version of ASP.NET MVC. He has the privilege of working on some extremely cool technologies in some of the most fun companies like Salesforce and Tableau. In a span of more than a decade, he went from working for one of the largest Software makers in the world to Engineer #6 in an early-stage Seattle startup to build their entire Engineering Team and then back to the same large company where it all began for him. Assad is currently an Engineering Manager at Microsoft working on Power BI and a technical advisor for an Engineering Effectiveness startup called Uplevel (look them up at https://uplevelteam.com). |
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