Waqar

Waqar Haider Malik Phone: - LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/waqarhmalik/ Email:- Education____________________________________________________________________________________________ Lahore University of Management Sciences – BSc. (Honors) in Economics & Political Science 2018 – 2022 Relevant Courses: Statistics & Data Analysis, Econometrics, Development Economics, Mathematical Applications in Economics, Introduction to Finance, Machine Learning in Social Sciences, Economic Policy, Marketing Beaconhouse Margalla Islamabad – A’Levels- Valedictorian, 100% Scholarship for both academic years based on straight A’s. Professional Experience________________________________________________________________________________ MobileLIVE – Associate Product Manager Sep 22-Pres • Worked as a Product Owner for a client project, created wireframes and user stories for client application. • Aligned Client vision for product with management requirements and development team and delivered a Minimum Viable Product within a 2-month period, worked alongside QA team to ensure bug fixes, and deliver updated iterations. • Worked alongside Marketing and Product team and created a Product Process Maturity Matrix, to conceptualize client placement within the product management sphere. DripTech Accessories – Founder (B2C Sales) Sep 21- Mar 22 • Conceptualized a drop-shipping roadmap, effectively handling sales and deliveries. • Marketed on Facebook using Facebook ads, generating more than 1500 likes, in addition to leads contributing to 86% of sales. • Generated a profit of 34% within 6 months. Quwatt Solar – Intern (Analytics, Business Development) Jul 21-Aug 21 • Assisted in data analytics tasks and helped the department clean databases, form regression models, and helped interpret and visualize all past sales data. • Created strategy in the Business Development department (B2B) and generated leads from 12 offices requiring solar panel installation. • In B2C sales, touched base with household consumers directly, conducted surveys, and utilized data-driven insights to improve brand positioning within the market by 70%. PTCL – Summer Intern (Business Services, Analytics) Jul 20-Aug 20 • Assigned a 6-week project which required the extraction of market data from office archives along with analysis on recognizing underutilized green field areas with respect to PTCL coverage. • Conducted surveys and analyzed data to develop new marketing strategies with projected additional sales of 14% in the twin cities district. • Team building exercises and company seminars helped to build soft skills such as communication, team synergy, and effectively working within a team. Projects and Research__________________________________________________________________________________ Economics of Corruption – Corruption in Education Feb 22-Apr 22 • Researched Corruption in education sector of Pakistan via extensive fieldwork, visiting 6 public schools in Lahore. • Conducted Surveys from students, teaching faculty, and administrative officers regarding levels of corruption and nepotism in public education. Econometrics – Infant Mortality and Sanitation Mar 22-May 22 • Used PSLM dataset to analyze data, running regressions to find correlation between sanitation and low infant mortality rates in both Urban and Rural areas within the country. • Used Stata to visualize correlations and effectively display data to be used in the submitted paper. Extra-Curriculars______________________________________________________________________________________ SPADES – Various Roles- • In-, was part of two organizing teams. Coordinated 100+ participants across both events. • In-, was team lead for one event, co-leading a team of 6 members and 46 participants. Skills and Interests_____________________________________________________________________________________ • Technical Skills: Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Powerpoint), STATA, Photoshop, Canva, Jira, Miro, SQL, Figma. • Soft Skills: Interpersonal Communication, Leadership, Lead Generation, Market Research. • Languages: English (Fluent), Urdu (Fluent), Punjabi (Intermediate) • Interests: Fitness, Videography, Music, E-Sports, Podcasts.