Riaz Haq (EE, 1974)
is the President of the NED Alumni Association of Silicon Valley and Chairman of the Convention 2007 steering committee. Riaz has more than 25 years experience in the hi-tech industry. Riaz has been on the faculties of Rutgers University and NED Engineering University. He has cofounded two high-tech startups, Cautella, Inc. and DynArray Corp and managed multi-million dollar P&Ls. Riaz is a pioneer of the PC and mobile businesses and he has held senior management positions in hardware and software development of Intel’s microprocessor product line from 8086 to Pentium processors. Riaz's experience includes senior roles in marketing, engineering and business management. Riaz was recognized as “Person of the Year” by PC Magazine for his outstanding contribution to 80386 program. Riaz is a charter member of TIE, The Indus Entrepreneur. He earned an MSEE from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

In September 2007, Riaz created and launched NEDians Worldwide, a linked-in or Facebook-like social network for NEDians around the world to connect, share and collaborate. Riaz blogs at Haq's musings.