UET-97 Session Get-Together in San Jose, California, United States. A Special Thank You to Engr. Faisal Wattoo! A huge thank you to our dear friend Engr. Faisal Wattoo (UET 97 Session) for organizing an incredible get-together in “San Jose, California”, It was an absolute delight to reconnect with the brilliant minds from our session who are now leading the tech industry in the “Bay Area” and across the “United States”. The gathering was not just about nostalgia but also about meaningful discussions. We had a fruitful conversation on career counseling for young engineers, as well as ideas for the betterment and promotion of engineering education and the profession in Pakistan. It was inspiring to see how everyone is contributing to the field and thinking about giving back to our roots. Faisal, your efforts in bringing us all together are truly commendable. Thank you for making this event possible and for fostering such a productive and memorable evening! Here’s a brief introduction to some of the amazing participants: 1. Engr. Faisal Wattoo Living in San Jose California (Bay Area) PM in Meta working on hardware for data centers Tech Podcast host (Silicon Valley Tech Talks) 2. Engr. Khuram Hafeez Living in San Jose, CA. Engineering Manager at Meta(Reality Labs) 3. Engr. Zeshan Chishti Living in Portland, OR Worked at Intel Labs for many years. Started as a CPU Architecture Lead at a RISC-V startup, called AheadComputing. 4. Engr. Zafar Shahid Living in San Jose CA Engg lead at Tencent Ex-Meta, Ex-nvidia He has also founded a non-profit named iCodeGuru to help students back home. ICodeGuru: 30,000+ students are on this platform right now. 5. Engr. Kamran Ayaz Living in Los Angeles, California Lead Engineer working for US Federal Government (IRS) Research & Credits Audit Department for Large Business and International Division (LB&I) 6. Engr. Yasir Khan Living in San Diego, CA Working in Qualcomm Program Management Automotive Functional Safety and Cybersecurity 7. Engr. Sheraz Khan Living in San Diego, CA Product Manager @ Amazon Web Services (Cloud Migrations) 8. ⁠Engr. Zafar Javed Living in San Diego Worked in Qualcomm for 14 years. He is now running his own business. 9. ⁠Engr. Hafiz Imran Hameed Founder/CEO of following companies: Amz PPC Guru LLC Asmatic Distribution LLC Himaa Equity Inc 10. ⁠Engr. Faraz Ahmad Software Engineering Architect for Generative AI / ML at Teradata. Living in San Jose, CA. 11. ⁠Engr. Ahmad Waqas Rasheed - Director MEPS Group of Companies and Co-Founder of multiple Digital Tech Startups in Pakistan. 12. ⁠Engr. Muhammad Adnan Tabassum - Director MEPS Group of Companies and Co-Founder of multiple Digital Tech Startups Pakistan. It was truly inspiring to see how far everyone has come and how deeply committed they are to uplifting the engineering community in Pakistan. Let’s continue to collaborate and make a difference! 🚀 #uet97 #sanjosegathering #techachievers #engineeringeducation #careercounseling #gratitude #friendship #youngengineers #uetlahore #pakistanzindabad