Aazar Ali Shad

Grown several tech companies from 0 to 8 figures I Paid Social Growth Marketer I I deconstruct paid marketing so you can level up.

After 5 years in sales, I moved to marketing.

Frankly, I love it. I learned marketing by starting 2 startups and side hustles. 

Then, I found my Ikagai: Growth Marketing. I became Head of Growth at Userpilot (Grew it to 7-figures and beyond). And then, I moved to become an advisor.

Now, I have grown several tech/SaaS companies from 0 to 8 figures. Currently, I lead paid social and growth initiatives at 3 different D2C tech companies. 


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Thank you for visiting my profile. Feel free to reach out at aazar@aazarshad.com.

Growth Marketing Consultant

Providing growth marketing consultancy and advisory services with:

- Paid Social
- Paid Search
- Content Marketing & SEO
- Conversion Rate Optimization

Invested in: Maven, Gumroad, Vuvei Ventures, Synthesis, Userpilot, Breshna and more.

Current clients: MakerKids and Prequel.

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Building Ruh (ruhcare.com), an online therapy platform offering accessible, culturally responsive, and faith-sensitive mental health care. Our team of licensed Muslim therapists come from diverse ethnic backgrounds and are available to support individuals, children (ages 3+), couples, and families. We offer support through text, voice, or video in multiple languages, including English, Arabic, French, Hindi, Urdu, Pashto, Punjabi, German, Harari, Creole, and American Sign Language (ASL). Our strong multidisciplinary team includes Registered Psychotherapists, Registered Social Workers, and Psychiatrists with various areas of specialization. Together, we are committed to empowering our clients to navigate life's challenges by providing comprehensive mental health care throughout their unique journeys of healing and growth.

Ruh was supported by 100,000+ supporters in our crowdfunding campaign and was selected as part of the KAUST Taqadam Accelerator as one of 63 startups from 3,427 applicants - a 1.83% acceptance rate

Co-Founder & CEO

G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance

The YEA is a collective of organizations from G20 countries that work to influence the G20 policy. Each year, the G20 YEA brings together hundreds of the world's top young entrepreneurs at an annual summit in advance of the G20 leaders’ summit to advance youth entrepreneurship as a driver of economic growth, innovation, and social change.

G20 YEA Canadian Delegate

World Economic Forum

The Global Shapers Community (an initiative of the World Economic Forum) is a network of young people driving dialogue, action, and change globally through their local hub projects and initiatives.

Global Shaper

LamarHealth

A health-tech startup aiming to resolve uncertainty in genetic diagnostics to treat and prevent rare diseases in populations (YCombinator W21).

Business Consultant

Manzil

Co-authoring a whitepaper for Manzil, a leading FinTech startup in Canada. The whitepaper, “Making Canada Tomorrow Ready in Islamic Finance” will be distributed to all levels of government and bank executives to hopefully influence policy and product portfolios to include more Islamic Finance products, with the goal of having a level playing field in contrast with conventional finance.

Business Analyst Intern

• Received a VP Award, 2 Manager’s Choice Awards, and got promoted within 13 months for exceeding goals; started by leading one team and currently lead six core product teams with 50+ members
• Increased online community membership by 437%, growing a newly established community into being the most active community across all IBM products worldwide
• Developed and delivered the product roadmap to more than 1,000 customers at events worldwide
• Led multiple projects collaboratively with development managers, architects, designers, researchers, and users to package artificial intelligence (AI)-infused features into 7 product releases, increasing product adoption
• Coordinated all phases of product development from ideation to iteration – applying user-centric design thinking principles all throughout
• Supported the broader team to identify market challenges, quantify the opportunity size and potential for profitability

Advisory Product Manager, IBM Business Analytics

Associate Product Manager, IBM Business Analytics

Nokia

• Coordinated with project managers to compile the B2B Project Cost report which consolidated project costs providing insights for further decision-making
• Assisted with project inputs to ensure they are received in a timely and effective manner in order to meet project objectives and schedules
• Assisted project team deliver the project according to the business case, timeline, costs, and quality by producing project documents as required
• Learned and applied project management principles & practices developed by the Project Management Institute (PMI)

Project Manager Assistant - B2B eCommerce

General Motors

• Developed 5 Android Apps which utilized various sensor values and Bluetooth for testing and development of advanced technology for future GM vehicles
• Increased data model accuracy significantly by collecting and analyzing user data from 50+ samples

Connected Vehicle and HMI Advanced Technology Student

BlackBerry

• Coordinated with software developers to meet release deadlines by providing resources and assigning deliverables
• Managed Confluence wikis by strategically organizing high-level client requirements into prioritized deliverables for software development
• Produced weekly reports using data from the manufacturing division to provide insights into upper management decision-making

OS Security Project Coordination Student

Carleton Networking Group (CNG), Carleton University

• Promoted to Design Manager and redesigned the engineering labs to improve the quality of experience for students
• Performed weekly maintenance on 294 PCs to ensure labs are well-maintained to serve 1,000+ students daily

Tech Consultant & Design Manager

Are you a mental health practitioner? Join Ruhcare.com and get unlimited client referrals and exposure online 100% free

Hi, I’m the Co-founder & CEO of Ruh, a mindfulness app with a vision to improve the world’s mental and spiritual strength and well-being. Previously, I championed the adoption of AI by delivering multiple AI-infused features in IBM's flagship business analytics product. I am really passionate about youth empowerment and love volunteering and having an impact in the community.

I am always interested in hearing from former colleagues or just interesting creative folks. Please feel free to book some time and let’s chat - meetings.hubspot.com/omarrasheedk :)

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