400+
alumni community members
5
Strategic Board Members
4
Executive Committee Members
10
Volunteers and Mentors
Three-Tier Structure
Nustian Canada’s organizational structure has three tiers as follows:
1- Strategic Board of Directors
2- Executive Committee
3- Volunteer Pool
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1. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
responsible FOR :
– strategic direction to the executive committee
– establish partnerships & MOU(s) with other orgs,
– registration of non-profit and its Tax return
Ahsaan Rizvi
Founding board member, gen. sect. and volunteer
- Data Scientist
- Mississauga
- Military College of Signals 2010 (TCC-18) | Duke, M.Eng (Data science)
- Design thinking, technology ventures
- Founded Design for Pakistan to promote design thinking.
- Serves as board member on several non-profits in Canada
Kiran Ali
FOUNDING BOARD MEMBER and volunteer
- Technical and Research consultant
Hamilton - CEME, EE 2009 (DE – 27) | McMaster M.Sc. & PhD (2021)
- Passionate about machine learning and artificial intelligence
- Hobbies include curling up with a good book and experimenting with different flavour and blends of coffee
Saif ul Haq
FOUNDING BOARD MEMBER, Acting president and VOLUNTEER
- IT Program Manager / Agile Coach
- Mississauga, ON
- B.Sc. CEME-2011 (29-CE) | M.Sc. SEECS Comp Sci 2013 | M.Eng McMaster Uni (Entrepreneurship & Innovation) 2015
- Co-founder & President, CEME-NUST Volunteers Club (NVC) 2010
- Passion: Community building, formulating self-organizing teams, Improving communication skills & EQ, creating a culture of trust & safety in orgs., networking
- Hobbies/Interests: Cooking, Hiking, Photography and playing sports. I love nature and to travel.
- OCPD for organizing & managing uncertainty/people/events/projects.
Sami Syed
FOUNDING BOARD MEMBER AND VOLUNTEER
- CEO @ SMSAMI Inc.
- Milton, Ontario
- B.Sc. CEME (29-EE) / Uni of Windsor 2007-2011
- Consulting startups and mentoring them regarding lean methodologies.
- Consulting with corporations and Pakistani government regarding incubation and how to foster growth in the IT sector.
- Mainly works in the aviation, logistics, legal and tax spaces.
- Hobbies include hunting, fishing, rebuilding aircrafts, cooking, camping and hiking.
Uzair Sukhera
FOUNDING BOARD MEMBER AND VOLUNTEER
- Director Design & Innovation, mobilelive
Toronto - B.Sc. CEME, EE 2009 (DE – 27) | Cornell, M. Eng (Systems Engineering)
- Volunteering for NUST Alumni Association for past 11 years now and have worked in several roles
- Leads NUST Alumni Entrepreneurs Network and like mentoring youngsters
- Hobbies include listening to economics podcasts and traveling
2. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the organization and covers three broad areas:
- Events Management
- Media & Communication
- Membership & Fundraising
Arslan Ahmed
DIRECTOR – MEMBERSHIP AND FUNDRAISING
- Data Scientist at IBM Canada
- Markham, ON
- B.Sc. Electrical Engineering SEECS 2012-2016 (BEE-4)
- Passionate about helping organizations monetize their data, and mentoring aspiring data scientists
- Interests: Tennis, Cooking, Hiking
Ferzia Ferdousi
DIRECTOR – Event management
- Trade & Regulatory Business Analyst
- Etobicoke, ON
- B.E. Electrical Engineering CEME 2012 | M.Sc Electrical Engineering CEME 2016
- Passionate about ToastMasters and Data Science
- Interests: Road-tripping, reading about everything, and running
Sara Farrukh
DIRECTOR – Media & Communication
- Data Scientist, Telus
- Scarborough, ON
- BE-TE-48, MCS, NUST
- Really passionate about having more girls in STEM fields
- Volunteer with Pwic Toronto Chapter and Telus`s Girls in STEM program
- Really love to leave reviews on google; Level 6 Local Guide who was selected to attend Connect Live
Usama Shahid
DIRECTOR – Executive Operations
- Product Owner
- Oakville, ON
- SEECS BICSE-5 2011
- Working as a Product Manager in a healthcare technology company in Toronto
- Passionate about tech startups & entrepreneurship in general
- Loves spending most of non-work time with his 2 daughters
The rockstars
3. VOLUNTEERS
Imad Siraj
Membership and Registration
Raza Baqir
Media
Ali Jaferi
Media
Malik Jahanzaib
Sports and Adventure
Ahsan Rehman
Alumni Chapter Growth
and
Ways of Working
Shuja Munir
Events
Usman Javed
Misc.
Shahzad Bashir
Misc.
M Haseeb Javed
Misc.
S Hassan Abbas
Misc.
Jawad Haider
Misc.
and more to join...
Misc.
Interested in joining the team?
send an email to info@nustian.ca
(automated application form coming soon…)