MINHAS, ARSALAN, software architect, business analyst consultant, entrepreneur; b. Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, Oct. 12,1978; s. Anwar Minhas and Bushra Anwar; m. Humera Noor Yousuf, Dec. 29, 2007. BS in Engring. in Computer Sys., NED U. Engring. and Tech., Karachi, Pakistan, 2001;. MS in Info. and Comm. Tech., Hamburg U. Tech., Germany, 2006. Cert. info. tech, profl. in oracle Petroman, 2000, solutions architect Cordys, 2007; in advanced mobile tech applications and svcs., BenQ Mobile, 2006. Sr. software engr. Precience Techs, Pvt. Ltd., Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, 2001-03; vis. lectr. NED U. Engring. and Tech., 2002-03;. engring. mgr. Clickmarks Inc., Fremont, Calif., 2003-04; ind. cons. Hamburg, Munich, 2004-06; cons. BeOne Group GmbH, Munich, 2006-07; sr. cons. Cordys, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, 2007—. SOA arch. cons. Airbus, Hamburg, 2004-06, Germanischer Lloyd AG, Hamburg, 2005-06; mobile bus. intelligence arch. cons. BenQ Mobile GmbH, 2005-06; software arch., process advisor Continental Teves, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, 2006-07; project mgr., chief software arch., process advisor Rohde and Schwarz GmbH and Co. KG, Munich, 2007. Editor: (mag.) Quest, 1997-2001 (Best Editor award, 2000). Pres. Talent scholarship, Govt. Pakistan, 1993-94, Rsch. scholarship, Korean Sci. and Edn. Found., 2004, Asia 21st Century scholarship, Siemens and German Academic Exch. Svc., 2004-06. Master: Forum Pakistani Entrepreneurs Germany (founder 2007-08); mem.: IEEE (sec., treas. 2001-02, chmn, students activities com. 2001-03, sec. 2003-04, Leadership award 2002, Disting. Spkr. award 2002), Soc. Indsl. Leaders (adv. cons. 2006—), Assn, Computing Machinery (mem. exec. com. 2001-04), Internat. NET Assn. (founder, first country leader for Pakistan 2003-04, advisor 2003-08). Achievements include research in context aware adaptive middleware for ad-hoc wireless networks in collaboration with distributed and mobile computing laboratory of Ajou University; service orientation in business industry, EU specific targeted research project proposal in collaboration with European Microsoft Innovation Center; development of microprocessor based intelligent path finder; microprocessor trainer system. Avocations: swimming, skiing, snowboarding, travel, reading. [Contact details removed on purpose]