{"id":9345,"date":"2018-11-30T11:14:30","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T16:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/?p=9345"},"modified":"2018-11-30T11:18:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T16:18:02","slug":"9345","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/2018\/11\/30\/9345\/","title":{"rendered":"We Are&#8230; IT! Feature Friday &#8211; Shahid Ali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Shahid Ali<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IT Systems Integration Specialist<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>What degrees do you hold?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Masters in Computer Science &#8211; Marshall University<br \/>\nBachelors in Information Technology &#8211; University of Pune (India)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Describe your role in MUIT in 10 words for less:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ERP focused responsibilities and develop programmatic solutions to complex enterprise problems.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/files\/Shahid-Ali.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/files\/Shahid-Ali-768x1024.jpg\" width=\"605\" height=\"807\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Favorite thing about working in IT or at MU:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Autonomy &#8211; I&#8217;m allowed to be Innovative.<br \/>\nCollaboration &amp; Culture &#8211; Everyone in Marshall shares the same vision, work for the betterment of our organization and the community.<\/p>\n<p><b>Favorite Restaurant in Huntington\/Charleston area:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Laury&#8217;s Restaurant in Charleston.<\/p>\n<p><b>Favorite Vacay Spot:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>California Bay Area.<\/p>\n<p><b>Who inspires you?:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.\u201d \u2015 Augustine of Hippo. This quote reflects my ideology. Travelling is one of my parallel inclinations. I feel there is so much to absorb from the world, and every new destination makes us wiser and more experienced than before.<\/p>\n<p><b>Currently Watching\/Binging:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Seal Team, Altered Carbon and Boss Baby Series<\/p>\n<p><b>Something you can&#8217;t live without?:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Family &#8211; My family, is, was and, always will be my strength<br \/>\nProfessionalism &#8211; In order to compete and keep up the pace with the competitive world, it is equally important to embrace your inner self<\/p>\n<p><b>Most adventurous thing you&#8217;ve done?:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>An aerobatic thrill ride in the World War II Stearman Biplane.<\/p>\n<p><b>Coolest thing you&#8217;re currently working on?:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>AR SDK for developing iOS App.<\/p>\n<p><b>Hobbies\/Pastimes:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Playing guitar and reading books.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I volunteer with Marshall Artists Series to work at Keith Albee Performing Arts Center.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shahid Ali IT Systems Integration Specialist What degrees do you hold? Masters in Computer Science &#8211; Marshall University Bachelors in Information Technology &#8211; University of Pune (India) Describe your role in MUIT in 10 words for less: ERP focused responsibilities and develop programmatic solutions to complex enterprise problems. Favorite thing about working in IT or<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,122],"tags":[54,158,159,137],"class_list":["post-9345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mainnews","category-we-are-it","tag-it","tag-son-of-marshall","tag-staff-spotlight","tag-we-are-marshall"],"acf":[],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}