Experience

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  Optym

  • Gainesville, Florida Area

  • Senior Software Engineer

    • Feb 2017 - Present
    • Gainesville, Florida Area

    Developing transportation optimization system for the trucking industry using linear programming and neighborhood search based algorithms-- Identifying the best route plan of the goods-- Identifying the best assignment of drivers to the trucks-- Exception handling, e.g., weather studies based incremental planning-- Identifying the best scheduling of truck movement-- Recommendation generating system offering change in network, plan and schedule

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  University of North Carolina Charlotte

  • Charlotte, North Carolina Area

  • Research Associate

    • Aug 2010 - Jan 2017
    • Charlotte, North Carolina Area

    Developing solutions for state of the art problems in cybersecurity and network resource management using, (1) mathematical and formal modeling to achieve scientific correctness, (2) latest technologies like software defined networking, virtual networks and moving target defense for maximum effectiveness, and (3) professional tools and languages, like Java based OpenDayLight and Python based POX SDN controllers, and C++, to implement these solutions on real infrastructures.Achievements• Research funded by government agencies (NSF, NSA) and by industry (US Banks)• Produced 11 top notch research articles (7 published and 4 under submission)• Produced research article nominated for best research article awardPlease see Projects, Publication and Skills sections for more detail.

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  Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

  • Menlo Park, California

  • Research Associate

    • Nov 2009 - May 2010
    • Menlo Park, California

    I had worked on PINGER project funded by SLAC. My task was to compare Geolocation technique developed under PINGER project with other commercially available techniques. I used Pearl and Matlab in this job.Achievements:• Produced a technical report published in SLAC publications.

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  National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST)

  • Islamabad, Pakistan

  • Research Associate

    • Aug 2008 - Oct 2009
    • Islamabad, Pakistan

    I worked on an extensive dataset collected by Stanford Linear Accelerator Center under PINGER project. The dataset contained available bandwidth measurements for thousands of Internet paths collected over 10 years. My job was to data analytic techniques to develop a technique that can identify significant events over these Internet paths. Achievements• My research got all Pakistan PTA Gold Medal for Outstanding Research Projects in Telecom & IT.• Won the research fellowship to work in Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).• Published a research paper based on this work.

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  Arid Agriculture University

  • Rawalpindi, Pakistan

  • Lecturer

    • Apr 2006 - May 2008
    • Rawalpindi, Pakistan

    I worked as a Lecturer of Computer Science. I taught following courses: • Computer organization and assembly language• Introduction to computer science.• Object oriented programmingI supervised following projects:• Sign Language Interpreter for deaf persons in which students developed a software that interpret words and translate these to sign language to help in the learning for the impaired students.• Simulator of processor model 8086 in which students developed a simulator to teach assembly language to new students. The developed software graphically executes each assembly instruction by showing memory handling to help students understand the inner details of the computers.

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  Self Employed

  • Pakistan

  • Software Engineer

    • Jan 2004 - Jul 2006
    • Pakistan

    Developed following commercial software:• Software solution for Order Management Process of Textile Industry• Store Management System of Medicine Market• Student Management System of School & College