Anas Ayubi

Experience

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  Research Center of Artificial Intelligence, CIS department

  Jan 2016 - Mar 2016

  Research Student

  • Created a GUI application on a Raspberry Pie interfaced with a GSM module (done on python). The application showed SMS messages received on the SIM available on the GSM module.

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  Pakistan.AI

  Aug 2016 - Aug 2020

  Founder

  Pakistan.AI is one of the largest AI communities in Pakistan which focuses on topics such as Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Data Science and Data Analysis. Participants ask questions, share job postings and support each other in furthering their skills. Furthermore, the community regularly hosts meetups and workshops.• Set up a Facebook group of approximately 15k members for the purpose of awareness and skill based growth. At the time of founding there were a handful of communities focusing on this• Invited by Google to their Singapore office on an all-expenses paid trip for a community building workshop• Coordinated community building on ML, Deep Learning, Data Science, NLP, etc• Executed multiple workshops, community meetups throughout Pakistan in collaboration with entities such as: 10 Pearls, Gaditek, Love for data, IBM Pakistan, NIC Karachi and more Show less

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  Quarrio

  Jan 2017 - Mar 2017

  Market Research Assistant

  Responsibilities:• Conduct market research on AI/Data science companies and AI/Data science libraries• Maintain Wikipedia pages of interest to the organisation• Perform data engineering tasks i.e. automated data retrieval and data cleaning (conducted on Python)

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  Vortechs Innovations

  Apr 2017 - Jun 2017

  Backend Web Development Intern

  Responsibilities:• Develop fullstack MEAN solutions for the web with a focus on backend technologies. • Routinely experiment with new JavaScript frameworks and libraries

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  AI Club

  Jul 2017 - Dec 2017

  President

  The AI Club is NED University based initiative which focuses on promoting the domains of Data Science and Machine Learning amongst university students, and provides various training opportunities as well. I served as the first President of the club and formally set up the entity.My responsibilities included:• Coordinate and facilitate club initiatives• Lead PR activities

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  National Incubation Center Karachi (NIC Karachi)

  Jul 2018 - Dec 2018

  Startup Community Executive

  National Incubation Center, Karachi (NIC Karachi) is a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project devised by Ministry of IT and Telecom and Ignite, and executed by LMKT. The project aims to support Karachi entrepreneurs by providing startup incubation and startup acceleration services.Responsibilities:• Overlooked incubator communications & managed NIC Karachi events• Managed all internal startup documentation & data• Supported incubated startups via the NIC Karachi network• Facilitated community initiatives• Joined NIC Karachi a few months after its inauguration and was part of the initial team that focused on scaling the impact of the organisation from the ground up• I was taking final semester classes while working at NIC Karachi full time Show less

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  Hul Hub

  Dec 2018 - Dec 2021

  Hul Hub is a software services company backed by a Japanese Multinational focused on US, UK and Japan markets.I joined as an early employee and was part of a 12x expansion.• Brought in $100,000+ in revenue during my tenure while scaling the department from scratch• Provided the following services to US clients: SEO, SMM, Website & Web App Development, Content, Design• Responsible for project delivery and upsells which fit client business objectives• Ensured a customer retention rate of more than 95%• Scaled the accounts team from just myself to a 4 person team Show less • Shifted the digital & IT services production team on Jira from email and ad hoc task delegation. This was primarily done for the purpose of visibility for the upper management as teams scaled• Architected the Hul Hub recruitment process while running recruitment operations. Used a data based approach to visualise recruitment performance and recommend improvements• Created an objective performance system: plan the methodology, implement the required project structure & SOPs on Jira, create a performance engine on google sheets to output employee grades, HR would use these grades for employee performance evaluation• Developed a Python script to extract data from the Jira API for the performance system• Applied the performance system to the following teams: Digital Marketers, Graphics Designers, SEO executives, Developers, QAs, BAs and their respective managers Show less

  • Assistant Vice President Sales Production (Customer Key Accounts)

    Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

  • Manager Strategy

    Nov 2019 - Dec 2020

  • Business Analyst

    May 2019 - Nov 2019

  • Software Engineer

    Dec 2018 - May 2019
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  Next Capital Limited

  Dec 2021 - Apr 2023

  Technical Product Manager

  Part of the founding team @ Finqalab - a fintech startup providing multi-asset investments backed by Next Capital.Next Capital - an investment bank and brokerage company listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange.Took on the role of a product manager and an engineering managerAs a product manager:• Launched the customer onboarding web app (MVP) for stock exchange accounts• Closely work with operations and compliance teams to understand the process and compliance factors (app is compliant with 4 different regulators)• Set up the logging and reporting infrastructure to fuel data driven decisions• Incorporate APIs by the National Clearing Company of Pakistan Limited (NCCPL)• Worked on an MVP of a stock trading mobile application• Closely work with company traders to determine the MVP feature set for retail customers• Incorporate vendor trading APIs• Create a roadmap, collaborate with designers on mockups, prioritize backlog tickets, launch development sprints and iterate in an agile manner• Customer journey mapping, empathizing with the customer at each stage of the flow• Research into automating payment collections & withdrawals - evaluated most major market players• Exposure to the following asset classes: equity, government securities and commoditiesAs an engineering manager:• Managed a team of 6 engineers working on the following stacks: Flutter (Dart), React, Node.js, DevOps (AWS, local IaaS companies and on-site)• Proposed technical solutions covering the following topics: socket protocols (WebSocket / STOMP), multi-system auth, custom JWT tokens, system reusability, usage of regulator/vendor APIs, consult regulators/vendors on API improvements• Review PRDs and identify technologically simpler solutions which achieve the same goals• Resolve bugs/issues with the tech team that span across multiple stacks: frontend, backend, infrastructure Show less

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  Mahaana (YC W22)

  May 2023 - now

  Founding Product Manager
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  PlainNote

  Nov 2023 - Jun 2024

  Founder

  https://plainnote.webflow.io/

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  FIRE Up

  Aug 2024 - now

  Founder