Alley grew up in Lahore which is a cultural hub and the second largest city in Pakistan. Lahore is a city with great history where its origins can be traced back to somewhere between the 1st and 7th centuries A.D. Having completed his Bachelor of Science (Honors) studies in Physics, Alley strongly wanted to pursue his graduate and post-graduate studies in Europe. This led to him coming to Stockholm, Sweden in 2007 at the age of 23 where he got admitted to the Master program in Electrical Engineering at KTH, The Royal Institute of Technology.
After completing his master’s degree, Alley got the opportunity to do a PhD in the field of Quantum Physics at Stockholm University where he successfully defended his dissertation and was subsequently awarded a Doctorate degree in Physics in 2017. Since then, Alley has worked at and been a part of highly renowned, and leading organizations as AFRY and Ericsson. Currently, Alley is working at Smartoptics in the role of Product Line Manager, where Smartoptics is a rapidly growing company that develops state-of-the art optical networking solutions to fulfill the world’s ultra-strong bandwidth and capacity demands in this new era of connectivity.
Alley joined the Rotary Club of Stockholm International (RCSI) in 2018. Rotary and its values of fellowship and service above self are very important to him as his father, though inactive now, is not only a Past President but has also been a Rotarian for around 25 years. Alley, during his Presidency, looks forward to continuing in the footsteps of the previous Presidents and furthering their great work of recent years when it comes to strengthening fellowship, enhancing members engagement and the club’s service contribution with important community projects both locally and internationally.
Alley recently got married to his partner in the Stockholm City Hall on June 10th, 2023. Having lived in Sweden now for almost 16 years, Stockholm is home to Alley, and he is now a naturalized Swedish citizen.
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