Shakeel Akhter, CIO Indus Hospital
Shakeel Akhter is the CIO of Indus Hospital and was the first cover CIO of the local edition of the magazine. These shots are courtesy Kohi Marri.
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Strategic CIO
Running on Tech: Tulu Islam, CIO Habib Bank Limited
In 2003, HBL commenced on a journey to significantly upgrade its IT infrastructure by investing in a new core banking solution and adopt a centralized data processing strategy. Couple that with the obvious strengths which include the fact that it serves more than 5 million customers, has a presence in the form of 1500 branches [...]
Innovation and Integrity: Syed Asif Shah, CIO of CDC Pakistan
Company of Pakistan
By Naureen Aqueel
With the ongoing global financial crisis reducing investor confidence in the capital markets, the need for secure depository services that can support an effective capital market system becomes ever more pronounced. Such services play a role in attracting institutional and retail level investors from within the country as well as abroad [...]
Success in Lean Times
“Right now,” begins Nasir Khan, the CEO and CIO of PRAL, “the responsibility I have is automating the business processes of the Federal Board of Revenue, so it has a wide ranging impact. For example, if we can implement e-filing for Income Tax, Sales Tax or Customs, that in itself is a huge qualitative change [...]
Leading Innovation with Technology:
Ahmed Kamran, Head of Services, Faysal Bank
Ahmed Kamran comes from a strong banking background. In 2004, he moved from the position of Head of Corporate Banking into the realm of IT for a specific purpose. “I was never an IT person, but I moved into technology because the bank wanted me to spearhead a very [...]
A Straight Line to the Top
A Chief Information Officer’s role in an organization is one that brings all the processes together and makes it work. At the top of the ladder, the CIO should be the person who understands the company’s vision, and put strategies into effect which will help to realize them. But more than just technical, the CIO [...]
Reengineering Logistics
TCS is the epitome of multi-tasking. This year, it consolidates the following: celebrates 25 years, manages 5 million monthly shipments, 170 Service Centers, 2031 couriers on the road daily and makes itself Pakistan’s most technology-intensive company!
In the early 1990’s when people pronounced Psion as Puu-si-on, the IT department of TCS was already well ahead of [...]
Serving Tech Savvy: Mohammad Khalid Shah, Corporate Director IT, Avari Hotels
When you think of Pakistan you certainly don’t think much of the hospitality industry and give even lesser thought to how a hotel is run in the circumstances that it is. Having only a handful of names that include the likes of the Sheraton, Pearl Continental, Marriott and Holiday Inn, the lack of a strong [...]
SAP in 6: Leading Change in the Sector
Read about how one of Pakistan’s oldest food companies managed the fastest implementation of SAP
Anyone who thinks that the processes involved in the purchasing, production and distribution of products within just one company in the Food sector are not complex enough, needs to look again.
As the local palette migrated overseas in search of faster, better [...]
Inspiring Innovation: Shakeel Akhtar, Indus Hospital
When you have everything virtual and paperless in an organization, the reliance on a strong, redundant infrastructure is critical for the functioning and long term sustainability of the structure. Though Shakeel Akhtar’s business card says “Manager MIS” for an organization that depends so heavily on IT, Shakeel does more than just the job of the [...]
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