Miranda Rector Email & Phone Number

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

As an independent consultant, I am currently committed primarily to helping successfully bring two mobile applications to the market - one in the Fin-Tech space and the other in Fashion/E-commerce. My role with both projects largely involves: - Project managing to ensure overall success of the projects through effective Product Strategy Mapping, Structured Developement Goal and Timeline Setting, Developement Task Priorisation and Planning, Team Communication and Co-ordination, Performance and Output Reviewing, Designing and Implementing Effective Operational Processes, etc. - Overall architecting of product from a design perspective - including User Experience planning, User Interface designing, Product Performance Measurement and User Behaviour Analytics planning. - Product managing to oversee successful developement and maintainance of product through effective Product Roadmapping, Product Feature Prioritisation and Product Testing. - Team Developement - helping to build and oversee a team of developers. As a consultant, I focus on helping entrepreneurs or companies with vision, bring to market products intended to improve people's lives.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

As General Manager/Chief Operating Officer at 1001 App Software Solutions, my role has evolved from a pure product focus to involving a number of new responsibilities, with a strong focus on the following:Operational Process Design for scaling operations - as a growing business, leading consistent and ongoing operational improvement in processes and communication flows and resources has been extremely important to ensure output quality, speed and to maintaining a high quality of customer service.Contributing to Resource Allocation Strategy for focusing on targeted growth areas in the business. General overseeing of development team progress and alignment with company objectives, as well as improving resource, co-ordination and communication practices between cross-border teams.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

As the Chief of Product and Design at 1001 App Software Solutions FZ LLC, my primary role in the company is to really spearhead the successful ideation, design, development and delivery of incredible mobile and web applications that help our clients do better business in an increasingly digital market. The role is challenging, exciting and extremely rewarding with the following responsibilities:• Overseeing the overall product and delivery of solutions from A-Z – from ideation stage through to gathering functionality requirements from the client, implementing market trends research, creating UX/UI wireframes and design prototypes, preparing technical documentation and presentation for the development team, user testing, design fine tuning and follow up with clients’ feedback and further requests. • Constantly keeping up-to-date on UX and UI Industry trends – to be able to deliver world-class design and functionality in our solutions. • Creation of coherent and comprehensive functionality requirement documentation for our solutions so that the desired functionality output of the solution is clear and in line with clients’ expectations. • Successfully communication and coordination with clients and internal cross functional teams to make sure that everyone is on the same page. • Creating Design prototypes on design prototyping software such as Marvel. • Producing UX and UIs on Photoshop for both mobile and web solutions.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

As Product Lead and Sales for 1001App's Raspberry Solution, I am responsible for ensuring the successful development of and landing into the market of Raspberry, from concept stage to profitability stage. This responsibility includes a range of responsibilities: - Conducting and overseeing market feasibility of product in U.A.E. Market - Overseeing Product Design from concept to real-time product. - Overseeing continuous technical development, delivery of, maintenance and innovation of product. - Overseeing Brand and Marketing Strategy - including developing value proposition of product as well as design development of marketing and sales collateral. - Overseeing successful Sales Strategy and Activities - including designing CRM, sales scripts, customer life-cycle planning. - Overseeing Operations of Solution Delivery to Clients - Overseeing successful integration of Raspberry with other 1001App Solutions. - Overseeing continuous R&D on product.

Dubai

General Manager: In charge of the day-to-day running and operational processes of the center including: - Scheduling: Updating & managing Scheduling of tutors and students. - Updating daily progress of students into the system - Attending to sales enquiries via telephone or walk-ins - Attending to parents' customer service needs - Attending to parents' individual needs - Ensuring stock control of required resourcesIn charge of monitoring KPIS and general center performance, and ensuring success of the center including: - Establishing and building trusting relationships with parents and students. - Conducting Sales Meetings. - Analysis of operational processes and designing improvement strategies to increase efficiency. - Co-operating with Center Director and owners to ensure center's performance. - Analysis and adaptation of new softwares and technologies into the center. - Planning and conducting staff meetings with tutoring team to ensure team performance and alignment with center's vision and goals. Senior Education Counselor: Overseeing overall quality of tutoring delivery as well as monitoring student's progress and liaising with parents to ensure service is of the highest standard and value is being delivered to clients. Responsibilities include: - Overseeing quality of tutoring being delivered. - Designing, Implementation and Analysis of training for tutors. - Overseeing progress of individual students - Assisting in assessment testing of students - Planning for and running Parent Conference meetings with Parents

Dubai, U.A.E.

As General Manager and founder of a start-up technology company, responsibilities varied across multiple fields such as business development, managerial, sales and marketing, and included the following tasks:o Creating a business plan and milestones for the businesso Designing and creating specifications documents for applications.o Liaising and coordinating with development team on development progresso Planning and designing all branding collateral from Website, to brochures, flyers and User-Interfaces of the company’s applications. o Managing website and social media contento Prospecting target market and generating sales leads o Carrying out administrative and PR tasks related to set up of company.o Creating presentations decks for potential investors and clientso Carrying out sales and investor presentation meetings to source funding.o Managing the financials of the business.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Real World Solutions [RWS] is a consultancy, services and events company with a big passion for providing personal and professional development solutions, focusing on youth in the region. Leaders in non-academic education provision, RWS seeks to fuel your children's individual success by giving them the keys they need to unlock the best possible future for themselves. With a focus on financial literacy, the RIGHT career guidance and life-skills building, RWS teaches youth important life-skills in such an engaging and interactive way, they won't even realize they are learning!As co-founder and Executive Director of Real World Solutions, I oversee and ensure the organization's presence and performance in the Middle East Region. For more information please visit www.rwsglobal.com

Dubai, U.A.E.

Responsibilities of role; o Operational and logistics management of the running of all student programso Overseeing the recruitment and training process of staffo Overseeing co-ordination and communication between staff as well as clients o Developing and overseeing the quality control of program delivery and content. o Building of relationships with potential relevant partners. o Developing and implementation of marketing strategy to build stronger brand awareness and strategic market positioning.o Implementation of Sales plan to drive sales.o Strategic planning and implementation of business development methods focusing on product diversification. My role as project manager for FLA provided me with a great initial experience of working in the youth development industry in the U.A.E. It allowed me to familiarize myself with the educational (academic and nonacademic) offerings that the country provides for youth and the various parties involved in the system. Being an SME, FLA also provided me with an incredible learning experience of being very hands-on and integrated into all aspects of running the business and working towards its success.

Bachelor Of Behavioural Science, Psychology & Philosophy

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Spanish And Visual Arts

Certificate - Mastering Design Thinking, Industrial And Product Design