Faiz Sobhani
Assistant Manager - Conferences And Masterclasses
Mumbai,MH
Summary
Accomplished Assistant Manager with in depth experience in client coordination, market research & content creation. A result-oriented professional and fast learner with 5 years of experience and a technology background; targeting assignments with a reputed organization.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
16
16
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Assistant Manager - Conference & Masterclass
Quest ontheFrontier
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Jun.2020 - Current
- Researching on current trends and sectors gaining traction for training, conferences and round table events
- Selecting and testing platforms to host virtual conferences, running event from back-end on Zoom, Hopin(conference platform), Teams
- End-to-end coordination with CXO- level clients, speakers and trainers from on-boarding processes to post event and marketing reports
- Organizing all required materials for each meeting, arranging spaces and taking detailed notes for later dissemination to key stakeholders.
- Recommended workflow and budget improvements, resulting in 10% savings per event from vendors
Conference Producer
Bricsa Consulting
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Jan.2019 - Jun.2020
- Studying emerging markets in Africa, Middle East and South East Asia with deep market research in sectors of Healthcare, Energy and Hospitality
- Connecting, coordinating and on-boarding with high level dignitaries and key stakeholders in markets from regional governments and global organizations
- Creating content for conference agenda and working with high quality information to deliver complete product to sales team
- Evaluating existing processes and post event feedback to identify opportunities for improvement, resulting in 10% better feedback
Deputy Manager - Band II, FARG
ICICI Bank
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Jun.2016 - Jun.2018
- Working for end-to-end automation of various projects in FARG Group of bank
- Releasing testing various aspects of reports in project
- Organizing weekly meetings to update senior management
- Liaising between user and developer by understanding user requirements and supervising developers throughout projects
- Sharing monthly MIS of development list to various teams and senior management
- Performing testing of various automated returns from various portals like ADF, SAP, SAS and I-core (Finacle)
- Highlights: Tested & verified a total of 117 MIS’ data received from Business Intelligence Unit which contained all automated documents in Financial Accounting and Reporting Group (FARG)
Education
B.Tech + MBA(Technology Management, Marketing) - EXTC, Marketing
MPSTME, NMIMS
Mumbai Aug.2011 - May.2016
HSC, 12th - Science Education
Bhavan's College
Mumbai Jul.2009 - May.2011
SSC,10th - Schooling
St. Blaise High School
Mumbai Jul.1999 - May.2009
Skills
Project management
Market research and documentation
Content creation
MIS & Cross functional coordination
Oral and written communication skills
Leadership and team building
Advanced Excel
Critical thinking
Summer Internship
Organization: ITransparity (SWIDOS), Mumbai
Project: Research on Social Media Optimization on Various Portals
Period: Apr’15-Sep’15
- Developed & implemented strategies for marketing products and services of clients digitally on various web portals using various techniques of Social Media Optimization based on the research
- Devised creative ideas for branding of various clients by designing banners, logos, visiting cards & so on
- Actively managed social media profiles of both B2B and B2C clients
Organization: Classicnet Broadband Network, Mumbai
Project: Configuration of Switches using Software HyperTerminal & Understanding the Basic Network Connections
Period: May’14-Jul’14
- Optical Fiber Cables and Ethernet Cables and usage of the MAC address for customer access to the network
- Reference Models (TCP/IP and OSI) and studied IPV4 & addressing modes of IPV4 and IPV6, CISCO 2950 Catalyst Series Switches
Timeline
Assistant Manager - Conference & Masterclass
Quest ontheFrontier
Jun.2020 - Current
Conference Producer
Bricsa Consulting
Jan.2019 - Jun.2020
Deputy Manager - Band II, FARG
ICICI Bank
Jun.2016 - Jun.2018
B.Tech + MBA(Technology Management, Marketing) - EXTC, Marketing
MPSTME, NMIMS
Aug.2011 - May.2016
HSC, 12th - Science Education
Bhavan's College
Jul.2009 - May.2011
SSC,10th - Schooling
St. Blaise High School
Jul.1999 - May.2009