Jan 2026 – Present · 4 mos · Bangkok City, Thailand

• AngelSchool.vc is the ultimate Accelerator for Angel Investors - from 1st check to leading syndicates as ‘Super Angels’.
• We give venture investors world-class training, a global community AND build their track record as a member of our Investment Committee (IC).
• The AngelSchool.vc Syndicate is backed by 1400+ LPs and deploys $MNs annually

Jan 2026 – Present · 4 mos · Bangkok City, Thailand · Hybrid

• Danson Solutions is a digital and AI-focused technology company delivering software development, AI education, and digital transformation solutions for businesses and educators globally.
• Role overview
• Provide strategic advisory support to accelerate growth, build partnerships, and expand market presence across priority regions and sectors.
• Key responsibilities
• 1. Advise on growth strategy, market entry, and go-to-market execution
• 2. Identify, evaluate, and develop strategic partnerships with corporates, schools, platforms, and ecosystem players
• 3. Support business development for AI education, training programs, and digital solutions
• 4. Contribute to positioning, partnerships, and revenue opportunities across key markets
• 5. Act as a strategic sounding board for leadership on scaling and partnerships
• Focus areas
• 1. AI education and digital skills
• 2. Enterprise and institutional partnerships
• 3. Regional expansion and ecosystem engagement

Aug 2025 – Present · 9 mos · Bangkok City, Thailand · Hybrid

• As an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) at Seedstars, my primary responsibility is to support and accelerate high-potential, early-stage tech startups in emerging markets.
• Key duties include:
• 1. Mentorship: Providing hands-on coaching and strategic guidance to founders on business modeling, product-market fit, and scaling challenges.
• 2. Portfolio Support: Assisting portfolio companies with specific operational hurdles, preparing them for due diligence and investor pitches.
• 3. Ecosystem Building: Sourcing new talent/startups and contributing to the overall strategic development of the local and global Seedstars ecosystem.
• The core focus is on driving impact, fostering innovation, and helping startups achieve sustainable growth.

Jan 2025 – Nov 2025 · 10 mos · Bangkok City, Thailand · Hybrid

• As Projects Lead at e27, I manage AI and deep-tech programs in collaboration with Meta, driving startup incubation and innovation. I oversee the Llama SG Incubator, Meta AI Hackathon (Vietnam), D-Tech Project, and CHISEL, ensuring seamless execution, and mentorship.
• Meta SG Llama Incubator: Led end-to-end delivery of a 6-month AI incubator supporting 40 startups and SMEs across Startup and SME tracks. Designed governance, mentoring, milestones, and Demo Day with strong accountability and measurable business outcomes. Reviewed 180+ applications.
• Meta AI Hackathon – Vietnam: Owned full execution of a 6-week national AI hackathon, coordinating Meta, partners, mentors, and judges. Ensured high-signal judging, clear problem framing, and a smooth participant experience under tight timelines.
• D-Tech Project (Disaster Tech): Helped structure a deep-tech innovation program focused on Climate & Health and Smart Resilience. Implemented a strict evaluation framework prioritizing challenge alignment, deployability, and real-world impact. Reviewed 100+ applications.
• CHISEL Healthcare InnoMatch: Supported program execution, 100+ application review, and due diligence for a healthcare innovation matchmaking initiative.
• Cross-Program Execution Improvements: Built internal trackers, tightened mentor and startup accountability, and improved reporting discipline across programs. Shifted delivery from activity-driven execution to outcome attribution and partner value creation.

May 2024 – Present · 2 yrs · Singapore

• Turtle Venture Studio is the first venture studio in Bangladesh, dedicated to systematically building and supporting new companies from inception. It combines the functions of incubators, accelerators, and venture capitalists to nurture early-stage startups and help them achieve global success. The studio is committed to fostering innovation by acting as a bridge between Singapore-based ecosystem builders and local Bangladeshi startups, providing them with essential support and capital to thrive.

Jul 2023 – Sep 2023 · 2 mos · Bangkok City, Thailand

• Conduct a review of current processes, collaborate to standardize procedures, leverage technology for efficiency, and analyze metrics for continuous improvement.
• Work with the team to develop a comprehensive strategy, conduct market research, guide messaging, and explore various marketing channels.
• Assess the platform's scalability potential, identify opportunities for growth, and collaborate on platform enhancements to support future expansion.

Jun 2023 – May 2024 · 11 mos · Bangkok City, Thailand · Remote

• As a venture partner at A2D Ventures, my role is to:
• Identify and evaluate promising early-stage startups for potential investment.
• Provide strategic guidance and mentorship to portfolio companies to accelerate their growth.
• Actively participate in building innovative businesses and capitalizing on new market opportunities.
• Contribute to the mission of democratizing access to venture capital by supporting diverse founders and creating an inclusive ecosystem.
• Collaborate with the A2D Ventures team to make informed investment decisions and drive the overall success of the platform.

Apr 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

• Contributor to Bangladesh Brand Forum Magazine (Offline and online both), and discussing issues related to entrepreneurship, startups, productivity, and career.

Jan 2022 – Mar 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bangkok, Bangkok City, Thailand

• iResearch empowers you to know why. Now you can quickly, easily, and affordably delve into the thoughts, feelings, and reactions of your customers, employees, or any audience you want. iResearch is easy to use and purpose-built to meet the demands of sound market research. With online focus groups, you can -
• test advertising from print to animatic storyboards to final video;
• determine website friendliness and usability;
• get feedback on software or mobile apps;
• evaluate new packaging;
• get input and insights on a new product or service;
• learn more about your customers, employees, or members;
• design better surveys based on participant insights

Sep 2021 – Nov 2021 · 2 mos · Singapore · Remote

• reach52 is an award-winning, tech social enterprise providing affordable healthcare for 52% of the world without access to health services. I worked with the India, Cambodia, and Philippines teams to develop the B2C customer strategy and Agents recruitment strategy.

Apr 2021 – May 2024 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Singapore · Hybrid

• Drove user adoption across APAC and Europe, leading to onboarding of 750+ users and 30% reduction in onboarding time.
• Led B2B client training and product knowledge initiatives to improve retention and upsell opportunities.
• Developed and maintained CRM-driven onboarding and engagement processes.
• Reduced operational costs by 20%, and improved customer satisfaction by 15%.
• Planned and developed a Product Knowledge base of 170+ articles and 30+ videos.
• Built and led a 10-member customer service team, achieving a 95% customer satisfaction rating.

Jan 2021 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Bangladesh Angels is the country’s first angel investing platform. Registered as an independent, not for profit company, the network aims to connect local and global investors to Bangladesh's startups.

Jul 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 10 mos · Bangkok City, Thailand

• Mentorship has been provided to startups on a voluntary basis, focusing on business development, customer success, scaling strategies, and investment readiness. With over a decade of experience, founders have been supported in refining growth plans, improving customer engagement, and overcoming challenges to build sustainable businesses. Investment readiness support has included pitch deck optimization, financial planning, and connecting founders with suitable investors.
• Voluntary Mentorship Portfolio:
• 1. X-Hub Tokyo
• 2. Tenity, Singapore
• 3. Startup Bootcamp Australia
• 4. KX Knowledge Xchange, Thailand
• 5. Muslim Startup, Malaysia
• 6. Accelerating Bangladesh
• 7. PULSE Accelerator, Bangladesh

Mar 2019 – Aug 2022 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Singapore

• Next Billion is a for-profit social enterprise that builds technology platforms, unlocking consumer and retail insights, engagement, and sales in high-growth emerging markets.
• PII Survey Platform:
• Successfully implement projects in Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, and South Africa
• Maintain key enterprise relationships, incl: Unilever and Microsoft
• Develop a POC of online-based product demonstration and consumer personal data platform.
• Work directly with the field team, engineers, and end-level users to design the survey platform's flow and experience.
• Maintain a Backlog of features, bugs, and epics for all tech products and Lead sessions for Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.
• B2B Ordering Platform:
• Leading a team of 25 personnel in Bangladesh and India
• Establish the pilot operations of the B2B Retail initiative with 1500+ rural retail outlets
• Design an e-commerce site for the last-mile retailers
• Total revenue reach to $120,000 in 6 months, with an average basket size of around $60
• Completed around 2000+ deliveries in 6 months
• Designed a GPS based route plan for products delivery to the last-mile retail shops in a cost-effective way
• Establish 3 partnerships with FMCG companies to sell products in the last mile
• Help to raise $130,000 venture capital from Betatron, a Hong Kong based Venture Capital Firm & Startup Accelerator

Dec 2018 – Feb 2019 · 2 mos · Bangladesh

• A £25m facility to create economic opportunities for small businesses. BFP-B project is changing the behavior of market actors in the financial sector through improving the policy and regulatory environment for financial institutions, inducing private sector investment in expanding the frontiers of finance, and enhancing the creditworthiness of small businesses.
• The purpose of the role is to manage agreements with strategic partners to deliver targeted advocacy strategies for the adoption and implementation of 6 policy recommendations and follow-up and provide necessary technical supports to the respective regulators (Bangladesh Bank and Microcredit Regulatory Authority) to implement the confirmed policy recommendations.

Jan 2018 – Nov 2018 · 10 mos · Bangladesh

• As a Business Development and Growth Lead, the major responsibilities are driving innovation and company growth at the intersection of business, technology, data, and marketing. From Business Development perspective, responsible for creating and managing high-impact partnership initiatives in a variety of areas, including an increase in numbers of users, identifying potential revenue sources and develop new products/services which will generate either impact or/and revenue.
• Developed 2 partnership to reach around 5000 potential app users. Around 1500+ of potential users converted to actual users from this partnership
• Developed referral partnerships with Smile Train and BNSB Eye hospitals
• Incorporated new partners in Jeeon’s Last Mile Distribution solution for healthcare products i.e. Vision Spring, Shakhi Pad etc.
• Developed a comprehensive access and awareness program for pharmaceuticals companies which will help them to penetrate the rural market
• Conducted an in-depth customer segmentation study on Informal Healthcare Providers of Bangladesh
• Designed Facebook promotion campaign for e-Learning App. Per relevant user sign-up cost was BDT 11/- which was initially BDT 29/-.
• Reached 1500+ beta users with a retention rate of 40%.
• Designed a low touch user onboarding process which ensured 48% sign-in in the app with a retention rate of around 60%.
• Designed and implemented 43 prototype ideas.

Oct 2016 – Dec 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bangladesh

• The main responsibilities of Operations and Opportunities lead is plans, directs, and oversees a company's operational policies, rules, initiatives, and goals. Moreover, helps organisation execute long-term and short-term plans and directives by implementing judgment, vision, management, and leadership. Specific responsibilities are –
• Oversee a portfolio of 32 business centers served 7500+ patients in 3 districts of the central region of Bangladesh.
• Managed 30 employees team, including overseeing community-based sales operations.
• Streamlined all the operational activities by creation and implementation of operational plans and strategies
• Expansion of 10 fold centers in 3 months, 3 centers to 32 centers.
• Transformed 32 small rural medical providers into successful, well-trained, self-directed, motivated, entrepreneurial business people.
• Developed and implemented marketing strategy which has increased patients flow to 2/day/center.
• Co-develop the strategy to raise a fund of $400K, including $15K from Bangladesh Government

Oct 2015 – Sep 2016 · 11 mos · Bangladesh

• Promoted to turn around poorest performing units, which had never experienced patients flow of 1/day/center.
• Performed prototype of 50 ideas to finalize the marketing strategy to ensure maximize patient traffic and ensuring profitability of the operations.
• Co-design the business model with other teams and test around 15+ assumptions to improve the model
• Performed the role of interim finance manager and develop monthly, quarterly, and yearly budget for the organization.
• Developed and implemented employee training programs for 31 employees.
• Operationalized rural marketing strategies such as health camps, awareness campaigns, educational activities, marketing campaigns, etc.

Jan 2015 – Sep 2015 · 8 mos

• JITA Social Business is a joint venture of CARE International and Danone Communities, France.
• Oversaw new business development effort for this unique micro-distribution company
• Generated around $400K revenue in 3 quarter of the year
• Continuation of partnership with BIC, SHESEIDO and d.light for consecutive 3 years.
• Developed a partnership with Global Alliance for Clean Cook which was later funded a $1 million project of marketing clean cookstove in Bangladesh
• Lead a project named Orgaizational Development for Excellence (ODE) under which co-developed 5 processes and 1 policies in 2015 for smooth organizational operations.
• Earned Individual Achievement Award of Excellence for performance

Aug 2013 – Dec 2014 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Developed the overall monitoring and evaluation mechanism for this organization to measure the ultimate impact on its stakeholders and beneficiaries.
• Co-design the Hub-Manager Inventory and Sales Software tools which ensured real time monitoring of performance of franchisee points.
• Implemented successfully around $300K value projects.
• Saved $160K to implement projects through proper resource allocations and alliance with another provider.
• Performed as acting Head of Business Development for 6 months and secured around $100K value of projects in 2014.
• Replicate the model of JITA in Ethiopia, partnership with CARE Ethiopia and expand the model to 10x in after 6 months of pilot.
• Represent organizations in numerous number of award wining ceremony in different countries.

Sep 2012 – Jul 2013 · 10 mos

• The Government of Bangladesh has recently established a Private Sector Development Policy Coordination Committee (PCC), the objective of which is to bring together key stakeholders from the public and private sectors to identify and recommend solutions to the major investment climate constraints that affect business in Bangladesh. The Government has also established a Policy Coordination Unit (PCU), located at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), to support the functions of the PCC.
• The PCU will play a fundamental role in supporting the activities of the PCC. On one hand, the PCU will source investment climate constraints from the private sector and other stakeholders for discussion at the meetings of the PCC. Given the wide variety of private sector associations and chambers, there will be a need for the PCU to filter the issues and recommendations emanating from the private sector and ensure that only those recommendations that are specific, measurable, action-oriented, realistic and time-bound are presented for decision to the PCC. The PCU must further ensure that the recommendations presented to the PCC for discussion are backed by sufficient and rigorous background research and analysis, to ensure that the costs of the current situation and the potential benefits of the solution are clearly articulated. Finally, the PCU will have to determine whether the implementation of recommendations by the line ministry or agency is feasible, or whether it requires legal or legislative reforms. This project is funded by IFC, World Bank Group.
• My responsibilities were perform literature review and work in initial Priority ranking of issues, support recommendation filtering process, play key role in research coordination with different parties, play role in designing baseline and final surveys and design the feasibility study, stakeholder analysis, and other recommendation filtration analyses.

Jun 2012 – Aug 2012 · 2 mos

• Board of Investment has setup a unit named Business Regulatory Quality Assessment Unit (BRQAU) for carrying out research and advocacy work on Private Sector Development restricting regulatory barriers. It is a key research and advocacy unit on investment and PSD-enabling institution. To support BRQAU, IPAG is providing expert assistance. The main goal of the project is to better public-private coordination in research and analysis for private sector development and investment.
• My responsibilities were supervise overall activities and project implementation, assist the project coordinator making strategic decisions in designing and implementing the project, diagnosis of regulatory framework of Bangladesh and their impact on PSD and investment, input solicitation from private sector and stakeholders on regulatory issues, research and analysis to ensure that the recommendations and outputs are customized to the country context and with proper quality assurance of research and analysis, develop a Public private interface for regulatory research and analysis, and monitoring & evaluation of implementation and assessment of impact.

Jan 2011 – Jun 2012 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bangladesh

• "Strengthening Household Abilities for Responding to Development Opportunities II” (SHOUHARDO II) Program, is the largest food security project funded by USAID and the Government of Bangladesh.
• Conducted 2 Value chain studies along with a pool of experts
• Conducted 30 Market Assessment in 11 districts (30 Upzilas) of Bangladesh
• Developed an Income Generating Activities Interventions Plan for 25,000 beneficiaries
• Established partnership with different private sectors such as Laal Teer Seeds, ACI Seeds, Sonar Bangla Taat, Bangladesh Handicraft Groups, and Rangpur Craft.
• Conducted a Training of Trainers on how to conduct sector specific Value Chain Study

Sep 2008 – Dec 2010 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Dhaka, Srilanka and Italy

• Working in different projects related to migration, enhance formal channel of remittances transfer, financial literacy of migrated workers and their family members and migrants’ enterprise development, in Remittances Projects Department; The projects are supported by Remittances and Payment Challenge Fund-RPCF (a joint project named Remittance and Payment Partnership-RPP of DFID and Bangladesh Bank), Oxfam Novib (The Netherlands), and JMDI Fund (a joint collaboration fund of EU and UNDP). The projects are implementing in Bangladesh, Netherlands and Srilanka.
• Co-developed award wining project proposals worth $120K and implemented it in Sri Lanka, Italy and Bangladesh
• Developed Training module on Simple Bookkeeping for MSMEs in Bangladesh
• Developed Resource Book on Business Development Service for MSMEs
• Developed Training module on Enterprise Management, Bookkeeping and Accounting for SMEs, and Business Development Service for SEEDS, Sri Lanka and conducted TOT course
• Conducted Financial Literacy Training among the Sri Lankan Migrants in Rome, Italy organized by BASUG (A Bangladeshi Diaspora development organization)

Jan 2008 – Aug 2008 · 7 mos · Bangladesh

• The Rural Sales Program of Economic Development Unit aims to demonstrate the considerable commercial opportunity that women represent in rural Bangladesh. It is a special rural marketing program designed to tap rural business opportunity throughout Bangladesh in partnership with Unilever Bangladeshi Ltd, Square Consumer Products LTD, and Bata Shoe Company Bangladesh LTD. Maintaining a close relationship with partners, doing consumer research, supervising Community Facilitators are the main responsibilities. Major job responsibilities were:
• Supervise, Identification and Selection process of potential areas that are suitable to operate rural sales program in Tangail Region
• Overall supervision to Identify and select potential hubs in 6 Districts
• Prepare business plan for hub manager and maintain baseline information
• Conduct Global Sales Training for Aparajitas (Sales Women)
• Facilitate capacity building process for staffs, HUB manager and Aparajitas and facilitate linkage with the different private sector and service providers and ensure supply and of products to Aparajita and target sales
• Maintain close networking and improve relationships with different market players, service providers, private sectors, financial sources and NGOs at Upazila and District levels.
• Regular sales data collection and monitoring of sales.