Shukoor Ahmed Email & Phone Number

Bowie, MD, US

Bowie, Maryland, US

CEO, V-Empower, Inc.I manage a small company which specializes in Information Security, Product Development/Strategy/Marketing, Business Intelligence, Web-Development, Software Development, Search Engine Optimization & Search Engine Marketing.My team and I built this company from an initial investment of $1000 and 5 employees to over 110 employees in 6.

Columbia, Maryland, US

An unlimited free Video Conferencing App with the capabilities to fundraise and get deeper analytics and insight of the participants.

Hyderabad, Telanagana, IN

Wakuk is conceptualized, designed and developed by a young 25 year old Entrepreneur in less than 6 months. It is primary focus is to provide transparency to the drivers and consumers and reduce the enormous margin Uber, Lyft, Ola and other rideshare companies are taking away by adding wealth to their investors. Wakuk is currently operational in Hyderabad.

I teamed up with few friends in 2004 to help candidates leverage online presence and helped 50+ candidates in couple of election cycles. We shut it down in 2010 as it became easier to build web-presence. In the meantime, we helped many candidates to develop their strategy and campaign plans and found an opening to build an easy application for candidates.

We built this responsive web-application to faciliate candidates to analyze election results and develop their winning campaign strategies. Also, this application provides information about every candidate in Prince George's county and allows voters to engage candidates via email.

After helping over two dozen campaigns effectively communicate their messages to the voters. I teamed up with our direct mail designer to offer services to campaigns who are not able to afford high priced direct mail companies. We are currently helping over a dozen campaigns at no cost to a very small fraction of a highly priced consultant.

A start-up which will facilitate car rides. We are planning to take this project forward later in 2014.

mpConnect is an Android & iOS App for Citizens of India. It facilitates their ability to contact members of Parliament via phone, text and email. (www.mpconnect.in)

Aided in the development of a cutting edge technology that acts as a platform for gift/package delivery. It allows for consumers to earn money & save transportation cost. SendwithMe will be re-vamped and re-launched in 2018. I highly recommend you to check it out. www.sendwithme.com

Political Campaigns in India have always been about political parties and their leaders. In the last 73 years, the process has failed to build strong leaders on local levels due to individual or family influences in the party. The entire political process is stacked up against smart, educated, and civic minded individuals. Many excellent and independent.

Ayesha & Ali Padder Foundation is a family foundation with many programs and initiatives. One of their local initiatives is to provide healthcare to uninsured patients in the Laurel area of Prince George's County on Fridays.I play a key role in strategic planning, public relations and program execution of the foundation.

Mentored two young supporters of Senator Sanders (Shabnam Ahmed & Aleeza Ahmed) develop an App which facilitated Senator Sanders supporters to lobby Super Delegates who committed to Secretary Clinton.

Member of a group of political strategists and consultants that mentor young and diverse leaders to run in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections (www.myghmc.com)

Do marriages succeed when both partners give 50-50 in the relationship? A husband openly acknowledges how his spouse contributed a larger share in their marriage. On their 25th wedding anniversary, he fondly articulates and expresses his gratitude to his spouse each year of their marriage along with lessons he learned. Are you one of those lucky spouses?.

Bowie, MD, US

Bowie Business Innovation Center nurtures local entrepreneurs and provides support to local small businesses and start-ups to become financially viable and strengthen the local economy.

An application that allowed Marylanders to contact their Governor, Senator and Delegates. I mentored three high school entrepreneurs/students from Bowie High School to relaunch this application in March 2012 which was originally built by V-Empower, Inc. in 2000. The students decided to shut the site down after the Maryland Legislature enhanced this concept.

US

• Served as a founding member on Humanity First Board for about 8 years (2004-2012).As a proactive member, I advocated the following:
• Increased transparency
• Focus on national efforts (within US) in addition to international efforts
• Expand board by adding non- community members on the board
• Better donor engagement
• Professional support staff

Mentored three young candidates (Edward Burroughs, Raaheela Ahmed and David Murray) in their Prince George's County School Board races in District 8, 5 and 1 respectively in both the Primary and General Elections.Primary Election (April 3, 2012)Burroughs got 6819 (66%), Murray got 3639 (55%) and Ahmed got 3686 (34%) votes.General Election (November 6.

The Asian American Commission's primary responsibility is to represent Governor Martin O'Malley's administration to the Asian Americans who reside in Maryland. The job requires attending all commission meetings and acting as a representative voice between Asian Americans and Governor's Administration.

Crimeblotter was an application that mapped crime across the county. This was the 1st ever application built in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area for any jurisdiction. The data of the crime was taken from the Washington Post for Prince George's County every week and integrated with our application.We had an average of about 3000 visitors each quarter..

Conceptualized, designed, developed and implemented a technology which helps citizens contact their elected officials at the Federal and State Levels. V-Empower, Inc. has contributed over $1 million in the last 7 years to this foundation. We developed the 1st ever voter registration and absentee ballot platform in 2004 which is now being used by several.

Mentored David Murray (Student Member on Maryland State Board of Education) and Edward Burroughs (Student Member on Prince George's County Board of Education) in their Primary and General Elections. Both obtained enough votes in the Primary Election on September 12th, 2010 to advance to General Election.Edward Burrouughs won by securing 12971 (58.25%).

ezQuestionnaire was a web-application that allowed small companies, non-profits, political campaigns and faith groups to do online surveys with their customers, members, constituents and congregations. We served about 720 customers over 8 years. After that time, we shut down the site and made our source code available to any developers. Please drop me.

A web-application which allowed small companies, non-profits, political campaigns & faith groups to send thousands of emails to their customers, members, constituents & congregations. We served about 800 customers over 8 years. We shut down and made our source code available to any developers. Please drop me email if you like to access our source code in.

Candidate to represent District 23A as Delegate to Maryland General Assembly. 4th Political Campaign for Democratic Nomination. Fell short by about 1400 votes to win 2nd spot. Final Tally of the votes:Valentino-Smith, G. 5622 (32.64%) (Won)Hubbard, James W. 4621 (26.83%) (Won)Ahmed, Shukoor 3089 (17.93%) (Lost)Ransom, Lisa R. 1658 (9.62%)Williams, Nicole.

• AMC USA (Local/Washington)Local Public Affairs Secretary, Laurel 2007-2010President, Laurel (July to February) 2007-2009 Local Public Affairs Secretary, Laurel 2004-2007President, Maryland (July to February) 1996-1998.
• Developed a year book of Maryland Chapter in 1997 and 1998 respectively as “State of Maryland Chapter”
• Initiated First Organized Poetry in USA and organized them in 1996 and 1997 at BR Mosque (1996) and University of Maryland, College Park (1997)
• Developed relationships between Community Poets and Aligarh Alumni Association (1997)
• Initiated Local Picnics with fun activities in 1996 and 1997
• Introduced Robo Calls in 1996

Provided cutting edge solutions to candidates/businesses/organizations to use Internet effectively. We currently provide products and Services in the following areas:State of the Art Campaign Web-PresenceSimple Web-Presence as a candidateeCampaignInternet Strategy Voter Registration ApplicationAbsentee Ballot ApplicationPolling Place LocatorCampaign.

Worked with the Founder and CEO to market and promote this application to the media and potential investors. We were profiled by Wall Street, New York Times, CBS and CNN. This company was acquired by Demand Media in April 2009.

• AMC USA, National (USA)Networking/Membership Services Secretary Apr 05-Feb 09Director of Public Affairs Jul 95-Jun 01
• Organized the 1st ever press conference for our Worldwide Community Leader in 1996 at the National Press Club attended by over 35 media outlets.
• Organized a reception for our Worldwide Community Leader in 1997 at Capitol Hill (attended by 3 House Members)
• Organized a reception for our Worldwide Community Leader in 1998 at Capitol Hill (attended by 11 House Members)
• Organized a reception in Montgomery County at the County Administration building for our Worldwide Community Leader in 1998 (attended by 7 council members)
• Promoted and pushed to establish a PAC to protect human rights in Pakistan in 1997 (failed)

This application allowed rank and file Democrats to lobby neutral/uncommitted super delegates to support either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. About 300,000 users were able to provide their input to super delegates through this application.

Coordinated field work for Governor Richardson in Prince George's county.

Web-based solution for non-profits and interest groups to lobby their issues at the Federal and State levels. We served over 400 issue groups and non-profits.

Introduced First time Text messaging, Online Absentee Ballot, Blog and use of Search Engine Marketing and Social Media- First time ever in state of Maryland. Candidate won re-election with a very close margin due to deployment of Technology.

Sought to represent District 23A as Delegate to the General Assembly. 3rd Political Campaign as candidate and came 4th in 4 way race for Democratic Party nomination.Final Vote Tally was:James Hubbard 4574 (Won)Gerron Levi 4566 (Won)Mary Conroy 4089 (Lost)Shukoor Ahmed 3062Received no endorsement from any group and/or political leader in district 23A..

• Volunteered in Various Capacities 1988 to 1993Coordinated Important/ Political Guests 1994Vice Chairman 1995Chairman 1996 & 1997Vice Chairman 1998Chairman 1999 to 2005Accomplishments:
• Helped mature processes and aligned all departments to work efficiently
• Mentored team members and had over 80% youth in the leadership in 1997 Convention
• Introduced Survey in 1995 and enhanced the results to identify challenges and opportunities
• Assisted Mr. Munawar Saeed in obtaining over 40 Proclamations from various states for BR Mosque Inauguration Souvenir in 1994 (first ever in the United States)
• Obtained over 60 Proclamations/Citations on 50th Annual Convention in 1998

Coordinated Senator Lieberman's campaign in Maryland. Put together candidates for delegates, fundraised and managed campaign for state of Maryland.

Instrumental in introducing technology and emailing campaigning first time in Prince George's County. The campaign also did online survey, online voter registration and online chat first time in the state of Maryland.

• National President, USA 1999-2002National Vice President, USA 1997-1999Regional President 1995-1997Washington Metro President 1991-1995National Outreach Secretary 1992-1993Local Outreach Secretary, 1990-1991Local.
• Developed first ever online reporting system in 2000
• Facilitated & Established formation of Muslim Writers Guild with Amjad Khan (LA) in 2000 (www.muslimwriters.org)
• Developed online presence for MKA the only auxiliary after www.alislam.org in 1999 with a team of developers lead by Muhammed Chaudhary & Kaleem Ahmad of San Jose & North Jersey
• Enhanced MKA USA’s reporting
• Initiated Flu Shot Drive with Naeem Lughmani and activated Trade & Industry Department with Iftikhar Ahmad

Sought to represent District 23A as Delegate to the General Assembly. 2nd Political Campaign as candidate and came 5th in 5 way race for Democratic Party nomination.District was split between 23A and 23B. Three incumbents had to fight for two spots. It was almost impossible to win and knock two incumbent Delegates off.Final Vote Tally was:Mary Conroy 4803.

Worked with Campaign Chairman Roger Berliner and lead the Technology Team at state level. Also, played a key role in organizing field work in Prince George's County.

Worked part-time for Delegate John Giannetti during the General Assembly Session.

Sought to represent District 23 as Delegate to the General Assembly. 1st Political Campaign as candidate and came 5th in 7 way race for Democratic Party nomination.Final Vote Tally was:Mary Conroy 5985 (incumbent)James Hubbard 5614 (incumbent)Joan Pitkin 5490 (incumbent)Marvin Holmes 2568Shukoor Ahmed 2324Bernie Nolan 2242Hans Hopp 278Received no.

Mpp, Policy Formation, Policy Implementation, Lobbying & Campiagn Management

Bs, Computer Information Systems

B.S., Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry