TECHNOLOGY
EXPO 2020
ENGAGING, EDUCATING AND EMPOWERING THE COMMUNITY
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SAT
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FEB 01
2020
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9:30AM - 5PM
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Event open to all over 14 years of age
Registration deadline Jan 26th Midnight
In collaboration with
The Startup Council
The Speakers
FEATURED INDUSTRY EXPERTS
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Founder and President at The Startup Council
Adnan Siddiquie
Founder and President at The Startup Council
Adnan Siddiquie is a technologist, serial entrepreneur with several technology investments, and a philanthropist.
Adnan is the founder and president of "The Startup Council". It's vision is to build a technology startup ecosystem to eliminate the opportunity gap between have and have nots.
Previously, he was a Director R&D at hp, Shanghai and Taiwan, worked at Amazon Robotics, Seattle, WA, and is currently acting as a CEO of MOIVA, a technology startup from Seattle, WA.
Adnan is also the founder and the chairperson of "RAST Foundation", Pakistan, with a vision to eliminate illiteracy from under developed countries and bring "Age of Reasoning".
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Professor of Accounting Bauer College of Business
Professor of Accounting, Visionary & Founding Director, SURE Program. University of Houston, Bauer College of Business
SURE™ Program - Stimulating Urban Renewal through Entrepreneurship
SURE™ is an educational platform that facilitates a value-added partnership between UH students, industry experts, and entrepreneurs from under-resourced communities.
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Ethical Advisor
Joe Bradford
Ethical Advisor
Joe Bradford is an American scholar of Islam. He holds a Master of Islamic Law from the University of Medina, and has studied traditionally in the Muslim world for the past 20+ years. Working as an Ethical Finance Advisor to individuals and institutions, Joe is one of the few experts on issues involving Muslims and Finance in North America. As a co-founder of MyWassiyah.com, he has leveraged his extensive knowledge of Islamic Inheritance (Far'idh) to create a world-class product that bridges the gap between traditional Islamic knowledge and requirements of the US legal system. His website is www.JoeBradford.net.
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Managing Director Mercury
Aziz Gilani
Managing Director Mercury
He is a managing director at Mercury, where he is focuses on investments in enterprise, SaaS, cloud and data science startups. Aziz currently is on the board of Mercury portfolio companies Datical, GameSalad, Graylog, Koupon Media(observer), Label inside(observer), ShareThis(observer) and Trendkite(observer)
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Co Founder of A3 Labs
Babar Bhatti
AI and Machine Learning
Co-Founder Dallas AI meetup (a group of 2900 professionals for networking and AI learning) Co-Founder A3 Labs, nonprofit for upskilling and training for the age of automation and AI Principal, AI Products at Corelogic Co-Chair, Tech Titans AI Forum Former CEO / Co-Founder MutualMind Former Chair, MIT Enterprise Forum DFW Former Board Member, Islamic Association of Lewisville Flower Mound
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Shafat Khan
Enterprise Architect
CVSHEALTH
Over fifteen years of IT experience in Enterprise Data Architecture, Data Governance, Business Intelligence/Analytics, Big Data, Cloud Architecture, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning across various industries such as Health Insurance, Financial Fleet Mgt and Semiconductor Manufacturing.
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Enterprise Architect
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Business Unit Manager Sensia
Aasim Waheed
Business Unit Manager for North America, Process Automation, Sensia
Solution Architect for Enterprise Data Integration
Aasim has twenty-two years of experience in the global Oil and Gas industry specializing in process control, safety systems and data integration. As the BU Manager of Sensia, he provides reservoir-to-cloud solutions to upstream and companies.
Aasim has a family of five and lives in Cypress, TX.
Shahab Raja
Global Cyber Security Leader
20+ Years of experience with proven track record of reducing cyber risks and business enablement with
focus on architecting, engineering, operating, identity access management programs to deliver secure,
reliable IT and Cyber security solutions for US and global companies.
Education and certification: Shahab hold’s MS in Information Security and MS in computer science.
Leading industry certifications including CISSP (Certified Information Security Professional), CISM
(Certified Information Security Manager) and others (GICSP etc.)
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Technology Innovator
Nayeem Amin
CEO Decca Consulting
Nayeem Amin is a husband, brother, mentor, entrepreneur, and father in the community. He runs a staffing firm called Decca Consulting by day, and in his spare time volunteers with the Mosque and mentoring organizations like Junior Achievement. Decca Consulting is a technology and Engineering Staffing and Consulting Company Based out of Katy TX. amin@deccaconsulting.com.
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CEO DeccaConsiulting
Agenda
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9:30
Event Kickoff
10:00
Quran Recitation: Br. Abdullah Abualnaja
10:10
Welcome Address:
Waseem Anwer
10:30
Islamic perspective on Entrepreneurship:
Shaikh Joe Bradford
10:45
Funding Startups:
Aziz Gilani
11:15
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning:
Babar Bhatti
11:45
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The Startup Council Introduction:
Adnan Siddique
12:15
Startup Pitches
12:45
Break - Zuhr and Lunch
2:00
Data Analytics and IoT Applications:
Aasim Waheed
2:30
SURE Program at University of Houston:
3:00
Cyber Security:
Shahab Raja
3:30
Cloud Computing:
Shafat Khan
4:00
Break: Asr Prayer
4:30
IT job trends, jobs and skills to pursue:
Nayeem Amin
Linkedin Jobs Report 2019
4:50
Closing remarks
5:00
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2810 Saddlehorn Trail, Katy, TX 77494
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Aqsa Masjid
Katy Islamic Center
2810 Saddlehorn Trail
Katy, TX 77494
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