My Story
I wasn’t born disciplined. I learned to own my mistakes, change course, and keep moving forward.
Chapter 1
Roots, music, and the pull of freedom
I grew up mostly in Al-Wakrah, Qatar, and spent part of my childhood in Dhaka. As the oldest of three children, I learned responsibility early. I was also restless, independent, and drawn to movement, music, and freedom.
Those two sides of me—the responsible oldest child and the person always reaching for something more—have shaped nearly every chapter that followed.
Chapter 2
Rebellion and a late correction
As a teenager, that desire for freedom became rebellion. I stayed out with friends, played music late into the night, and stopped taking school seriously. I failed all three internal exams in 11th grade. The school did not intend to promote me, but my mother fought for one more chance.
I wasted much of 12th grade too and failed all three internal exams again. At the same time, I went from being one of the most popular students to one of the most heavily bullied. For almost a year, only one or two classmates would speak to me.
Three months before the Higher School Certificate exam, the cost of my choices finally became clear. The people I called friends were moving forward while I was sacrificing my future for their laughs. I told my father, “I messed up. I’m going to try to fix it.” He told me it might be too late, but I studied day and night. I passed with high marks and finished in the top.
I was already in the United States, beginning college, when my parents called with the result. I asked my father if he was proud of me. He cried.
A late correction can still change the outcome—but only when the behavior changes.
Chapter 3
Technology, initiative, and building a business
I originally imagined becoming a musician or journalist. Technology became my path when I realized that building software could also be creative.
In college, I approached the university’s IT director and asked for a chance to learn. That conversation opened my first professional door. It taught me not to wait quietly for someone to discover me: take the first step, ask the question, and give the other person the opportunity to say yes.
My career has since moved through infrastructure engineering, product management, corporate banking, and business leadership. Today, I am Partner and Managing Director at GT Support, helping modernize and grow a technology company that has served Gaston County since 1993.
The challenge is no longer proving that I can carry the work myself. It is learning to build people, standards, and systems that can carry real responsibility with me.
Chapter 4
Fatherhood and a fuller definition of success
Becoming a father changed the way I measure ambition. I still want to build a bigger business and pursue difficult goals, but success cannot come at the expense of being present. The everyday conversations, shared trips, hard decisions, and ordinary time with my two children matter as much as the milestones people can see.
Fatherhood keeps my ambition honest. I want my children to see someone who dreams big and keeps pushing forward—but also someone who shows up, listens, and makes room for them in the life he is building.
Chapter 5
Endurance, cycling, and the fuller life
After marriage and children, I drifted away from running and eventually started smoking. Every attempt to return seemed to end with another injury. In 2019, I stopped trying to rush the comeback and started rebuilding deliberately.
I trained with a metronome, logged every run, and increased my mileage gradually. In November, I completed my first half marathon in under 1 hour and 55 minutes. It reinforced something I had learned years earlier: progress can look slow right up until the result becomes undeniable.
Today, cycling gives my competitive and exploratory side somewhere to live. Coaching gives me a way to help others develop through the same patient work.
I am a father of two, and that role keeps my ambition honest. I want to build a larger business and a fuller life, but not at the cost of being present for the people who matter most. I am also a traveler and lifelong guitarist. For me, success has to include the whole life: meaningful work, family, health, culture, creativity, love, service, and adventure.
My story is not “I made it.” I am still building. That is the point.