About Me

Hi,

So, this is my narcissist moment. Here goes…

My name is Faisal Khan and I work for a company called IBFS (Interbank Financial Services) which specializes in the Payments Arena (Money Transfer Service / Money Remittance). I used to work as the CEO of Net Access (A Web/App Managed IP Services Company) in Karachi, Pakistan for a lot many years.

I am a graduate of Florida Institute of Technology, having done my Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (1993) and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Specializing in Electromagnetics) (1995).

I am a techie at heart [you can find my professional area of expertise on my LinkedIn Profile].  In addition to this, I also provide professional consultancy services to a few technology companies (within Pakistan and abroad) with whom I am associated in a personal capacity.

Florida Tech, my alma mater is in a small town on the Space Coast of Florida. Claim to fame: Jim Morrison lead singer of The Doors was born in Melbourne, Florida. I minored in Arts & Architecture (though our university officially does not give a minor degree). If you are curious to know, Marc Chagall in painters is whom I preferred.

I’m married to Anika Khan, and have two very beautiful children. Son: Omer Mikhail Khan (age 10) and my weakness, my daughter: Fevziye Ahmed Khan (age 6).

I can very accurately be termed as masculist (presumably, because I am overwhelmed by all the Feminazis Feminists I encounter — relax – there is some humor to it all, somewhere in there).

I cannot live without technology. To balance this addiction (yes, its an addiction), I am an avid lover of old book stores / old books, and just go gaga over flea markets and antiques.

I find many ways to keep myself occupied, from drooling over collectibles. Yes, I love them. I could spend hours browsing through the collectible pages at eBay. I also like to collect postcards (hey, if you want to send me a postcard, that would be like uber-cool).  I enjoy Jazz (vintage jazz that is), two favorite Jazz radio stations I listen to are Martini In The Morning (what a beautiful name) and Bop City Vintage Jazz.

I also like Operas, Deep House Music (yes – contradictory). Needless to say, as the kid of the 80s, I am absolutely in love with that music. 80s music rocks!

In my free time, I try to put in a pro bono effort towards mentoring/teaching. I can teach History of Music, History of Jazz, Physics (especially Quantum and Astrophysics), Entrepreneurship and Internet Marketing. I love to mentor the younger generation – in hopes of giving them a more defined focus and to aid them in the kind of help that was given to me, by my mentors.

I am a Type nerd. Though I must profess I am not highly knowledgable in it.

I have very recently embraced Apple-ism and am a very happy convert. I am a die hard Quora addict – see my profile on Quora.

Die hard foodie. Types of foods I enjoy – Korean, Japanese, Arabic (especially Lebanese), Italian, French, and any kind of seafood.

Though  I don’t own a DSLR (….yet!) I do enjoy B&W photography. Books are my weakness, and are a very distant second, after my family. I could drown myself in books all the time. I cannot enlist a favorite author or favorite book for you. Too many, but if it has writing on it – chances are I would read it. I have recently over the past couple of years, taken an avid interest in History and Geography.Two subjects I used to shy away from when I was young and now very much look forward to these.

As with almost everyone else, I love movies. I can pretty much watch any genre with the exception of comedy or horror films. I try to avoid them, its not that I don’t watch them entirely. Combine movies and history, and you get a very lethal combination.

Other interests include  Vinyls,  astronomy, music, a/v aficionado,  love trivia, stand-up-comedy, cooking, guns, alcohol (from wines to a killer martini), I enjoy them all.

If you need to get in touch with me, my address is fk /at/ faisalkhan /dot/ com. You can follow me on the various social media networks like Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Quora and LinkedIn. My online handle is usually Babushka99.

Au revior!~

Faisal Khan

PS: Coffee should always be black. Add milk to it – its not coffee any longer. Go have a milkshake instead.