Asra heads up the Entrepreneurial Programs at Draper University, where she designs and implements curriculums to build and grow startups tackling the world’s most intractable problems.

Before working at Draper University, Asra worked on product and market development for startups in the Middle East, North Africa and South East Asia. She was the first female product manager in Pakistan for Rozee.pk, where she not only worked with the CEO to secure venture funding from DFJ but grew the product and company to 150+ employees. She later led Bayt.com’s special projects team to build web infrastructure for government organizations and MNC’s in the MENA region and successfully launched the first dating website for Muslims. She is a space technology enthusiast who reads avidly about space and the future of humanity.