{"id":7680,"date":"2017-05-19T15:13:07","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T15:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clone4.10pearls.com\/?p=7680"},"modified":"2026-07-30T13:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T13:29:08","slug":"10pearls-ceo-discusses-women-tech-crains-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/blog\/10pearls-ceo-discusses-women-tech-crains-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"10Pearls CEO discusses women in tech with Crain\u2019s DC"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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10Pearls’ CEO Imran Aftab was recently interviewed by Crain’s DC about the company’s future, its recent hackathon in Karachi, and it’s commitment to strengthening the role of women in the tech industry:<\/p>\n

“As the former head of global outsourcing at AOL Time Warner, Imran Aftab saw firsthand how job creation around the world could change the lives of the underprivileged. This was the impetus for 10Pearls<\/a>, an application development company<\/a> he co-founded with brother Zeeshan Aftab in 2004 to help businesses build products and technology solutions while also creating job opportunities to those who could use a leg up in life \u2014 particularly those in Pakistan, where he was born.”<\/p>\n

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