Hi, I’m
Yasir Raza Malik
Islamabad
Summary
Operations Executive with a demonstrated record of exceeding profitability goals, turning around underperforming units and driving increased revenues and market share High-impact multi-unit operations leader with 20+ years of experience overseeing up to 20 locations across Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkey and the UAE, driving profitability, performance and service quality. Proven success in launching and scaling multi-business units and startups to a combined US$20M within four years, while standardizing processes, optimizing P&L, and strengthening customer satisfaction and loyalty. Known for building and developing high-performing, cross-cultural teams, partnering effectively with international stakeholders, and executing strategic plans that deliver sustainable growth and operational excellence.
Overview
25
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
Maftel Networks (Pvt) Ltd
MANAGING PARTNER & CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER (CTO)
12.2009 - Current
Job overview
- Directed strategic and long-term planning to enhance company operations, evolving from civil works to advanced telecom engineering and professional service delivery.
- Expanded business footprint from Pakistan into Afghanistan, successfully opening new markets and driving revenue growth.
- Built and led high-performing teams while redefining policies, establishing new departments, and implementing streamlined workflows and reporting procedures.
- Managed budgeting, allocation, and forecasting processes to support sustainable financial growth and operational efficiency.
- Achieved rapid revenue growth, doubling annual turnover from PKR 30M to 60M and subsequently increasing to PKR 100M within two years.
- Created and negotiated contracts with a vetted pool of contractors, ensuring alignment with company goals and service quality standards.
- Oversaw resource acquisition and allocation in line with long-term strategic objectives for optimized capacity and performance.
- Integrated comprehensive cyber security management practices, including secure infrastructure deployment, compliance adherence, and risk mitigation across operations.
- Maftel Networks & Data SYS Contracting L.L.C UAE, both are high Tech IT & Telecom Solutions Provider companies well known in the region. Maftel is in Pakistan while Data Sys is based in UAE.
Interactive Euro Technologies
MANAGING PARTNER, CO-FOUNDER & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER (COO)
04.2004 - 09.2009
Job overview
- Strategic and long-term planning, management and steering of Operational functions including business development, team building, recruiting, training, Project & company budgeting, forecasting, project Execution, Creating of transport fleet, logistics, etc. in short, started from scratch and developed in to a multinational company.
- Co-Founded and actively managed as a partner.
- Business grew from two persons to an international organization with 500+ personnel enterprising across ten locations.
- Opened and Managed branch offices & sub-offices in four countries including Afghanistan, Turkey, UAE & Pakistan.
- Starting from scratch and taking the annual turnover of the company to US $ 3M and a total business worth in 5 years to US $10M.
- Interactive Euro Technologies, with leading collaborations, highly qualified engineers & human resource and professional management, is an IT & Telecom solutions provider and a leading provider of next generation Operations Support Systems (OSS) to Communications Service Providers (CSPs) worldwide.
AKSA TELECOM (PVT) LTD
MANAGER IT SOLUTIONS
03.2002 - 03.2004
Job overview
- Designing the initial infrastructure, future planning and designing policies for the Datacom department.
- Tendering, preparation of technical & Commercial Proposals for clients.
- Creation of pre-tendering relations with customers & in Private & Public sectors to provide them pre-sales solutions, designing of BOQs and tenders in the fields of Voice, Data Networks, computing etc.
- Implementing project plans particularly site surveys, site preparation, installations.
- Project resource evaluation and allocation.
- Manage end-to-end project execution while ensuring all deliverables are met with high quality.
- Support Sales in the Bid & Proposal team during the tender phase.
- Developing implementation strategies.
- Ensuring all concerned departments have a full understanding of the customer requirements and act as the interface for all concerned parties.
- Aksa Telecom is a Multinational company having branches in New York USA, Dammam Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, a very sound Telecom/Datacom organization providing a wide range of Networking solutions.
NICON CENTER OF COMPUTER SCIENCES (ISLAMABAD)
IT Specialist, Lecturer & IT Consultant
08.2000 - 09.2001
Job overview
- CISCO Department In-charge.
- Future planning, managing the whole CISCO department at NICON.
- Training material, training courses design and implementation.
- Conducting official classes and monitoring practical sessions of CCNA, CCNP and above all CCIE.
- Faculty Training of CCIE at NICON Islamabad.
- Marshaled my resources effectively to conduct technical workshops and Seminars on new technologies like Frame Relay, ATM and dialup connections. Also conducted a workshop on How to create an ISP using Cisco devices amalgamated with RADIUS.
- MCSE Department Faculty Member.
- Regular theoretical & practical sessions were conducted by me.
- Was a part of the team that arranged workshops based on a new school of thought & new upcoming products of Microsoft.
- Senior Network Administrator & Consultant.
- Monitored, the network of more than 200 computers running Windows NT 4.0/2000 including DHCP, WINS and Proxy Server.
- Designed & implemented a foolproof security infrastructure for the up gradation of the network of NICON from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000.
- Install, configure and scrutinize Oracle 8.0 and Developer 2000 connectivity and database troubleshooting of MS SQL Server 7.0.
- Taking Backup of Database on ORACLE 8.0.
- Consultancy services to Nicon and its customers for advancement of communication networks.
- An advancement of company’s network was to develop a VPN across all branches throughout. A special team was developed to design the VPN Architecture & I was leading that team.
- Since 1995, Nicon has been involved in imparting technical education that addresses all important fields of computer science in a comprehensive way. It’s branched structure all over Pakistan and even abroad gives it an edge.
Education
Allama Iqbal Open University
Bachelor from Computer Sciences
01.2001
Federal Board of Intermediate Islamabad
F.S.C from Pre-Engineering
01.1996
Skills
- Business strategy development
- Expansion into new markets
- Leadership in multi-unit operations
- Management of turnaround initiatives
- Governance in cybersecurity
- Management of risks
- Integration of compliance measures
- Planning for telecom infrastructure projects
- Excellence in service delivery
- Building cross-cultural teams
- Developing leadership skills
- Managing high-performance talent
- Optimizing supply chains
- Relations with vendors
- Negotiating global contracts
- Managing finances effectively
- Oversight of multi-unit P&L
- Budgeting processes
- Forecasting financial outcomes
- Controlling expenses effectively
- Engaging stakeholders effectively
- Managing investor relations
- Liaison with government entities
- Partnerships on an international scale
Certification
- Microsoft Certified System Engineer Windows NT4.0, 2001
- Microsoft Certified System Engineer Windows 2000, 2001
- Microsoft Certified Database Administrator SQL 7.0, 2001
- Cisco Certified Network Associate, 2001
- Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (Written), 2001
- Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), 2025 (ongoing)
Professional Highlights
- Started companies in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkey & UAE.
- Thorough understanding of working with different nationalities.
- Two startups scaling internationally to US$ 20M in 4 years.
- 15 years of vast & diversified experience in management, IT, telecom, cyber security & education.
Timeline
MANAGING PARTNER & CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER (CTO)
Maftel Networks (Pvt) Ltd
12.2009 - Current
MANAGING PARTNER, CO-FOUNDER & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER (COO)
Interactive Euro Technologies
04.2004 - 09.2009
MANAGER IT SOLUTIONS
AKSA TELECOM (PVT) LTD
03.2002 - 03.2004
IT Specialist, Lecturer & IT Consultant
NICON CENTER OF COMPUTER SCIENCES (ISLAMABAD)
08.2000 - 09.2001
Allama Iqbal Open University
Bachelor from Computer Sciences
Federal Board of Intermediate Islamabad
F.S.C from Pre-Engineering