Mentorpreneur

Connect with leaders from the Muslamic Makers community and get personalised guidance to reach your potential.

How it works

1. Use the filters below to search by your area of interest or industry
2. Find a mentor whose biography or skillset appeals to your needs
3. Press the 'Schedule' button to schedule a short telephone or video call through Calendly!

About Mentorpreneur

Role models matter and finding a mentor similar to your background is hard! Mentorpreneur from Muslamic Makers connects you to a global community of Muslim change makers, working in and around the technology scene who are keen to give back.

New mentors are being added daily. Interested in mentoring? Fill in this form!

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Abdul Shakur

I'm aged 26. Having started from humble beginnings surrounded by debt I wanted to break down barriers for Muslim entrepreneurs and young people. 10 years ago when entrepreneurship wasn't popular I had to go through homelessness and depression. I say this because I can relate to a lot of the personal challenges we face in business. 10 years later I run a social media and community management agency building online communities to engage, convert and retain clients. I say clients because I can only talk from a service provider business. Having built a 6-figure marketing agency and previously in recruitment, I know what it takes to go from freelancer to 5 employees. Not everything has been a success. I've failed numerous times and even gone through bad business partnerships. If you're ambitious I can probably save you a lot of time by sharing what went wrong rather than everything that's right. I've mentored 100's both voluntary and paid and you can find testimonials on numerous sites and social media profiles. Here are areas which I can be most useful in a little more detail: - Starting up your business - Marketing & Building Communities for B2B & Tech Startups - Business Strategy helping you open up revenue streams - Sales & Partnerships to help you grow your business to 6-figures - Personal branding that's profitable i.e consultancy or expert business. - Property investments for those professionals looking to do more with their money

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marketing/ social/ pr/ content/ ads growth business model/strategy sales/ customer success/ leads/ pricing confidence/ presenting/ pitching

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Abuzar Ghafari

Abuzar Ghafari is a seasoned Cybersecurity Professional with over a decade of experience in IT Security, DevSecOps , Governance and Application Security Architecture for enterprises, government entities, service providers and security enforcement entities across different verticals around the globe to enhance the cyber resilience by automating the Security workloads and enhanced surveillance of critical assets. Msc Engineering Student at University of Oxford. Author of the “Riayati Information and Cyber Security Standard” for Ministry of Health and Prevention of United Arab Emirates and designed a National Healthcare Cyber Security Programme for the country.

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technology & tooling confidence/ presenting/ pitching cvs/ career strategy/ interviews community/ memberships

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Afsa Akbar

I'm an experienced service designer, committed to designing experiences that put people first. I want to live in a world where no-one is left behind. I currently help the Digital Transformation team at British Red Cross design services for their volunteers. Previously I worked at NHS Digital, Snook and worked on a trail blazing research commissioned by Comic Relief on TechVsAbuse. On the side, I love building communities and creating safe spaces for people to inspire and learn from others. I co-run Service Lab - a meet-up for anyone who's interested in or work in service design. I'm also involved in co-organising London GovJam - a 2 day hands on event for people to experience and practice human-centred design for the public sector. I'm passionate about personal development and always up helping others in their career. I'd love to share what I've learnt so far and learn from you. Feel free to get in touch! :)

Skills:
customer experience & design soft skills/ management &team skills cvs/ career strategy/ interviews

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Amirah

I’m a Social Impact Strategist with 5+ years experience creating and communicating impact for consumer brands. I have worked in-house, with consultancies, and on a freelance basis for organisations on four continents. I get excited about products and experiences that deliver and inspire positive change—for consumers, producers, employees, the environment, and society at large. I also get excited about pizza, books, and spaces that tell stories.

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business model/strategy cvs/ career strategy/ interviews

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Bashar Khdair

Personally invested in >20 startups through crowdfunding campaigns since 2018, Notable investments include: Commuter Club, JustPark, Houst (Formerly Airsorted), Seedrs, MoveGB, Money Dashboard, Cowboy, Flexi Hex. An entrepreneur, startups business mentor, and a fully qualified accountant. Has covered corporate development, strategic finance and commercial planning with 14+ years working experience in various industries with International exposure including (North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East) within both startups (from Seed to Series F funding stages) and listed global group businesses. Business and commercially focused and entrepreneur at heart, my vision is to work on products that have "Community First - Profit Second" mind-set. Innovative business focused skills, understanding of performance drivers and strategic focus. I live with an optimistic growth mindset, highly analytical and have strong attention to details, I have a firm appreciation of both detail and the bigger picture and able to offer strategic input. Also, I am very passionate about sports, running (10K+ per run), cycling (50K - 100K per ride), tennis, football, table tennis, basketball, bowling, to name few :)

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growth business model/strategy finance/ book-keeping/ admin confidence/ presenting/ pitching cvs/ career strategy/ interviews

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Bashir Hasan

I am an analytics manager at Gumtree where I've been working for the past year. My role is to support the product development team who build the app and website with how they test out new features, identifying opportunities for improvements and measuring their impact. I've had a number of analytics roles in companies in tech, insurance and consultancy, and have worked in 3 different countries.

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data based technology cvs/ career strategy/ interviews

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Farhana

Head of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, 10x Banking Farhana is a thought leader with strong entrepreneurial qualities in IT Transformation and Equality, Diversity & Inclusion. She is a people centric leader with over 20 years’ experience of global finance, media, banking and inclusion. Besides having worked for FTSE 100’s as Head of Product & Business Analysis to deliver market changing data-technology innovations, she prides herself on leading with empathy. She is a recognised Inclusion leader having been listed in the Global Diversity Leaders List Top 10 and guided organisations towards several awards at the European and British Diversity Awards. She is known as a trailblazer having driven changes in mindset and ways of working helping people feel belonging and togetherness. Joining 10x Banking she has revolutionised the people focus, brought structure and expertise to the Product Team and single-handedly developed an Inclusion Vision.

Skills:
technology & tooling business model/strategy confidence/ presenting/ pitching soft skills/ management &team skills cvs/ career strategy/ interviews

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FARZANA NOSHEEN

I work as UX designer, previously as front end developer from last 15 years. I m mother of 3 children and not a fan of work life balance by definition(ask me why not). I am happy to talk about anything IT, breaking into new filed, interview tips, diversity, side projects, freelancer's life, research, children, food. As a User Experience designer, I research and create personas and convert them into flows and wireframes. I always pursue to design and develop things which doesn't make people think how to use/do it. Love to keep in touch with the people who also taking care of human experience.

Skills:
technology & tooling customer experience & design branding/ design/ packaging community/ memberships

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Hana lodhi

I’m a product specialist with a focus on creating platforms that empower women. I’m currently leading product at Jennis Fitness - a femtech start up that creates smart fitness programmes for women. My goal is to create products that solve real problems with solutions that have been created through a deep understanding of human behaviour. My expertise covers the full product process starting with defining the problem space, user research, validation, product design and then working closely with engineering to realise the solution. I have over 10 years of experience in the design industry and have overcome many challenges that I’m now willing to share with you and hopefully guide you through similar challenges and opportunities. You can speak to me about career development, specific challenges you may be facing whether product design specific or not.

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customer experience & design business model/strategy physical prototyping soft skills/ management &team skills branding/ design/ packaging

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Hassan Rashid

Worked in the nuclear sector for the past 4 years as a degree apprentice. Developing industrial control systems AKA secure software and managing their networked solutions. Graduated with a BSc in Software Engineering and have grown with the firm. (Springfield Fuels Ltd) Passionate about offering STEM related career advice and have presented at all levels. (University, Sixth Form, High School) Willing to contribute towards digital projects that have a positive impact. In my spare time I enjoy running, lifting and photography.

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technology & tooling customer experience & design business model/strategy data based technology

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Hawaa Budraa

CEO and Co-founder of Onaria Technologies Ltd. Creators of uunn. www.uunn.co.uk I have a tech background, so I'm big on tech and getting nerdy. I graduated from City University where I studied biomedical engineering and after graduating in 2015 I started on the journey of starting a health tech company and building a plaque detecting technology. I've gone through many stages of the business, and have learnt a lot about fundraising, strategy, managing projects, managing team, team culture, brand, product development and crazy user research, user testing to develop a product that gives value, managing my own time and keeping my mind, health and soul in check to keep it balanced and not over worked. There's much more to learn but there's a lot of experience that I can share that can help make your journey that little bit easier ...as my mentors have done for me.

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technology & tooling funding/ seeding customer experience & design business model/strategy physical prototyping

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Imran Shariff

First thing to know is that I am here to help. I am not an expert in everything but I do believe I can help with the things I do know about! I have worked with employers/clients across sectors including Investment Banking, Education, Financial Technology, Telecoms and Legal, that has helped achieve results and establish real, tangible business benefits. Starting out as project manager, over the years, I have become a consultant focusing on Strategy and Operations, especially for smaller companies and start-ups. I have helped companies with brand developments including expansion overseas, funding, recruitment, sales and much more. Its with this breadth of knowledge that I am open to helping out anybody who needs some insight or advice. I like to think that I am here to help without forcing any ideas on anybody. I am also an FA qualified football coach and run a local football club for under 11s!

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marketing/ social/ pr/ content/ ads growth funding/ seeding customer experience & design business model/strategy

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Iqbal Ahmed

I am a senior Frontend developer who has been in the industry for over 15 years. Recently, I have specialised in React.js and Node.js implementations for large public facing websites with millions of users. I have worked at many organisations like Channel 4, Which? and Net-a-porter. I enjoy mentoring and sharing my experience. I have also had my own Web agency and created websites for personal clients. I am really keen to give back just as many others have helped me in my career. Mentorpreneur provides a great opportunity to do that.

Skills:
technology & tooling cvs/ career strategy/ interviews

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Jamal Parekh

I work as an independent IT consultant, specialising in Service Architecture, Process and Service Design, Agile Service Mgmt, SIAM, ITIL and Operating Model Design and Transformation. However I've spent the last 3 years writing and self-publishing a book called 'A Handbook of Spiritual Medicine', which completed this Ramadan alhamdullilah. It provides signs/symptoms, remedies and exceptions (where these apply) across 26 diseases of the heart (e.g. anger, fear of poverty, relying on other than God, envy, etc) in a tabulated and hopefully easy to access format.

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technology & tooling business model/strategy soft skills/ management &team skills cvs/ career strategy/ interviews

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Jawad Khokhar

I'm a software engineer who enjoys their craft! I firmly believe that I should be giving back so here I am. I've been working for 3 1/2 years in the industry, with two jobs: both backend development, 2 1/2 at the BBC and 1+ at Twitter so far. I have studied CS at Queen Mary and a MSc Software Engineering from Imperial. I've worked in the BBC MediaServices team where I worked on the streaming platform, delivering features such as making breaking news clips faster on the platform (15 mins to a few seconds). I'm currently working at Twitter where I work behind the search product and help to deliver search on different surfaces at Twitter. (Brothers only)

Skills:
technology & tooling soft skills/ management &team skills cvs/ career strategy/ interviews

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Face-to-face Video chat

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Marium Abid

I'm a technology consultant at Ernst and Young. I started my professional career 3 years ago as an apprentice. Prior to that, I was studying for a degree in English Literature and Political Science in the US. I have also worked for magazines and websites as a writer and in my free-time, I enjoy writing. Over my 3 years at EY, I have had the opportunity to work on multiple client projects and meet different type of people who have supported my development and have guided me in my technology career. Currently, I'm on maternity leave and am taking this time to give back to the community and focus more on my personal development.

Skills:
technology & tooling data based technology physical prototyping confidence/ presenting/ pitching soft skills/ management &team skills

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Mohamed Dassu

A Management Consultant working in Strategy and Analytics, passionate about cutting edge technology, business strategy and bringing the two together! When I wanted to break into the Consultancy I didn't any contacts in the field so had to do it the hard way. Now I have this experience I want to give back to the community and help those who are looking to get into the consultancy or the Big 4. I have been working at Deloitte as a Tech Strategy Consultant and have also worked at EY and KPMG. My focus is on advising and implementing next-gen technology specifically Robotics Process Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Financial Modelling and Data Viz and Power Apps. I have worked with Rolls-Royce, Intercontinental Hotels, Royal Mail, DHL, High Speed 2, JCB, Teach First, the UK Government to name a few across the UK and abroad. I am also passionate about tackling educational inequality as a school governor, BAME inclusion and supporting others who have also come from a disadvantaged background. I previously worked at Teach First as a Maths teacher and made the transition from working in the classroom to the boardroom so am happy to support others who are thinking of a career change. Feel free to get in touch!

Skills:
technology & tooling business model/strategy data based technology finance/ book-keeping/ admin confidence/ presenting/ pitching

Preferred Formats:
Face-to-face Video chat Audio chat

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Mohamed Hamid

Over 10 years experience in the IT sector having being mentored myself I understand how important having a mentor can be, from career guidance to general answering of questions. In my current role, I have gained much insight into the IT sector and can offer sound advice on CV building, interview prep and practice and some advice on what employers would look for. I have been involved in various recruitment campaigns sitting on both sides of the panel and I believe I can use this experience to really kept individuals excel in their area. Although I work in IT and focused on networks, security and architeture I believe I can still offer general career advice. Locally I have been involved in arranging career days for members of my community and so this is an area of passion for which I would be grateful to help others.

Skills:
technology & tooling cvs/ career strategy/ interviews community/ memberships

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Mohammed Miah

An IT Network Architect with over 17 years’ experience who has worked in different industries & sectors from Aviation, Central Government, Engineering, Healthcare, Legal Private Sector, Public Sector, Recycling, Outsourced IT Managed Services and Utilities & Oil. I started my IT Career with no formal school qualifications. I started my career by self-studying Microsoft certification to now Cisco and AWS Cloud. My self-motivated has driving my IT career from my Microsoft certification in 2003 to now all my Cisco Certifications in which I have done all these courses in my own time, money and effect to push myself to process my technical skill and career. I have a lot of experience of project work & been responsible for the Design implementation, configuration, testing of all projects, uat, beta and post implementation including performance, risk, defect to mitigate, manage and acceptation by project stakeholder with full project & support documents. I have worked on delivery of the life cycle of multiple projects and I have a lot of experience of been responsible of the delivery from the technical side Now I love to help all who are looking to get a career where that be with no formal school qualifications, graduates or moving careers. A large part of my career I have worked as IT Contractor I have gain a lot of skills in preparing CV, applying for jobs, researching and preparing for interviews.

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technology & tooling soft skills/ management &team skills cvs/ career strategy/ interviews

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Mooktakim Ahmed

A technologist with the love of building tools and products to solve problems. Love talking about new ideas and opportunities. 7 years of working as a co-founder of a 25+ employees tech startup. Having been the only brown person in a number of roles, would love to help others to get into tech and startups. Help them build up their idea and offer help in however I can. Looking to build the best future possible.

Skills:
technology & tooling growth funding/ seeding customer experience & design business model/strategy

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Mujahid Ali

Mujahid is a user-focused, data-driven agile Product Manager with many years experience in planning, discovery and delivery of large scale, high impact consumer facing products for both start-ups and established organisations. He’s passionate about Apps, Product Management and Design. He’s helped DAZN from their first launch in Germany in 2016 where the team has grown from 40 people when he joined to 2000+ employees going into 9 territories. Now he is focusing on taking the mobile strategy to the next level for DAZN!

Skills:
technology & tooling growth customer experience & design confidence/ presenting/ pitching cvs/ career strategy/ interviews

Preferred Formats:
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Murtaza Abidi

I'm a product designer at TransferWise. I design things to help solve problems for people. I've been working in UX and Design for around 8 years and previously started a social enterprise called casseroleclub.com. I also helped start muslamicmakers with Arfah. I'm interested in design ethics and helping diversify the design space. I've worked for charities, design agencies, banks, telcos and insurances companies. If you're interested in pursuing a career in design or maybe a designer who wants feedback or mentoring feel free to reach out.

Skills:
customer experience & design

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Nassar Hayat

I’m a product strategist at heart. I have spent the last decade focused on digital platforms and marketplaces. I built a product consultancy that worked with entrepreneurs at the early stage of product development. 5 years ago I co-founded a platform for the b2b food supply industry called Foodchain. I’ve worked across the board on design, engineering, product leadership, strategy, finance, and fundraising. Happy to talk through challenges you may be facing and help work through them where I can.

Skills:
funding/ seeding customer experience & design business model/strategy

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Nazir Ahmed

I am currently running my own small accountancy practice which I began last summer. This is my full-time job. Previously I worked as an Auditor in and trained at KPMG offices in London - during this time I qualified as a Chartered Accountant. I have an MSc in Finance and BSc in Economics from Queen Mary University of London. Overall my desire is that young muslims attain success and through this we can strengthen our position in society. Our inability to influence is causing many issues here and globally.

Skills:
finance/ book-keeping/ admin confidence/ presenting/ pitching soft skills/ management &team skills cvs/ career strategy/ interviews

Preferred Formats:
Video chat Audio chat Face-to-face sometime down the line.

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Parvez Ansari

I am a self taught developer turned Product Designer with 20+ years of design/development/project management experience in IT industry. I am always keen to learn and share knowledge. Mentoring is my passion and I believe the teaching is the best way to learn. I love kindness and I believe giving it back to the community is one of best form of kindness. I can do Design/Resume/Portfolio review of aspiring UX designers and help them develop portfolio to be able to start applying as a UX Designer.

Skills:
technology & tooling branding/ design/ packaging

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Face-to-face Video chat

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Rabbia Tul-Zohra

I am a Software Engineer at the BBC and currently working as an Android developer. I have previously worked as Graduate Software Engineer and completed a degree in Computer Science. I have always been tech savvy and love to talk about tech advancements happening in our world. I am passionate about getting more women to choose tech industry as their full-time job as there is a need of diversity in this industry. I am even more passionate about helping and getting women of colour to join this industry because there aren't that many and we need to help our upcoming generations to improve their problem solving skills and creative thinking.

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technology & tooling soft skills/ management &team skills

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Rehab Al-Rubie

I have trained many healthcare and non healthcare professionals for example taught doctors about safer prescribing. I have always thoroughly enjoyed the challenges of educator roles as they require me to develop a wide skill set such as sound communication skills; as I teach a diverse group of people from doctors to nurses to pharmacists trainees. I am passionate about learning and teaching. This allows the development of myself and others as I believe this achieves better outcomes. Last year, I attended a ‘coaching’ course and a ‘helping others learn’ workshop to improve on my ability to elicit motivation, metacognition and empowerment of others. This had a profound impact as it enabled me to help others achieve their goals. I would love the opportunity to contribute to empower Muslim brothers and sisters.

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Romana Shah

Romana’s experience spans the financial and B2B technology sectors and ranges from startups to billion-dollar listed companies across Europe, the US, and Asia. She has had her clients featured by prestigious national and international media outlets such as Sky’s Ian King Live, CNN’s Quest Means Business, the Financial Times, the Telegraph, and Forbes. Her experience also includes putting clients up for speaking opportunities at events & flagging up relevant networking opportunities & awards. Romana enjoys the fast-paced lifestyle of PR. As technology continues to shape the world, she loves working at the centre of it all, supporting brands to tell their story. She has developed particular expertise in business transformation, automation, AI, and analytics. At FieldHouse, Romana works across FieldHouse's fast-growth technology and cybersecurity clients. She is passionate about telling the stories of underrepresented groups, being a Taylor Bennett Foundation alumni, member of Muslamic Makers and an industry expert for OneTech. She was shortlisted for the Yorkshire Asian Young 2020 awards. She kick-started her career in the city as an intern at Flame PR in January 2016, and worked her way up to Senior Account Executive, becoming the global lead on accounts, spearheading relationships with clients, and supporting new business proposals. In this role, she built strategies and executed international integrated PR campaigns across the UK & Europe, the US, and India. Romana has a first-class degree in English language and a Masters in Public Relations from Sheffield Hallam University.

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marketing/ social/ pr/ content/ ads growth confidence/ presenting/ pitching cvs/ career strategy/ interviews

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Saeed Ahmad

A passionate software engineer focused on writing code and words. I have good experience with front-end (React, React Native, JavaScript), back-end (Flask, Django, Python), and data science. I have experience of working with innovative startups around the world in mental wellbeing, healthcare, e-commerce, customer care, and other domains. Other than that, I am an active part of open source communities and write packages and libraries for developers. I also do some technical writing and enjoy providing guidance to newbies who want to break into tech. Feel free to ask me anything or book a session with me!

Skills:
technology & tooling marketing/ social/ pr/ content/ ads business model/strategy data based technology cvs/ career strategy/ interviews

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Salma Patel

SUMMARY - ABOUT ME: I am a user research lead (freelance) and a UX and design lecturer at The Open University. Until very recently I was the Head of User research at Ofsted (in civil service). I completed my PhD from the University of Warwick in the field of digital health. Apart from research, I have a background in computing, web design, education, librarianship and management. DETAILED - ABOUT ME: I am a user research lead and a UX & design lecturer. I was until recently the head of user research at Ofsted, where I established a brand new user research function. I worked previously as a senior user researchers and also a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Salford. I am also an Associate Lecturer at The Open University, lecturing on the level 3 module entitled ‘Interaction Design and User Experience’. I completed my PhD in the area of digital health in June 2017 from the University of Warwick, where I was a doctoral researcher in Experiential Engineering, part of the EPSRC funded Participation in Healthcare Environment Engineering (PHEE) programme (publications from my PhD can be found here). I have worked as a postgraduate mentor at the University of Warwick, a part-time teacher, founder and managing editor of PhDViva, examiner at Edexcel, University Advisor at Mendeley, and actively blogged on my own website, at the PhDLife blog and The LSE Impact blog. I was also a community governor at an under-performing secondary school in Cambridge, and I have also worked as a social media consultant, web-designer and librarian. I am a fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of the Q Community. I am also a reviewer on the Health Research Ethics panel at the University of Salford, and on the reviewer panel for NIHR. I also review journal papers for a number of academic journals including Nurse Researcher, Health Expectations, BMC Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, and the Journal of Medical Internet Research. I am on the Cambridge Scholars Health Editorial Advisory board. I am an active blogger and contributor to debates about research methods and UX design. For example, my blogpost published on the LSE Impact blog was recorded as one of the 10 most popular blogs on their website, with over 9,684 views. My article on research paradigms has been viewed over 479,000 times to-date. I have also published articles on the GDS run government wide user research blog. I also published an article in the BMJ on colic for medical professionals. I have also taken part in Guardian HE Live Panels, on topics such as the impact of new technology on research and research communication.

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technology & tooling soft skills/ management &team skills cvs/ career strategy/ interviews

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Sami Mughal

Graduated from UET, Lahore in 2005, and have been working in R&D environments ever since. Have good start up experience, as well as managing folk. I can help people with general growth ideas, career, tricky management problems, how to deal with people, general company strategies, guidance on simple HR issues (not an HR/legal), and just good practices. Mentoring is all about helping you be the best you, and I will happily challenge you in subtle ways to do that. If you do add on LinkedIn, add a note to tell me who you are/where you know me from.

Skills:
technology & tooling physical prototyping confidence/ presenting/ pitching soft skills/ management &team skills cvs/ career strategy/ interviews

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Face-to-face Video chat Email and similar text based chats work too.

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Sergio Fregoni

After working in innovation for a big ecommerce company in europe, shipping several digital prototypes and a few new digital products, I joined IDEO where I am now helping big organisations leveraging the benefit of digitalisation and Internet-era ways of working to boost their innovation and ultimately create better user experiences. I have a passion for sustainable business models and Circular Economy and the role that technology plays in unlocking it.

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technology & tooling customer experience & design soft skills/ management &team skills

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Shabana Ahmed

I'm Shabana I design experiences and sometimes interfaces for national and international companies. I believe in improving everyday experiences for people, practising UX methodologies that get the team boosted, being agile, iterative, tested and shipped in my UX cycles. My experience covers e-commerce, Finance, Telecommunications, Mobile, Software, Pharmaceutical and I have expertise in designing for millennials. I have lead UX workshops, collaborated and presented in various locations e.g. in the U.S, Spain, Switzerland and more. I'm happy to travel to fulfil the needs of the project. In my spare time, I love to draw and get speedy in a women's cycle group for fun. Occasional writer: https://medium.com/@shabana.ahmed https://blog.marvelapp.com/author/shabana-ahmed/

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customer experience & design cvs/ career strategy/ interviews

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Shah Ismail

Primarily a software engineer, I like to work on challenging technology problems. I helped develop both the corporates softwares & the startup MVPs. I also attempted doing many startups based on hi-tech, fintech & fashiontech products and I’d keep on doing it to satiate my ambitions. I also work with professionals from various fields like finance, law, graphics, branding, technology, fashion, marketing & sales from various parts of the world. I don’t sugarcoat my opinions as entrepreneurs need clear & precise answers. I firmly believe that entrepreneurs must pay-it-forward for a vibrant startup ecosystem.

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technology & tooling business model/strategy data based technology confidence/ presenting/ pitching soft skills/ management &team skills

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Sohaib Ahmed

Currently having fun juggling two roles ... I work for Al Rayan Bank focusing on Financial Planning which involves all things strategy, growth, pricing, profitability as well as capital/liquidity management. I am a Chartered Accountant by profession and have predominantly worked within Financial Services. I have also founded &facts - an AI-driven market research platform. Most of my time now is spent on this. I am happy to help with anything related to finance (my expertise is in profitability / pricing etc.), strategy, islamic finance, fintechs, - or AI / data / data visualisation / market research etc. If you think I can help with anything then please just give me a shout! :)

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business model/strategy data based technology finance/ book-keeping/ admin cvs/ career strategy/ interviews

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Syed Muiz Rahman

An introvert by nature, Ive become more outgoing during my professional career. I am a father to a little toddler! A happily married man with an awesome family (siblings included :)). Very much a techie from a young age - I currently lead one of the largest capabilities in the biggest growth area in KPMG becoming one of the youngest directors in the company. This includes helping others become better in both quality and conduct. I also represent KPMG in the BAME in Tech group with the CBI.

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technology & tooling soft skills/ management &team skills

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Tauqeer Jamadar

I currently work for a tech start-up in a general management role. My career experience is across N.America, Europe and the Middle East; I have also lived in all three regions. I started my career in technology as a software developer, moved into technology consulting and transitioned into business development and sales. My current role is in operations, where I am executing business transformation as well as leading the development of our machine-learning initiative, as we move towards automation.

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technology & tooling growth funding/ seeding customer experience & design business model/strategy

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Tawfiq Hamid

- Experience in tech-start-ups and also larger finance & engineering corporations. - Graduated from the University of Oxford. - Studied Computer-Science (and Maths in my 1st year) - Worked at several start-ups, had some really good experiences and learnt a lot about full-stack software-engineering. - Moved to a larger civil-engineering firm where I continue to work on full-stack software-engineering and also on the data-science/analytics side of things. - Also interested in photography and writing

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technology & tooling data based technology soft skills/ management &team skills cvs/ career strategy/ interviews

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Waseem Bashir

I run a digital agency focused on Landing Pages, Conversion Rate Optimisation and Marketing Automation. Coming from a Finance background and worked in London for over 10 years, I have built a strong expertise in performance marketing. In our agency, we work with startups, SME and enterprises particularly in B2B space. I also run a tech start-up aimed at marketers in which I focus on the Tech and Strategy level.

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marketing/ social/ pr/ content/ ads

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Yousef Amar

I'm an engineer first, entrepreneur second. Currently co-founder/CTO of 24/7 fitness livestream startup Krew (https://krew.live) backed by Europe's top accelerator Entrepreneur First. Before joining EF, I had just finished my PhD in distributed networks and edge computing, and before that I have a lot of experience as a researcher in computer vision and machine learning at Oxford. I have a bunch of publications in those areas as well as security, privacy, and cloud computing, including a patent in load balancing from my time at Bell Labs. Before all this, I did my masters in electronic and systems engineering and minored in business. My prior business experience was in the education sector running a tutor services company, following my experience as a school teacher (primary & secondary), which is what basically funded half my PhD. Besides tech, entrepreneurship, education, I'm also passionate about languages. I'm a volunteer global ambassador for Duolingo and host (now online) events. I'm a German national, originally from Egypt, and also speak German, Arabic, Italian, trying to learn Mandarin. I have a cat called Jinn. Hope that tells you a little about who I am!

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technology & tooling marketing/ social/ pr/ content/ ads growth data based technology physical prototyping

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Yusra Hussain

I have a background in Electronic Engineering, and have been in the workforce for 6 years in various IT/technology roles in the Energy sector, including strategy. I am now in the renewables industry, working on digitalisation & value generation through our various renewable assets (generation, transmission, storage). I can therefore talk extensively on technology & implementing it in the corporate world for specific business problems. I am extremely passionate about diversity & inclusion, specifically inspiring more girls & women into STEM careers both through charity work & in the workplace. As a result of my charity work, where I headed the EMEA region of a global non profit (robogals.org), I can advise on the sector in the U.K. I also managed a virtual team, so can advise on this as well. My extensive work on STEM outreach, and greater D&I practices in the workplace, I hopefully can help anyone that’s not a D&I professional navigate what can be a difficult world. Because of a variety of projects I undertake in my spare time, I am also able to help with networking, how to and connecting with individuals if needed.

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technology & tooling business model/strategy data based technology confidence/ presenting/ pitching soft skills/ management &team skills

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Zahra Haider

I am an architect in training, with an interest in people-led and research-led design work and experience of working in interdisciplinary studios. I have worked on comprehensive hands-on community and stakeholder engagement, strategic thinking and urban design, design-led architecture and landscape project. I have recently made a move to working in Local Government to work as part of the in-house architecture team in London Borough of Enfield where I work across departments such as council-led development, planning, urban planning and development management. My role is quite flexible with a board focus on building capacity and promoting good design internally. My passion is working with communities to co-design and develop proposals and narratives with a focus on public and communal spaces, robust high streets and good healthy streets to sustain strong communities and placemaking. I also am involved with Women in Architecture and run a not-for-profit called OurGirls Mentoring. I started OurGirls in 2016 for marginalised students with a focus on working with Year 10-13 BME girls across London.

Skills:
confidence/ presenting/ pitching soft skills/ management &team skills cvs/ career strategy/ interviews branding/ design/ packaging community/ memberships

Preferred Formats:
Face-to-face Video chat

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