About Vertex

Building Pakistan's communication backbone

From a three-person startup in Karachi to the country's most trusted CPaaS platform — our story is about grit, engineering excellence, and a deep belief in Pakistan's digital future.

8.4B+
Messages routed
99.99%
Uptime SLA
412ms
Median API p95
120+
Enterprise clients
4
Operator connects
60+
Team members

Our Mission

To provide every business in Pakistan with carrier-grade, developer-friendly communication infrastructure that just works. We remove the complexity of direct operator integration so product teams can focus on what matters most to their users.

Our Vision

A Pakistan where every digital interaction — from a payment OTP to a delivery notification — is delivered instantly, reliably, and at scale. A country where communication infrastructure is never the bottleneck to innovation.

Values

What we stand for

These principles guide every decision we make as a company.

Reliability above all

Our infrastructure must never fail. We design for five-nines and invest heavily in redundancy.

Developer empathy

Every API, SDK and doc is crafted with the engineer in mind. We eat our own cooking.

Customer obsession

We win when our customers win. Every query and bug is treated with urgency and care.

Radical transparency

Uptime, pricing and roadmaps are public. We share honest status with customers first.

People first

Great products come from great teams. We invest in growth and well-being of every member.

Pakistan proud

We're building world-class infrastructure for Pakistan. Our success is measured by digital growth we enable.

Journey

Our story

From a founding team of three to Pakistan's most trusted messaging platform.

2019

Founded in Karachi

Vertex was founded by a team of telecom engineers who saw the gap in Pakistan's enterprise messaging infrastructure.

2020

First 10 enterprise clients

Onboarded early adopters in fintech and e-commerce. Built the first version of the SMPP gateway.

2021

Direct operator connects

Signed direct interconnects with Jazz, Zong, Telenor and Ufone. Latency dropped by 60%.

2022

WhatsApp Business API

Became a Meta Business Solutions Provider. Launched WhatsApp template messaging and session support.

2023

ISO 27001 alignment

Achieved ISO 27001 compliance certification. Introduced RBAC, audit logs and DND compliance engine.

2024

1 billion messages milestone

Crossed 1B messages routed. Expanded team to 60+ across three cities. Opened Lahore office.

2025

Platform expansion

Launched analytics suite, webhook observability and developer sandbox. Named Pakistan's top CPaaS provider.

Leadership

Meet the team

Experienced leaders from Pakistan's top telcos, fintechs and global tech companies.

TM

Tariq Mehmood

CEO & Co-Founder
ZK

Zara Khan

CTO & Co-Founder
OC

Omar Chaudhry

VP Engineering
FA

Fatima Ali

VP Product
RA

Rizwan Ansari

VP Sales & Partnerships
SM

Sabeen Malik

VP Customer Success
Offices

Our locations

Three cities. One team. Wherever Pakistan's digital economy is growing.

Karachi

Headquarters

38-C, Block 6, PECHS, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi 75400

Islamabad

Regional Office

2nd Floor, Evacuee Trust Complex, F-5/1, Islamabad 44000

Lahore

Regional Office

52-L, Gulberg III, Main Boulevard, Lahore 54660

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