A good news to share : A Bangladeshi appointed as CIO of a leading IT solution company in US

[Miraz]

From Forbes.com

3Pea Appoints New Chief Information Officer
11.30.07, 5:59 AM ET

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 3Pea International, Inc. (OTC: TPNL), a payment solutions company, today announced the appointment of Omar Khandaker as 3Pea senior vice president and Chief Information Officer. In his new role, Mr. Khandaker will lead the overall 3Pea pre-paid stored-value payment processing technology team, infrastructure, applications development and deployment across the organization to support 3Pea's overall strategy to bring innovative financial products to the US and global markets.

Khandaker joins 3Pea from Wow Technologies, where he served as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer. Khandaker was responsible for the design and implementation of a Prepaid Stored-value MasterCard/ATM Card Issuer Processing Platform as well as the PCI Data Security Standard certification for the company's Stored-value Debit Card Processing Platform.

"Omar brings a wealth of talent and expertise to his new role at 3Pea," said Mark Newcomer, President of 3Pea. "We are delighted to have the benefit of Omar's vast experience in IT, global software solutions, e-commerce, prepaid card expertise and business leadership. His successful track record in helping a wide variety of enterprises derive maximum value from their technology investments makes him an excellent fit for 3Pea and our customers."

Before joining 3Pea, Khandaker served as CTO and CISO at Wow Technologies and Wow Card Services since 2001. Prior to that, Khandaker served as Technology IT Manager at (BAT) British American Tobacco, a global fortune 500 company, where he was an active member of the BAT Global IT Infrastructure Team since 1996.

Khandaker earned a MS in Computer Science & Engineering and a BS in Engineering (Electrical & Electronics). As a member of the faculty in the Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE) Department, Khandaker taught courses in Computer Science & Electronics at the Islamic University of Technology.

About 3Pea International, Inc.

3Pea International, Inc. is an experienced and trusted transaction-based solutions provider. 3Pea designs and develops payment solutions, prepaid card systems, and various payment services. 3Pea's wholly owned subsidiary, 3Pea Technologies, Inc., also develops and designs the PayPad(R), a proprietary payment terminal, as well as designing and developing a proprietary secure key loading system. 3Pea provides creative online PIN-Debit payment solutions along with turnkey and customized payment services to retailers, software developers, and financial services companies.

Utilizing PayPad payment terminals and IP payment gateway solutions, 3Pea can quickly and cost effectively help customers in various markets to payment enable their applications. 3Pea works closely with its customers providing qualified payment expertise to produce a payment processing solution that best suits their needs. PINsmart(R), PaySign(TM), 3PEA(R) and PayPad(R) are registered trademarks or trademarks of 3Pea Technologies, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.

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I am sure there are other Bangladeshi IT specialists who are serving in different US companies in a similar or even higher profile, but the news is very special to me.

Omar Khandaker is my elder brother.

[SS]

Congrats to your elder brother for this great achievement.

[akabir77]

miraz bhai r hold er shesh nai...

amrey ekta job ditey kon tarar tari...

Congratulations to Boro Mea..

[Nocturnal]

wow! great news. thanks for sharing Miraz bhai

[Rubu]

So, Miraz, is there any other brother of yours running for president in a country?

Congrats to your brother and your family

[Mohiul]

Congrats Mr. Khandaker and his whole family

[Miraz]

Thanks friends for your kind words. I'll convey your wishes to my brother.

[zahid]

Your brother???

[Miraz]

Originally Posted by zahid
Your brother???

Yap!

He is my elder brother.

[Orpheus]

Originally Posted by Miraz
Omar Khandaker is my elder brother.

Indeed a good news to share. You two brothers are always in the media for good reasons.. must be something in the rice. Ki chaal bolte hobe?

[Miraz]

Originally Posted by Orpheus
Indeed a good news to share. You two brothers are always in the media for good reasons.. must be something in the rice. Ki chaal bolte hobe?

It's not about rice, it's all about the hard work and dedication of my parents especially my father, who was the mentor of my brothers including myself.

Unfortunately he could not see the success of his children.

[ammark]

Congrats to your brother Miraz Bhai. A great news

[Miraz]

Thanks Ammar.

The news is also published in CNN and Reuters.

CNN link

Reuters link

[Nasif]

An excellent news indeed! Congrats to your brother. Made all of us proud

[RazabQ]

Congrats Miraz. I gotta ask tho - he worked for a tobacco company????

[ialbd]

mashAllah... what a great news, congrats to Mr. Omar and Miraz bhai.....

[Miraz]

Thanks Nasif bhai, Razab bhai and Ishtiaque.

Originally Posted by RazabQ
Congrats Miraz. I gotta ask tho - he worked for a tobacco company????

That was pretty early in his career, he built the network infrastructure of BAT Bangladesh before leaving for America. At that time BAT was the only company which matched with his field of expertise.

BTW, he is a non smoker.

[abdulw11]

I had a feeling when reading the article that he might be related to you.

Congratulations to your brother!

[rubel_18]

Congratulations to your brother Miraz bhai, made me proud that a fellow Bengali is doing well.

[layperson]

Congratulations to Miraz bhai's father. Credit goes to him and his wife for bringing up wonderful kids. Very happy news indeed for Miraz bhai's family.

eijonnoi apni ei par ashar plan kortesilen last year. Ar ami bhabtesilam apni amake meet korar jonno specifically ei paar ashar plan korsilen. ekhon dekhi south of the border bhai er jonno asha hochchilo.

[Miraz]

Originally Posted by layperson
Congratulations to Miraz bhai's father. Credit goes to him and his wife for bringing up wonderful kids. Very happy news indeed for Miraz bhai's family.

eijonnoi apni ei par ashar plan kortesilen last year. Ar ami bhabtesilam apni amake meet korar jonno specifically ei paar ashar plan korsilen. ekhon dekhi south of the border bhai er jonno asha hochchilo.

Thanks Shahriyar.

I am coming to San Diego, California in next April to attend the annual conference of American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) where I will present my research work.

I am lucky that my elder brother lives in Las Vegas which is not far away from San Diego.

[AsifTheManRahman]

Good to know about your brother, Miraz bhai.

Vegas eh? Nice...I can see Miraz bhai and his brother on a limo picking up chicks...

M: Baby, every time I see you, my cardiovascular system gets all worked up
O: If I was sin^2 and you were cos^2 together we would be 1

[al Furqaan]

congratulations to your brother and your entire family!

[Miraz]

Originally Posted by AsifTheManRahman
Good to know about your brother, Miraz bhai.

Vegas eh? Nice...I can see Miraz bhai and his brother on a limo picking up chicks...

M: Baby, every time I see you, my cardiovascular system gets all worked up
O: If I was sin^2 and you were cos^2 together we would be 1

ha ha ha

It's a very difficult imagination for me.

I am sure my brother will have a good laugh if he sees your post.

[reverse_swing]

A big congratulations to your brother on his wonderful achievement and thanks for sharing with us.May he become more successful in his life.