Aamina Ali
Strategy Analyst at Photomath
Strategy Analyst at Photomath
[People] + [Positive Thinking] + [Problem Solving] + [Persistence] = Growth

I am people oriented, and believe that a positive mindset can bring about powerful, positive opportunities for growth. I believe in problem-solving through persistence - if at first you don't succeed...put your head down, think outside the box, and hustle harder than ever. I work smarter, not harder, because I believe efficiency is the key to productivity. I am a dreamer and a doer - through creative visualization, I bring ideas to life and turn vision into action. 

With a background in strategy and proven track record of success in leadership and business growth, I strive to solve complex business problems by interpreting trends and posing realistic, attainable solutions. With my strong entrepreneurial mindset, I am passionate about connecting people with resources, and aspire to put ideas to action through servant leadership and collaboration. I am a firm believer that business is about impact, and impact is impossible without realistic and strategically planned execution.
Photomath
https://www.linkedin.com/company/photomath
Competitive landscaping, tracking and creating company wide goals, leading international expansion and monetization efforts, overseeing brand partnerships, and helping to create both long-term and short-term strategic planning initiatives to grow and scale the business
San Francisco Bay Area
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Strategy Analyst
Detroit Is My Home
https://www.linkedin.com/company/detroit-is-my-home
DIMH is a Detroit-based nonprofit dedicated to serving the homeless populations of Detroit and surrounding areas. The organization distributes care packages, organizes medical clinics, and connects homeless and impoverished individuals to the resources they need. 

As Executive Director of Business and Strategy, my primary role has been in helping the organization expand its network and impact through sound business strategies. This has involved identifying resources, building partnerships with key organizations in the community, and building a volunteer network to help with operations.
Detroit, Michigan, United States
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Executive Director - Business Strategy
Aambiance Music
https://www.linkedin.com/company/aambiancemusic
Aambiance Music provides aural aesthetics to enhance event atmospheres. By harnessing the power of music, I strive to (literally) set the perfect tone for client needs, taking a personalized approach to music by working with clients to create the right sound for their events. With a passion for music and an undying dedication to please the ears of listeners, Aambiance Music guarantees a listening experience that will enhance the aural aesthetics of any environment.
Detroit, MI
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Founder & Pianist
365 Retail Markets
https://www.linkedin.com/company/365-retail-markets
365 Retail Markets is the industry leader in MicroMarket and cashless payments technology. As a business analyst on the strategy team, my primary responsibilities include advising the executive team on strategic decisions and aligning departmental goals with overall company strategy. 

-Collaborated with 15 senior and executive leaders to align departmental goals to strategic vision, generating additional $2M in annual revenue 
-Led initiatives on metric tracking implementation by working closely with 12 teams to ensure accurate reporting standards, resulting in increased accountability  
-Presented data-driven insights to board of investors and executive team to guide discussions for strategic growth, identifying 8 new markets for opportunity
-Helped company acquire 5 industry achievement awards to aid in market positioning, resulting in increased press and brand reputability 
-Streamlined cashflow reporting by simplifying complex processes, reducing accounting labor time by 50% 
-Developed understanding of competitive landscape through industry market analysis, yielding tangible insights into growth viability for 10 analyzed segments
-Coached leadership team on goal-setting strategies to maximize departmental success 
-Prepared business cases and recommendations for executive team to aid in decision making process for new ventures, resulting in increased knowledge of business trends
Troy, MI
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Strategic Business Analyst
365 Retail Markets
https://www.linkedin.com/company/365-retail-markets
365 Retail Markets is an industry leader in manufacturing and selling cashless payment systems, most notably MicroMarket technology. Verii, a product division within the company, simplifies the MicroMarket concept further by allowing customers the ability to check out products using an app on their phone. As a Business Analyst on the Verii Team, I have made recommendations on how to strategically grow the business from the ground up. 

-Analyzed sales data, market trends, pricing models, and consumer behavior to identify growth opportunities
-Created and implemented sales processes and training procedures to streamline onboarding
-Coordinated 15 event sponsorship initiatives, generating over 400 new qualified leads
-Generated new business by relationship building and nurturing 500+ accounts, resulting in 75% increase in closed sales 
-Identified cost saving opportunities by monitoring sales and marketing budget, resulting in 15% increased profitability 
-Trained and mentored 6 new sales hires on sales strategy by providing resources and developing training curriculum, resulting in more effective and motivated sales team
-Configured Salesforce to be utilized to maximum capacity, resulting in more efficient lead, account, and contact management 
-Created marketing content and strategies by simplifying messaging and targeting specific audiences, resulting in increased online web traffic and email click rates
-Led efforts in organizing event programming for Detroit Startup Week by collaborating with business owners, leading to increased brand awareness and business exposure
Troy, MI
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Business Analyst, Verii Team
Narratives of Pain
https://www.linkedin.com/company/narratives-of-pain
Narratives of Pain is a non-profit organization specializing in creating platforms for community storytelling, healing, and emotional support systems. With a strong focus on providing marginalized community members with access to mental health resources, the organization has helped hundreds of individuals process trauma and begin the journey on the path to self-love and healing. 

My primary responsibilities on the Board of Directors included seeking out fund sources through grass roots fundraising and corporate sponsorship development. I also managed the organization's budget and growth strategy, serving as a key business advisor in all strategic decisions.
Detroit, Michigan
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Executive Director, Business Strategy & Finance
Course Hero
https://www.linkedin.com/company/coursehero
Course Hero is a platform for college students to share, access, and upload study documents and materials such as practice exams and lecture notes. As a Business Development Manager, my job is to generate site traction by encouraging students on campus to upload their materials to the site and create an account with Course Hero. This involves utilizing communication, persuasion, and sales skills to explain the benefits that the site has to offer and convert site contributors to paid members.

Primary Job Duties Include: 

-Persuade college students to contribute study materials to website by highlighting
  membership benefits, resulting in increased membership and site usage
-Supervise team of contributors by communicating weekly via Skype to ensure
  submitted documents meet standards, providing relevant study aids for consumers
-Strategize methods for reaching masses of students by leveraging campus organization
  pipelines, leading to increased number of accessible student resources
-Generate user demand for resources through effective time management and task
  delegation, achieving and often surpassing required quota of 5 study uploads a week
Ann Arbor, MI
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Business Development Manager
Ross School of Business
https://www.linkedin.com/company/michiganross
The Development Summer Internship Program is a highly competitive and rigorous program offered at the University of Michigan. Through a work component, educational philanthropy class, and professional development series, this program provided me with the knowledge and understanding of fundraising tools, financing models, and engagement strategies used in a variety of workplace settings. My assignment was with the Ross School of Business Alumni Affairs Team, and my project was primarily strategy based, involving bench marking and research to improve Alumni Club management efforts. Below is a summary of the work I completed: 

-Analyzed alumni club management strategies by benchmarking against 14 peer
  business schools, gaining perspective into best practices and current market position
-Assessed growth and sustainability of 52 alumni clubs by examining data trends over
  8‑year period, thus uncovering areas of weakness and opportunities for improvement
-Designed layout and content for leadership handbook used by 50+ club leaders, leading
  to improved club management techniques and communication strategies
-Provided 13 specific tactics to improve club management strategy by presenting
  recommendations to leadership team, yielding implementation of best practices
Ross School of Business Development and Alumni Affairs Office
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Strategic Planning and Development Analyst (Development Summer Internship Program)
Federation of Balkan American Associations
This internship had both a business internship component and a work component. The business internship involved networking with Turkish business executives of large banks and corporations to learn about global business strategies, including topics such as the importance of strong distribution channels, IFRS as a global standard, and challenges faced by Turkish businesses today. The second half of the internship was related to teaching Turkish students English as a second language. Speaking English is a valuable and desirable skill for many Turkish citizens, as Turkey is often called the center of global business, and thus is a mandatory part of the educational curriculum in many Turkish schools. Below is a summary of the tasks I accomplished during this component of the internship: 

-Taught 18 elementary school students English as a second language, resulting in
significant improvement in conversational fluency from little prior knowledge
-Executed action‑based learning program by organizing and coordinating 5 field trips for
students, resulting in dramatic improvements in oral proficiency
-Devised classroom management policies by creating rewards systems to ensure
controlled and disciplined learning environment
-Facilitated learning by devising activities designed to strengthen areas of weakness,
resulting in 10% improvement in reading, writing, and speaking assessments
Ankara, Turkey
English as a Second Language Teacher
Helping Hand USA
https://www.linkedin.com/company/helpinghandusa
-Managed and organized legal documents for 25 interns and 50 employees for use in payroll, ensuring all legal standards and requirements were met and kept up to date.
-Addressed intern concerns regarding wages, benefits, or personal affairs by negotiating with involved parties and providing solutions to resolve disputes, resulting in increased employee satisfaction and job performance.
-Networked with existing donors, providing them relevant information and used persuasion skills to recruit new donors, leading to improved donor relations and increased donations and funding.
Detroit, MI
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Human Resources Intern
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA
Marketing
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University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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Master of Business Administration - MBA
Management
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Wayne State University - Mike Ilitch School of Business
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Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
Music (Minor)
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University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
https://www.linkedin.com/school/umichlsa/
Graduate Business Students Association
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As programming track leader, I am responsible for coordinating, planning, and executing all efforts for the 15 events and 10 companies involved in Detroit Startup Week under the Food-Preneurship track.

Detroit Startup Week is a crowd-sourced, week long conference, hosted by start-ups and small businesses based in Detroit. The event draws 3,000+ attendees and encompasses a variety of programming tracks, each revolving around entrepreneurship, with a different spin on events based on the track theme. The Food-Preneurship track is designed to highlight the success stories of local companies in the food and drink industry, with a special focus on how technology has revolutionized the industry, and how food & drink in the workplace can enhance company culture.
Detroit Startup Week
Food-Preneurship Programming Track Leader
Collegiate DECA is a professional business organization established nationally and geared towards providing young business professionals with the right tools, skills, and knowledge to succeed in the business world. As a collegiate chapter, we focus primarily on preparing students for challenges they may face in workplace settings through a series of workshops, case competitions, and lectures by professionals in various industries of business. I have been involved with DECA for three years, and humbly served my final year as President of the organization. Below is a summary of the work I did during this time: 

-Promoted growth of innovative event ideas and recruitment strategies, resulting in 30%
increase in membership and 25% increase in event attendance
-Orchestrated professional development workshops for 40 members, resulting in
improved teamwork, public speaking, and improvisation skills
-Led efforts to register and prepare local chapter for state conference by utilizing
spreadsheets for data collection, delegating tasks, and managing funds, leading to a
well coordinated and successful event
-Created cost‑cutting strategies by analyzing previous yearsʹ expenses and re‑allocating
budget, resulting in net savings of $500 per semester
University of Michigan Collegiate DECA
President
Amnesty International USA is a non-profit social justice organization that fights for and aims to protect human rights all over the world. Below is a summary of the work I did while serving on the executive board of the University of Michigan's Amnesty International chapter:

-Publicized events and meetings by utilizing social media networks, resulting in 50%
increased attendance and awareness of activities
-Planned 2 events per month by booking venues, contacting speakers, and creating
programs, ensuring that events run at or near 100% efficiency
-Collaborated with multiple student groups to host joint events, leading to increased
on‑campus presence and future networking opportunities for members
Amnesty International USA
Vice President of Marketing and Communications
-Established channels of communication between state and local chapters by regularly emailing State President to ask for updates, ensuring important deadlines, event dates, fees, and registration information are known to local chapter
-Led efforts to register and prepare local chapter for DECA State Career Development Conference by collecting fees and coordinating training sessions, leading to increased attendance and performance
-Organized and conducted meetings by preparing informational presentations for all things related to state-level, providing members with better understanding of events
University of Michigan Collegiate DECA
State Correspondent
As part of the Development Summer Internship Program, 27 interns were split into 5 groups and charged with the task of creating a marketing and implementation strategy for a local library's fundraising campaign. We were charged with the task on a Thursday evening, and had to present our recommendations and strategy the following Monday evening, giving each team approximately 90 hours to come up with recommendations that were feasible and easy to implement. The campaign for which we designed a strategy revolved around the Ypsilanti District Library's "Dollars for DVDs" Campaign, and the winning team was judged on the level of analysis and thought that went into creating recommendations, the cost-effectiveness and feasibility of each recommendation, short- and long-term considerations, and delivery of both an oral presentation and written executive summary. I was part of the winning team, and contributed to my group by generating ideas and taking charge of writing the executive summary.
Development Summer Internship Program at the University of Michigan
1st Place: Ypsilanti Library Consulting Challenge for best marketing campaign
The Collegiate DECA State Career Development Conference is a regional conference held annually in Battle Creek, Michigan. Approximately 15 Collegiate DECA chapters from different schools in Southeast Michigan compete in the business case competitions and simulations, ranging from categories such as accounting, marketing, human resources, hotel and restaurant management, sales, and general management. I competed in a case competition in Human Resources, in which I was presented with a challenge and asked to provide a recommendation within 30 minutes of receiving the prompt. I was not allowed to use any outside resources or materials, and presented my recommendation to a panel of 2 judges. Competing against about 60 other students, I placed third, as evaluated based on the creativity, feasibility, and delivery of my recommendations.
Collegiate DECA State Career Development Conference
3rd Place: Human Resource Management
Business Communication
250, 350
Consumer Behavior Marketing
313
Corporate Strategy
390
Digital Marketing
322
Financial Accounting
300
Management and Organizational Behavior
300
Marketing
300
Personal and Productive Information Technology
200
Sensory Marketing
316
Personality Psychology
290
Statistical Analysis
250
Managerial Accounting
BA 7000
Managing Organziational Behavior
BA 7040
Negotiations
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Social Services
Detroit Startup Week
https://www.linkedin.com/company/detroit-startup-week
Program Organizer for the Foodpreneurship Track of Detroit Startup Week 2016. Led initiatives to coordinate programming and event sponsorship, including reaching out to local business owners to offer programming spots. 

Speaker for Wellness Event - organized and led 4 workshops on workplace wellness and meditation techniques:

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Program Organizer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/najmakhatrinewell
Waltham, MA
Najma Khatri Newell
Enterprise Implementation Manager at Arcadia
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-skrotzki-leed-ap-77aa795
East Lansing, MI
Tim Skrotzki, LEED AP
Senior Market Development Lead
https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdulhamidketchman
Norfolk, VA
Abdulhamid Ketchman
Bench Jeweler | Owner, HK Jewelry & Repair
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-devries-65b17127
Ann Arbor, MI
Michael DeVries
Manager at Michigan Dining
https://dz.linkedin.com/in/youcef-youcef-michigan-a4093938
Algeria
Youcef Youcef_Michigan
CEO at American english plus language centre
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramadhan-kannenje-3b5552a9
Ann Arbor, MI
Ramadhan Kannenje
Ambassador at WORLD MEDICAL RELIEF INC.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ikran-jama-10445a187
St Paul, MN
Ikran Jama
Aspiring Software Developer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenmperkins
Detroit Metropolitan Area
Steven Perkins
TEC Cybersecurity Analyst at Comerica Bank
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-williams-5b34a3a2
Earlysville, VA
Ben Williams
Constantly tinkering
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-hernandez-6b7352110
Greater Charlottesville Area
Kyle Hernandez
Test/QA Engineer at Perrone Robotics
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmsmith021992
Detroit Metropolitan Area
David Smith
Engineer III - FLO at Comerica Bank |
Freelance Videographer and Editor
https://www.linkedin.com/in/musaab-salloum-932b7576
Greater Savannah Area
Musaab Salloum
Systems Integration & Avionics Engineer at Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohamed-egal-8974353b
Ann Arbor, MI
Mohamed Egal
Senior Production Software Design Engineer at GM
https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdirazzak
Minneapolis, MN
Abdi Mohamed
ADP Associate at ADP
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericwhipple
Canton, MI
Eric Whipple
Founder and CEO at Job Center Software
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohamed-aden
Columbus, OH
Mohamed Aden
Software Engineer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/les733
Detroit, MI
Leslie Tom
Chief Sustainability Officer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdikarim-yusuf
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Abdikarim Yusuf
Civil Engineering Intern at SEH
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitpatel0208
Leesburg, FL
Mit Patel
Business Analyst | Florida Medicaid | Healthcare | Gainwell Technologies (formerly DXC Technology)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaciebaker
Denver, CO
Kacie Baker
Business Analyst at NIMBL, Techedge Group
https://tt.linkedin.com/in/aamina-ali-49ba788b
Trinidad and Tobago
Aamina Ali
Quality Assurance Technician
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/aamina-ali-24b4851a0
Manchester
Aamina Ali
Laboratory Scientist at UK Lighthouse Lab Network
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aamina-ali-74a8791b0
Greater Chicago Area
Aamina Ali
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-aamina
United States
Aamina A.
Scientist - Vaccine R&D
Pianists
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Development Summer Internship Program (D-SIP) Alumni
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Wayne State University - Mike Ilitch School of Business
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https://www.linkedin.com/groups/108139
Official Group: Alumni Association of the University of Michigan
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https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3435
Michigan Ross School of Business Alumni
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