Iftikhar Burhanuddin was conferred a PhD in Computer Science degree by the University of Southern California in 2007. He received a Master of Science degree in computer science from the University of Southern California in 2005, and a Bachelor of Engineering (Honors) degree in Computer Science from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani in 1999. Iftikhar previously worked at Infosys Limited as a Lead in the E-commerce Research Lab, E & R. He was a Program In Computing Assistant Adjunct Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles from 2007 to 2011. He worked as a software engineer at Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab, Bangalore, from 1999 to 2000.