Fahim Sachedina

Co-Founder

London, England, United Kingdom12 yrs 7 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Led commercial strategy increasing ARR from $2M to $10M.
Co-founded successful hackathons attracting thousands of participants.
Advised major tech companies on software development strategies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Tech Events expert with strong business development and strategic partnership skills.

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Market AnalysisBusiness StrategyBusiness DevelopmentEvent Management

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BloggingBusiness InsightsCopywritingCustomer RelationsCustomer ServiceDigital MarketingE-commerceEconomicsEditingEntrepreneurshipEvent PlanningFacebookFundraisingInspirationLead Generation

About

Hey, I’m Fahim 👋 - I currently work on Partnerships for Optimism, with the goal of bringing more teams into the Superchain ecosystem - https://app.optimism.io/superchain/ For 10+ years, I've worked at a fast-growing Tier-1 VC-backed SaaS company in the developer tools space (Global App Testing), helping global brands (like Meta, Microsoft, Spotify, Coinbase, Opera and more) shape their development & QA strategy and release better quality products. I write a weekly newsletter on living a more purposeful and rich life. Check it out 👉 https://livinginbeta.beehiiv.com -- My other corners of the web: 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/fahimsach 📩 Newsletter: livinginbeta.beehiiv.com

Experience

12 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Optimism unlimited

Channel (RaaS) Partnerships

Nov 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 7 mos · London, England, United Kingdom · Remote

Global app testing

2 roles

Strategy & Commercial Development Director

Promoted

Oct 2017 – Feb 2023 · 5 yrs 4 mos · London, United Kingdom

Developed strategic direction and advised global clients on their software development & QA strategy.
Achievements:
Led commercial strategy resulting in ARR increase $2M to $10M
Hired 20+ team members across the commercial function
Built relationships with C-suite executives to establish thought leadership in the dev tools industry
Advised companies like Meta, Amazon, Opera, Atlassian, Alphabet around software dev + testing
Spoke at conferences (DevOps World, National Software Testing Conference) to 250+ attendees
Led webinars with 1000+ attendees
Created channel partner strategy with 50+ service providers and technology partners
Received investment from Tier 1 VCs & PE

Market AnalysisBusiness InsightsBusiness Strategy

Growth | Business Development Lead

Jan 2014 – Sep 2017 · 3 yrs 8 mos · London, United Kingdom

On-demand QA testing. We help teams reduce the time from development to release.
Selected as one of the fastest-growing technology companies in the UK.
Achievements:
Founding team
#1 hire globally
Built outbound business development approach from scratch, leading to $2M in ARR
Hired team of SDRs and CSMs
Led commercial GTM strategy

Lead GenerationMarket AnalysisBusiness Development

Testathon (a hackathon for testers)

Co-Founder

Dec 2013 – Sep 2017 · 3 yrs 9 mos

A hackathon for testers.
Partnered with: Facebook, Spotify, Dropbox, King.com and other top tech companies, attracting 5K+ testers, running 20+ events across 10 countries.
http://testathon.co/

Market AnalysisEvent Management

Startup hacks

Co-Founder

Jan 2013 – Dec 2013 · 11 mos · London, United Kingdom

European-wide hackathons.
"One of Europe's Best Hackathons" - Duedil
Sponsors/Partners include: Facebook, Google, Cisco, Microsoft, Uber, Sendgrid, Amazon, Prezi, Nerve Conference, Cambridge Elevator, SVC2UK, Steer, Kairos Society, General Assembly, Kashflow, Duedil, Layershift, Makers Academy, ReWork, GoSquared, Growth Hacker TV, Domain.Me.
www.startuphacks.co

Market AnalysisEvent Management