Global Risk Operations 

January 2024 to November 2024
- Helped 6 students get admission to their school of choice in Europe and the US for the MiM and MBA program.
- Helped 2 B2B clients, and 1 B2C client build their brand value, increasing following by 3x on Instagram and 1.7x for LinkedIn, and boost revenue on average by 1.4X

September 2023 to December 2023
- 4 month Career Break

A little bit of this & that

Ingenico

I help develop innovative business models for new products in Crypto, Low-Code No-Code, Instant & Biometric Payments, and Autonomous Retail space. 

My day-to-day activities involve conducting extensive market research and competitor analysis, identifying strategic partners, and creating go-to-market solutions. 

I also develop & execute marketing campaigns across videos, blogs, and webinars for new product launches & external communication. 

I also cold-call and email potential partners globally to forge highly effective synergies between disruptive innovation projects.

Innovation & Marketing Operations

Transformation Factory

As a Marketing and Communications Intern working closely with the CEO, I worked on growing the customer base through a custom marketing plan and boosted LinkedIn page visits by 300% with targeted content. To further enhance the customer experience and onboard more clients, I reinvented our website for international clients by optimizing it for SEO and removing any slow JSS scripts.

Marketing and Branding Intern

Deloitte Consulting

• $10 Million SAP Implementation for German Automotive clients for their new SAP System across multiple European and APAClocations, ensuring successful project delivery and adherence to budgetary constraints

• Deployed wide-scale consolidations of legacy ERP systems into a single ERP based on SAP S/4HANA

• Optimized EWM & SCM business processes by 20% by automation in modules by mapping new solutions to their business goals

• Trained 70+ new hires on SAP S/4HANA and received the Best Team award at on-site training simulations at DeloitteUniversity, demonstrating expertise in training and knowledge transfer

Business Technology Analyst

The Souled Store Pvt. Ltd.

• Designed various merchandise including but not limited to T-Shirts, Posters, Mugs, Fridge Magnets, etc

Freelance Graphic Designer

Hardluck

♦ Designed various products such as T-shirts, Hoodies, Posters et cetera for different student bodies at MIT Manipal

Creative Head

Webloom Solutions

♦ Designed UI/UX for Android application of LEUK, an in house project
♦ Designed Flyers, Posters, Banners for Clients and Student Body Clubs of MIT, Manipal
♦ Designed Merchandise for The Loom Store

Graphic Designer

Arif is a seasoned professional with a proven track record in the Innovation, Marketing, Operations, and Consulting domains at Ingenico and Deloitte.

With a career dedicated to the tech industry, Arif has navigated corporate and startup landscapes across India and France, contributing significantly to advancing technology-driven initiatives. 

Beyond his professional endeavours, Arif has also coached 100+ students, freshers and young professionals on choosing and applying to their dream study abroad programs or making career transitions from one industry to another.

Here on LinkedIn, Arif regularly shares insights and lessons on Marketing, Storytelling, Growth Mindset, and how you can make a great life for yourself.

Outside work, he finds solace in fiction, through the pages of a gripping novel or as he works on his crime thriller masterpiece. 

When not immersed in books, Arif enjoys indulging his culinary creativity in the kitchen, whipping up delicious cuisines to delight his palate.

Cheers 🙌

Syed Arif Ahmad

ESSEC Business School

Research Assistant

Phydi

External Strategy Consultant

Associate Technology Consultant

Intern Technology Consultant

BAJA SAEINDIA

- Official Driver for the team at SAE BAJA 2020 held by Mahindra and Mahindra
- Handled the Engine and Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) along with its data acquisition and performance tuning suitable for the nature and terrain of off-road events
- Underwent certified go-karting training, playing a vital role for the exhaustive vehicle and driver testing scheduled at the crucial months of project timeline
- Responsible for the complete assembly of all the components in the Transmission Unit of the ATV and ensuring the compliance with the Rules of the competition
- Involved with the Aesthetics and Graphics of the finished products and the events held at the club
- Learnt about various concepts of vehicle designing and exclusively researched on various types of commercial engines like VTEC, VVT, Valvematic, MIVEC, etc.
- Hands-on experience with various fabricating operations like cutting, tube profiling, grinding, drilling, welding, lathe operations and witnessed few industrial manufacturing processes like EDM, LBM, 5 Axis CNC, etc.
- Research and Designing of a low powered Dynamometer (Inertial type)
- AIR 26 in SAE BAJA 2020 and 16th in ATVC 2020 with 6th Rank in the Virtual Round of SAE BAJA 2020 among 281 teams

Power Transmission and Driver Head, VJTI Racing

Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI)

- Detailed Study and Analysis of failure in a torque transmitting drive shaft of an off-roading all-terrain vehicle under the guidance of Dr. Rahul Kulkarni and Dr. M.V Tendolkar
- Redeveloped and remodeled the current design to a higher stress withstand-able and safer drive shaft especially against fatigue conditions
- Proposed improved post machining heat treatments to enhance the material properties

Summer Research Intern

A detail oriented and technically well equipped 'learner' with the ability to adapt in an interdisciplinary domain, adept at grasping new concepts meticulously but having the potential to perform well under pressure in a fast paced, time sensitive environment. 

A good listener and a man of few words but usually among the mature ones in the room, with the aspiration to learn something new each day and finding myself a step ahead than yesterday. 

The three major turning points in my life have been my 8th grade, VJTI and Racing. All of which defining the person I am and leading me to an opportunity at PwC.

I'm a team player who can easily switch roles to an individualist at the hour of need because a job at hand, needs to be manned.

On a side note, my efficiency tends to rise as the night falls. For a sneak peak to the other side - an adventure sports enthusiast who loves to indulge in dark horror and psychological thrillers, having a knack for rapping and rhyming - head over to the website link below!

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