Sumaiya Noor

Award-winning Product & Strategy Leader | Product Management & Growth-PLG | AI driven B2B & B2C Products | 40Under40 | ex-IBM | Startup Advisor | Fulbright Scholar | Advisory Board Member, Judge, Coach & Keynote Speaker

In the end, we all become stories. Mine is about building products, AI solutions and ecosystems across the globe.

Outcome-driven AI, Technology & Product leader with 14+ years of experience leading product, data science, design and engineering teams. I love building transformative products and high-performing teams for solving customers' pain points. Specialized in AI based B2B, B2C & B2B2C SaaS products, User Experience & Engineering.

Adept in deriving optimal value from Applied AI, Data, Cloud applications, Web 3.0 and other emerging technologies. Technical, people and business experience with distinctive ability to utilize multi-functional expertise. Growth mindset with focus on execution utilizing analytical skills, agile and design thinking to deliver business results. 

Board Member, Startup Advisor, Author and graduate of IBM Leadership Development Program. Experienced in managing teams across 6 continents (being based in 4 continents) with Fortune100 companies and startups. C-suite leadership experience of collaborating with global cross-functional teams to drive innovation for high-growth organizations.

I attended Purdue University, USA on full scholarship (Fulbright - one of the most competitive scholarships in the world) for my MS/MBA. INSEAD certified Digital Strategy consultant, Certified AI Product Manager and a Software Engineer.

I speak frequently at multiple forums globally. Spoken at US State Department with delegates from 47 countries including US Congress members. Also gave a talk at Grace Hopper Conference, attended by more than 30K technologists world-wide.

In life, grit has enabled me to overcome adversity. Beyond work, avid supporter of women & human rights, education, and DEI.

EXPERTISE 
PRODUCT & TECH: Product Strategy and Development (0-1, 1-n) • Product-Led Growth (PLG) • Product Management • Product-Market fit • Product Roadmap • A/B Testing • SDLC • Experimentation • Applied AI & Digital Strategy • Agentic AI
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE/UX: Human-Centered Design • User Research 
BUSINESS & PEOPLE: Strategic Partnerships • Mergers & Acquisitions • Talent Strategy • Talent Acquisition • People Management • GTM Strategy 

VALUES & SKILLS
• Grit • Humility • Empathy & Kindness • Authenticity & Integrity • Critical Thinking & Problem Solving • Curiosity & Continuous Learning  

Looking for data-driven and customer-centric full stack Product & AI expert with global cross-functional leadership experience for taking your business to the next level or interested in hearing me speak, please reach out at sumaiyan@gmail.com.

Advisor - Product & Growth

I have been collaborating with multiple startups across the globe as an advisor mostly on Product and Growth for past few years. Some notable highlights of my work so far are:

• Enabled a startup to close $11.5Million of Round A funding.
• Helped an early stage startup in finding Product-Market fit for enhancing MVP and adding new features which finally resulted in 30% increase in conversion rate.
• Collaborated with founders to formulate a Product Strategy and Pricing Model for a 20% increase in retention rate over the period of 4 months. 
• Designed and helped the company to implement go-to-market strategy (PLG) for 45% MoM growth.
• Last and one of the most important ones is helping these startups to build highly effective teams responsible for delivering all these great results.

Please feel free to reach out if you want to take your startup to the next level.

US Agriculture, LLC

Chief Operating Officer

Advanced Agrilytics

Vice President Strategy, Operations, & BD

Director Strategy & Business Development

AgReserves, Inc.

Lease Portfolio Mgmt. | IN, MI, IL, IA Region

Lease Portfolio Mgmt. | IN, OH, MI Region

Dow AgroSciences

Global S&OP Leader (Seeds & Crop Protection ~$7bn in Sales)

Global Supply Chain Leader (Rice, Tree, & Vine Portfolio ~$500MM)

Global Competitive Intelligence, Strategy, Consulting

Brunswick Corporation

Buyer / International Trade Analyst / Distribution

My Goals in Relation to Three of the Most Important Connections:

Customers: Have an insatiable thirst and a relentless drive to understand end customers, their needs and even needs they aren't aware of. Our customers will vote on us with their dollars if we help them to create value via our products.  In the end we both win in the race to create sustainable economic value.

Team Members: My team is the most important asset to creating value for our customers, their families and their lives are why they work.  If they are happy, fulfilled, rewarded, and challenged we together will have a competitive advantage in creating long-term sustainable value.

Our Planet: I am grateful for this incredible home we call Earth, and I am more convinced than ever that long-term sustainable value is intrinsically connected to finding ways to create value while acting in ways that are responsible such as reducing our environmental footprint, eliminating waste, enhancing animal welfare, and increasing diversity in our value chains that span the globe. 

A Little More about Me:

I love life and living. I have now spent many years working for and with some of the greatest organizations on earth.  I have worked in warehousing, procurement, supply chain, operations, general management, and consulting with a focus the last 10 years in agriculture.   I’ve worked for Fortune 50 company’s and non-profit organizations, collaborated with small holder farmers in Kenya, government leaders in Ethiopia, businesses in India and China, manufacturers in Mexico, and worked in and with people from all around the globe.  

I have consulted with and worked with top executives to the most entry level positions, and every one of those interactions has been with a human, a brother, a sister, a father, a mother, a friend who has aspirations to be happy, to be successful, and to make a difference in the world, an individual who has their own set of fears, and inadequacies.   I have learned that the greatest joy comes as we work together, integrating our different backgrounds to come up with solutions that focus on our customers, each other as team members, and our planet. 

Possibly my greatest opportunity has been to be the father of six incredible kids, and the husband of a woman who lives life to the fullest, a woman whose procurement expertise, conflict resolution skills, strategic planning, leadership, and the list goes on.....rivals that of best executives in the world.  She has led in an ultimate role as mother, counselor, care-taker, and the true corner office chief executive.

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