Footprints in 2007 -50 who left
their foorprints
True success is often measured by the difference that an individual makes to
society. BusinessToday takes a look at 50 such individuals who left a mark in
2007, not just in business but in a much wider sense, encompassing every
sphere of activity. Our list includes businessmen, sports personalities,
social workers, doctors, environmentalists and even two children; the one
thing that all of them have in common is that they dared to dream.
Ahmad al Harthy, Hussain Jawad , Hani Zubair, H E Yahya al Jabri, H E Abdullah
bin Abbas ,Mike Cotton, Nani B Javeri, Ibrahim al Qasmi, H E Yacoob Abba Omar,
Sheikh Abdulmalik al Khalili, Ahmed Suhail Bahwan,Ali al Habsi,Mohamed Ali &
Sheikh Salim al Araimi,Harib al Kitani,Hani Mirza & Jannat Shafaei , Mohammed
al Wohaibi ,Salim al Ruzaiqi,Dr K P Raman,Werner Koch,Maqbool bin Hameed al
Saleh ,Majid al Toky,Oman Football Team,Mohammed al Barwani ,Jane Jaffer,Samir
Fancy,Hussain al Raisi, ,Maryam al Zadjali, Salem al Ismaily, Tariq al Barwani,
Amer al Rawas, John Cunneen, Khalil al Khonji , Anees Sultan, Nick Moulton
Thomas, Nick Smith, Ramy Zambarakji, Ziad al Haremi, Ross Cormack , Yuthar Al
Rawahy, M K Janaki Raman, York Brandes, Richard Newell & Syed al Mahrooqi,
Rajeev Chowdhary, Oman Cricket Team, Graham Degens, Faiq al Mugheiry, Laura
Bowlt, Mohammed al Maskari, Jamal Said al Ojaili, Wolfgang Rinner
Tariq Hilal Al-Barwani (Technical wizard)
Barwani's list of achievements is pretty impressive – he was chosen as
Microsoft's most valuable professional (MVP) in March 2007 and flew to
Redmond, the company's headquarters in the US to accept the award from Bill
Gates, its chief software architect. He is proficient in artificial
intelligence, software development, mobile devices computing, rational
database management system, electronic commerce and Internet security. More
than his personal achievements he deserves kudos for promoting the cause of IT
literacy in the sultanate. Barwani is involved with consultancy, teaching, TV
and radio programmes and writing articles on information technology. The man
has done his bit in putting Oman on the world's IT map.
Merit list: Chosen as the most valuable professional by Microsoft