Arsalan Pirzada
Who
25 year old male of Earth origin. Transhumanist.
Places
Born in: Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Lived in: Dubai and Sharjah in the UAE. Lahore and Karachi in Pakistan.
Been to: Nepal, Oman, Iran, Qatar, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.
Going to: France, Switzerland, Austria, Russia, India, China, Cambodia, Thailand, Japan, New Zealand and others.
Education
Upper Second Class Bachelor's Degree in Business and Marketing from Middlesex University. Majored in Business Economics and Marketing with additional courses in Finance, HR, Business Strategy and Operations Management.
Planning to undertake short management and technical courses, such as Project Management, Product Design and Prototyping etc.
Work
Areas of interest: Marketing, Consumer Behaviour, Operations Management, Process Management, Information and Decision Support Systems, Vertical Integration, JIT.
Industries: Equipment and machinery. Engineering and fabrication services. Energy. Food and hospitality. Interior Design.
Past: Making sales teams work better for an industrial equipment distributor by implementing tools to bridge communication gaps and make teams more autonomous. Sales negotiations and relationship management for an engineering and fabrication services company.
Current: Managing Partner at a startup trading in new and used industrial equipment, and relevant services. Setting up a division specialized in equipment and services for the hospitality and food industries. Also developing marketing strategies for an industrial engineering and services firm specializing in fabrication/design work for commercial and private interior decoration projects.
Future: Developing products for the food industry, for commercial and consumer use. Setting up of retail marketing channels for developed products, along with a distribution network for both consumer and commercial products. Development of a business model and expansion strategy.
Also: Enjoy designing (websites, corporate identity etc.), but haven't done any commercial work. Can code to save my life, but find it tedious. I design, make and then destroy things (like robots) on a regular basis. I twiddle with electronics and worked on industrial automation projects once. Hope to get into consulting someday. Would love to get involved in venture capitalism, exclusively for startups working in arts and social projects.
Play
Music. Books. Movies. Food. I can write, and can be adventurous with a camera. Would like to get into astronomy (i.e. buy a telescope).
Really interested in Anthropology and Futurology.
Borrowed Wisdom
"Magick is the essential method for a person to reach true understanding of the self and to act according to one's True Will, which is the reconciliation between freewill and destiny." - Aliester Crowley