After the realization set in that I will not be making it as a pro footballer, a maestro vocalist or a Wimbledon great (not even close), I wanted to be the poet that made sense of the future that engineers and scientists were building. But, the ambitious gene in me said, "Why not be all three?". Looking for an IT multilinguist, a geek, a marketer, an empathetic leader and a trainer? Someone who understands issues precisely and translates them into success while saving the client’s money? Someone who not only has big ideas but also executes them successfully? Colleagues know me as a creative thinker who can always be trusted to come up with a new approach; who keeps his calm in times of high stress and runs towards the fire. I know that the client’s business comes first, and never try to impose my ideas on theirs. Instead, I spend a lot of time understanding the business and the market before I put forward solutions. I can (and often do) work well alone, but am at my best when collaborating with others. As a graduate student in the Master of Information Systems Management at Carnegie Mellon University, I have undertaken course work through the many and varied aspects of IT, including technology, project management, innovation and finance. I have honed my leadership qualities to the nth degree. I can be reached either through this profile, by email: tshaikh@alumni.cmu.edu or on phone: +1 4127089500.