Haris Kayani
Early Member
worked in Saudi Arabia and Oman before moving to Canada. In Canada, Kayani operates his own retail stores.

I joined the COOP because I believe that as a team we can acheive what individually we cannot

Haris Kayani

Akhter Zaib
Early Member
Akhter is the Managing Director of KalSoft, and leads the Strategy and Business development by trying entrepreneurial ways to drive positive change within and outside the organization.

I believe in uniting people and entrepreneurial ideas to create opportunities for a better future.

Akhter zaib

Farogh Shere, MHI, PMP®, Prosci®CM
Founding Member
Farogh is a Project Manager / Business Analyst with the Project Management Office at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.

To relive “son of the soil” feeling treading beyond a first generation immigrant’s dream.

Farogh Shere

Asim Noor
Founding Member | Director Finance (Pro Bono)
Asim is a thought leader and visionary IT executive who thrives in dynamic, hands-on environments and is passionate about finding innovative ways to merge analytics and data management with an operational modeling approach that improves efficiency.

Khurram Farooq
Founding Member
Khurram has 19 years of professional experience, mainly in category management and sales. Using his product marketing management, sales and team leadership expertise, he has helped global companies like Samsung and Sony achieve and surpass their goals. Currently he works as a Product Manager at eSight Eyewear.

I joined the Coop because of the team behind it, and because it is a small act we can do for the environment as well as for others

Khurram Farooq

Atif Qureshi
Early Member
Atif is the CEO & Director (Software Development) for Phenologix. He helps startups and growing companies to better automate business processes by providing custom software development, targeted technical support, IT consulting and IT staffing at affordable cost.

Looking forward to having a great social circle with the anticipation of having some recreational as well as productive activities. Long term financial gain is pretty obvious as well.

Atif Qureshi

Zaeem Mirza
Early Member
Zaeem is an Investor, Speaker and Mentor. Zaeem likes to start, manage, and grow tech/online businesses! Global marketing, digital transformation, innovation, e-businesses, e-commerce, online sales, marketing operations, growth marketing, user acquisition, CRM, loyalty, and demand generation @scale.

I joined the Back to Basics Coop to collaborate with like-minded individuals and to work towards achieving personal, self-developmental, and collective goals.

Zaeem Mirza

Umar Farooque, MMA, MCS, PMP®, CSM
Early Member | Director Legal (Pro Bono)
Umar is a technically minded and resourceful leader with extensive experience in conceptualizing, leading, and delivering complex technology, data-driven, analytics, and data science projects across diverse geographies.

An opportunity to connect to roots and participate in socioeconomic project.

Umar Farooque

Mujtaba Qadri
Founding Member | Director Operations (Pro Bono)
Mujtaba is a Cloud Solution Engineer – Analytics at Google.

Teach my kids how to grow their own food

Mujtaba Qadri

Saad Rahman, MBA, MSc, CBAP, PMP
Founding Member | President (Pro Bono)
Saad is a believer of “life long learning” and has a passion for helping organizations in Business and Digital Transformation. He also has a deep interest in Social Entrepreneurship and Social Empowerment.

An opportunity to literally explore back to basics and connect with the great Canadian lands. Along the journey to explore the company of some great individuals in achieving aligned goals.

Saad RAhman

Farrukh Shahzad
Founding Member
Farrukh is an IT consultant with Enbridge gas and a real estate enthusiast.

My family joined the coop as founding members as we know together we stand tall and better. Primarily joined to experiment this idea together and for improved sense of community.

Farrukh shahzad

Tabinda Nayyar
Member
Tabinda works for public sector as HR Systems and transformation professional. A mom of 3 daughters, social entrepreneur and volunteer at heart for causes that helps improve lives.

I said “ Labbaik” to this idea in hopes of bringing community together, have fun and explore otherwise distant possibilities.

tabinda nayyar