Abdul Rehman Zaheer

Oct 2009 to Present: Center of Research Excellence in Renewable Energy (CoRE-RE), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Center of Research Excellence in Renewable Energy (CoRE-RE) hosted at KFUPM, is a Saudi national research center established and funded directly by the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) KSA. Responsible for managing national awareness campaign for promoting renewable energy technologies (with an emphasis on solar energy) through electronic, print and online media publishing. Develop proposals and prepare presentations. Managed to secure funding in excess of SR. 17 million. Analyze industry trends and competitive landscape through research and analysis; oversee opportunity identification and evaluation of business cases. Supervise website design and content development. Marketing, organizing and arranging technical conferences, workshops, seminars and other demonstrations. Served as a member of the executive, strategic planning, and various other committees. Authored general renewable energy related articles for public awareness. Conceived, developed, and launched numerous successful promotional publications.

SKILLS 

• Marketing Strategies & Campaigns   
• Business Communications 
• Business Proposals   
• Events Organizing & Management   
• Create and Oversee Awareness Campaigns   
• Web & Print Content Development    
• Market Research   
• Development of Brochures,  and Presentations.   
• Public & Media Relations   
• Writing Business Articles 
• Editorial assistance for Published works

PROJECTS  

•  Leading contribution towards the establishment of a new research center at the King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals  (KFUPM). (Expected to begin operations in early 2016).
                 
• Involvement and contribution towards various National Science,  Technology &  Innovation  Projects  funded  under  King  Abdulaziz  City for Science and Technology (KACST)
              
• Involvement and contribution towards various projects funded under the Deanship of Research (DSR) at KFUPM.

• Numerous awareness related projects to represent the center in dedication of our efforts to introduce renewable resources of environment friendly energy,  and focused to educate the community about the positive role and practicality of renewable energy (RE).

• Authored general articles for a nationally acclaimed newspaper for over a year. The articles revolved around the latest in the world of science and technology with an exclusive emphasis on renewables. The articles got published in the “Al Eqtisadiah” newspaper after being translated in Arabic.

July 2012 to July 2013: Center of Excellence in Nanotechnology (CENT), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

CENT at KFUPM was established in 2007 due to a generous gift from the custodian of the two holy mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. In addition to CoRE-RE, Selected to represent the Center of Excellence in Nanotechnology as their Outreach Coordinator. Under the direction of the Director, CENT, responsible for developing and implementing all outreach and marketing activities and overseeing event planning, coordination, organization and promotion.

Business Unit Manager
Aug 2008 to Aug 2009: Business Unit Manager, IDP Education Australia, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Served IDP Education Australia as their manager for eastern province office in KSA, which is the only establishment owned by the Australian universities to promote its education institutes to international students. Commanded superior strategic leadership and managed overall operations. Rendered consultation and training on expansion, efficiency and enhancement of office operations. Maximized operational capabilities of the staff to stimulate business growth.

Customer Services: Team Leader
Feb 2004 to June 2008: Mobilink GSM (Mobile Communications Ltd), Lahore, Pakistan

Mobilink is Pakistan’s leading provider of voice and data services, bringing more people together through service excellence and product innovation. With more than 38 million subscribers, Mobilink maintains market leadership through cutting-edge, integrated technology, the strongest brands and the largest portfolio of value added services in the industry, as well as the country’s largest network. Created and led customer service teams. Developed and implemented integrated customer care model. Played instrumental role in mentoring, supervising, training, guiding and evaluating employee performance to ensure achievement of sales goals with a focus on providing optimized customer satisfaction.