Aamir Shahzad
Founder & Product Architect at Collexa
Founder & Product Architect @Collexa | CEO @Softorea | Start-up Consultant @Consultorea | Mentor & Life Coach @OliveMentors | PropTech | Interior Designer to keep my creativity dopamine filled!
Experienced in all aspects of business formation, product development, team building, mindsets, human psychology, operations, finance, and management. 

Visionary product architect with deep education in research and analytics. Effective communicator and motivator who identifies and leverages assets in teammates to reach organizational goals. 

Motivated team player with excellent speaking ability and oral, written, and interpersonal communication.

Initiator and problem-solver using creativity, resourcefulness, and assets to break down and overcome organizational obstacles.

Lifelong learner committed to staying on top of the best current and emerging business practices, technologies especially in an international context.

An attentive listener who is not afraid to incorporate the opinions of valued team members into policy and planning.

A relentless optimist who believes there is no failure, only learning and life’s too short to play small with our talents. The limitation is nothing than a mentality and I am not the practitioner of such mentality.

No excuses, no fears, and no doubts. Just aim big and start moving towards it as the world-class begins where our comfort zone ends. Period.

*** Only resource in Pakistan, Certified/Trained in Nortel, Avaya, Cisco, Genesys, and Aspect based Customer Experience Technologies ***
Collexa
https://pk.linkedin.com/company/collexa
Perform design, development, and support of existing and new products.

Understand product vision, psychology, and business needs to define product requirements and product architectural solutions.

Develop architectural and design principles to improve the performance, capacity, and scalability of products.

Work with Product Manager in planning and execution of new product releases.

Consult the business management team to clarify objectives and functional requirements for new or modified products.

Work with pre-sales and product management teams in solution demonstrations.

Maintain product roadmap and architectural standards that assure product development projects optimally align with business objectives.

Define product validation policies to deliver products that meet system and project expectations.

Facilitate the creation, review, and sign off of project deliverables.

Provide support for production escalations and problem resolution for customers.

Assist technical team with issues needing technical expertise or complex systems knowledge.

Develop broad knowledge about current and future product features.

Analyze market segments and customer base to develop market solutions.

Define product requirements that address market opportunities.
Islāmābād, Pakistan
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Founder & Product Architect
OliveMentors
https://pk.linkedin.com/company/olivementors
Experienced in all aspects of business formation, product development, team building, mindsets, human psychology, operations, finance, and management. 

Strong command of business and management principles as they pertain to development, resource allocation, production methods, and leading others.

Visionary product architect with deep education in research and analytics. Effective communicator and motivator who identifies and leverages assets in teammates to reach organizational goals. 

Motivated team player with excellent speaking ability and oral, written, and interpersonal communication.

Initiator and problem-solver using creativity, resourcefulness, and assets to break down and overcome organizational obstacles.

Lifelong learner committed to staying on top of the best current and emerging business practices, technologies especially in an international context.

An attentive listener who is not afraid to incorporate the opinions of valued team members into policy and planning.

A relentless optimist who believes there is no failure, only learning and life’s too short to play small with our talents. The limitation is nothing than a mentality and I am not the practitioner of such mentality.

No excuses, no fears, and no doubts. Just aim big and start moving towards it as the world-class begins where our comfort zone ends. Period.
Islāmābād, Pakistan
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Entrepreneurship & Life Mentor
Consultorea
https://pk.linkedin.com/company/consultorea
Providing professional insight, strategy, and services to help founders grow their businesses and achieve success.

Working knowledge of how startups get from an idea and scale.

Engage in strategy calls and meetings to set the initial strategy.

Provide strategic oversight and guidance to ensure all project deliverables remain on strategy throughout the delivery process.

Act as a point of escalation for high-risk situations, and help resolve them where needed.

Review accounts and determines opportunities for growth, add-on value, and upsells.

Contribute to the development of future products and services.

Providing strong research and strategic analysis skills.
 
Stay up-to-date concerning startup news and industry trends.
Islāmābād, Pakistan
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Startup Consultant
Softorea Solutions
https://pk.linkedin.com/company/softorea
Effective and accountable in high-profile executive roles - Overcome complex business challenges and make high-stakes decisions using experience-backed judgment, strong work ethic, and irreproachable integrity. Respected as a proponent of empowerment and accountability. 

Corporate Strategy & Development Specialist - Characterized as a visionary, strategist, and tactician. Consistent record of delivering extraordinary results in growth, revenue, operational performance, and profitability. Heavy transaction background including startup financing and sale of the company. 

Consistently deliver mission-critical results - driven by a visceral “hard-wired” need to strategize, to innovate, and to disprove the words “It can’t be done!” Gifted with the vision, determination, and skills needed for high-level revenue-building strategies and tactics. 

Strong orientations in operations and finance - Participate in high-level operational initiatives, including infrastructure design, process reengineering, turnaround management, and reorganization. As an innovative investor use instincts, insight, judgment, and timing to succeed no matter how tough the deal. 

Technical resource skills and certifications roadmap – Design and implement the complete certifications roadmap for all the technologies being implemented to ramp up the resource skills. Development, Security, Cloud, Mobile, Project Management, Scrum, DevOps, Penetration Testing, Virtualization, Networking.

Respect and leverage human capital - motivate, mentor, and lead talented professionals. Live the culture and lead by example. Direct cross-functional teams using interactive and motivational leadership that spurs people to willingly give 110% effort and loyalty.
Islāmābād, Pakistan
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CEO
Apollo Telecom (pvt) Ltd.
https://pk.linkedin.com/company/apollo-telecom
Provided executive leadership as head of Professional Services. Responsible for all aspects of overall technology vision, commercial software product development, implementation, standardization, certifications, training, and support as an integral component of the business plan.  

Designed and Implemented standards, policies, and procedures that allowed IT to manage risk appropriately, yet meet business needs. Defined Why, What, Who, Where, and How of the IT processes with a clear strategic course. Engineered turnaround of IT performance and service levels. 

Initiated and developed an in-house software development unit that enabled timely and cost-effective product delivery for end customers. Transformed this unit into an independent software house and implemented software industry standardizations. 

Managed and delivered multiple large-scale projects on time and within budget for the largest IT organizations of Pakistan like Ufone and Telenor, Banks, Defense, and Corporate sector.

Chief consultant on technology to the CEO and Executive Team. Contributed to the definition of key strategic business objectives leveraging Apollo’s IT capability.

Managed global relationships with key vendors, consultants, licensees, and affiliates.

Hired and managed technically dispersed staff and weaved them in teams.

Effectively introduced and integrated new technologies. Interactive Voice Response (IVR), Computer Telephony Integration (CTI), Scripting from all state-of-the-art global vendors.

Conceived and built a ‘Research and Development Lab’ utilizing each aspect of state-of-the-art technologies from Microsoft, VMware, Amazon, Google, Apple, Android, Cisco, Nortel, Avaya, Aspect, Huawei, Genesys, Oracle, IBM, etc.…
Islāmābād, Pakistan
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CTO (PS) / CIO
Apollo Telecom (pvt) Ltd.
https://pk.linkedin.com/company/apollo-telecom
Islāmābād, Pakistan
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Divisional Head - Professional Services
Software Engineering
Computer Software Engineering
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Bahria University
https://pk.linkedin.com/school/bahria-university/
Aspect - Unified IP Installation and Configuration
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Aspect - Unified IP System Management Essentials
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Aspect - Unified IP Troubleshooting Fundamentals
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Avaya - AACC Implementation, Administration, Maintenance & Troubleshooting Boot camp
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Avaya Aura CCT & Multimedia Implementation
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Avaya Call Center – Implementation Workshop
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Cisco IP Contact Center Product Power Workshop (IPCCPW)
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Genesys Framework Overview
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Genesys Framework, Routing and Reporting – Installation/Configuration
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Nortel Asia SE Conference
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PeriProducer 3.0 for Programmers for Nortel’s MPS 500/1000
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Platform Maintenance (Solaris) for Nortel’s MPS 500/1000
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Complete IT Infrastructure Designing
Web and Apps Design to be used by Evaluation and Management Staff
Automated Action Management
Solution Architect for Independent Monitoring Unit - EDUCATION Department KPK, Pakistan. A project by AdamSmith | DFID UK
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Solution Architect for Independent Monitoring Unit - HEALTH Department KPK, Pakistan. A project by TRF+ | DFID UK
Billing Solutions for Nortel and Avaya Exchanges deployed nationwide
Contact Center Designing for Etisalat Afghanistan
Nationwide Contact Centers Support at Telenor Pakistan
Nationwide Multimedia Contact Centers Deployment at Ufone Pakistan
Huawei
Huawei Certified Specialist - Intelligent Collaboration
Huawei
Huawei Certified Specialist - Digital Power
Huawei
Huawei Certified Specialist - IP Networks
Huawei
Huawei Certified Specialist - Storage
Avaya
Avaya Certified Implementation Specialist
Avaya
Avaya Professional Sales Specialist
Cisco
CCNA - Routing & Switching
Cisco
CCNA - Voice
Nortel Networks
Nortel Certified Technology Specialist
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Pakistan
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Deputy Manager at Gulahmed fashions
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Al Mansoura
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Land Surveyor at Redco Construction Almana
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City of Johannesburg
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Project Planner / Project Control
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Aamir Shahzad
*Damac Properties Dubai UAE*
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United Arab Emirates
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store & purchase officer at Golden Sands Laundry
Private Equity, M&A, and Venture Capital Investments
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Venture Capital – Public Equity – Funding – Investment
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Private Equity Investor Relations, Fundraising, Placement and Investment (and Venture Capital, too)
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DealFlow Source Network | Private Equity, Venture Capital, M&A Deal Flow
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Avaya Professionals
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REAL ESTATE - buyers, sellers, investors and developers
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the Cisco Voice
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Venture Capital: Funds, Growth Capital Funding, Business Capital & Financing | PrivateEquity.com
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Global Investment Network - Investors, VC, Startup Angel Funding
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Avaya Telecoms Forum
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Finance Plus: Private Equity, Venture Capital and M&A News
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Cisco Learning & Certifications Official Group
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STARTUP SPECIALISTS NETWORK Entrepreneurs Small Business Startups Jobs Tech Social Media Marketing
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Avaya Certified Expert
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