General Info
Professional Track
- Information Technology
Country
PakistanAreas of Expertise
- Digital Media
- Information Systems Management
Professional Interests
- E-commerce
- Social Media and Content Curation
- Analytics
Age
33The Top Three Things I Would Like to Learn or Experience During my Mentorship
- Learn how Silicon Valley e-commerce startups manage architecture and execution.
- Understand social media and its connection with an e-commerce platforms.
- Understand the importance of big data and analytics in relevance to social media and e-commerce platforms and understand how this can help my startup.
Ideal Company Type
My ideal company is working on e-commerce, big data, analytics and digitization of businesses. The company culture should be inclusive, diverse and empathetic towards world societies that are not fully digitally inclusive. My ideal company values design thinking concepts to develop relevant solutions. I am looking forward to working in a fun and engaging environment as we work together to contribute to the human community.
Certifications
- Project Management Certificate (Pakistan Institute of Management)
Additional Technical Skills
Data analysis; BI reporting; Seibel; Redmine; P360; Freedcamp; Slack; SharePoint, Extensis; Bitrix24
What are three adjectives that best describe you in the work place?
- Doer
- Positive
- Inquisitive
What impact will your mentorship have on your career and professional path?
My mentorship will give me exposure to work in another culture and environment. I will bring concepts I see in my mentorship company back to my home company to help encourage my company to stand for optimism, diversity, inclusion, sharing of information and collaboration. The leadership training will help groom me professionally. Access to educational and professional opportunities, information and tools will also expose me to multiple systems that will inspire me to improve my thinking process and develop effective solutions. The opportunity to work with a top company in Silicon Valley will boost my confidence and motivate me to improve to better represent my community and my country.
What will be your most valuable contribution to your TechWomen host company?
I will bring a different tech perspective to the room and share ideas on working towards tech and gender inclusion. I have a diverse educational, work and anthropological perspective that has helped me to approach problems from different angles. I can take what I learn back to my home region and am willing to collaborate as a brand ambassador or help launch a regional chapter or a talk series to bring value to the community. I am also open to collaborating on research and development. I will share insights on solutions to problems facing emerging economies which often require solutions to be built on community feedback.
After participating in the TechWomen program, how will you leverage your mentorship experience to make an impact in your home country?
When I return home, I will share the experiences I gain during the TechWomen program through my initiative, Entreprenr120, which features vlogs targeted at fellow entrepreneurs looking for a way to share their stories with the world. I will continue to work as founder Hop Orbits to increase employment/business sustainability through digital inclusion, e-commerce, promoting entrepreneurship and an entrepreneurial mindset. I plan to continue empowering local businesses in e-commerce adoption, going digital to safeguard their market share and continue maximizing job creation in Pakistan.
Work History
Primary Professional Focus
- Individual contributor leading innovation
- Overseeing the delivery of technology products
Current/Most Recent Job
- Title and Company: Founder, Hop Orbits
- Direct Reports:
- Type: Full-time
- Location: Lahore, Pakistan
- Dates: August 1, 2017 –
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Responsibilities:
Brainstorms and tests new ideas for online marketplace app; conducts primary market research; coordinates the development of new product features; conducts Minimum Viable Product testing and documenting user experience and feedback; conducts user testing on products; Conducts sales and generates revenue.
Job #2
- Title and Company: Project Manager, Speridian Technologies Lahore
- Type: Full-time
- Location: Lahore, Pakistan
- Dates: August 15, 2017 – July 13, 2018
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Responsibilities:
Joined as Business Analyst for the project Lahore High Court Case Flow Management System Operational Support; Handled reported production issues by understanding client requirements and coordinating with team for its resolution; Implemented resource management tool, Redmine, for the LHC project; monitored and controlled resources through Redmine; Completed Project Management training alongside operational support work tasks from Pakistan Management Institute (PMI); As a project manager, ensured delivery management, internal team coordination and follow-up; attended client meetings to understand their requirements.
Job #3
- Title and Company: Project Coordinator, Kinnaird College for Women
- Type: Full-time
- Location: Lahore, Pakistan
- Dates: October 3, 2016 – August 13, 2017
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Responsibilities:
Planned launch of a digital repository for the hundred-year-old heritage institution, Kinnaird College for Women; project managed, coordinated, documented and reported for the new Kinnaird Archive Centre; Conducted donor meetings and liaised with stakeholders; trained team members, assembled resources for the Archive Centre and networked to build their audience; developed a plan for digitization and curation of data and introduced Digital Asset Management tools (DAM) Extensis; developed an extensive digital repository of Kinnaird's history by documenting over 3,000 items by implementing best archiving practices.
Education History
Institution #1
- Institution: Federal Government College for Women, F-7/2, Islamabad
- Degree Awarded: Master's
- Major: Masters of Anthropology
- Minor: Cultural & Social Anthropology, Qualitative Research, Anthropology of Art
- Location: Islamabad, Pakistan
- Completion Date: August 1, 2008
Institution #2
- Institution: Federal Government College for Women, F-7/2, Islamabad
- Degree Awarded: Bachelor's
- Major: Economics
- Minor: Mathematics, Statistics
- Location: Islamabad, Pakistan
- Completion Date: August 1, 2006