Tariq Hafeez, 7581/Ayub

Tariq Hafeez - 2004

By Kazi Zulkader Siddiqui, 671/Latif

Tariq Hafeez, kit no. 7581/Ayub House joined Cadet College Petaro in 1975 and left the college in 1980 after completing his Intermediate.

He was born on 30 January 1963 and got married to Mrs. Shazia on 15 November 1990. They have 1 child - Haniya.

Tariq graduated with B.S. in Systems Science from the University of West Florida in 1987. Since his graduation, he has been involved mostly with telecom IT solutions.

His first job was as Systems Analyst with Harcourt Brace Javanovich Inc from 1987-1990 where he supported on-line production environment running order processing, shipping, back order maintenance, and developed an EDI business process for nationwide sales force. 

He then worked briefly for a few months each during 1990 as Lead Consultant with AT&T and Convergys. Between 1991-1993, he returned to AT&T as Project Manager where he developed an AD HOC environment used as VTNS Operations Management Business Intelligence Tool.

During 1993-1995, he worked as Development Manager with Verizon supporting an audio conferencing reservation system and calling card fraud applications. He then joined Skytel as Senior Consultant between 1995-1997 for systems planning, design, construction and implementation.

In 1997, he joined World Wide Technologies as Director Business Applications Development to coordinate and develop implmentation of PeopleSoft Financial modules and Asset Management modules.

In 2000, he moved to Islamabad, Pakistan where year worked for a year as Management Consultant with Ufone - a GSM mobile network owned by PTCL (currently owned by Etisalat). His main work was to develop billing and customer care solutions. He then moved back to the USA in 2001 and worked briefly for Sprint Nextel as Management Consultant.

Since 2002, he has been working as Vice President, Business Development with Worldwide Technologies Inc. based in Norcross, GA, USA