Mashhood Qazi, 7851/Liaquat

Mashhood Qazii - 2007

By Kazi Zulkader Siddiqui, 671/Latif

Mashhood Qazi, kit no. 7851/Liaquat House joined Cadet College Petaro in 1978 and left the college in 1983 after completing his Intermediate.

He was born on 13 March 1966, and got married to Mrs. Farkhunda on 21 January 1994. They have 3 children.

After leaving Petaro, Mashhood graduated in Computer Science from Pakistan. He then moved to the USA from where he obtained an MBA and Ph.D. degree in IT. He is also certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT).

Mashhood then settled down in Edmonton, AB, Canada and obtained the Canadian citizenship while keeping his Pakistani citizenship as well.

Since his return to Pakistan in 2006, he has been involved with the Govt of Sindh as the Member of the IT Board. He then founded his own consulting company under the name of Softek Consulting Services to provide governance and management consulting services to the government and the private sector.

In his professional capacity, he is President of the Pakistan ICT Consortium, Member of Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), Member of the Joint Technical Committee of Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority, Member IT Sub Committee of  Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and Member of Curriculum Advisory Board of PAF-KIET College of Computing and Information Sciences. Together with this, he is Member of Project Management Institute USA, MBA Association USA, and Pakistan Engineering Council.

In recent past, he has been one of the most active members of the Petarian Association. He has served on the Managing Committee of the Association in different capacities.