Head of Business Strategy

• Nov 2022 - Present

Head of Strategy

• Nov 2022 - Present

Vice President Service Delivery and Partnerships

• Dec 2021 - Nov 2022

✅ Established agile processes in the ongoing projects. ClickUp was used to manage the sprints. Kanban was also used for one of the client projects. ✅ Built strong partnerships with other product and services-based companies. The objective was to collaborate in strong areas and generate opportunities for revenue. ✅ Led partnership products starting from idea generation and customer discovery phases. Currently, there are 2 active Products in the MVP phase. CryptoTaxView is a SAAS product for crypto traders and the second is a computer vision-based solution using IP-CCTV cameras. ✅ Suggested improvements in the company processes and ways of working as part of the core team member. ✅ Setting up KPIs for the whole organization is one part of it. ✅ Tech stack used: MERN/MEAN Stack is used in software development and Azure is used for cloud services. Show less

Senior Program Manager

• Dec 2019 - Nov 2021

✅ Built development center and established agile processes for Veeve in Pakistan. Team size increased from 3 team members to 40 within a span of 2 years. ✅ Established different departments including software development, hardware integration, operations, quality assurance, and technical support team. ✅ Managed sprints of 16+ engineers using ClickUp and Jira. 4 sprints for 4 teams were executed in parallel. ✅ Explored and researched different COTS hardware including computing resources before finalizing the cart architecture. ✅ Managed and mentored team through open and transparent communication. ✅ Launched AI-based product (Smart Cart) at different physical locations in the USA. Product includes both hardware and software components and using software development life cycle and right prioritization. ✅ Tech stack used: React in the Front end, Node.js, Java, and C++ in the back end. GCP for the cloud services. ✅Received 4+ stars out of 5 from 85% of customers who used Veeve carts. Show less

Senior Program Manager

• Jan 2019 - Nov 2019

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Solution Architect - MBB

• Apr 2014 - Dec 2016

My responsibilities include : - To scope, define & design solution offerings and drive end-to-end technical solutions - To analyze customer technology, define business requirements & participate in risk analysis - To work with core team on list of potential activities & solutions. - To develop technical presentations & proposals, & perform customer presentations - To support deployment of solution - To provide feedback to R&D - To participate in knowledge transfer, documentation & information sharing - To stay abreast of on new technology/technical areas & share information about solution to enable customer competence build Show less

Customer Project Manager

• Sep 2013 - Mar 2014

My Responsibilities wereo Led the project scoping, planning, cost estimation and pricing of customer projects. o Drove Project Execution, tracked project activities, monitored and handled changes, conflicts and escalations.o Led the negotiation meeting with the contractors and suppliers to finalize the project scope, timelines and payments.o Managed relationship with customer and build confidence and trust.o Handled internal and external stake holders to keep the project on track and meet the timelines.o Managed project finance and budget.o Ensured project milestones are delivered on time including monthly billings, collection of revenues and payment to contractors.o Scope included 1250+ swap sites and MW links, 500+ expansions Show less

Regional Manager North/NRO Manager

• Aug 2008 - Sep 2013

o Plan and provide resources for the customer projects in Managed Services, Network optimization and Network Roll Out areas with respect to site acquisition, civil engineering, telecom installation/acceptance, network integration, documentation, quality audits, quantity surveys and vendor management based on given by project organizations.o My line reporting includes all the CU Pakistan NRO resources ( Core Installers, Core Txn Installers, RAN technicians and engineers, CW and SAQ implementation managers and supervisors and documentation resources) and Warid Managed Services resources ( FM Engineers, Technicians, Riggers and Drive Testers) in North.o Provide Pre-Sales support, for the rollout services, to sales organization.o Provide regular and accurate FSO performance and status reports to FSO’s Management.o Reduced prices of ASPs and increased quality by challenging them through FSO teams.o Developed tools and directives for the efficient working of FSO.o Manage all financial and administrative matters in the regional FSO office.o Involved in annual budget settings meetings of FSO.o Approve invoices, time reports for staff and authorize the working of casual overtime to ensure that the project is completed on time and within budget.o Developed IPM tool for FSO and conducted IPMs to align the targets of resources with the company targets.o Conduct Competence Gap Analysis of the resources and conduct trainings to fill the gap.o Worked on different Ericsson rollout projects and RFPs during this tenure. Show less

Implementation Manager ZONG

• Jun 2012 - Nov 2012

o Worked on short term basis on Transmission Upgrade Projecto The scope included links upgrades to R4(approx. 1000 links), 4xE1 patching and configuration (1500) and link installation on ZONG RBS Sites(approx. 50/month). o Prepared the implementation and acceptance plan and finalized it with the customer.o Organized the team to work as single entity and developed project organization to complete the targets successfully.o Developed implementation management competence in Karachi to take care of the project after the 6 months tenure. Looked after the implementation of Transmission Upgrades (R4 Nodes), RBS6000 NEW sites implementation and modernization of the network.o Building trust amongst the team members to support each other and complete the targets in time.o Looked after the project from pre delivery phase till the Invoicing of the services.o Implemented processes to get the services paid in minimum possible time. Show less

Implementation Manager for Korek Telecom

• Jul 2010 - Jan 2011

o Worked on turnkey rollout project. The project was done in Baghdad while it was handled remotely from Erbil. o Scoped included Rollout of new sites (approx. 120), Microwave Ring (2 Rings of 12 XPIC links each) and Transmission capacity upgrades (20 links).o Identified Risks and mitigation techniques and implemented them during execution.o Interacted with customer on daily basis. o Developed an effective communication plan as it was very important for successful remote implementation.o Developed RAN Project implementation plan and took approval from the customer.o Provided technical remote support to Fresh team members in Baghdad.o Followed teams in Baghdad on regular basis and shared the updated status with customer.o Provided advice to customer to change the transmission design where required.o Timely information and problems were shared with different stakeholders and issues were resolved.o Performed Lessons learned activity at the end of the project. Show less

Implementation Manager Access Network Warid

• Mar 2007 - Jul 2008

o Perform general control over engineering activities, including exchange of plans, drawings and other information with customers; approval of equipment layout and network configuration data and all other roll out activities.o Manage and supervise a team of Engineers and Authorized service providers. o Distribute new sites between ASPs for installation and assure the QI index remains as per standard.o Escalate the problems and delays to the Regional Project Manager.o Provide technical, operational and management support to the team so the tasks are completed according to the deadlines provided.o Update the higher management and customer through daily progress sheets. o Negotiations were done with the ASPs during the contract phase and tried to achieve win-win situation.o Team development and training plan was prepared and implemented.o Participate in customer progress meetings. Show less

Transmission Engineer

• Dec 2005 - Feb 2007

o Worked on different phases of the implementation of Warid Rollout.o Prepared Transmission Network Implementation plan. The network was implemented as per plan and reviewed on monthly basis.o Scope change was escalated to the management.o More than 10 stakeholders were involved in the project phases. The key stakeholders were identified and managed through communication and meetings.o Impact of the stakeholders was identified and their negative effect was minimized.o Progress meetings were done with ASPs.o Designed and updated the transmission network diagrams for different phases of the network rollout.o Designed the Link Budgets for the links as per transmission network design.o Prepared temporary solution to perform due to problematic hub sites.o Supervised the installation of outdoor and indoor units, configuration, panning and commissioning of Ericsson transmission equipments (Minilink E-classic, Minilink Traffic Node, and Minilink High Capacity). o Installed the routers on sites to make the nodes visible on NMS.o Up-graded the software release of Mini-link Traffic Nodes. o Involved in Re-homing of sites between BSCs.o Trouble shooting of Ericsson Transmission equipments.o Operation and maintenance of Ericsson Transmission equipments.o Ensure that the access transmission network fulfills designed functionality and quality requirements Show less

BSS Engineer

• Oct 2004 - Nov 2005

o Supervision and control of service providers’ resources for the implementation of radio sites in Warid Project. o Supervision of radio site implementation and documentation completion as per stipulated Quality requirements and lead-times.o Configuration, integration and commissioning of Ericsson BTS equipments (RBS 2206, RBS 2207, RBS 2106, RBS2106i, RBS2107, RBS2116, RBS2216).o Configuration of BTS equipments for integration using OMT.o Supported Ericsson sales team in preparing the BOQ in Verdi.o Integration of new and expansion cabinets.o Trouble shooting of Ericsson RBS equipments.o Operation and maintenance of Ericsson RBS equipments. Show less