Zarca Interactive is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia just outside
Washington, DC from where our executive management directs all operations.
Suhail Farooqui
Chief Executive Officer
Suhail Farooqui is chief executive officer of Zarca Interactive. Prior to
his current role, Suhail served as the company’s Chief Operating Officer for
five years. Earlier, Suhail worked at MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) where in
a series of assignments he oversaw the deployment of Business Intelligence
solutions and led the development of innovative solution for real-time
alerts.
Suhail started his career in the research division of Schlumberger (NYSE:
SLB) where he worked as an associate research scientist. His findings in the
areas of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Microgravity have been published in
refereed journals. He received his undergraduate degree in electrical
engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York and
spent three years as a graduate student at Yale University in New Haven,
Connecticut.
Hamid Farooqui
Chief Technology Officer
Hamid Farooqui has served as Zarca Interactive’s Chief Technology Officer
and Vice President of Engineering since 2005.
Hamid was an early member of the technology team that built e-Travel, the
Travel Software division of Oracle Corporation. In recognition of his strong
performance and technology management skills, Hamid rose to be the Director
of Engineering through successive promotions. After e-Travel was acquired by
Amadeus, Hamid led the integration of two complex technology platforms on
both side of the Atlantic.
Hamid earned an engineering degree from Bombay University in India and
completed his masters in computer science from SUNY, Binghamton, New York.
Alvin Sulak
Director, Sales Operations
Al Sulak is the director of sales at Zarca Interactive and has been a member
of the sales organization since 2005. Al is a veteran of software sales
focusing on software as a service industry since its inception including
event management and online surveys.
Prior to software as a service, Al spent three years at Lernout & Hauspie,
the leader in speech-recognition software. Al attended California University
of Pennsylvania.
