Alumni Chapters -
US Alumni Chapter
Dear Alumni, Don't assume that the benefits of going to the IBA end when you walk across that convocation stage. The IBA is always there to welcome, support, and connect with its alumni across the globe. We wish to bring alumni residing in the US together via professional and social events and facilitate interaction between US alumni and other IBA entities across the world. By becoming chapter members, alumni get the opportunity to stay connected to IBA in a variety of ways while enriching their lives outside of the University.
Rehan Zafar
Chapter President
New York, USA
Rehan is a management consultant working as a Senior Director at EY-Parthenon based out of New York. He focuses on the technology aspect of large mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and advises his clients on systems, people, processes, and contracts from transaction strategy through execution. Prior to EY-Parhenon, Rehan worked for PwC for 7 years in multiple diverse practices including Payments, Salesforce, New and Emerging Tech etc.
Rehan graduated from IBA in 2004 with a BBA/MBA (MIS) and started his career as an entrepreneur helping Pakistani organizations adopt open-source technologies. In 2011, Rehan was awarded the Fulbright Scholarship to attend the MBA program at Babson College.
The US Alumni chapter was formed in December of 2015 when Rehan started reaching out to alumni based in the US through LinkedIn. After a couple of weeks, through WhatsApp and other social media platforms, a network of more than 300 alumni spanning from the 1960s through the 2010s were connected. Today, more than 500 alumni are connected through multiple social media platforms and have also met in person at several US chapter organized networking events.
Shazia Mohsin
Chapter Vice President
West Lafayette, IN
Shazia is a finance professional with over 25 years of experience. She currently works as Senior Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis at Raytheon Technologies, leading the Estimating System Compliance Council for Mission Systems in Collins Aerospace. In her current role, Shazia is responsible for ensuring her organization is in compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFAR) administered by the Department of Defense (DoD), General Administrative Services (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), among the other policies and procedures within the organization. Shazia is also responsible for leading the Mission Systems pricing and cost estimating training, creation, and maintenance of business documentation, and working with internal and external government audit agencies.
Shazia graduated from IBA in 1994 with a BBA (Honors) and MBA degree. She started her career in Pakistan working for Citibank and moved to the US in 1997. She has worked in various finance roles in the banking and Aerospace & Defense industry in Atlanta, Georgia and Hartford, Connecticut. She also holds an MS degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Project Management graduate certificate from Boston University.
Shazia currently telecommutes out of West Lafayette, Indiana and enjoys spending time with her husband and three children. She is passionate about Urdu poetry and music and riding her bicycle in her free time.
Shan Siddiqui
Chapter General Secretary
Shan is an entrepreneur in the agriculture technology (AgTech) sector. He is leveraging artificial intelligence to analyze aerial imagery and soil data to enable farmers to improve yields. He has over 15 years of experience in global product/marketing management in the US medical technology and devices (MedTech) sector, having worked for Fortune 100 and 500 companies. Shan graduated from IBA with an MBA in Finance in 2001. He obtained an MS in Finance from Hofstra University, NY, in 2010 and completed an Applied Data Science and Artificial Intelligence program from MIT in 2022. He started his career in consulting with Grant Thornton in Karachi and moved to the USA in 2003.
Shan lives in the Chicagoland area with his family. He currently splits his time between Chicago and Karachi. Shan is an avid photographer and is passionate about technology, education, and community. He firmly believes that technology and education are universal democratizers and can positively impact communities. As part of the IBA US alumni association, Shan looks forward to helping fellow alums currently in the US or planning to visit / study / move here.
