Faraz Omar, Mba, Csaa Email & Phone Number

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Founder of popular halal stock screener. We provide Shariah compliance reports for global stocks based on major standards like AAOIFI.

Mississauga, On, Canada

• For CanLift, an equipment rental firm in Burlington, built a profit forecast model using multiple linear regression and VBA programming on Excel; presented recommendations to boost profits• Built live data models using Thomson ONE Eikon and Excel functions for the Consumer Coverage division of Wedbush Securities, USA; set up live data for correlation, prepared charts, and programmed user input forms• Big Data/Machine Learning MBA team project for Picton Mahoney, a $9 billion AUM investment firm in Toronto; built a model to predict forward returns from S&P Index’s 30 years of historic data

Toronto, Canada Area

• Designed process maps for producing metric dashboards in the Capital Markets division• Launched Advisory Services’ internal website; developed the product roadmap, engaged with stakeholders, gathered requirements, designed mockups, built the website, and executed the launch• Supported Scrum Master with story mapping, documentation and planning the sprints for a large trading system project using Agile methodology; supported story creation and set conventions in JIRA• Supported Lean leads on several process improvement projects in different areas of the business• Determined, reported and analyzed Key Performance Indicators for Lean Yellow Belt training• In coordination with the managing director and other key stakeholders, developed videos explaining critical operations to offshore and onshore IT support teams• Led cross-functional meetings and drove collaboration between stakeholders

Toronto, Canada Area

• Uncovered operational problems through data analysis and helped management find solutions to reduce process time for new patients from two months to two weeks; the COO called my presentation “groundbreaking”• Handled large and complex datasets, analyzed and presented through data visualization tools• Advised key stakeholders; documented business opportunities and recommended digital solutions

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Established objectives for the company and formulated programs• Made executive decisions and ensured regulatory compliance• Represented the company in official functions• Allocated financial resources to implement company’s programs; formulated promotional campaigns• Led projects, prototype development, go-to-market plan and commercialization strategy• Coordinated and supervised the design and development of online applications to manage the projects’ online presence including public relations, communications, commercial activities and social media management.

• Founded a community blog to help expats understand the legal and cultural aspects of living in Saudi Arabia• Website was one of the most popular blogs in KSA; received 100K+ monthly readers (saudlife.net on archive.org)• Managed a 10-member multi-ethnic team of bloggers, editors and publishers• Drove product discovery and launched sections like Classifieds, Community and Matrimony

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

• Worked as International, Nation and Opinion editor during my term.• Supervised editorial content for the section and ensured consistency in publishing high-quality stories; developed meaningful stories from local reports, press releases and tip offs; increased reader engagement and letters to the editor.

• Developed websites for startups and non-profits using different content management systems

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Visual Communications