Nizam Ahmed, Senior Project Manager

Nizam Ahmed

Senior Project Manager

Flextrade Systems Pte Ltd

Location
Bangladesh
Education
Master's degree, Business Administration
Experience
22 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :22 years, 7 Months

Senior Project Manager at Flextrade Systems Pte Ltd
  • Singapore
  • My current job since April 2017

· Manage Exchange level projects (currently working on exchange wide roll out of OMS and Online Investor Terminals for PSE); and
· Manage Exchange clients.

In-Charge –Market Development Division at Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited
  • Bangladesh
  • June 2016 to March 2017

 Supervise all activities of all the departments of Market Development Division;
 Active Management Committee member;

Deputy General Manager – Product and Market Development at Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited
  • Bangladesh
  • May 2014 to March 2017

 Lead new product development initiatives;
 Promote new products to prospective issuers;
 Promote Listing at DSE;
 Initiate other market development activities;
 Acted as Project Manager for DSE’s new Automation Project;
 Played key role in Demutualization Project team;
 Prepared drafts for all new Regulations etc.

Deputy General Manager – Listing Affairs at Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited
  • Bangladesh
  • April 2013 to May 2014

 Evaluate all draft prospectus for forthcoming IPOs;
 Check compliance of all listed companies;
 Coordinate the Index management related matters;
 Involved in all development activities.

Assistant General Manager – Listing Affairs at Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited
  • Bangladesh
  • June 2010 to April 2013

 Evaluate all draft prospectus for forthcoming IPOs;
 Check compliance of all listed companies;
 Coordinate the Index management related matters;
 Involved in all development activities;
 Prepared final feature matrix for DSE Surveillance System procurement;
 Prepared amendment proposal for Listing Regulation, Settlement Regulation, Settlement Guarantee Fund Regulation etc.

Process Improvement Consultant at Bangladesh Association for Software and Information Services (BASIS)
  • Bangladesh
  • July 2009 to June 2010

 Consulted and supported the secretariat staffs in improving, developing and executing secretariat strengthening and process improvement related works;
 Assisted BASIS in Management of all projects, prospects/opportunities with the Government, partners and Development Agencies;
 Supported BASIS EC on different PR and Communication Activities;
 Represented BASIS in several government meetings at various ministries;
 As a part of the above, other incidental works. Propose new sets of regulations for new financial products.

Sr. Executive & In-Charge – Listing Affairs at Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited
  • Bangladesh
  • November 2008 to June 2009

 Supervised and lead a team of executives to:
o Process new listing applications,
o Ensure compliance from listed companies,
o Process any other regulatory issues;
 Propose amendments and additions to existing regulations;
 Propose new sets of regulations for new financial products;
 Designed the ranking system for selecting Top 30 companies;
 Developed the concept paper for Clearing and Settlement Company to be formed in 2009.

Sr. Executive – Training and R&D (in-Charge) at Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited
  • Bangladesh
  • April 2008 to November 2008

 Initiated new research works and supervising the research team and new projects with Interns;
 Started and supervised the first ever market research for the capital market (investors survey) in Bangladesh;
 Carried out the preliminary research work related to derivatives market;
 Initiated the first Knowledge Management System project for Dhaka Stock Exchange Ltd (DSE) in collaboration with a Consultant from Bain & Company of Sweden;
 Designed new training modules and lecturing investors on investment strategies;
 Organized all Investors Awareness Programs in and outside Dhaka.

Part Time Faculty at North South University
  • Bangladesh
  • January 2008 to August 2008

Faculty for Bank Management (FIN464) and Introduction to Business (BUS101).

Intern at Zephyr Textiles Ltd
  • Pakistan
  • July 2006 to August 2006

• Analyzing Financial Statements of Competition
• Designing Job Order Costing System for Dyeing Unit

Director-Operations at OneStopIT Solutions
  • Bangladesh
  • July 2002 to July 2005

• Managing day to day operation related to client services rendered.
• Developing new clients and managing client relations and ongoing projects.
• Managing projects of sourcing and commissioning of CISCO routers.
• Developing new business prospects for the company (e.g. signing country exclusive contract to represent Secu-i brand internet-security products of Samsung in Bangladesh).
• Initiated a joint venture project with e-Vista (www.evistatech.com) for the first educational portal for Bangladesh (http://www.education.com.bd).

IT Support Engineer at Alcatel CIT
  • Bangladesh
  • April 2005 to July 2005

• Designing and setting up Alcatel CIT’s new office IT infrastructure at Uday Tower, Gulshan, Dhaka.
• Installation and maintenance of all lotus notes accounts.
• Training Alcatel employees to use the lotus notes environment to facilitate their work within the HQ guidelines.

Graduate Assistant at Physics Dept., IUP
  • United States
  • January 1999 to December 2001

• Instructing undergrad student in Labs.
• Arranging Lab setup for undergrad students.
• Tutoring and Grading.

Education

Master's degree, Business Administration
  • at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
  • May 2007

1. LUMS Scholarship covering tution, fees, and subsistance allowance. 2. Concentration in both Finance and Marketing.

Master's degree, Physics
  • at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP)
  • May 2002

Concentration in Solid State Device Physics

Specialties & Skills

Administration
Business Simulations
Project Management
Physics
Monte Carlo Simulation
MS Word, Excell, Power Point, Access, Outlook
Excell Modeling, Monte Carlo Simulation
Project Management
Communications
Decision making
Ability to work under pressure
Leadership

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate
Urdu
Intermediate