San Francisco – GIKI Alumni Association https://gikialumni.org Home of the excellent Thu, 21 May 2026 06:09:46 +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 San Francisco – GIKI Alumni Association https://gikialumni.org 32 32 Aemen Lodhi https://gikialumni.org/giki-alumni/aemen-lodhi/ Thu, 21 May 2026 06:09:05 +0000 https://gikialumni.org/?post_type=giki-alumni&p=6169 Architecting the economic engine behind massive virtual realms, Aemen Lodhi (Batch 11) is the Tech Lead for Infrastructure Capacity Planning & Optimization at Roblox. Holding a Computer Science PhD from Georgia Tech, he masters the intersection of systems engineering and infrastructure economics. From scaling global edge footprints by over 50% at Meta to building production-grade Cost-to-Serve platforms at Roblox, Aemen turns immense network complexity into high-impact, multi-million-dollar executive decisions.

]]> Sohaib Waheed https://gikialumni.org/giki-alumni/sohaib-waheed/ Wed, 20 May 2026 07:41:30 +0000 https://gikialumni.org/?post_type=giki-alumni&p=6166 Commanding the nerve center of Silicon Valley’s high-growth ecosystem, Sohaib Waheed (Batch 10) is the Chief Operating Officer at Rakurai. A strategy and operations heavyweight, he previously served as Senior Director at LinkedIn, guiding R&D infrastructure, AI data centers, and multi-billion-dollar business operations. Backed by an HBS pedigree and elite tenures at BCG and J.P. Morgan, this veteran investor’s portfolio spans global giants like Notion, Cerebras, and Robinhood.

]]> Aisha Khurshid https://gikialumni.org/giki-alumni/aisha-khurshid/ Thu, 14 May 2026 05:46:03 +0000 https://gikialumni.org/?post_type=giki-alumni&p=6159 A force at the apex of global cloud leadership, Aisha Khurshid is the Head of Solution Architecture at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Based in San Francisco Bay Area, she serves as a strategic advisor to Fortune 50 companies, pioneering digital transformations through GenAI, analytics, and robust cloud ecosystems. With an 18-year legacy, including pivotal roles at GE and Magna,this GIKIan visionary blends engineering depth with executive strategy to redefine the frontier of AI and sustainable technology.

]]> Tallat Mahmood Shafaat https://gikialumni.org/giki-alumni/tallat-mahmood-shafaat/ Tue, 17 Feb 2026 07:17:51 +0000 https://gikialumni.org/?post_type=giki-alumni&p=5988 Tallat M. Shafaat engineers the invisible engines that power modern AI. As Founder & CEO of Vectara, he leads the creation of enterprise-grade agent systems built for scale, accuracy, and reliability. Previously at Google and Microsoft, he helped design massive distributed infrastructures behind global-scale products.

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