Ali Raza Kikerya
Al-Batool Square, Block-B, *rd Floor, Flat # 13, 260 Garden East, Karachi, Pakistan.
Email: *****@*****.*** Mob#: +92-345-***-****
Writer/Copy Editor/Proofreader
MY PROFILE AT A GLANCE……
Education: “MBA in Human Resource Management” with 3.02 CGPA (80%).
Experience: A highly professional & experienced ‘Executive Secretary’. Have always worked & associated with top cadre people like Chairman, President, MD, CEO, ED, DD, etc. Worked as “Executive Secretary to Dean, College of Sciences”, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Presently working as a “Personal Secretary to Group Head” of a well-renowned Bank.
Communications/Writing Skills: Possess good communications skills accompanied by extensive writing experience. Independently wrote a large number of speeches, academic essays, research papers, web contents, products’ leaflets, software brochures/manuals, and much more. Passed “Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL)”.
Writing Experience:
While working in Siemens (Pakistan) Engg. Co. Ltd. wrote a small write-up (copy attached) in the newsletter and wrote the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for its Corporate Communications Dept.
Worked as a “Freelance Academic Writer” for a couple of US based firms. Received a reward from the American firm, M/s. Academia-Research, Inc. for writing the best essay on a financial topic. See appreciation email in the end.
Also worked as a “Freelance Speech Writer” for the President, Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI). See details below.
Worked for about nine months as “Home based Editor/Proofreader” for a US based Company, M/s. ReachWorld.com, owned by a Pakistani gentleman. The work included editing/proofreading various web contents.
M/s. Kohinoor Group (Home based job): Reproduced the product (Tibet Snow Cream) leaflet with improved look and readability.
Wrote software brochures/operating manuals of self-developed software.
Software Development Skills: Independently designed & developed many software applications on MS Excel, Visual Basic6 with MS Access Database including the “Air Ticketing Invoice” software, which was exported to the US based travel agency.
Being innovative & creative, always on a quest to put forward out-of-box ideas and do things differently.
Freelance Academic Writer
Worked from Mar-Oct 2011, as a “Freelance Academic Writer” for M/s. Academia-Research, Inc., based in NY, USA. The work comprised conducting research on different topics and then writing articles, essays, speeches, research papers, etc. in own words. As Academia-Research has zero tolerance policy with regard to plagiarism & writing quality, papers written are scanned through the plagiarism detecting software to ensure a fresh piece of work. Wrote on as many as 50 different topics during the tenure.
Freelance Speech Writer
Worked from Nov 2013-Jan 2014 as a “Freelance Speech Writer” for the President, Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI). Independently wrote the following Speeches, which were delivered by the President KCCI at different occasions/events, such as Exhibitions, Conferences, Visit of High Commissioners/ Ambassadors, Federal Ministers, etc.
Issues of Pakistan Railways and Transporters strike;
Welcome speech on visit of delegation from South Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Surat India;
Welcome speech on visit of Indian High Commissioner;
President’s Message of Congratulations, published in the souvenir of Pakistan Stevedores (Pvt) Ltd., on the eve of completion of 50 years of operation at the Karachi Port.
President’s Message in the KCCI souvenir 2014, published on the eve of My Karachi Expo, held in June 2014.
President’s inaugural speech at the “India Expo 2013” held on 13-15 Dec 2013 at Expo Centre Karachi.