Faizaan Shaikh Email & Phone Number

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Remote

Responsibilities:+ Acting as a liaison among product, IT, and sales teams to understand customer demand for new features and new potential markets.+ Facilitating collaborative sessions with extensive and diverse business stakeholder groups to drive requirements discovery, analysis, and review.+ Planning work with the Product Owner to translate key business/solution requirements into initial Feature/Story Map models, User Stories, and personas (actors).+ Authored multiple… Show more Responsibilities:+ Acting as a liaison among product, IT, and sales teams to understand customer demand for new features and new potential markets.+ Facilitating collaborative sessions with extensive and diverse business stakeholder groups to drive requirements discovery, analysis, and review.+ Planning work with the Product Owner to translate key business/solution requirements into initial Feature/Story Map models, User Stories, and personas (actors).+ Authored multiple documents for senior management to execute a data-driven decision-making process.+ Developing data-driven marketing strategies/initiatives by collaborating with the Strategy team and Account Managers.Key Achievements:+ Owned Business development of Electric Vehicle Dealership Management System module and met 96% of deadlines by identifying and mitigating engineering roadblocks.+ Successfully completed multiple projects in Data Security and Net Promotor systems. Show less

Ontario, Canada

Responsibilities:+ Conducted product ideation and research, including pre-product and post-product interviews with customers to identify problem areas and get feedback. Initiated and received input from more than 1500 potential customers through surveys and customer interviews. + Designed and developed an end-to-end platform to connect writers with potential customers who desire to write their life stories in just three months. Developed and implemented an AI chatbot to absorb user… Show more Responsibilities:+ Conducted product ideation and research, including pre-product and post-product interviews with customers to identify problem areas and get feedback. Initiated and received input from more than 1500 potential customers through surveys and customer interviews. + Designed and developed an end-to-end platform to connect writers with potential customers who desire to write their life stories in just three months. Developed and implemented an AI chatbot to absorb user stories/experiences about different stages of life.+ Defined KPIs, deliverables, timeline, budgets, milestones for MVP development.Key Achievements:+ Appropriately utilized the $10,000 funds raised from SEPT Merit funding for extensive market research. + Implemented marketing strategies, leading to potential customers, increasing the conversion rate by 60%. Conducted deeper and though competitive analysis to isolate sustainable competitive advantage.+ Implemented SEO goals and drove the product launch initiative across the website and social media; achieved a 35% monthly increase in customer reach. Show less

Pune Area, India

Responsibilities:+ Produced elegant user interface through a customer-focused approach in building front-end software using Agile methodologies, leading to a 15% increase in signups. + Launched two significant projects of the Buymaxo Ecosystem (>250k products): Buyer Admin Panel and Order Management Automation. Integrated efficient third-party API for seamless payment, automatic zipcode detection, and real-time order tracking. + Collaborated cross-functionality with technical and… Show more Responsibilities:+ Produced elegant user interface through a customer-focused approach in building front-end software using Agile methodologies, leading to a 15% increase in signups. + Launched two significant projects of the Buymaxo Ecosystem (>250k products): Buyer Admin Panel and Order Management Automation. Integrated efficient third-party API for seamless payment, automatic zipcode detection, and real-time order tracking. + Collaborated cross-functionality with technical and business team, including design to identify new/improved features and enhance the customer experience. Designed and led two usability studies with more than 60 individuals participating. + Collaborated with designers, developers, and product owners regularly to avail interactive and scalable website. Leveraged A/B testing, user research, and data analytics to identify measurement methods to improve performance.Key Achievements:+ Pared down feature list by 30% to enable more rapid development of critical features. + Executed “Next Day Delivery” project that resulted in a 70% repeat order rate every month. Show less

Pune Area, India

AdventureSquare is an Adventure Tourism activity aggregator. We at AdventureSquare believe that it is an Experience Industry. In this age of Millenials, a paradigm shift is happening right from day to day recreation activities. People are preferring bouldering over the gym, hiking instead of treadmills, Cycling over bikes. Responsibilities:+ Articulated solution that alleviates customer pain while planning an adventure trip.+ Identified target customers and conducted customer… Show more AdventureSquare is an Adventure Tourism activity aggregator. We at AdventureSquare believe that it is an Experience Industry. In this age of Millenials, a paradigm shift is happening right from day to day recreation activities. People are preferring bouldering over the gym, hiking instead of treadmills, Cycling over bikes. Responsibilities:+ Articulated solution that alleviates customer pain while planning an adventure trip.+ Identified target customers and conducted customer validation of purchasing the product.+ Conducted extensive primary research to identify the price for the service. + Implemented Lean strategies from the very start and followed the concept of continuous improvement throughout. + Organised more than 20 adventure trips with well-known trips organisers using AdventureSquare.+ Handled a team of 10 people including content influencers and the designers.+ Identified core technology to implement the solution.+ Developed and executed Marketing and sales strategies to better portrait the product and reach the target audience. Show less

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Innovation And Entrepreneurship

Activities and Societies: Awarded SEPT (School of Engineering Practice and Technology) Merit Funding

Graduate Diploma [Water Without Borders], Social Sciences

Activities and Societies: Travelled to Peru for a Field Visit to understand the growing global societal need for science, service, policy.

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