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Hello, Amir here. I'm Project & Product Manager by trade but currently working for iflix helping them expand into new fun & exciting markets around the world.

I'm from London (UK) but currently based out of SG (even if I spend very little time there) after having spent 3 years in Malaysia working for Lazada and Nova Founders

My real strength lies in being able to understand both the client's needs from a business perspective and the constraints or issues that arise from a tech/development point of view.

This makes me the interface that allows the communication between the worlds that don't necessarily understand each other.

Project Management

e-commerce optimasation

UX/UI Product Design

Entrepreneurship

Sep '16 - Now

iflix

Senior Expansion Manager - New Markets

Responsible for driving the effort to open iflix internationally in Africa & MENA.

Dec '15 - Aug '16

Lazada (Alibaba Group)

Head of Seller Performance Management

Jan - Nov '15

Lazada (Rocket Internet)

Category Consultant/Merchandiser - Electronics

Jul '13 - Dec '14

Nova Founders

Entrepreneur In Residence (Project/Product Manager)

Helping with the development and growth of the IT venture, Red Ape Solutions, for Malaysian & South East asian markets.

Worked on delivering IT (web, mobile and back-end) solutions for their customers in Malaysia & South East Asia.

Projects I’ve worked on include clients such as Astro, Jatomi Fitness and HP.

Apr - Jun '13

Hitachi Consulting

Practice Associate (Microsoft Business Intelligence)

Developed internal corporate training packages for business intelligence (BI) topics such dimensional modelling, T-SQL querying and SQL Server Integration Services

Jul - Sept '12

Tesco

IT Intern (Space Range & Merchandising)

Summer internship in the IT department of the UK’s largest supermarket.

2011 - 2012

London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE)

MSc Management, Information Systems and Innovation

Grade: Merit

Modules: Innovation and Information Systems: Concepts and Perspectives, Innovating Organisational Information Technology, Global Strategy Management, Information Technology and Service Innovation, Managing Information Risk and Security in Business & Thinking Strategically.

Award: Finalist of Deloitte’s LSE MISI Boot Camp Project (Dec 2011).

Activities: President of Information Systems Society (2011-12)

2008 - 2011

University College London (UCL)

BSc (Hons) Information Management for Business

Grade: 2.1 | Upper Second Class (Hons)

Modules: Project Management, Interaction Design, Innovation Management, Mergers & Valuations, e-Business, Software Enginerring, Database Systems, Communication and Behaviour, Financial Accounting, Marketing, Business Ethics, Java.

Dissertation: “Doctors’ attitude towards extraordinary compensation by pharmaceutical companies, evidence from the UK and Saudi Arabia”. Topic: Business Ethics. Grade: 1st (72%)

Activities: Student Academic Representative (2008-09, 2010-11)

FindMyHall – Helping students with university accomodation

FindMyHall – Helping students with university accomodation

LSE Masters Group Project

Runner-up in University Community Impact Challenge (2012)

Runner-up in University Community Impact Challenge (2012)

4-month competition

Finalist of Deloitte’s LSE MISI Boot Camp Project (2011)

Finalist of Deloitte’s LSE MISI Boot Camp Project (2011)

3-month competition

Local Organiser for RHoK – London (2011)

Local Organiser for RHoK – London (2011)

3-day event

Winner of ‘enFinite: Potential Unleashed’ competition (2011)

Winner of ‘enFinite: Potential Unleashed’ competition (2011)

1-day Competition

Jun 9th, 2014

And the journey starts here

It’s never easy knowing what it’s important in life or what tasks and activities deserve our attention.