Syed Muhammad Miqdad
Experienced International Business Manager
MSc. in International Management | CEMS
University College Dublin Smurfit GSB | Koç University GSB
September 2020
to May 2021
• Received 100% scholarship to pursue a 1 year CEMS Masters in International Management (ranked 8th globally by FT)
• A joint-degree between the top business schools of Ireland and Turkey
• Focus on Global Business Policy & Strategy, Digital Communication Strategy, and Managerial Economics
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• A joint-degree between the top business schools of Ireland and Turkey
• Focus on Global Business Policy & Strategy, Digital Communication Strategy, and Managerial Economics
• 3.82 GPA out of 4.00 | Dean’s Honor List|Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society (top 5% of each class)
• Renaissance & Global Scholar ($80,000 per annum scholarship awarded to 12 out of 33,000 applicants annually)
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• Renaissance & Global Scholar ($80,000 per annum scholarship awarded to 12 out of 33,000 applicants annually)
Go-To-Market Consultant
DocLink
July 2020
to September 2020
Consultant
Islamabad
Pakistan
- Headed Go-to-Market operations and strategy for a growing mobile-based health technology startup currently shortlisted by Microsoft for Startups (MENA)
- Led qualitative market research to identify high potential verticals and provide insights to the Product team
- Developed the sales pipeline and SOPs for a growing sales team along with integrating a CRM platform
- Onboarded doctors to the platform and collaborated with stakeholders to develop new features and solutions for clinics
Global Business Manager
PakVitae
June 2019
to July 2020
Full-time
Karachi
Pakistan
- Headed business operations of a $150M-valued Pakistani clean technologies startup aiming to provide cheap, off-grid water solutions to 10M people in developing countries
- Developed international sales channels to secure pre-launch sales of $0.7M which prompted an $8M VC investment, largest in the history of Pakistani startups at the time
- Negotiated MoUs for technology collaborations with leading global chemical suppliers, manufacturing partners and academic institutions in Singapore and China to strengthen supply chain
- Catalyzed capacity building through strategic partnerships with UNICEF, Akhuwat Foundation, Government of Punjab, and the National Disaster Management Authority to develop countrywide clean water access projects
- Led incisive quantitative and qualitative market research to analyze the household mindset around water usage in 4 major cities of Pakistan using a custom-built cloud-based platform to cut costs by 73%
Business Development Executive
PakVitae
October 2018
to June 2019
Part-time
New York
United States - New York
- Led qualitative market research in East Africa to generate key market insights for new market entry in the household water market
- Developed organizational frameworks to facilitate international expansion in East Africa and South East Asia
- Scouted and onboarded stakeholders for international sales worth $1M in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania
Management Consultant
Vanderbilt Business Accelerator
June 2017
to August 2017
Internship
Nashville
United States - Tennessee
- Developed a plan to launch a $150M technology-centric brand powered by IBM-Watson for a multi-billion dollar FMCG client to target millennial consumers using psychographic segmentation and virtual product prototyping
- Conducted in-depth segmentation of the medical rehabilitation industry for an innovative medical technologies company to identify most profitable verticals and recommended a growth strategy to increase sales by 21%
- Identified key sales drivers for a boutique e-commerce platform by analyzing data and recommended a new product launch based on consumer behavior and preferences with a projected revenue increase of $2.55M
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Excel
Advanced
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Tableau
Good
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SQL
Good
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Python
Intermediate
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PowerPoint
Advanced
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Project Planning
Advanced
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Project Implementation
Advanced
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Project Budgeting
Good
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Data Analysis & Exploration
Advanced
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Data Visualizations
Advanced
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Dashboards & Reporting
Good
