A life in coordinates, from a small island.
From an island in the Maldives to classrooms, institutions and international forums across the world. A map of the places, people and experiences that shaped the journey since 1991.
Centred on 73°E
Each line runs from where I was living at the time. Drag the years, or press Play to watch it build.
Three sides of the table, in order.
- 01 · Before 1992
5.1°N · 73.0°E
An island in the Maldives. Where it starts. In 1991, two weeks in Japan on a youth programme: Kyoto, Hiroshima and Tokyo.
See the map in 1992 - 02 · 1992 – 1993
Malé
First job at the Maldives Centre for Management and Administration, teaching senior officials to use a computer, from MS-DOS to Windows 3.1.
See the map in 1993 - 03 · 1993 – 2002
Birmingham
MEng (Hons) in Electronic and Electrical Engineering with Management, then five years as a teaching assistant in the same school. A first paper, on client-server networks, from two winter weeks in Kyiv.
See the map in 2002 - 04 · 2003 – 2008
Malé
National Centre for Information Technology. Designed and built the Government Network, linking offices in Malé and 20 atoll capitals, and the first e-government platform.
See the map in 2008 - 05 · 2008 – 2011
Macao
Researcher at UNU-IIST's Center for Electronic Governance. Papers presented in Cairo, Bogotá, Beijing, Cape Town and Brisbane; strategy work for Macao and Afghanistan.
See the map in 2011 - 06 · 2011 – 2018
Malé
Chief Information Officer at NCIT, eFaas and 50 community e-centres across the atolls. Then the airport ERP at Azimuth and 13 new programmes at Cyryx College.
See the map in 2018 - 07 · 2019 – 2023
Malé
Permanent Secretary, then Minister of State. The busiest years on the map: chairing UN ESCAP's AP-IS Steering Committee, from Bangkok to Yerevan.
See the map in 2023 - 08 · 2023 – now
Across the Maldives
OXIQA, then Maldives Islamic Bank and Nexia Maldives. Talks from Fuvahmulah to Manadhoo, and first place at ITU Kaleidoscope in Geneva.
See the map in 2026