Passion can take us to great heights. Big brands, celebrities, and other successful entrepreneurs have achieved their standing due to their passion and dedication. Whether making our lives easier or providing solutions to the evolving problems in the business world, these people are innovators working to improve the future. One of them is Khurram Akhtar, born in Pakistan and serving as an example of the heights a human can achieve through true and firm devotion. Khurram Akkhtar is the CEO and Co-founder of Programmers Force, Pakistan’s leading AI-based tech company with global reach.
Khurram A. loved coding and programming from childhood. He gained proficiency in multiple coding languages, took courses, and obtained certifications from reputed institutions. He started his career as a freelancer in 2009, and his love and enthusiasm for programming and IT development soon made him one of the top-performing freelancers in the country. For 7 years, he focused on his skills, worked with hundreds of SMEs to large-scale corporates, and gained thousands of hours of viable experience. In 2016, he took the leap and founded Programmers Force, Pakistan’s first innovative software development and artificial intelligence company, providing IT services globally.
Khurram believes in leveraging the young talent of Pakistan. According to him, Programmers Force focuses on showcasing Pakistan’s potential in the IT sector and becoming one of the top-performing AI-based software development companies worldwide. PF became the country’s 1st ever IT firm to introduce artificial Intelligence and machine learning development services, aiming to innovate the tech sector that is now operational in over 230 countries. Today, the company has five global offices and a team of over 800 employees, making it one of the fastest-growing AI-based IT firms.
However, his journey behind PF wasn’t as straight as it sounded. During the journey, Khurram Akhtar. faced many challenges, failures, and tough times. But he never got overwhelmed by the pressure and used them as a learning element. He stated:
“Tough times don’t define you. They refine you.”
He states that challenges and difficult times are a part of any business, what matters is how you deal with them, which defines your potential to be a successful entrepreneur.