Faizan Kazi

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Faizan Kazi
Computer Sciences
0300-254-1119
faizan@faizan-kazi.com
Date of Birth: May 4, 1987

Educational Qualifications:
BS(CS) 2013 Institute of Business Administration, Karachi 3.44* (85.64%)
BSc - University of Texas at Austin -
A Levels 2006 Karachi Grammar School 1 A, 3 B's, 1 C
O Levels 2004 Karachi Grammar School 5 A's, 3 B's, 2 C's
*CGPA up to the 6th Semester

Elective Courses
Computer Vision, Mobile Application Development, Web Application Development, Business Intelligence, Computational Intelligence, Computer Network Security, Data Warehousing, Introduction to Microcontrollers, Linux Systems, Modeling and Simulation, Human Computer Interaction, Advanced E-Commerce, Masterworks of Literature, Introduction to Philosophy, Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Accounting, Principles of Marketing, French Language.

Major Term Papers I Reports I Projects
• Primary author for a paper on the “Use of Collaborative Technologies for Building an Autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV)” which was accepted at the FTCom Conference 2012.
• Co-author for a paper on “The IEEE RAS at UT Austin presents BlastyRAS” – an Unmanned Ground Vehicle Project.

Work Experience
Aug 2012 – Current : Entrepreneurial venture into Unmanned Vehicle Technologies for private investors
Dec 2012 - Feb 2013 : Library Systems Devloper for froebel Education centre.
Jan 2012 - Aug 2012 : Lead Android and Windows Mobile Developer at iKnowl Inc.
Jun 2011 - Aug 2011 : Security Systems developer for Precision Technologies – Biometric and RFID
Sep 2011 - Current : Edhi Ambulance Tracking project
Jun 2011 - Jul 2011 : Library Systems developer for Froebel Education Center
Mar 2009 - May 2009 : Intern at ICIL PK – HR System, introduced staff to profiling, versioning and Linux
Jun 2008 - Jul 2008 : Intern at SI3 – Load Testing for Dawn and RFID attendance system
Jun 2006 - Jul 2006 : Intern at Toyota Indus Motor Company – Market Analysis
Jul 2005 - Aug 2005 : Intern at Toyota Indus Motor Company – Corporate Planning

Extra-Curricular Activities
• Primary author for a paper on the “Use of Collaborative Technologies for Building an Autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV)” which was accepted at the FTCom Conference 2012.
• Co-author for a paper on “The IEEE RAS at UT Austin presents BlastyRAS” – an Unmanned Ground Vehicle Project.
• Junior Officer for the UT ACM – coaching students in Core programming Courses
• Vice President for the IEEE UT Robotics and Automation Society
• Junior Officer for the IEEE UT RAS - Membership Management and Recruitment
• Head Mentor for Huntington - Surrey High School (3 awards) - BEST robotics competition 2007
• Mentor for Anderson High School – FIRST Robotics competition 2007
• Prolific reader of good books. Enjoy regular tennis and tv shows
• Third place in the Intermediate tennis course at UT Austin in 2007
• Track Relay team, baseball pitcher; javelin and house cricket team at KGS for multiple years

Skills and Interests
• Language familiarity with C#, Java and C.
• Technology proficient in Windows Forms, ASP.NET, Android, Windows Mobile, Microcontroller Systems and SMS servers
• Software proficiency in Visual Studio, Eclipse, Debian Linux (and variants – Ubuntu, Mint), MySQL Workbench, Microsoft Business Intelligence Tools, Pentaho, GIMP and LoadRunner. Familiar with Weka.
• Pro-active and un-supervised learner with good observational skills.