Samara Ali

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Consulting Analyst - Commercialization Insights @ CrowdPlat
Toronto, ON, CA
Samara Ali's Location
Oakville, Ontario, Canada, Canada
About Samara Ali

An MBA, and a self-starter with 4+ years of management experience in non-profits, retail, banking, and capital markets to foster strategic business partnerships and initiatives that have impacted more than 14 million customers. Through these professional experiences, I have developed tremendously in data analytics, P&L management, and analysis, product lifecycle management, process optimization, and agile development.Currently, I am leading growth objectives for a non-profit organization and seeking to further my intellectual rigor and self-starter drive within product management.๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€: Financial Services (Retail Banking + Investment Management) (4+ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด) | Non-Profit & Business Advocacy (6 ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ด) | B2C/B2B Startups (Hospitality + Supply-Chain) (4 months) ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€:Most Consistent Performer Award for Product Excellence | Certified Scrum Masterยฎ (CSM) ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐š ๐€๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ: (Microsoft Excel, SQL, Python, NumPy, pandas)๏ฝœ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ: (Miro, Figma)๏ฝœ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: (UAT, APIs) ๏ฝœ๐—”๐—ด๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€: (Jira, ClickUp, Teams, SharePoint) | ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—  : Salesforce๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€:โ— ๐—” ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: I love to write, and through this platform feat. the Commonwealth Secretariat, I get to meaningfully share perspective on pressing global matters and interview changemakers who are creating real impact in their communities, from Kigali to Melanesia.โ— ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜-๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: One of the global 5% - I choose my scissors wisely.โ— ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ(๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€): I performed at a pantomime once โ€“ body language is KEY.โ— ๐—”๐—ป ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: Nothing can substitute paperbacks โ€“ sorry Kindle. Current favorite: ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜จ ๐˜ž๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต, ๐˜—๐˜ฉ.๐˜‹. Forever favorite: ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜น ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜›๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ._______________________________If our approaches resonate, I'm eager to explore further. Feel free to drop me a message or an email๐Ÿ“ง samaraali36@gmail.com.

Samara Ali's Current Company Details
CrowdPlat

Crowdplat

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Consulting Analyst - Commercialization Insights
Toronto, ON, CA
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crowdplat.com
Employees:
12
Samara Ali Work Experience Details
  • Crowdplat
    Consulting Analyst - Commercialization Insights
    Crowdplat
    Toronto, On, Ca
  • Endeavour Consulting For Non-Profits
    Client Relations Manager
    Endeavour Consulting For Non-Profits Oct 2024 - Present
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    1. ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฒ: Responsible for enabling the Director of Client Relations to develop and grow Endeavourโ€™s client base by understanding and strategically addressing the requirements of the non-profit clientele.2. ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž: Provide progress reports to the Director and Client Relations Team to manage current engagements for client needs.
  • Faysal Asset Management Limited.
    Assistant Vice President - Manager For Product & Innovation
    Faysal Asset Management Limited. Jun 2022 - Mar 2024
    1.๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ & ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ (๐’๐Ž๐): Managed the team in creating crucial funding plans, which include Money-Market Fund, Exchange-Traded Fund and Asset Allocation Schemes, which improve the companyโ€™s scalability worth $13 Million+.2. ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก & ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐š ๐€๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ: Led the team in the conception of the company's first-ever mutual fund for women that addressed theirโ€ฆ Show more 1.๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ & ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ (๐’๐Ž๐): Managed the team in creating crucial funding plans, which include Money-Market Fund, Exchange-Traded Fund and Asset Allocation Schemes, which improve the companyโ€™s scalability worth $13 Million+.2. ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก & ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐š ๐€๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ: Led the team in the conception of the company's first-ever mutual fund for women that addressed their risk-propensity to mobilize efforts in the financial inclusion of about 14 million working women.3. ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ฌ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ-๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ: Enabled the launch of the companyโ€™s first WhatsApp self-service platform to help existing and new customers through their entire investment journey. 4. ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: Managed key internal stakeholders to develop digital and innovation policy which addressed necessary protocols to prevent operational inefficiencies.5. ๐”๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž & ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง (๐”๐—/๐”๐ˆ): Enabled digital distribution agreements with partners such as CreditBook and an Egypt-based company, CEQUENS, for developing an improved user interface of the mobile application for a seamless customer experience.6. ๐Ž๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ: Managed the launch of a partnership between EasyPaisa (Telenor Microfinance Bank) and Faysal Funds, which has been the first-ever of its kind whereby an alliance between an asset management company and the telecommunications business segment has enabled access to savings products for more than 13 million users across the country.7. ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ฒ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž (๐๐ƒ๐‹๐‚): Developed and implemented innovative product schemes and instruments to build the companyโ€™s strategic advantage in creating a strong customer experience, seamless digital inclusion, and broadening outreach to the unbanked population. Show less
  • Js Bank
    Product Specialist - State Bank Of Pakistan (Sbp) Reporting And Sme Portfolio
    Js Bank Oct 2018 - Jul 2020
    1. ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก & ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง (๐๐‘๐ƒ): Enforced sales and business strategy, and led cross-department projects for JS GoldFinance, a gold-collateral-based financing solution for Small and Medium Enterprises, to drastically improve the bottom line of the Bank by $6.8 Million.2. ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž: Led improvement and training of product process-flows from end-to-end to ensureโ€ฆ Show more 1. ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก & ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง (๐๐‘๐ƒ): Enforced sales and business strategy, and led cross-department projects for JS GoldFinance, a gold-collateral-based financing solution for Small and Medium Enterprises, to drastically improve the bottom line of the Bank by $6.8 Million.2. ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž: Led improvement and training of product process-flows from end-to-end to ensure better facilitation to clients seeking financial assistance for the first-ever financing facility introduced by the Bank for women entrepreneurs. This included collaboration with key government organizations such as the Women's Chamber of Commerce - South to strengthen awareness and accessibility of the financing facility.3. ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ & ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ: Executed the Risk-Participation Facility with Karandaaz Pakistan (funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) to encourage development financing by $8 Million. This project enhanced the financing made available to four SME segments, namely women entrepreneurs, school development, agricultural growth financing, and supply-chain development on a pari-passu basis.4. ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง (๐๐‘๐ƒ) & ๐”๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐“๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  (๐”๐€๐“): Managed and oversaw User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Business Requirements Documentation (BRD), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and collaboration with external and internal partners for the roll-out of new product features. This includes management of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) of the sales team, analysis of the target audience, and execution of an aligned growth strategy for optimized outcomes. Show less
  • The Pakistan Business Council
    Research Assistant
    The Pakistan Business Council May 2018 - Jul 2018
    Conducted in-depth analysis, through primary and secondary research, on improving Pakistanโ€™s competitive edge in the global market for its textiles industry. The research analyzed the dynamics instilled by Vietnam and China to sustain their global competitiveness within the industry and the relevant course of action for Pakistan to accelerate its competitive advantage.
  • Colgate-Palmolive
    Project Consultant
    Colgate-Palmolive Jan 2017 - Jun 2017
    1. Collaborated with the brand manager to analyze the retail environment and formulate an insight-driven presentation. which comprehensively gauged the competitive landscape of the depilatory industry worth $23 Million. 2. Identified the target consumer profile and needs consisting of women across socio-economic segments through qualitative and quantitative research to execute a robust 360-degree IMC strategy that improved unaided brand recall by 30%.

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Teaching Microsoft Office Management Microsoft Excel Microsoft Word Research Powerpoint Sales Leadership Ngos Marketing Team Management Team Leadership Time Management Market Research Teamwork Customer Service

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Samara Ali works for Crowdplat

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Samara Ali's current role is Consulting Analyst - Commercialization Insights.

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Samara Ali attended Lahore University Of Management Sciences, Institute Of Business Administration, The Lyceum School,karachi, Toronto Metropolitan University.

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Samara Ali has interest in Children, Economic Empowerment, Education, Science And Technology, Arts And Culture, Health.

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