User:Tifsid/Atif Siddique

Atif Siddique is the current elected President of the Future Leaders of Pakistan (FLP) - a leadership development organization for the youth of Pakistan. He is also an entrepreneur, writer, poet, filmmaker, actor, trainer, and graphics/web designer. He lives in Islamabad Pakistan - where he has lived since 1987.

Atif was born on January 10th 1982, Rawalpindi. His family moved to Islamabad in 1987. His father (Mohammad Siddique), an Industrialist/Entrepreneur, started a small company in 1968 and gradually grew it into a air-conditioning business empire called Sabro Corporation.

Atif started his career at the age of 16 alongside his studies, and got involved in the family business (Sabro Corporation) at 18, in the year 2000. Atif left the family business for an independent entrepreneurial venture in Web-Design which was a skill acquired as a hobby and turned into a company (Currently, Genesis Developments). He started an air-conditioning company with his elder brother Asif Siddique and his cousin Sohail Sadiq in 2009 called Nidus Engineering.

Education

• Bachelors of Business Information Technology - Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia - Foreign Degree Program at Beaconhouse Informatics, Islamabad
• Advanced Diploma in Computer Studies - University of Cambridge, International Examinations
• Diploma in Computer Studies - University of Cambridge, International Examinations
• HSSC - P.A.F College, Islamabad
• SSC - Beaconhouse Public School

FLP Career

• President - 2009-Present
• VP Projects Development - 2008-2009
• Islamabad Chapter Acting President / Official Spokesperson - 2008

Professional Career

• General Manager, Business Development, Nidus Engineering, March 2009 - present
• Director, Marketing and Creative, Genesis Developments, Oct 2007 - present
• Marketing Consultant, ANS Partners, Dec 2006-present
• Branding Consultant, UMTCI, Nove 2009 Present
• Chief Executive Officer, FirmTree, Oct 2005-Sept 2007
• Visiting Faculty Member (Entrepreneurship), Management Development Institute, fall 2007
• Director Branding and NPD, Sabro Corporation, spring 2002 – spring 2005
• Visiting Faculty Member (Web-Design), Beacon-house Informatics, fall 2003 –summer 2004
• Manager Marketing, Sabro Corporation, fall 2000- fall 2002
• Assistant Manager Web Development, E-Vamp, summer-2002
• Assistant to Chairman, Sabro Corporation, summer 2000 and summer 2001
• Electronics Designer, Nawab-din Technologies, summer – 1999
• Ticketing Assistant, Travelwide Services, summer - 1998

Filmography

• Black Coffee - 2010 (Acting, Screenplay)
• My Heart, My life (Music Video, Direction)

Theatrical Career

• Insolent Knights / Insolent Nights (various monologue performances 2008-2010)
• The man without a name (as "Solgin the Russian") - 2010
• Lion King (Production Design) - 2008
• The Addams Family (Adapted playwright, Director, and "Uncle Fester") - 2007
• Bombay Dreams (Adapted playwright) - 2007
• Dally in the Dark (as "Brindsley Miller") - 2006
• Beauty and the Beast (as "Beast") - 2005
• 4 Rooms (as "Sigfried") - 2004
• Oscar (as "Aldo") - 2004

External links

• http://flp.org.pk/ www.flp.org.pk
• http://www.pakistanileaders.com.pk/profile/Atif_Siddique Pakistani Leaders Profile
• http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/local/islamabad/insolent-knights-perform-for-a-noble-cause-150 Dawn News on Insolent Knights
• http://tribune.com.pk/story/28406/coffee-that-lacks-punch/ Black Coffee Review by Express Tribune
• http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=251362 Black Coffee Review by The News
• http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/aug2007-weekly/nos-12-08-2007/instep/article2.htm Instep Article