# Adnan Tariq

> Adnan Tariq is the co-founder and CEO of Funavry Technologies, founded in 2018. A computer scientist educated at GIKI, RWTH Aachen and the University of Stuttgart, he previously conducted distributed-systems research in Stuttgart and joined FAST-NUCES Islamabad as an assistant professor in July 2017. His research collaborations include award-winning work on real-time analytics and workflow replication. He now leads an enterprise technology and business services company with international delivery operations.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Funavry Technologies
- **Organizations:** Funavry Technologies, FAST-NUCES, University of Stuttgart
- **Education:** BS, Computer Systems Engineering, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, MS, Software Systems Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, PhD, Computer Science, University of Stuttgart
- **Known for:** PhD awarded summa cum laude in 2013, as listed on his LinkedIn profile., Co-author of GraphCEP, the 2016 DEBS Grand Challenge overall winner and audience award winner., Co-author of Exploring the Search Space between Active and Passive Workflow Replication, awarded best paper at SOCA 2017.

## Career timeline

- **2013** — Completed a doctorate at the University of Stuttgart; dissertation: Non-functional Requirements in Publish/Subscribe Systems. Oral examination dated June 28, 2013.
- **Before July 2017** — Worked as a senior researcher at Stuttgart’s Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems; led project divisions and served as technical manager and coordinator of ALLOW Ensembles.
- **2016** — Co-authored GraphCEP, the DEBS Grand Challenge overall winner and audience award winner.
- **2017** — Joined FAST-NUCES as an assistant professor on July 17; co-authored the SOCA best-paper-winning workflow replication research.
- **2018** — Co-founded Funavry Technologies.
- **2025** — Announced attendance at LEAP 2025 for Funavry and attended the Pakistan-Saudi Business Forum on February 8.

## Achievements

- PhD awarded summa cum laude in 2013, as listed on his LinkedIn profile.
- Co-author of GraphCEP, the 2016 DEBS Grand Challenge overall winner and audience award winner.
- Co-author of Exploring the Search Space between Active and Passive Workflow Replication, awarded best paper at SOCA 2017.
- Lists a DEBS 2018 best paper award for research on privacy and quality of service through event reordering on his LinkedIn profile.
- Technical manager and coordinator of the €2.9 million EU-funded ALLOW Ensembles project, according to his FAST-NUCES biography.

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Attended the Pakistan-Saudi Business Forum on February 8 and announced participation in LEAP 2025 for Funavry.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/madnantariq

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