Dr. Shahadat Khan
Dr. Shahadat Khan 
(ড. শাহাদাত খান), born in Bikrampur in 1967, was the sixth child among eight siblings. He is an accomplished business leader and innovator with deep expertise in strategy, operations and technology.
Dr. Khan is the founder and CEO of TallyKhata, the pioneer digital msME platform in Bangladesh. TallyKhata provides an intuitive app for small businesses with business ledger to keep transaction records, digital wallet for receiving and making payments, and digital loan facility based on cash-flow data and credit scoring. The platform has more than 5 million registered users, recording more than a million business transactions each day.
He has more than 31 years of experiences, including university teaching, research and innovation, product development, and building IT-based solutions for social issues. Before SureCash and TallyKhata, Dr. Khan was the chief technology officer of Eyeball Networks, a Canada-based software and technology company delivering solutions to world-famous customers such as Intel, Polycom, FujiFilm, Comcast, and Philips.
Dr. Khan is a graduate of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). He joined as a lecturer in BUET after graduation. He is a Canadian Commonwealth Scholar and received his Ph.D. degree in computer engineering from the University of Victoria, Canada.
He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and panels, holds 16 patents, and has published many articles in journals and technical magazines. He has traveled to more than 40 countries, and is a hobbyist wildlife photographer.
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Education
● University of Victoria
Ph.D. in Computer Engineering
1994 - 1998
Dissertation: Quality Adaptation in a Multisession Multimedia System: Model, Algorithms and Architecture.
● University of Victoria
M.A.Sc. in Computer Engineering
1992 - 1994
● Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
B.Sc.in Electrical Engineering
1986 - 1991
● Dhaka College
1985 - 1986
Founder
Founder and CEO
TallyKhata, SureCash
2010 – Present
● TallyKhata (2020 - present) - Impacting million families by digitalization of msMEs
● SureCash (2010 - 2021) - Largest digital payment solution in Bangladesh
Work Experience
CTO
Eyeball Networks, Vancouver, Canada
September 1998 – April 2010
● Worked as the chief architect for Eyeball's voice and video communications software products and technologies. The role involved intellectual property development, team building, software design and project management.
● Served global-brand customers like Intel, FujiFilm, Brother Industries, and Polycom.
Faculty
Sessional Lecturer
University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
May 1998 – August 1998
● Taught a 4th year level course on Artificial Intelligence.
Lecturer
Dept of Computer Science & Engineering
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh
June 1991 – July 1992
● Taught undergraduate courses in C/C++ programming, software engineering and digital electronics.
Patent and Publications
● Method and Apparatus to Permit Data Transmission to Traverse Firewalls, US patent # US7522594B2
● Three-dimensional Wavelet-based Scalable Video Compression, US Patent # 6,931,068, Aug 2005
● The Utility Model for Adaptive Multimedia Systems, Shahadat Khan, K.F. Li and E.G. Manning, International Conference on Multimedia Modeling, Singapore, November 1997
● Solving the Knapsack Problem for Adaptive Multimedia System, Shahadat Khan, K.F. Li, E.G. Manning and Mostofa Akbar, Studia Informatica, 2002
● A method and system to pay remotely using a transaction code sent to a mobile phone, Shahadat Khan, 2017
Patent Reference
Awards, Honors and Memberships
● Member of the Bangladesh Delegation to ASOCIO Summit at Tokyo in 2007
● Technical Committee Member of First International Conference on Next-Generation Wireless Systems (ICNEWS’06), Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2006
● Member of the Canadian Business Delegation led by Canadian Minister for Trade & Commerce to Hong Kong and Korea in 2003
● Received University of Victoria President Award (1992-1996)
● Medal from the President of Bangladesh for academic achievement (1982)
● Member, GSMA Rich Communications Suite (RCS)
● Fellow, Institute of Engineers of Bangladesh (IEB)
Reference
- Coming back of a fintech innovator
https://businesspostbd.com/business-connect/coming-back-of-a-fintech-innovator-2022-09-18
- Dr. Shahadat Khan : FinTech, Made in Bangladesh
https://ibtbd.net/fintech-made-in-bangladesh/
- Life’s Work: An Interview With Dr. Shahadat Khan, CEO, SureCash
https://futurestartup.com/2017/02/09/lifes-work-an-interview-with-dr-shahadat-khan-ceo-surecash/
- TallyKhata-https://idlc.com/mbr/article.php?id=503
- Fintech innovations by TallyKhata founder Dr Shahadat
- Shahadat Khan
