Shahid Arif
Founder / CEO / Senior Developer
Cleantouch Software Corporation
Suite No.C-2, Osif Centre, Block 13-A, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi.
+92 (364) 5048226, (213) 4820018, 4822714
shahidarif@cleantouch.com.pk
By the help of Allah and my parents, I am self-made man. I was started my career from an office boy then my self-learning passion drive me to a post of Accountant to IT Manager to General Manager. Now by the grace of Allah, I am running my own business named 'Cleantouch Software Corp'. This is the famous brand in local made accounting and utility products from year 2000. All the skills in my profile are the outcomes of my self-learning passion.
Technical Skills
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Visual Studio.NET
ADVANCED, 3 years
I have developed 10+ Business Application, Cleantouch Urdu Dictionary 7.0 & Khazain-ul-Hidayat (The Digital Qur'an) using Visual Basic.NET as front-end. 5+ Projects are in pipeline.
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HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery & AJAX
ADVANCED, 9 years
I have designed many websites for our clients using above languages. Following are some of my remarkable websites.
- Official WebSite of Cleantouch Software Corp. - http://cleantouch.com.pk
- Khazain-ul-Hidayat (The Digital Qur'an) - http://alquransoftware.com
- Rujhan Fabrics - http://rujhanfabrics.com
- Design Express - http://defashion.net
- Goldfish Seafoods - http://goldfishpk.com
- Famous Islamic Site - http://barkati.net
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PHP5 & MYSQL
ADVANCED, 3 years
Using above tools and languages, I have developed many Web Applications for my clients. Following are some remarkable work in this technology.
- Freegift Software Portal - http://soft.freegift.pk
- Freegift E-Shop - http://eshop.freegift.pk
- Online English to Urdu & English Dictionary - http://dictionary.cleantouch.com.pk
Following are the pipeline projects of mine in this category.
- Launch of Full Dynamic Official WebSite of Cleantouch Software Corp.
- Launch of Fully Featured WebSite for Al-Qur'an Exploration
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Visual FoxPro
ADVANCED, 12 years
I have developed 400+ Business Application for various clients around the world. Some of the most remarkable and famous applications are
- Cleantouch Accounts XP
- Cleantouch Trading Control System
- Cleantouch InventGST Reloaded
- Cleantouch General Production System
- Cleantouch School Finance Controller
- Cleantouch Multi-Level Accounting
- Cleantouch Medicine Distribution System
- Cleantouch Advance Clearing Agency System
- Cleantouch Yarn Processing System
- Cleantouch Prize Bond Searching System
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Other Area of Expertise
- SQL Server
- MySQL
- Microsoft Access
- ASP.NET
- XML
- Graphic Designing
- Audio Editing
- Video Production
- Content Writing
- Brand Promotion
- E-Mail Marketing
- Search Engine Optimization
I am also administrating finance / marketing / sales manager of my company, furthermore to utilize my spare time, I am providing financial / sales / marketing / administrative consultancy to almost 50+ companies...
Interest & Focus
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- I believe in self-learning for myself but don't recommend all to adopt my believe, if someone fails learning something, he / she must consult with expert, not just stop striving to learn
- Serving Islam by utilizing expertise, blessed by Almighty ALLAH
- Studying Islam (All Topics, specially Tasawwuf & Fiqh)
- Completing all the task from the bottom of my heart & soul and finalizing my software / web application in maximum possible best form
- Learning Latest Software / Web Application Platforms
- Keeping myself update regarding latest software, scripts, E-Books, Devices, Gadgets & Accessories related to Computers & Mobiles
- Reading IT News, Business News, Business Laws, Government Policies regarding Business & Information Technology
- Reading Books & E-Books on various topics including personality enhancement
- To give maximum happiness to my family / colleagues / friends & all others
Honors and Awards
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Brain Award
September 2001
Mr. S.H. Hashmi gave award to Shahid Arif for developing & introducing the First English-Urdu Dictionary. The event was organized by NGO F.A.N.O.S.
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Excellence in Software Development
March 2012
Mr. Khurram Rahat (Managing Director at Teradata Pakistan) & Mr. William Martin (United States Consul General-Karachi) handed over award to Mr. Shahid Arif in the category of "Excellence in Software Development". The event (10th National IT Excellence Awards) was held on March 17th 2012 at Defence Country and Gold Club, Karachi.
Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCaogZVsLBY -
100% Safe Applications Development Awards
Huge List
Many download portals have given highest rank to my developed applications for releasing 100% Clean & Safe Applications.
Experience
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Knowledge of Process involved in Business Management
As I have developed software applications for diverse industries, I have huge knowledge regarding process involved in different businesses. Some prominent industries are;
- Textile, Cotton & Yarn Sector
- Medical, Health & Surgical Sector
- Paper, Printing & Packages Sector
- General Trading / Import / Export
- Clearing, Forwarding & Transportation
- Oil, Ghee & Soap Sector
- Rice & Pulses Sector
- Shares & Capital Market
- Engineering & Machinery Sector
- Chemicals Sector
- Property & Construction Sector
- Re-Rolling, Ship-Breaking & Steel Sector
- Hotel & Restaurant Sector
- Various Manufacturing Businesses
- Institutes, Schools, Collages & Universities
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Urdu & Qur'anic Computing
As per my involvement as a leader in Urdu Dictionaries & Digital Qur'an Project, I have vast knowledge Managing Digital Dictionaries, Digital Libraries & Digital Qur'an Projects. Being a responsible to write Al-Qur'an using most recent & advanced Unicode font-family "Al-Qalam Quran", I am able to write and proof read any content in Barr-e-Saghiri Rasm-ul-Khat especially orthoepistic (Tajweed) point of view.
Achievements
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Cleantouch Urdu Dictionary
Most Popular Digital Dictionary since 10+ Years
After about 12 years of continues struggle, our brand "Cleantouch" is the reliable and most known for the digital Urdu & English dictionary. We proudly claim our product the first Pakistani product which is most popular around the world. It has been installed in millions of computers. About all the major print-media has been acknowledged our work by publishing news / article about it. Thousands of peoples frequently discuss and share it through file sharing / forum and community sites. We have recently launched its full-free web edition and are planning to launch its applications for different mobile operating systems.
Trial version of our product can be downloaded from http://www.cleantouch.com.pk/download/dict.exe for further research purpose
On release of version 7.0 we are maintaining its uses report through Google Analytics, with that we are able to prove how many users has been installed it and how frequent they use that. From February 2010 to August 2012, it has been installed in 398,524 computers and that 398,524 users have been used it 1,687,275 times. Google Analytics only collect information when user is having internet access and user allows the dictionary to access internet. Based on this statics we can claim installation of our dictionary in about 1,992,560 computers, keeping in mind about having 1 out of 5 computer users 24 hours internet access.
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Khazain-ul-Hidayat
One of the Most Used & Trusted E-Qur'an Software
ALLAH almighty given me opportunity to work on greatest book of human history, the time I was working on the project, was the greatest time of my life. I pray Allah for continues work on this project and other projects like this. I am continuously finding for the free time to make research on it and updating Khazain-ul-Hidayat. Many enhancements for version 3.0 have been planned and many needs further research. As a project manager, I am completely aware it's our life-time project, may ALLAH guide and help me at least to add all the features written as my wishes in introduction of Khazain-ul-Hidayat.
We are not at all using Khazain-ul-Hidayat for generating any kind of revenue, its free product for all. Full free version of Khazain-ul-Hidayat can be downloaded at http://www.alquransoftware.com
We are maintaining its uses report through Google Analytics, with that we are able to prove how many users has been installed it and how frequent they use that. From January 2010 to August 2012, it has been installed in 75,683 computers and that 75,683 users have been used it 138,145 times. Google Analytics only collect information when user is having internet access and user allows the dictionary to access internet. Based on this statics we can claim installation of Khazain-ul-Hidayat in about 378,415 computers, keeping in mind about having 1 out of 5 computer users 24 hours internet access.
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Other Achievements
- Exclusively Developed Hundreds of Business Application
- Thousands of Satisfied Clients Worldwide
- Promoted Brand "Cleantouch" well in Software Industry nationwide
- Reputed News Papers & Magazines Highlighted my Works
- Exclusively Designed Print & Publicity Designs for many companies including Cleantouch Software Corp.
- Designed Various WebSites & Web Applications
Future Goals, Inshallah
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- Various Mobile Applications
- Full Featured Dynamic Site for Al-Qur'an Exploration
- Digital Islamic Library Software & Dynamic WebSite
- Convert all my popular software into Latest Technology
- Advance Urdu Learner Dictionary
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