Core Management Team

Ajmal Shah has over 35 years of experience in the PAF and domestic IT Industry which includes about 20 years of Executive level management experience of successfully running multi-million dollar multinational companies.

His Professional forte lies in providing strategic vision and leadership that drives the operational process, productivity, efficiency, and bottom-line improvements at multi-tasking organizations.

Endowed with a strong ability to set and achieve goals and manage multiple projects in tandem without compromise to quality.

He has extensive International Exposure with about 6 years of residency in Germany and Saudi Arabia. He has actively interacted with global IT professionals during study tours and seminars conducted in the USA, UK, China, France, Belgium, Italy, UAE, Turkey, Iran, Bangladesh, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia, Kuwait, Switzerland, Portugal, Egypt, etc

His expertise is stronger in program strategic planning, development, and implementation of IT through innovative plans and execution through the Rapid Results Approach Process (RRAP). RRAP is a proprietary deployment and implementation strategy developed and practiced by the scribe which includes inter alia sectionalization of project development processes, control of timelines, and financial discipline.

Besides business development, forecasting budgets, and funding needs, he is well conversant with government policies and regulations and excels in social relationships.

Professional Development spanning over three decades includes studies in Munich, Germany (1977-80) in Computer Science & Information Technology.

He has been
Director Information Technology at the Shaheen Foundation, PAF Islamabad, a trust of the Pakistan Air Force, and
Member Board of Directors of Ensign Communiqué (Pvt) Ltd and InfoSpan Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd, the two leading Technology Centers at Karachi and Islamabad that he co-founded between 2004 – 2008.

Earlier he had been General Manager Nextech (Pvt) Ltd and WinSoft International, the two software houses and Information Technology centers in Islamabad.

He was Technical Adviser Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government Information Technology Board (KPITB), Peshawar.
During his four years of pro bono service (2010-14), he co-founded the KP IT Board and the two IT Parks in Peshawar and Abbottabad.

Ajmal Shah retired from the air force in the rank of Air Commodore. In recognition of his meritorious services, he was awarded ‘Sitare Imtiaz’ and ‘Tamgha Basalat’ by the government of Pakistan.

Dr. Javed Ismail is a medical graduate (MBBS), has done his Master (MSc) major in epidemiology/biostatistics, from Pakistan, and did his Ph.D. from Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW Australia. The topic of his Ph.D. project was to use mobile phones in the promotion of a healthy diet, smoking cessation, physical activity, and psychological wellbeing of cardiac patients and their health care givers. Most of his career spans around as a cardiac physician, epidemiologist/Public health specialist, field epidemiologist, and academician. He was affiliated with multiple organizations, like, National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD), The Aga Khan University, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases (KIHD), Infection Control Society Pakistan (ICSP), Western Sydney University (Australia). He has vast experience not only in the clinical field but in public health, progressing from research assistant, research coordinator, deputy director research, to assistant professor at KIHD. Those assignments helped him in gaining experience to teach public health, biostatistics, population health methods, protocol writing, writing ethics application, questionnaire development and pre-testing, multi-center project management. He has been engaged in large national and international health projects. Dr. Ismail was also part of Educast in developing one of the first telehealth projects in Pakistan. He also presented his research at national and international conferences/seminars/workshops. He has written multiple scientific papers published in national and international well-reputed high-impact scientific journals. Dr. Ismail has experience teaching epidemiology, biostatistics, developing Master and PhD-level courses in public health at DUHS and KIHD. He also independently or as part of a team successfully obtained research grants. He has experience in handling difficult situations and effectively managing deadlines, human resource hiring, and training. He has a sound knowledge of health informatics, database development, and management, knowledge of computer programming languages like Python, Java, MYSQL, SPSS, SAS and R. Dr. Ismail is now utilizing his knowledge, skills, and experience in the field of eHealth. He recently establishes his health research organization “Research Development Innovation (RDI), Health Education Trade, Australia, to develop and implement health-based projects. Dr. Ismail’s RDI and Educast are collaborating to combine their strength to develop projects for the betterment of the communities.
(Dr. Javed Ismail Online Ph.D. thesis link at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia; https://www.researchonline.mq.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/mq:56315?f0=sm_creator%3A%22Ismail%2C+Javed%22