Chief Strategy Officer
SAZMINING INC
Total years of experience :25 years, 8 Months
www.sazmining.com
Startup crypto - mining and advisory firm specializing in crypto-farms infrastructure and cryptocurrency treasury management.
Investor Relations / Strategy Formation / Fundraising / Business Operations
- Prepared 3-5 year business plans / strategic road map / investor deck as part of capital raise exercise
- Closely work with Operations and Finance to analyze projected pipeline and prepare budgets.
- Identified and developed new relationships with family offices / VC funds / institutional and retail investors
- Participated in IR events (industry conventions / global crypto summits - WCC 2019 Las Vegas)
- Conducted market research on target prospects, investor meets and present corporate strategies and differentiating factors.
-Devised, deployed and monitored processes to boost long term business growth and profits.
Subsidiary of ZERO GLOBAL UAE (www.zeroglobal.biz)
(Startup mortgage consulting and referral advisory entity serving community specific shariah compliant financial products)
Manage overall day-to-day finance & operational performance for a value-added reseller of mortgage products.
Identified savings of CAD 1M by implementing cost reduction through transaction level account reporting that allows for greater transparency.
Key member of the leadership team working on deal negotiations with financial institutions.
Provide both leadership and strategic support to multiple departments, through sales, technical support, customer service and lender relationships.
Defining performance management KPI’s to monitor operational success against objectives.
Reporting to the board on operation activities towards business goals.
Established a culture of continuous business improvement with KPI on process reengineering
Developed leadership and coaching programs to increase employee effectiveness.
Key Accomplishments
Increased revenue growth by 50% for year 2017 & 2018, by forging new partnerships and implementation of cost reduction procedures.
Partner with executive management to develop annual business plan with aggressive growth targets.
(A boutique finance and strategy advisory firm serving SME sector in UAE)
Tactfully implemented corporate strategies influencing organizational growth and profitability and provide consulting services to clients and assistance to business development in executing consulting assignment for local and international SME businesses as well as government entities and banks.
Instrumental in C-suite network building and expansion with multi-project deals.
Successfully executed product/project implementation and establish long-term customer focused relationships.
Proactively streamlined processes and methodically redistribute tasks to optimize efficiencies as well as challenging the team to optimize their work. Established strong controls over cash, payroll, A/R, A/P, and financial reporting, and conduct market research identifying potential clients. Assist management in hiring process.
Key Accomplishments
Increased revenue growth by 20% for year 2015, 50% in 2016 and 55% year-to-date 2017 by streamlining internal operations and new business development.
Developed high performance consulting team to drive disciplined growth and achieve targets.
Conducted feasibility study on growth targets for next 3 years and led the corporate restructuring project to align business unit towards overall organizational growth.
(National Stock Exchange of United Arab Emirates)
Created business plans, market valuations, corporate financial performance analysis, and product development. Performed corporate valuation exercise for UAE exchanges as part of Dubai government's M&A proposal.
Collaborated with Finance Department to provide forecast & financial objectives linked to each business unit and product.
Led cross functional team to redefine mission, vision, core-values and align them with Dubai's 2021 strategic plan.
Managed balance scorecards and KPIs for senior management/directors. Developed Corporate MIS dashboard.
Administered investor relations regulating strategic initiatives, financial reporting, stock valuations, corporate presentations and conferences, DFM - IR website management.
Conceptualized and implemented projects including eSAR & eBAR, dividend distribution, data dissemination, HRMS implementation, and DFM web portal revamp.
Key Accomplishments
Crafted iVESTOR card concept. Provide feasibilities on product growth initiatives and success parameters, competitive risk analysis, and devised long-term business plan for the product.
Developed 5-year financial business plan and roadmap for DFM business segments.
Designed DFM Share and Broker Analysis Reporting (eSAR & eBAR) application to provide listed securities with technical analysis on share movement, investor ownership, trading behaviors, peer analytics and brokers performance.
Decreased expenditures through successful negotiation of Borse Dubai US$1B debt restructuring deal.
Singlehandedly established a project management office and crafted business focused PMO practices.
(Consulting firm specializing in provided financial services to banks and government institutions)
Rendered consultancy services to leading companies on issues of finance & strategy, financial planning & modeling, feasibility studies, policy & procedural documentation, financial audits and reviews, budgeting, forecasting, financial software implementations, GL and cost accounting development.
Key Accomplishments
Assembled & implemented performance tools to measure KPIs/SLAs. Supervised strategic & financial functions including budgeting and performance management strategy development, financial books and GL management, financial audit, cost-center & balanced scorecard for Motivate Publishing LLC.
Assiduously performed feasibility study on implementation of online banking services through its customer base for Noor Islamic Bank PJSC yielding positive financial & strategic outcomes.
Prepared balance scorecard & KPIs for Govt. of Dubai as part of their employee development program.
(Property development and management firm)
Devised business plans, analyzed market potentials and constructed financials. Furnished feasibility models & market analysis for real estate sector in UAE, GCC and other upcoming potential markets.
Realigned strategies and business plans to tackle the financial crisis through offer remodeling, cost-benefit analysis, company-wide cost reduction initiatives, streamlining process workflows and company restructuring.
Assembled cash-flow forecasts and financial statements for projects as well as for management review.
Actively involved in preparation of annual budget and performance matrices and dispense profitability analysis to senior management for decision making.
Initiated PPM exercise with E&Y to raise capital from investors/existing shareholders.
Key Accomplishments
Methodically conceived vision, mission and 5-year strategic roadmap for the company. Custom-made stress-tests/what-if analysis for the crisis handling and board member decision makings.
Launched 2 projects during my tenure with expected ROI of 80% Y-O-Y
(Biggest Islamic Bank in UAE)
Supplied feasibility study reports & consumer market analysis for bank expansion in terms on retail outlets, and national/international electronic channels. Provided detailed MIS and revenue performances, cross-sell analysis, as well as future projections to retail units, product heads, branches and HODs.
Aided senior management in decision making through supply of accurate & in-depth retail financial analysis.
Instituted IPO management module to track sales & income performance for 3 IPO subscriptions.
Set yearly financial goals, plans, budget controls & defined IPM/KPI/SLAs for all business heads.
Outlined financial models, cost-benefit analysis, profitability projections and forecasting for new product launches, branch setup, electronic channels before product launches, tracked the product performance and suggested promotions/strategies for recalibration
Key Accomplishments
Strategically led a cross-functional team to successfully implement Oracle based HRMS system. Designed proposal workflows, costing & budgeting, cost-benefit & feasibility analysis, walk-through management, approval follow-ups, implementation and initiatives monitoring.
Modeled & executed an automated centralized MIS analytic system S.M.A.R.T. to track the retail business unit’s performance product/unit-wise on a daily/monthly basis and oversaw TQM initiatives.
Worked as Programmer
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