Asad Afridi Email and Phone Number

IT professional with over 27 years experience in the Airline Industry. Have vast experience in the planning, implementation, operation and management of Airline's Data Communication Network and Data Center catering for the Airline Reservation, Departure Control, Cargo, Flight Operations and Financial Systems.I am member of Senior Management Team with in-depth business management experience with both international and domestic service providers such as SITA, ARINC, Sabre, Ultra Electronics, Terradata, AT&T, Cisco, Avaya, IBM, Oracle, PTCL, NTC, Mobilink, Warid, Ufone and several International Airport Authorities and Pakistan Regulatory Authorities such as PTA and PEMRA.Have been in the team lead for the:• Implementation, setting up and operation of PIA Call Center.• Several Host Systems, Applications, Data and Network migrations due to system upgrades or platform changes.• Provisioning of network and hardware redundancy and setting up of execution plans for the disaster recovery• Provisioning of infrastructure at two new airports terminals at Karachi and Lahore for the smooth migration at the time of inauguration.• Establishment of requirement for the new airport currently under construction at Islamabad.Have been instrumental for the:• Implementation of VOIP in PIA• Commissioning of state of the art PABX providing unified communication such as voice, fax and teleconferencing • Commissioning of state of the art, high powered HF Communication system to provide company channel for PIA Worldwide Flight Operation• Implementation of CPDLC in PIA Flight Operations.• Implementation of Baggage Tracing and Credit Card Authorization System.Have been• Chairman and Secretary of PIA Communication Committee - for overseeing and approval of IT communication expenditures.• Founding Member of PIA’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee - for overseeing and ensuring CSR commitments and obligations.