Education               

Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 2007- 2008
Masters in Information Systems Management  

National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences Lahore, Pakistan 2001 - 2005
BS, Computer Sciences  

Forman Christian College Lahore, Pakistan 1999- 2001
Engineering Sciences  

Experience               

Morgan Stanley New York, NY  Summer 2008
IT Intern  
Reconstructed a legacy application to be compatible with latest technology setup at Morgan Stanley. Interacted with application users to gather feedback about the application. Run forensic analysis on existing application and modified its behavior to be in accordance with regulations. Used reverse engineering techniques to figure out encoded parts of the application. Application is in production.

Lahore University of Management Sciences - NEWT Lab 2006 - 2007
Research Associate
Worked on a Microsoft Research Funded Project. Proposed a modification to Bit-Torrent architecture for transfer of large files in developing world. Implemented the modified Client in C++. Modified Bit-Torrent simulator to carry simulations for the new protocol.

Publications 

Internet for the Developing World: Offline Internet Access at Modem-speed Dialup Connections [PDF]
Saif, U., Latif, A., Butt, S. F., and Butt, N. F., Murtaza, G. In Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD), December 2007.

A Peer-to-peer Internet for the Developing World (Best papers from IEEE/ACM ICTD'07)
Saif, U., Latif, A., Butt, S. F., and Butt, N. F., Murtaza, G. In Journal of Information Technology and International Development (ITID), Vol. 4, No. 2, 2008 , MIT Press

Skills               

Proficient with C#, Java, C++, ASP.NET
Worked on Oracle 10g, MySQL , SQL Server 2005
Experience in Informatica, SAS, SQL Server Integration Services
Tools: IBM WebSphere- Business Modeler, MiniTab, Microsoft Office

Awards               

Fulbright Scholar 2007-2009
Recipient of merit scholarship at National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences
Ikhlaq Hassan Academic Excellence Award recipient at NUCES
First Position in National Scholarship Exam (Computer Sciences) 2007