Shahzad Rana

Biography

Shahzad Rana is a serial entrepreneur with a technical background. Since 1993 he has started several successful IT companies in the fields of banking, finance and e-commerce. He is currently working with Questpoint/Intellisearch. In addition to roles on various boards he is also a member of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34, the ISO subcommittee for document description languages.

Rana, as he likes to be called, is an active participant in public debates, especially on social issues. He was a member of the jury for TV2-Skaperen, a TV series whose concept was to select the best new business ideas in Norway. A frequent speaker at conferences and other events, he has a great passion for innovation in business and technology, and he recently became convinced of the paradigm-shifting nature of subject-centric computing.

Presentations at Topic Maps 2008

Visions of Subject-Centric Computing