Hyderabad,
November'04: When he thought of seeking a public office to
serve in 1998, everyone in his family and friends thought that
he was crazy (with a different accent/name/color and obviously
not connected into the system).In that year, he promised to
himself that he will have an impact in the political process
no matter what challenges come in the way. In the past 6
years,Shukoor has come a long way by contributing whatever he
could with his background in Computer Science, Technology,
Public Policy, Politics, Customer Service, Organizational
Development, Management, Team Work, and Leadership.
He
began his company in late 1999 and incorporated it by August
2000.The company had 38 months of losses, until early
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year,when they turned around the company (without any
government grant, without venture fund and without seeking any
financial institutions' help).V-Empower Inc designed some of
the best political tools in the last 4 years and designed 3
major tools/product specifically for this 2004 elections. They
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1) Voter Registration Application
2)
Absentee Ballot Application
3) Direction to Polling
Place
All products are widely used by several Political
Parties, Candidates,
Interest Groups and more importantly both
presidential candidates.
- V-Empower Inc estimate over 1
million users used its Voter Registration
Application
- Over
500,000 citizens used its Absentee Ballot Application
- Several
millions have used to find the directions
to their polling place
V-Empower Inc is hoping to enhance its products and do some
amazing stuff in the
near future.
Shukoor Ahmed, product
of Osmania University, armed with BS in Computer Information System
from Strayer University and a MA in Public Policy from American
University, with a major in Lobbying and minor in Campaign
Management, this multi-faceted personality founded V-Empower in
1999, since then Shukoor is the CEO.
Detailed Profile
on 'Shukoor
Ahmed'
Washington
Post features Hyderabadi who Wants to Give Small Organizations Web
Expertise
- November' 2004
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