Founder and Marketing Manager
iFamily
Total years of experience :19 years, 7 Months
Started a design house, primarily engaged in graphic designing, websites, printing and related services. Primarily responsibilities include:
- Business development, marketing and advertisement
- Business management (Linkages with overseas and local clients)
- Financial management (Feasibility, budgeting, planning and accounting)
Lecturing at the University of the Punjab as a Visiting Faculty Member; Conducting classes from Undergraduate to Graduate and Executive students; Trained over 1400 students; Helped the university with curriculum enhancements, course designing, and student testing and grading.
Teaching Business and IT and related courses to MBA, BBA and BS students. Special interest in 'MIS', 'ERP', 'IT usage in business', and 'Finance'.
Shirkat Gah is one of the premier Pakistani non-profit organizations which is also on the roster in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
Highlights from this position are:
- Recommended the idea for an MIS (Management Information System); now I am the focal point for its development, implementation and management.
- Directed the IT operations; supervising 2 network administrators and 3 offices with a network of over 100 nodes; maintaining relationship with multiple vendors for software, hardware and related procurement; volunteered as a member of web & social media committee.
- Steered the Strategic planning, Organizational effectiveness and Business analysis processes; as a member of steering committee for strategic planning, and as a lead for the organizational evolution team; initiated and then implemented a project for organizational effectiveness.
My primary responsibilities in this position include:
- Supervise multiple departments including IT, Administration, Procurement, HR and Financial planning
- Member of the Resource Mobilization/Business Development team
- Lead multiple projects, e.g., MIS development, implementation & management and Organizational Evolution
- Prepare and present customized quarterly reports to the Executive Director, giving the snapshot of the organization
- Policy making related to IT, HR and Administration
Shirkat Gah is one of the premier Pakistani non-profit organizations which is also on the roster in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
My primary responsibilities in this position included:
- Being a part of strategic management, and organizational effectiveness projects
- Correspondence with international entities, e.g., UN, DFID, SEARC, and various Ministries and Embassies of different countries, etc.
- Managed funds for various international and national projects with a collective worth of over $ 10 million; tasks included financial management, budgeting and planning, reporting, financial modeling, and supervising cash flows.
- Assisted in financial policy making, implementation and reporting to the executives and the board members
Shirkat Gah is one of the premier Pakistani non-profit organizations which is also on the roster in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
My primary responsibilities in this position included:
- Managing finances for an international project worth over $ 4 million; tasks included budgeting, planning, reporting, financial modeling, supervising cash flows, etc.
- Correspondence with international entities, e.g., UN, DFID, SEARC, and various Ministries and Embassies of different countries, etc.
Co-founded a business venture related to software development, spearheaded its operations in Pakistan, managed client from 3 continents, established local clientele, increased the team size from 2 to over 25 people, administered the finances, managed all the legal and regulatory requirements.
My primarily responsibilities at this position included:
- Business development, marketing and advertisement
- Business management (Linkages with overseas and local clients)
- Project management and business analysis (web applications, desktop applications, websites)
- Financial management (Feasibility, budgeting, planning and accounting)
- In-house trainings & workshops
Specialization in international trade;
Familiarization with general banking
Software Quality Assurance (SQA)
Review of SQA and related processes
Software Quality Assurance (SQA)
ISO 9000:2000
Review of procedures and manuals for Quality Management System and SQA
- Graduated among the top 5% of the class - Obtained the highest CGPA in the college in two consecutive semesters. - Majored in International Trade within the overall concentration of Banking & Finance. - Appointed as class representative consecutively for two semesters during MBA - Member of college cricket team, 2003-2004 - Member of college table-tennis team, 2003-2005
The undergraduate degree program in computer science is aimed at developing sound foundations in areas of computer science. The theoretical and practical knowledge imparted to students during this degree program enables them to solve real-world problems through computers.This program has been designed keeping in view the emerging needs of the software industry and it meets all the requirements laid down by Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan. For the successful completion of my degree, I did my final year project on "Motion detection using Artificial Neural Networks".
