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.

Lead Reviewer in Reproductive, Gynecology and Urology Devices, Office of Product Evaluation and Quality, Center for Devices and Radiological Health

Lead Reviewer | Medical Devices

Indiana University School of Medicine

Indiana Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center is at the forefront of Alzheimer’s disease research for over 30 years in collaboration with the National Institute of Health (NIH). The focus of my research is to determine the multimodal biomarkers in clinical and preclinical settings for the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease, which is crucial for the treatment and prevention of disease progression. I am exposed to pulse sequence programming and neurophysiological and psychophysical recording facilities. Moreover, I am involved in lab coordination and clinical collaborations with Psychiatrists, Neuroradiologists, Neurologists, Computer Scientists, and Cognitive Neuroscientists. ur research group focuses on developing novel imaging and analytical techniques in advanced diffusion-weighted imaging and other quantitative brain imaging. The clinical focus of my lab is Alzheimer’s disease, sport-related concussion, mild traumatic brain injury, and other neurodegenerative diseases. I provide professional support to the team in ongoing lab projects and in subject recruitment, data collection, management and analysis, and human resource management and coordination.

Postdoctoral Fellow in Neuroimaging

Kansas State University

Research Area: Thermal therapies for cancer treatment.

Graduate Research Assistant, Biomedical Computing and Devices Lab

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education

Graduate Research Fellow

Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University

Lecturer

NUST School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, SMME 

-3D modeling and simulation of Neuromodulation Devices, Medical Image Processing, Electromagnetic Stimulations in Human Systems Lab.
- Worked in close collaboration with Research Center for Modeling and Simulation, NUST.

Graduate Research Assistant, Human Systems Lab

NUST School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

- Managed and worked in collaboration with local hospitals of Islamabad for the research and development of wearable diagnostic devices for neural disorders.

Graduate Research Assistant, Neuroinformatics Lab

Schlumberger

- Managed Real Time Operations for Wireline Open Hole Logging Data Transmission
- Ensured Security of Client Data & Client Satisfaction.Maintaining Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental Protection.
- Lead Wireline Jobs for Clients such as Oil & Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL), Pakistan Exploration Limited (PEL), and United Energy Pakistan Limited (UEPL) in Pakistan.
- Job Related Trainings: Quality Management System (QMS), Radiation, Fishing, Well Integrity, Depth Control, Pressure Equipment, Tough Logging Conditions and Winch Standards.
- Job Locations : UAE and Pakistan

Wireline Field Engineer

- Worked as Lab Engineer in the Cementation Segment of Well-Services Department.
- Performance Evaluation of Cement Slurries(Rheology, Compressive Strength, Consistency, Specific Gravity).
- Hands on Experience on Atmospheric & High Temperature High Pressure Consistometers, Constant Speed Mixer, Curing Chamber, Viscometers and Gas Pycnometer.
- Job Related Trainings: Schlumberger Well services Injury Prevention and Protection.

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