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Friday, May 25, 2012
2008 December - Mehbubul Alam Ali
Shining Star of the Month - December 2008
Mehbubul Alam Ali, Seattle
As a student studying Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Drexel Univeristy, Mehboob obtained an internship at Microsoft. He was recruited straight out of school to begin working full time.
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Today Mehbubul Alam is a Principal Group Manager at Microsoft. Here he is a part of the MSN division, in which he focuses on profiling and advertising. His main role involves building software and Internet services based on the needs and wants of customers.
Mehbubul Alam’s views about the Internet could be interesting to those who are not a part of the Information Technology industry. He believes that the “Internet and software engineering are at very early growth stages”, and that there is a lot of potential for innovation. The infrastructure is there, but applications are not. He also says that “It is very difficult and unnatural for us humans to use computers and the Internet today”. Accordingly, he sees a big drive towards the creation of a human friendly interface. Also, he is in favor of Microsoft buying out Yahoo, and he believes that consolidation in the Internet industry is inevitable, just like in any other growing industry.
Mehbubul Alam is very active in the Jamaat. He has been the President of the Seattle Jamaat since 1997. Prior to that, he was Qaid of Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya for Seattle. Currently he is on the Humanity First advisory board, for which he was recently played a part in creating a new website, whose servers are based and maintained in Seattle.
Not surprisingly, he is also in charge of the Information Technology department for the U.S. Jamaat. He has created a secure email system, at ww.amcusa.org, for both local and national amila members. He also heads the data center for the U.S. Jamaat., and is teaching Khuddam production level services. All in all it is quite apparent that Seattle is quite tech savvy under the leadership of Mehbubul Alam.
Mehbubul Alam took a unique approach to preparing for the KCC program in May 2008. To scout out an appropriate guest base, he used a two-pronged approach. First, he invited a cluster of non-ahmadi muslims for an even entitled ‘Leadership in Islam’. Then he also planed another even in which he will invite churches, synagogues, and other religious entities to an event focusing on Faith. These events are meant to be unifying, and will help find appropriate guests with which the Seattle majlis can celebrate the Khilafat Centenary.
When asked about what advice he has for Khuddam, he replied with one key advice: “When it gets the toughest on your time, that is when you HAVE to sacrifice your time to the Jamaat and Allah. When I look back, it has paid off in huge ways”. He says that success in all aspects of life such as marriage, children, and one’s career are greatly tied to one’s connection with the Jamaat. May we all learn from Mehbubul Alamf’s guided way of life, and may we strive to achieve highly in all aspects of our lives, for it is the spiritual aspects of our life that seem to have a large influence on how other parts of our life play out.
Today Mehbubul Alam is a Principal Group Manager at Microsoft. Here he is a part of the MSN division, in which he focuses on profiling and advertising. His main role involves building software and Internet services based on the needs and wants of customers.
Mehbubul Alam’s views about the Internet could be interesting to those who are not a part of the Information Technology industry. He believes that the “Internet and software engineering are at very early growth stages”, and that there is a lot of potential for innovation. The infrastructure is there, but applications are not. He also says that “It is very difficult and unnatural for us humans to use computers and the Internet today”. Accordingly, he sees a big drive towards the creation of a human friendly interface. Also, he is in favor of Microsoft buying out Yahoo, and he believes that consolidation in the Internet industry is inevitable, just like in any other growing industry.
Mehbubul Alam is very active in the Jamaat. He has been the President of the Seattle Jamaat since 1997. Prior to that, he was Qaid of Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya for Seattle. Currently he is on the Humanity First advisory board, for which he was recently played a part in creating a new website, whose servers are based and maintained in Seattle.
Not surprisingly, he is also in charge of the Information Technology department for the U.S. Jamaat. He has created a secure email system, at ww.amcusa.org, for both local and national amila members. He also heads the data center for the U.S. Jamaat., and is teaching Khuddam production level services. All in all it is quite apparent that Seattle is quite tech savvy under the leadership of Mehbubul Alam.
Mehbubul Alam took a unique approach to preparing for the KCC program in May 2008. To scout out an appropriate guest base, he used a two-pronged approach. First, he invited a cluster of non-ahmadi muslims for an even entitled ‘Leadership in Islam’. Then he also planed another even in which he will invite churches, synagogues, and other religious entities to an event focusing on Faith. These events are meant to be unifying, and will help find appropriate guests with which the Seattle majlis can celebrate the Khilafat Centenary.
When asked about what advice he has for Khuddam, he replied with one key advice: “When it gets the toughest on your time, that is when you HAVE to sacrifice your time to the Jamaat and Allah. When I look back, it has paid off in huge ways”. He says that success in all aspects of life such as marriage, children, and one’s career are greatly tied to one’s connection with the Jamaat. May we all learn from Mehbubul Alamf’s guided way of life, and may we strive to achieve highly in all aspects of our lives, for it is the spiritual aspects of our life that seem to have a large influence on how other parts of our life play out.
[Compiled by: Saad Karamat]
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