Offshoring to Pakistan: Event with Three NEDians Participating
Posted by Sabahat (iFaqeer) on December 10, 2007
The following event features three NEDians. And the topic is one of wider concern, too.
Offshoring 101 for Startups and Individuals
When: Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00PM
Venue: SAP, 3410 Hillview Drive, Palo Alto, Ca. 94304
Host: Safwan Shah – CEO, Infonox
Panelists
Faraz Syed – CEO, Mobilecomplete
Zulki Khan – CEO, NexLogic
Phani Nagarjuna – CEO, Nuevorar
Ashar Aziz – CEO, FireEye
Rehan Jalil – CEO, Wichorus
Shazia Makhdumi – CEO, Colorfulstories
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In this panel discussion we bring together an experienced executives to examine how companies and individuals can take advantage of offshoring phenomenon in our flat world. Today companies routinely use offshore services for various disciplines, including engineering, marketing, sales, and support. The panel will address several key issues including:
Pros, cons, and unknowns of using offshore services
- What functions can and cannot be offshored?
- Reasons other than “labor arbitrage” to offshore
- What to look for when selecting outsourced service providers
The second aspect we will highlight in this panel is how individuals who work in areas where skills are prone to be outsourced can take advantage of the offshoring phenomenon. Strategies that folks have used in this regard include moving over to offshore hubs like Pakistan, India, China and Philippines to set up their own service companies or staying local and partnering with established offshore service providers to provide their expertise which is needed onshore!
Safwan Shah, Batch ‘80-81
Currently the President and CEO of Infonox, he graduated in EE from NED in 1985 and worked locally for over 4 years. In 1989 he moved to the US and went on to get a Masters and Ph.D. (1994) from University of Colorado at Boulder. His professional career in the US includes positions with BioServe Space Technologies, a NASA center for commercial development of space and positions in various Silicon Valley companies. He co-founded Chowk in 1997 and continues to sponsor its evolution into the Web 2.0 era. In 1999, he co-founded Infonox, the leading SaaS/enterprise software company in the financial services segment. Infonox has several Fortune 25 customers and is a rapidly growing company in its space. Safwan has also published several scientific papers and is a contributor towards several awarded patents.
Zulki Khan, Batch ‘83-84
Zulki Khan is the Founder and CEO of NexLogic Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA, an ISO certified and RoHS compliant Electronics Manufacturing Services provider since 1995. NexLogic has very impressive list of fortune 100 clients such as Apple, IBM, HP, Intel, Cisco, Sony, NASA, Philips and General Motors.
Prior to NexLogic, Zulki was General Manager for Imagineering, Inc., Schaumburg, IL. He is 1988 Electrical Engineering Graduate from N.E.D University, Karachi, and also has M.B.A from University if Iowa in Iowa City.
Zulki is a published author of numerous papers and articles in magazines and journals such as EE Times, Electronic Design, ECN, EDN and multiple other EMS industry publications.
Rehan Jalil, EE Batch ‘87-88
Rehan Jalil is the President and CEO of WiChorus and serves on its board of directors. WiChorus is a pioneer in enabling scalable, intelligent and multimedia-efficient WiMAX & 4G networks. WiChorus is backed by Silicon Valley’s top-tier VCs like Redpoint, Accel and Mayfield, with US$25 million in funding. Prior to WiChorus, he was the Chief Architect of WiMAX for Aperto Networks and extensively contributed in the architecture and design of three generations of broadband wireless and WiMAX equipment and silicon. Previously, he held senior technical and management positions at Siemens and Sun. He has over 15 patents pending related to advanced techniques in wireless optimizations and holds BEEE from NED and MSEE from Purdue.
