Ahmed Ali is a Civil Engineering graduate of The NED University of Engineering & Technology, Class of 1971. He has an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Cal State University, Fullerton. Ahmed is the CEO & President of Geo‐Etka, Inc. a geotechnical & environmental consulting firm located in Southern California and one of the oldest firms in Orange County.
Ahmed is the founding and past President of the NED Alumni Association of Southern California (NEDAASC). Ahmed currently serves on the Board of Directors of The Los Angeles World Affairs Council, Los Angeles County Sheriff South Asian Advisory Committee, Muslim American Homeland Security Congress, The Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. He is also a Waqf trustee for the Islamic Society of Orange County.
Ahmed was President of the Council of Pakistan American Affairs (COPAA) from 2001‐2003 and worked with numerous government departments after 9/11. He was invited to the White House to meet with President Bush along with other prominent Pakistani Americans for discussions and community feedback. Ahmed believes that Pakistan’s path to recovery is through social and economic development. As such he has served as President of the Al‐Shifa Foundation of North America; on the boards of Pakistan’s National Commission on Human Development (NCHD), and the Human Development Foundation of North America (HDFNA).
Aslam Graduated from the Civil Engineering department from NED in 1984. He also acquired an ME in Structure Engineering from Manhattan College, New York in 1987.
Mr. Siddiqui, PE, is the Executive Vice President of AI Engineers, Inc. He has over 25 years of experience as a structural engineer and program manager in NBIS bridge inspection, railroad bridges, construction inspection, scour evaluation, overhead sign structures, load rating analysis, and highway design. Mr. Siddiqui has worked with ConnDOT, MassDOT, VADOT, MaineDOT, NYSDOT, NJDOT, and RIDOT on several projects and is involved in all technical staff and subcontractor management, financial control of the projects, preparation of the task order proposals, and managing the key aspects for each task. During his 25 years career, Mr. Siddiqui has demonstrated exemplary leadership and management skills by successfully delivering large and complex engineering projects throughout the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic States.
He has been involved in the following Alumni Organizations and Committees.
He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). He was the key person in organizing the two successful conventions in CT in 2008 and 2013. He lives in Farmington CT with his wife Shanila and two beautiful children, Rohail and Neha.
Safwan Shah is the CEO and Founder of PayActiv, Inc. He is a lecturer in Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, a venture partner at Melbourne-based Adventure Capital Pvt. Ltd., a board member of Techlogix, a leading software and services company, an advisor, and investor in several Silicon Valley startups.
Safwan founded Infobox, a market leader in payments, underwriting, and transaction services for banks, casinos, retail, and money transfer businesses. Under Safwan’s leadership, Infobox annually served over 100 million consumers and settled over $20 billion worth of transactions. In 2009, Infobox was acquired by NYSE: TSYS. Prior to that, Safwan held research positions at BioServe Space Technologies (a NASA center for commercial development of space), where a number of his experiments were part of US space shuttle missions. Safwan has a BS (EE) from NED University of Engineering & Technology and MS and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is a graduate of the Stanford Executive Program (SEP) from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Safwan is a patron of the Charter Hill Society and is included in the University of California’s honor roll of major donors.
At NED 2010 Chicago, 6th International Alumni Convention in Chicago, NEDEA awarded him a Pride of Performance Award for his dedication, commitment, and contributions to the NED Alumni cause. At NED 2014 SV – 10th International Alumni Convention in Silicon Valley, he was awarded by NEDIAN-NA’s most prestigious Pride of Performance and Life Time Achievement Award.