Faizaan Shaikh

Faizaan shaikh

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  • Timeline

    Apr 2016 - Sept 2017

    Co-Founder

    AdventureSquare
    Sept 2017 - Aug 2019

    Software Developer

    Buymaxo Online Private Limited
    Oct 2019 - Oct 2021

    Co-Founder

    TaleTeller
    May 2021 - Apr 2022

    Business Analyst

    Excellon Software
    Current Company
    May 2022 - now

    Senior Business System Analyst

    McMaster University
  • About me

    Business Systems Analyst (II) at McMaster University | Product Management | CSPO® | PICT'17

  • Education

    • United nations university - institute for water, environment and health (unu-inweh)

      2019 - 2020
      Graduate diploma [water without borders] social sciences

      Activities and Societies: Travelled to Peru for a Field Visit to understand the growing global societal need for science, service, policy and practice, around the fundamental human issue of maintaining water resources now and in the future.

    • Pune institute of computer technology

      2013 - 2017
      Bachelor of engineering (b.e.) computer science
    • Mcmaster university

      2019 - 2021
      Master of engineering - meng innovation and entrepreneurship

      Activities and Societies: Awarded SEPT (School of Engineering Practice and Technology) Merit Funding

    • Mcmaster university - the forge startup incubator

      2020 - 2021
      Taleteller - summer batch 2020
  • Experience

    • Adventuresquare

      Apr 2016 - Sept 2017
      Co-founder

      AdventureSquare is an Adventure Tourism activity aggregator. We at AdventureSquare believe that it is an Experience Industry. In this age of Millenials, a paradigm shift is happening right from day to day recreation activities. People are preferring bouldering over the gym, hiking instead of treadmills, Cycling over bikes. Responsibilities:+ Articulated solution that alleviates customer pain while planning an adventure trip.+ Identified target customers and conducted customer validation of purchasing the product.+ Conducted extensive primary research to identify the price for the service. + Implemented Lean strategies from the very start and followed the concept of continuous improvement throughout. + Organised more than 20 adventure trips with well-known trips organisers using AdventureSquare.+ Handled a team of 10 people including content influencers and the designers.+ Identified core technology to implement the solution.+ Developed and executed Marketing and sales strategies to better portrait the product and reach the target audience. Show less

    • Buymaxo online private limited

      Sept 2017 - Aug 2019
      Software developer

      Responsibilities:+ Produced elegant user interface through a customer-focused approach in building front-end software using Agile methodologies, leading to a 15% increase in signups. + Launched two significant projects of the Buymaxo Ecosystem (>250k products): Buyer Admin Panel and Order Management Automation. Integrated efficient third-party API for seamless payment, automatic zipcode detection, and real-time order tracking. + Collaborated cross-functionality with technical and business team, including design to identify new/improved features and enhance the customer experience. Designed and led two usability studies with more than 60 individuals participating. + Collaborated with designers, developers, and product owners regularly to avail interactive and scalable website. Leveraged A/B testing, user research, and data analytics to identify measurement methods to improve performance.Key Achievements:+ Pared down feature list by 30% to enable more rapid development of critical features. + Executed “Next Day Delivery” project that resulted in a 70% repeat order rate every month. Show less

    • Taleteller

      Oct 2019 - Oct 2021
      Co-founder

      Responsibilities:+ Conducted product ideation and research, including pre-product and post-product interviews with customers to identify problem areas and get feedback. Initiated and received input from more than 1500 potential customers through surveys and customer interviews. + Designed and developed an end-to-end platform to connect writers with potential customers who desire to write their life stories in just three months. Developed and implemented an AI chatbot to absorb user stories/experiences about different stages of life.+ Defined KPIs, deliverables, timeline, budgets, milestones for MVP development.Key Achievements:+ Appropriately utilized the $10,000 funds raised from SEPT Merit funding for extensive market research. + Implemented marketing strategies, leading to potential customers, increasing the conversion rate by 60%. Conducted deeper and though competitive analysis to isolate sustainable competitive advantage.+ Implemented SEO goals and drove the product launch initiative across the website and social media; achieved a 35% monthly increase in customer reach. Show less

    • Excellon software

      May 2021 - Apr 2022
      Business analyst

      Responsibilities:+ Acting as a liaison among product, IT, and sales teams to understand customer demand for new features and new potential markets.+ Facilitating collaborative sessions with extensive and diverse business stakeholder groups to drive requirements discovery, analysis, and review.+ Planning work with the Product Owner to translate key business/solution requirements into initial Feature/Story Map models, User Stories, and personas (actors).+ Authored multiple documents for senior management to execute a data-driven decision-making process.+ Developing data-driven marketing strategies/initiatives by collaborating with the Strategy team and Account Managers.Key Achievements:+ Owned Business development of Electric Vehicle Dealership Management System module and met 96% of deadlines by identifying and mitigating engineering roadblocks.+ Successfully completed multiple projects in Data Security and Net Promotor systems. Show less

    • Mcmaster university

      May 2022 - now
      Senior business system analyst
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Interaction design for the web

      Linkedin
      Jan 2020
    • Lean six sigma foundations

      Nasba
      Jan 2020
      View certificate certificate
    • Lean management processes

      Udemy
      Jun 2020
      View certificate certificate
    • Attendee of all india computer society student-young professionals congress

      Ieee
      Jan 2015
    • Design thinking: customer experience

      Linkedin
      May 2020
    • A design thinking approach to putting the customer first

      Linkedin
      Nov 2020
    • Software project management for start-ups and solopreneurs

      Udemy
      May 2019
    • Big data and hadoop essentials

      Udemy
      Dec 2015
    • Javascript & jquery

      Eduonix learning solutions pvt ltd
      Apr 2015
    • Delegate at ieee region 10 student-young professional-women in engineering-life member congress, 2016

      Ieee
      Aug 2016
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Faizaan Shaikh
      President’s Award for Outstanding Service (2024) McMaster University May 2025 Recognized for contributions to McMaster’s Provincial Attestation Letter (PAL) Working Group in response to IRCC’s study permit changes — achieving 90% PAL issuance and a 70% utilization rate, among the highest in Ontario’s U15 institutions.
    • Awarded to Faizaan Shaikh
      First prize in Networks Category at INC - Impetus and Concepts '17 PICT Mar 2017 An attempt made to classify internet speed from the ISP into different classes according to the need of the IT admin which will ultimately lead to a proper distribution of bandwidth among the end users.
    • Awarded to Faizaan Shaikh
      Special prize by Velotio Technologies Velotio and INC ( Impetus and Concepts - PICT ) Mar 2017 Won a special prize by the sponsor of INC 2017 - A national level event by PICT, Pune for the project CloudClarity ( Enterprise Cloud Deployable Solution for Traffic Shaping ).