Farhan Ahmed Email & Phone Number

Lahore, Pk

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

United Arab Emirates

• As the CCO, I am leading the client partnerships across the Middle East region & the US. • Focusing on helping customers reduce cloud costs through Cloud Cost Optimization and Cloud Scaling Services on platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform. • Actively engaged in bespoke software development; transforming customers' needs into mobile and web applications constructed on technologies such as MERN, PHP, Android Native, iOS Native, and Ruby on Rails.• 360- Degree Brand development through B2B Marketing• Lead Generation Strategy through Email and LinkedIn• A/B Testing for Optimizing Content• Email marketing Campaigns through Apollo• Customized Email Campaign for extremely amazing results

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Was responsible for the overall profitability and brand development of the App• Increased the Social Media outreach to Cricket Fans through aggressive Facebook, Twitter and YouTube content creation strategy• Brought in Millions of visitors through creative Marketing Strategy and Collaboration with different sports based partners• Engaged users by creating attractive content and through regularly introduction of new features in the app• Increase in revenue through new customer acquisition and retention of old users

Lahore, Pakistan

Implementing my philosophy of the 'MODERN TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT.In today's competitive era, technology department should no longer be run as a Cost Center.Everything that we do should contribute to the top-line or the bottom-line of the company.We are achieving it through an INNOVATIVE mindset and my framework of OUTCOME BASED OBJECTIVE setting, which helps my team think in a structured way. This Framework is doing Miracles for us!

- Collaborated with stakeholders to identify possible vulnerabilities in the system- Lead the development of Detect and Respond Policies for the IT Systems- Implemented controls over the corporate network and data transferred- Created Policies for accessing data within organization and by third parties- Ensured that the vendors/partners also follow certain protocols to ensure that their access of our systems is not a threat to our network- Initiated Change Control Board in order to ensure focused utilization of resources- Developed Dashboards to access the effectiveness of policies and project management methodologies- Conducted audits to ensure that the IT security policies are being followed- Trained the IT team on ITIL for higher Service Levels and continuous improvement of IT processes

Lahore

As a Project Manager at SSC, I am responsible to advance the systems and processes across all functions in the organization. Not only took up and delivered the projects requested by different departments, but also identified projects myself, for which it was required to build consensus to get funding/approval and then handle the execution and delivery of those projects. The nature of these projects was technology as well as non-technology/business.The evaluation of this position was based on timely delivery of Projects keeping a tight control on the Scope, Cost and Quality of the task at hand. This role at SSC also demands close interaction with:• Third party software vendors• Third party software consultants• Third party Warehouse PartnersOracle Retail Merchandising SystemWas the project manager for the most expensive project of company’s history, which included the implementation of Oracle Retail Merchandising System (ReTek). This project was approved and initiated by the higher management, foreseeing the need for a single platform merchandising and planning tool which will help in forecasting the right pair of shoe to the right shop. Globally this project is planned to be implemented in two years’ time with consultants working on-site, but we were ambitious enough to take up the task to implement it in one year while our consultants were in contact with us from USA. • Drove the project schedule and scope to ensure 100% compliance of what were the objectives of the project• Communicated and followed up the delivery with all teams within SSC to keep the teams motivated and self-driven• Coordinated and facilitated the requirement analysis and training workshops in Dubai• Created monitoring systems to ensure accountability and visibility of each track within the project to higher management as well as the project team.• Till Date: Delivered all major milestones on-time as per the Statement Of Work

Lahore

Social Media Strategist | Working on Company Branding | Global Marketing Specialist| Social Media | Marketing Plans & Budgets | Search Engine Marketing | Search Engine Optimization | Advertising and Media CommunicationInitially hired to manage traditional marketing efforts for the backbone product of the company. Quickly introduced integrated marketing, with social media marketing as a means to develop leads. Gained executive buy-in and devised/ implemented a comprehensive social media strategy. Was recognized for my services within the first three months of joining the company. • Image Building Activities------------B2B Advertisement Campaign development ------------Development of campaign related Marketing Material • Worked closely with Account Managers for Business Case Development for New clients • Developed Marketing Tool for Consolidating region-wise marketing budget for the entire year• Developed a strategy for efficient utilization of presales tools: SEO and SEM • Led a team of 5 and launched a pilot project of Social Media Marketing with accountability of web analytics, lead generation / landing page design, social media strategy, blogging and email marketing. ------------Developed multiple leads ------------Boosted traffic to corporate website by over 40% ------------Launched the company's very first blog, with a subscriber base of 700 in the very first months------------Developed Facebook fan Page ------------Established Corporate Twitter Page and got it integrated with the company blog ------------Created email NewsLetter to compliment company blog, was sent to 3000 subscribers every month• Responsible for marketing activities in North American Region ------------Concept development of Marketing Campaigns ------------Define the Target Audience for every marketing activity

Lahore

Developed sales & support department with accountability of new sales leads, web analytics and customer support. Gave sales presentations to the potential clients and interacted with their higher officers to analyze their software needs. • Sales and Marketing Strategy for the Product called Simplicant. • Successfully generated 130 new leads • Negotiated partnership deals with complimenting software vendors • 40% increase in unique visitors to the website • Worked with cross functional teams to improve the usability and graphical features of the website • Image Building and New customer acquisition for the product called PakWheels.com • Effectively launched a marketing campaign to bring 25% increase in the traffic to the website • Came up with three creative sales packages for different vendors where they can utilize the large traffic on the website.

Task Team for the Uplift of Pakistan Furniture IndustryCurrently working for JAA on a project aimed at analyzing the export potential of Pakistan furniture industry for UAE market as a part of the Government of Pakistan's initiative for strategic development and competitiveness. This project includes a complete analysis of the current situation of Pakistan Furniture Industry, consisting of the identification of bottle necks in different parts of the working value chain. Second part of the project included a detailed research of the on going furniture trends in the Dubai Market and coming up with a detailed report about the potential target areas of production. The Third and the last part of the project was to make suggestions and recommendations to the government of Pakistan about the required changes in the areas of the value chain, in order to make the Pakistani furniture valuable enough to be exported to the Dubai market.

Responsible for creating a feasibility and marketing strategy for one of the products called Hosted IP Contact Center

Team Lead for Accounts and Inventory Module. In charge of the Design and Implementation. Responsibilities also included gathering requirements and Interaction with the client.

Web Application Development in ASP 3.0.

Mba, Marketing

Activities and Societies: Entrepreneurship, Marketing Management, Industrial Marketing , Advertising Promotion, Organizational Politics.

Bsc (Hons), Computer Science

A Levels