Management Project
Resume:
SAIF UL HAQ
o Business Analysis, IT Project Management o
SFCTM, PMP® Prep, Six Sigma Yellow Belt
http://linkedin.com/in/saifuh
*********@****.***
Mississauga, ON
EDUCATION
2013 - 2015 M.Eng. Entrepreneurship & Innovation
McMaster University
Business Analysis: Data Collection Technology for Counting Cyclists and Pedestrians (client: City of Hamilton, ON) Project Management Plan: Aquaponics System
2011 - 2013 M.Sc. Computer Science
SEECS, NUST
2007 - 2011 B.Sc. Computer Engineering
College of EME, NUST
EXPERIENCE (5+ years in Business Analysis, Project Management and Programming)
2015 - 2016 Business Analyst (Project Coordinator)
Human Endeavour - social enterprise catering to marginalized communities
Kick-started new projects with CEO to expand company's scope while incorporating economic, environmental and social sustainability. Elicited customer needs, translated those into technical requirements and boosted the firm's public outreach by marketing existing products. Drafted funding proposals to tap into unexplored sources of grants in order to multiply business operations.
GAP analysis, to optimize current business operations by adapting PMP methodologies
2014 - 2015 Project Manager (Business Analyst)
DigaBlue - mobile app for real time proximity-based advertising
Agile-Waterfall Hybrid Project Management and weekly presentations to stakeholders.
Business Analysis and Lean Startup Methodologies for project risk mitigation: JAD sessions, primary & secondary market research, competitor analysis, ideal customer identification, marketing segmentation and target market size estimation (top-down/bottom-up), prototype development, product designing & development plans, and finally sales and marketing plans based on 5-Year Financial Growth Projections.
During one of the sprints, initial landing webpage to sign up early adopters for the service and to trigger growth hacking, was built and live in 3 days - (HTML5, CSS3, Twitter Bootstrap, PHP, JS)
Fully functioning UX + prototype was developed and UAT conducted for iOS. It relied on iBeacons bluetooth technology for communication - (Objective C, Xcode and Flinto/Invisionapp, Photoshop)
A comprehensive project management plan was completed, including RACI Matrix, communication matrix, GANTT chart, scheduling, risk assessment & categorization table, resource & budget allocation table, work & resource breakdown structure, project control planning and contingency.
Top 10 Finalists, Python’s Pit (Oakville’s Dragons Den) for best business plan & projected financials
2010 - 2014 IT Assistant Project Manager (Business Analyst)
Quadsource - software & technology development house
Agile software development, web programming, QA and databasing. Walkthrough reviews & weekly progress meetings to track performance and resolve technical issues - (PHP, CSS, HTML, JS, SQL)
E-Learning Website
Online Ads Website
Petrochemicals Website
Model UN Website
Project Management (Scrum Master): Developed sprint backlogs with team, updated/committed PBIs, and conducted product demonstration to stakeholders. Resource assignment and user point estimates on activities/tasks for my team of developers, designers and testers; ensuring the system design fits the needs of the users - (MS Access, WP, PHP, CSS, HTML, Java, jQuery, Ajax, SQL)
Multi-Level Marketing Website
Food Street Online Website
Cafe Management System
Product Management: Product development cost analysis, vendor selection, hardware designing, development, product shipment & deployment of digital signage solutions, xSwitch, at clients' sites.
Tehzeeb Bakery
D-Watson Chemist
Business Analysis (Product Owner): Liaison among business and technical stakeholders by continuously determining client needs, gathering requirements, analyzing feasibility and managing items in the product backlog. Financial management of the firm and business operations optimization to ensure maximum productivity using scarce resources available at the SME. Also focused on public relations, marketing and company’s profile management on social media.
1st company to introduce indoor digital signage commercially to general public of Islamabad
2006 - 2011 IT Project Coordinator & DBA (Internship)
AnaDigi Systems - solution provider & reseller, high performance computational machines
1st phase, assembled desktops and servers, learnt computer networking, partitioned HDDs, installed OS & supporting software and troubleshot problems of customers. 2nd phase, upgraded firm’s database (real-time inventory update), to help the CTO migrate from a static to a dynamic website. 3rd phase, increased the company's public relations through digitizing marketing activities, establishing its social media profiles and redirecting that traffic to its website to place orders online.
Faster Search Queries, Attracted higher revenues, 1500+ followers on social media company profile
2009 - 2010 Application Developer & QA (Internship)
College of EME, NUST - engineering educational institute
Helped develop and deploy University Management System (Moodle based). Performed QA, enrolled freshman into ERP for two years and trained non-tech savvy staff to operate the system. Saved time and thousands of dollars for the administration
ACHIEVEMENTS (4+ years of team management and program coordination)
2012 - 2013 Quadsource was 1st company to introduce xSwitch to general public of Islamabad
2010 Chief Organizer of 9th All Pakistan Computer Projects Exhibition & Competition
2009 - 2011 Co-Founder and President
NUST Volunteers Club - step toward volunteerism
Infused the spirit of volunteerism in the students and setup CEME’s 1st Blood Donor Society. Raised funds, bought and distributed commodities of survival & sustenance to flood victims. Founded a summer school (and taught few courses), organized 4 blood camps and many social events and revived four diminishing clubs.
2009 Deputy Chief Organizer of National Workshop on Internet Security & Privacy
2008 - 2010 Commandant's Plaque of Excellence (Event Organizing - CEME, NUST)
INTEREST AND SKILLS (excellent technical, business, interpersonal & communication skills)
Programming
C++, C#, VB, MS Visual Studio, ASP.net, SQL, PHP,
MATLAB, Wordpress, WAMP, JS, HTML, CSS, jQuery
Utilities
MS Project/Visio, JIRA, ACT, MS Office Suite,
Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, Sony Vegas, Audicity
Business Analysis
Requirement Analysis, Gap Analysis,
Elicitation Methods, Client Relationship
Management, Competitor Analysis,
Product Positioning, Market
Estimation, Business Canvas, Business
& Revenue Model, 5-Year Financial
Projections, Financing, Sales &
Marketing, Cradle to Cradle Sustainability
(PLC Triple Bottom Line), Business Process
Improvements, Business Development Plans
Project Management
PMP, SDLC, Agile-SCRUM/Kanban, Proposals/RFPs,
Project Charters, Decision Matrixes, RACI, Gantt/PERT, Critical Paths, KPIs, EVM, Risk/Contingency, Planning and Monitoring, Procurement, Requirement
Management and Communication, Project
Management Plans
Interests
Photography
Hiking and Travelling
Entrepreneurship
Hobbies
Movies and Gaming
Following articles, blogs and
launch events around
innovation, engineering,
science & technology
Volunteerism
Tutoring and Coaching
Sports
Table Tennis
Football
Basketball
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