# Muhammad Irfan Zafar

> Muhammad Irfan Zafar was the Lahore-based founder and former CEO of ArhamSoft, established in 2007. His career included banking technology, IT teaching and software engineering. He also directed Mathlete, ArhamSoft’s math quiz venture, which partnered with McDonald’s and received a Pakistan Digital Award in 2021. He received an LCCI Software House Award for ArhamSoft in March 2022. ArhamSoft announced his death on November 24, 2022.

- **Role:** Software entrepreneur, software engineer and former IT lecturer
- **Organizations:** ArhamSoft (Pvt) Ltd, Mathlete - Let’s Play Math!, Mermaid A/S, University of Central Punjab, Habib Bank Limited, Petroman (PERAC)
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science (BSc), Government College University, Faisalabad, Master of Computer Science, Al-Khair University, Master’s degree in Information Technology, University of Central Punjab
- **Known for:** Founded ArhamSoft in 2007., Led Mathlete, which won a Pakistan Digital Award in 2021., Received a Best LCCI Software House Award for ArhamSoft from President Arif Alvi in March 2022.

## Career timeline

- **1996-1999** — Coordinated professional development programs in IT at Petroman (PERAC).
- **1999-2003** — Worked as an IT consultant at Habib Bank Limited.
- **2003-2007** — Taught information technology at the University of Central Punjab.
- **2007** — Founded ArhamSoft; served as CEO until November 2022.
- **2007-2008** — Worked as principal software engineer at Mermaid A/S.
- **2019** — Became a director at Mathlete; served as a startup idea competition juror at ICOSST 2019.
- **2020** — Announced Mathlete’s memorandum of understanding with McDonald’s for a math quiz initiative.
- **2021** — Mathlete received a Pakistan Digital Award; Zafar participated in an ICOSST panel on Pakistan’s knowledge-based economy.
- **2022** — Received an LCCI Software House Award for ArhamSoft and represented the company at GDC’s Pakistan Pavilion.

## Achievements

- Founded ArhamSoft in 2007.
- Led Mathlete, which won a Pakistan Digital Award in 2021.
- Received a Best LCCI Software House Award for ArhamSoft from President Arif Alvi in March 2022.
- Represented ArhamSoft at the Pakistan Pavilion at Game Developers Conference 2022.

## Latest updates

- **2022-11** — ArhamSoft announced Zafar’s death on November 24, 2022.
- **2022-04** — ArhamSoft published his account of representing the company at Game Developers Conference 2022.
- **2022-03** — Received an LCCI Software House Award for ArhamSoft from President Arif Alvi.

## Links

- Website: https://www.arhamsoft.com/
- LinkedIn: https://pk.linkedin.com/in/mirfanzafar

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