7 – GIKI Alumni Association https://gikialumni.org Home of the excellent Thu, 21 May 2026 07:40:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.10 https://gikialumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-GIKI-Flavicon-32x32.png 7 – GIKI Alumni Association https://gikialumni.org 32 32 Baber A https://gikialumni.org/giki-alumni/baber-a/ Thu, 21 May 2026 07:40:05 +0000 https://gikialumni.org/?post_type=giki-alumni&p=6174 Baber A. (Batch 7) is rewriting the rules of physical internet infrastructure. As the CEO and Co-Founder of viaPhoton, he is disrupting the global fiber supply industry by combining hyper-local manufacturing with Industry 4.0 automation. Armed with an MBA from Chicago Booth and a deep legacy managing a $300M global portfolio at CommScope, this Chicago-based tech executive is bringing manufacturing jobs back to the US while radically slashing time-to-market for edge connectivity.

]]> Salman Abdul Baset https://gikialumni.org/giki-alumni/salman-abdul-baset/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 08:47:37 +0000 https://gikialumni.org/?post_type=giki-alumni&p=6076 Executive Profile

Dr. Salman Abdul Baset is an alumnus of Batch 7 and holds a PhD in Computer Science from Columbia University, USA. Dr. Baset has held senior roles at global tech leaders like IBM and MongoDB, creating industry-first cybersecurity products.

Key Impact Indicators

  • Holder of over 25 patents and author of over 40 scholarly publications
  • Developed pioneering cybersecurity solutions and successfully transitioned research into industrial products.

Strategic Expertise

  • Cybersecurity Product Strategy & Innovation
  • Advanced Computer Science & Systems Research
  • Advisor to startups on navigating security journeys and building technical security capabilities
  • Insights into research, intellectual property, and product commercialization.
]]> Zulfiqar Malik https://gikialumni.org/giki-alumni/zulfiqar-malik/ Sat, 21 Feb 2026 10:01:44 +0000 https://gikialumni.org/?post_type=giki-alumni&p=6018

For Zulfiqar Malik, that mastery of the fundamentals grew into a career spanning the highest levels of gaming, finance, and visual effects. From architecting high-performance trading platforms at Bloomberg and hedge funds to developing groundbreaking rendering technology for blockbuster films, he has consistently pushed technological boundaries. Now, as the Technical Lead at Epic Games, Zulfiqar is shaping the future of digital creation, architecting tools that power the Unreal Engine ecosystem. His career is the ultimate GIKIan journey: turning deep technical expertise into monumental industrial impact.

]]> Adnan Tariq https://gikialumni.org/giki-alumni/adnan-tariq/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:33:25 +0000 https://gikialumni.org/?post_type=giki-alumni&p=5942 For Adnan Tariq, the collaborative and rigorous culture of GIKI served as the starting point for a dynamic career in software engineering. From the lecture halls of Topi to mastering full-stack development, his journey has been one of continuous growth. Today, as a Senior Software Engineer at Motive, he builds scalable solutions that drive efficiency across global industrial platforms.

]]> Omer Bin Tariq https://gikialumni.org/giki-alumni/omer-bin-tariq/ Sat, 03 Jan 2026 06:02:33 +0000 https://gikialumni.org/?post_type=giki-alumni&p=5819

From leading pricing and analytics across global markets to holding P&L for an $800M consumer business at Telenor, Omer Bin Tariq built transformation playbooks.

Today, as Country Head of Onic Pakistan, he’s scaling Pakistan’s first fully digital telco-100% app-led, 100% digital payments, setting a new benchmark for the industry.

]]> Irfan Hamid https://gikialumni.org/giki-alumni/irfan-hamid/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 07:16:29 +0000 https://gikialumni.org/?post_type=giki-alumni&p=5767

From the intellectual heights of Topi to the cutting edge of data storage innovation, Irfan Hamid has built a career defined by deep technical mastery. His journey from GIKI to Silicon Valley highlights a commitment to engineering excellence.

Today, as a Member of Technical Staff at Pure Storage, he develops the complex, high-performance systems that power the modern data-driven world.

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