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Luna Shamsuddoha is a Bangladeshi Women entrepreneur. She is the chairman of the software firm Dohatec New Media, in Dhaka Bangladesh, which she founded in 1992. She is the founder and president of Bangladesh Women in Technology (BWIT). She received the Bangladesh Business Award-2017 for her contribution to the country’s economy and was honored with `Annona Best 10 award' for her work in the in local software industry as a women entrepreneur. She is a board member of SME Foundation, Independent University Bangladesh (IUB), director of state-owned Janata Bank Limited. She has been featured on global forums on technology, e-Governance and women’s economic participation and empowerment. She is a member of Council of Global Thought Leaders on Inclusive Growth, Switzerland.
Early life and education
Graduated from University of Dhaka, Shamsuddoha has a master's degree in International Relations.
Career
She began business in 1985 as the managing partner of The Executive Center. Prior to that, she functioned as an English Language teacher at British Council Language Resource Center and as a lecturer, English Language, Institute of Modern Languages, Dhaka University. Her company is an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) and System Integrator. Dohatec provides software solutions to institutions, government agencies and corporations in the US, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, and Bangladesh. Dohatec’s key clients are the World Bank, World Health Organisation, US Postal Service, Government of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Army. Dohatec is a Certifying Authority and issues Digital Certificates including identification certificates and SSL Certificates. Shamsuddoha was a panellist in two sessions of the UN 59th Commission on the Status of Women and Moderator of UN Online Discussion, UN Women. She participated in UN ITC Trailblazers Summit: Transformations in Sourcing from Women, in São Paulo, Brazil 2015 – a call for the inclusion of women in public procurement.
Personal life
Shamsuddoha is married to A. K. M. Shamsuddoha, a veteran computer technologist in Dhaka. The couple has a daughter, Reem Shamsuddoha.
Awards
- Bangladesh Business Award, 2017
- Honorary Special Recognition Award by Global Women Inventors & Innovators Network (GWIIN), 2013