Akhtar Badshah is the senior director of Global Community Affairs at Microsoft Corporation, where he administers the company’s global community investment and employee programs. He also oversees programs aimed at helping nonprofit organizations improve their effectiveness through technology. Badshah is an architect by training with a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Active in the Seattle community, he is a Board Member of United Way King County, the Global Knowledge Partnership, Council on Foundations, and the US Chamber of Commerce’s Business Civic Leadership Center. Badshah co-edited “Connected for Development – Information Kiosks for Sustainability,” and authored “Our Urban Future: New Paradigms for Equity and Sustainability.”