Consultant | Digital Transformation | Fintech | Emergency Loan | Micro & Nano Lending | Mobile Financial Services | Digital Gamification | Partnerships | Software Sales & Services| Business Strategy | Customer Success | EX-Huawei
ISLAMABAD
Summary
With 20+ years of IT/Telco experience and 8+ years of global market exposure (Middle East, Europe, and China), have a proven track record as a business development ambassador. Renowned for fostering robust customer relationships and implementing innovative strategies to achieve sales objectives. Specialize in software sales, developing new leads & opportunities, network & business consulting, P&L management, product design, project leadership, and the successful implementation of digital and financial services. Proficiency extends to nationwide operations and the pursuit of new sales targets.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
12
12
Certifications
Work History
Director SALES PAKISTAN
TIMWETECH, LISBON-PORTUGAL
ISLAMABAD
07.2022 - Current
Focus areas include AI/ML Micro & Nano Lending platforms, Emergency loans, mobile financial services, mobile wallets, Video/OTT platforms, Gaming & Music platforms, Digital Gamification, Salesforce gamification, All-in-one Mobile app, SDP, Partner aggregation platforms, Settlement, Electronic vouchers and more.
Collaborated with CEO, CFO, and Board of Directors to formalize key business & sales strategies aligned with company goals, local market potential and budget allocation.
Identified and managed leads & opportunities within Digital & Financial industry hence increasing overall sales by 120% QOQ, YOY.
Ensured achievement of business KPIs, annual sales targets, and year-on-year gross profit growth while managing customer groups for each operator.
Engaged and influenced key decision makers, including CXOs, VPs, and HODs, during industry events like MWC Barcelona, WEB SUMMIT, and GITEX.
Lead contract development and negotiations, covering legal, financial, commercial, and delivery aspects, and secure contract sign-offs.
Successfully ensured overall P&L management of business verticals for each customer group nationwide
Consistently serviced accounts to maintain active contacts and continuously promote profitable offerings
Established ambitious sales targets, managed deployment strategies, and developed go-to-market plans to capitalize on every revenue opportunity
Managed and motivated sales team to increase revenue 100% in 6 months
Collaborated with marketing teams to help sales campaigns reach target audiences
Worked closely with product teams to understand customer needs and requirements
Forecasted sales and established processes to achieve sales objectives and related metrics
Liaised with sales, marketing, and management teams to develop solutions and accomplish shared objectives
Drove sales by developing multi-million dollar contract sales
Director Sales Software & Services-Nationwide
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
ISLAMABAD
09.2017 - 06.2022
Headed Huawei Pakistan's Software Business, managing nationwide team of 127 employees, and played crucial role in nationwide Strategy & Administrative committee as per mandate of Telecom Operators, Banks, Enterprises, Gov/MOIT, SBP, and Gates Foundation.
Specialized in developing sales strategies and GTM consultation for CXOs in emerging technologies including Mobile Financial inclusion, Payment Gateways, lending platforms, billing & charging platforms, ICT enablement, Digital transformation and Cloud computing.
Identified and managed leads & opportunities in new business domains, ensuring achievement of business KPIs, annual sales targets, YOY gross profit growth
Conducted customer network insights and requirement analysis to expand existing installed base operations, demand forecast, annual budgeting, and strategic planning.
Managed Post-sales key revenue collection, delivery contracts, pricing strategy, and financial model design.
Ensured network safety, cybersecurity, data protection, customization service support, project delivery and maintenance service support for software business products.
Managed human resources, including internal staffs, subcontractors, system Integrators and partners in Telco, banking/financial sector and digital transformation initiatives.
Led project management for software business for E2E project lifecycle including, solution design, commercial modeling & pricing, bid negotiations, order management, contract fulfillment and sign-offs.
Deputy Director - Digital-in-Cloud Solution Sales
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
ISLAMABAD
06.2013 - 08.2017
Conducted comprehensive market surveys for all major Telecom service providers in Pakistan, assessing their business potential, yearly revenue growth, business models and offerings in local market.
Provided network budget allocation consultancy services to Telecom customers as part of business network consulting ICT Enablement BNC program reducing OPEX for clients by 30%.
Driven sales and delivery of cloud solutions, including Mobile Financial Services, Digital Payments, Consumer Cloud, Commerce Cloud, VAS Cloud, CPS Cloud, Payment Gateway, eCommerce, Triple Play services, and hosting solutions for digital services, hence increasing YOY software sales by 60%
Developed business and sales strategies for consumer digital products, including Video on demand, Gaming platforms, Music, E-Reading, Traditional & Utility VAS (RBT, SMS, MMS, Anti-spam, VMS, MCA, ADM, VBS, EVC, etc.).
Analyzed customer requirements and pain points, optimizing architectural designs to align with customer budgets and ROI objectives to minimize TTM.
Designed and optimized business cases for revenue generation, profitability on monthly and yearly basis including capacity modeling and quality optimization for end-to-end solutions.
Ensured achievement of revenue Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for quarterly, bi-annual, and annual targets within Middle East market, which included all key operators in Pakistan.
Managed partner aggregation and incubation with local and global System Integrators (SIs), digital content providers, and subcontractors.
Established strong relationships with government regulatory bodies, including PTA (Pakistan Telecommunication Authority), PEMRA (Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority), PTCL (Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited), and Ministry of IT & Telecom.
Senior Manager Consumer & Digital Services
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
SHENZHEN
03.2010 - 05.2013
Oversight of Consumer products, including RCS, VAS, SDP, and IOT Platforms, such as MDSP, APP-Store (Portal-One, Developer Portal), SCE/SEE, NAG, SAG, IB, WAD, MT V, and more.
Acted as prominent speaker in workshops focused on Consumer Services SDP Platform and Digital Transformation, collaborating with major telecom companies like VIMPLECOM, VODAFONE, MTN, MTS, ETISALAT, DT, and others.
Conducted high-level presentations and demonstrations of Consumer Service SDP Platform, targeting CXO-level executives, showcasing DSM, APP-Store, XPA, and related components.
Drove innovation by tailoring solutions to meet customer needs, including customized SDP solutions, IDM, Digital Shopping Mall (DSM), Application Stores, XMSGW solutions for Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), VAS cloud transformation, and OTT services.
Prepared technical proposals and various technical documentation such as FRS, RFP, RFI, SOC, SOW, and led bid customer clarification sessions.
Provided dedicated on-site technical support for global Digital Transformation and SDP platform projects, delivering presentations to Tier1 Telecom operators.
Senior Product Planning Manager
ZTE Corporation, R&D Center
NANJING
12.2005 - 02.2010
Conducted opportunity analysis in various telecom markets across Europe, South East Asia, Asia Pacific, Turkey, and Iran for OSS/BSS, VAS, and SDP domains achieving additional 71% sales YOY for digital services .
Provided network transformation consultancy to clients, facilitating transition from IN to Online Charging Solutions, CVBS, Content-based charging/DPI, and SOA for VAS architectures.
Designed technical solutions and delivering presentations for start-up, swap, and multi-vendor co-existing scenarios related to Online Charging Systems, Convergent Billing Systems (CVBS), and VAS products.
Crafted RFPs and evaluating vendors for planning and dimensioning Charging scenarios, Fixed-Mobile Convergence, and value-added services (RBT, RCS, SMSC, MMSC, WAP, LBS).
Notable achievements include serving as Program Manager for SDP/VAS business operations consultancy with FT and representing ZTE in various countries, working with major operators such as FT, China Telecom, CELCOM Malaysia, DIGI Malaysia, Smart Philippines, Globe Philippines, VIETEL Vietnam, and VNPT Vietnam.
Assistant Manager
Project Vision - PAF
ISLAMABAD
01.2003 - 11.2005
Being Team Leader of Technical Support &Maintenance Department and have been responsible for following;
Managed installation and commissioning of telecommunication equipment for Artificial intelligence, Radio communication, Air traffic monitoring through Digital services algorithm design.
Conducted acceptance testing for telecommunications equipment by performing visual inspection and POST, maintain detailed records with solutions and complete follow.
Configured, installed and managed troubleshooting on (INTEL, SPARC and SUN systems) for Solaris, Linux and Windows NT/2000
Managed installation and troubleshooting of necessary applications used in Air Defense system.
Managed configuration and installation of multiple display machines.
Assistant Manager
ALCATEL Pakistan LTD
ISLAMABAD
06.2002 - 12.2002
Provided services as BSD Engineer to all clients
Had opportunity to successfully complete project with R&D, overseeing Digital Telephony & PCM and digitalization that can optimize 8 line (2+6) Pulse/ DTMF PABX to (4+20) 24-line exchange
Prepared BOQ's, RFI's/RFP's and online Technical Support to Customers in shift duties as additional responsibility
Handled faults on ALCATEL exchanges being set up at, Serena Hotel Islamabad, WALJIS, Asia Foundation, and Bank ALFALAH
Provided Business Center Managerial skills in effective and instant solutions to customers
Configuration, Installation and commissioning of ALCATEL Exchanges at above mentioned sites
Education
MS - Telecommunications
Mohammad Ali Jinnah University
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN
06.2004 - 12.2005
B.E - Telecommunications
University of Engineering And Technology Taxila
Taxila -PAKISTAN
01.1998 - 06.2002
Skills
Generate new leads & opportunities
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Accomplishments
First Sales Director among Chinese Management in Pakistan Rep., office, achieved C&Q Level5 and Grade19, appointed as first local leader Director Sales & Services for Software Business. Golden seed for organization, President commendation.
Key speaker opening speech for Summits, Conferences (Mobile World Congress, WEB SUMMT, GITEX, SAMENA, etc)
Appointed as Huawei Global Elite Platform Member
Appointed as a Technical Sales Expert for Software Solution Sales
Member of Huawei AT & ST team
Best employee of the year (2015,16,17,18).
Appointed as Train the Trainer
Appointed as C&Q reviewer for Global Market C&Q evaluation
Additional Information
Secured the JAZZ Emergency Loan contract, powered by AI/ML micro & nano lending platform, serving 65 million subscribers nationwide with a monthly revenue of XXX million PKR in 2022.
Established new revenue streams in the digital services verticals of JAZZ, Telenor, and ZONG for Gaming, Video, Education, and Selfcare apps in 2023.
Pioneered in establishing JAZZ CASH from JAZZ UTIBA Mobile Financial Services platform , managing major/minor releases and designing a revenue roadmap for mobile wallets (from 1 million to 45 million) from 2013 to 2022.
Successfully executed a JAZZ VAS Cloud SWAP with 10 VAS services, enabling JAZZ with the first on-site/on-premise Cloud solution and achieving XX million USD in sales orders in 2018.
Developed Pakistan's first-ever Digital in-Cloud platform on a hosted model and launched Gaming, Video, Music, and e-reading platforms (JAZZ TV, JAZZ TUBE, MOFUN, Ufone, and ZONG PLAY in 2017.
Achieved successful sales and delivery for Ufone's 3G, 4G<E transformation projects in 2017 and 2018.
Secured the Ufone Convergent Billing & Charging RFP for 5 years with XX million USD in sales orders in 2015 and 2016.
Won the bidding Contract for JAZZ MEGA1, MEGA2 &3, including Mobile Financial Services, RBT, SMSC, MMSC, VMS, MCA, and a complete VAS product suite, achieving a historical sales order of XXX million USD in 2013 and 2014.
Signed XX million USD contracts with Ufone and Telenor for CVBS platform in 2013 and 2014.
Provided on-site technical support for JAZZ CASH with ZERO accidents/down-time.
Secured RBT contracts with JAZZ, Ufone, and ZONG, achieving XX million USD in sales orders in 2015 and 2016.
Won the bidding Contract for MTN Group, expanding the business to 22 Opcos and securing XX million USD in sales orders in 2011 and 2012.
Provided on-site technical support as a solution architect, Telefonica Digital Transformation for 07 Opcos in 2010 and 2011.
Won the XL-Indonesia SDP/Digital Transformation project, aggregating 130+ CSPs through partner aggregation in 2010 and 2011.
Achieved on-site technical clarification and additional sales orders for Vodafone MVNO project extension to 03 customer groups in 2010.
Won bidding projects and provided on-site technical support for CELCOM, CUBE, DT, and SMART Digital transformation projects in 2010 and 2011.
Served as Program Manager for SDP/VAS business operations consultancy program with FT in 2008 and 2009.
Represented ZTE in various countries for major operators, including FT, China Telecom, Celcom Malaysia, DIGI Malaysia, Smart Philippines, Globe Philippines, Viettel Vietnam, and VNPT Vietnam from 2006 to 2009.
Certification
Cyber Security Certificate for Service Work
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