Our Story

Asad Rehman

Cofounder

Asad taught himself C, C++ and x86 assembly programming languages at the age of twelve. He has twenty two years of programming experience and has worked in Pakistan as well as the USA where he currently resides. He has an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from LUMS. He founded Code School with his sibling Sadaf.

Sadaf Rehman

Cofounder

​Sadaf has spent seventeen years in the nonprofit education and skills training space in Pakistan, and is currently partnerships advisor to LUMS. She is a trained IB teacher, has an undergraduate degree in computer science and math, and an MBA from LUMS where she received a gold medal for first place overall. She founded Code School with her sibling Asad.

Taimur K. Banday

School Programme Advisor

Taimur has two decades of experience in the Pakistan education sector and is currently director of Zohfar Pvt Ltd an education consultancy firm setting up IB schools and programmes across Pakistan. He was previously an economics A Levels teacher for two decades, served as the Head of IB PYP, MYP and DP at Learning Alliance International, and has been the former President of the national debating society of Pakistan and former Vice Chair of the world schools debating championship. Taimur is a Aitchisonian and holds a Masters in International relations and political theory and an MPhil in Political Science from the UK.

Shibli Mansuri

Game Design Advisor

Shibli is a game designer with a background in computer science and music. He has a decade of experience in the industry and is currently Lead Game Designer in a tech startup with projects in the top 3 positions in the US Appstore. Shibli has a BSc. Hons in Computer Science from LUMS, and holds a Master's in Entertainment Technology from Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh USA where he was tutored by Disney Imagineers

Anum Ismail

Financial Advisor

Anum is a finance professional with seven years of cross-industry experience in managerial accounting. Her core expertise is in nonprofit grant financial management, and has experience in managing financial reporting for grants from bilateral funding agencies, international foundations and embassies. Anum has published two reports on on risk-management in non-financial firms and impact of credit crunch on the economy

Jhon Raza

Instructor

Jhon is a Computer Science senior at IBA Karachi. He is an aspiring data scientist with experience in web and cross-platform application development. With projects ranging from facial detection and recognition software in Python to a top-down 2-D Escape game in Unity/C#, he's always eager to learn something new every day. He is currently working on his final year project where he is developing a mobile application that uses object detection to assist users in making health-positive choices in their nutritional intake.

Philip Amwata

Instructor

Philip is currently working in Cape Town South Africa as a Full-Stack Software Developer focusing on Angular and C#. He has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Computer Game Development at the University of Cape Town. During his studies he mentored and tutored Python Programming, and worked on projects that involved using Machine Learning algorithms to develop immersive games. He is passionate about using technology, particularly artificial intelligence and machine learning for sustainable development.

Ramsha Thaniana

Instructor

Ramsha is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Human Computer Interaction at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany. She completed her Bachelors of Science in Computer Science from Habib University in 2019. She gained experience in tutoring and teaching assistantship there. She has a passion for research in human-computer interaction, virtual reality, Robotics and Educational Technologies. Her Final Year Project during her Bachelors was an Aircraft Monitoring system using augmented reality.