And the rest of my time I spend telling the stories the industry overlooks. Sixteen years from a CS classroom in Lahore to a director's chair in New York taught me the talent was never the problem — the attention was.
I'd rather build platforms that outlast a post. These are the projects I'm putting my time into — media, community, and the interview series that started it all.
An editorial platform for South Asian tech stories, positioning Pakistan as an innovation hub rather than an outsourcing line item.
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A long-running interview series putting other people's work in front of my audience. 50+ conversations so far, including a game of "Raise Your Hand If" that reached 228K.
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A brand and media handle extending the work into lifestyle and culture — the parts of a career that don't fit in a job title.
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A community project connecting emerging professionals across the diaspora — built on the belief that lifting the network around you compounds further than any solo climb.
Follow →Self-advocacy, transatlantic careers, AI without the jargon, and lifting while you climb. One of these reached over a million people.
That sentence reached more than a million people, and I still mean it. The most capable people I meet are the quietest about it — especially those of us raised to stay modest. Visibility isn't bragging. It's making sure your work is attributed to you.
Sixteen years ago I was a student at NUCES. Since then I've helped run a $1B airline modernization at Etihad, architected cloud transformations, and grown into Director of Cloud & AI at Microsoft Startups.
Splitting my life between New York and Lahore gives me a transatlantic view on career success — and a conviction: world-class tech careers already belong to the ambitious, overlooked talent the industry keeps missing.
Ideas on technology, culture, and the people building what's next — straight to your inbox. Follow along, and let's watch it arrive.