Intervju med Minhaaj Rehman

Program: Master's Program in Management
Specialization: Management
Start of education: H09
Title: Independent Consultant

Company:

I am an independent consultant

Worktasks:

Consulting work I have been doing:

• Liaising between CEOs, Directors and Stakeholders, about Strategy, Technology, Policy and Procedural issues.
• Identifying Training and Development Needs of Organizations.
• Translating Above into Plans and Aligning them with Organization’s Vision and Mission.
• Coordinating between Departments in Organizations to ensure Congruence.
• Experience with SMEs and Large Enterprises in Multiple Industries.
• Benchmarking Technology Solutions for Efficiency, Costs and Implementation.
• SAP HCM, Zoho Suite & Recruitment Modules e.g. Sendouts by Bullhorn.
• Concur Travel & Expense, Siebel CRM, ERP Ericoll.
• Web Design, Content Writing, Translation, Voiceovers.

Some of the Short Term and Pro Bono projects I have completed are Below:

• Wikieducator, Board Member, Commonwealth of Learning, UNESCO. (Turn-Key Project)
• Bilojix Inc., Pakistan. (Turn-Key Project to establish Software house)
• Canonical Limited, Ubuntu Linux Pakistan. (Pro Bono)
• Websouls Inc. (Set up Web shop)
• Sublime Wireless (Recruiting IT professionals for blue chip companies)
• Microsoft (Remote Work for Outlook App Team)
• The Resource Group (TRG - Worked with major US Cable and Satellite companies.)
• Liveadmins (German Support for Nuance, the company behind Apple's Siri)
• International Petrochemicals. (Product Manager for German Market)
• Ericsson (Short Term Employment at Global Headerquarters in Stockholm. Multilingual Role)
• WPKonsulterna (Wrote Corporate Blog in Swedish)
• BuddyWorks a GIT based deployment service for WordPress etc (Technical Guide Creation)
• BufferedVPN.
• University of Maryland (Reviewing of Saraiki language test for US Government officials)
• Systems Limited (Pakistan's first and premier IT company. Served in BPO)

Careerpath:

During my studies, i did a lot of consultancy work, picked up Swedish and did Pro Bono projects that helped me increase my connections and knowledge of global markets. Especially from my work in Ericsson Sweden i learned a lot of corporate world. My strong computer background helped me land in Customer Support departments of big companies like Telenor and Microsoft. 

Why I chose this program:

I had some friend studying in Sweden and i already had an MBA from Pakistan. I was searching for a good program that would hone my skills and deepen my knowledge of business world. I found Umea to be a good place for not only the business studies but also in terms of opportunities to learn from a multicultural and multi-faceted academic community.

Advice to current students:

I would definitely recommend new students to gain first-hand experience by carving  liaisons with industry leaders. Nothing helps more than doing things yourself. Jobs cannot be done by reading alone. 

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