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EXPERIENCE 

Education

August 2022 – May 2024

ANN ARBOR, MI

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ROSS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Master of Business Administration

  • Dean’s Impact Scholar: Full-tuition merit scholarship. Graduated with Distinction.

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  • Activities: Sports Business Association, Fitness Tech Club, Youth Mentorship Club, Armed Forces Association, Co-President of The Bus.

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July 2013 – May 2017

ANNAPOLIS, MD

UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY

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Bachelor of Science in International Relations | Arabic Language Minor

  • Chaired the 2017 Naval Academy Leadership Conference; managed eight-member staff, oversaw a $100,000 budget, and provided transformative speaking engagements to over 4,000 students from 50 universities.

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  • Led 80 military candidates through their initial training program by building authentic relationships and incorporating peer feedback, ranked #1 out of 11 trainers.

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Work Experience

June 2023 – Present

Senior Brand Marketing Associate - Women's 

Portland, OR

Nike Inc.

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  • Currently Support North America's Women's Brand Planning & Operations, Empowering and inspiring the next generation of female athletes* to push themselves beyond perceived limits

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  • Analyzed purchase data and worked cross-functionally with Brand Marketing, Creative teams, and design agencies to support the development of a global holiday 2023 marketing activation - presented findings to executive leadership.

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*If you have a body, you are an athlete

May 2022 – August 2022

Product Manager Intern

ANN ARBOR, MI

DUO SECURITY (CISCO)

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  • Defined three new product requirements by conducting customer interviews and uncovering opportunities for workflow automation, improving user onboarding time by 15%.

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  • Built a user acquisition strategy for a new product offering by collaborating with the go-to-market sales team and creating content with the marketing team, increasing sales capacity for a forecasted $2M in revenue.

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  • Created a feedback collection tool that provides software engineers with quantitative and qualitative feedback on user pain points, increasing internal Net Promoter Scores (NPS) by 56%.

January 2020 – February 2022

CHICAGO, IL

TRAVIS MANION FOUNDATION

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Program Manager - Midwest Region

  • Launched a new program to combat COVID-19-related food insecurity by leading a 20-person cross-functional team and continuously improving upon customer reviews, distributing 100 tons of groceries to over 4,600 families.

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  • Expanded virtual youth mentorship opportunities by building partnerships with public school systems and developing a strategic marketing plan, driving 140% growth in year-over-year engagement.

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  • Designed a rewards program to improve the volunteer experience by testing new incentivization techniques and aligning key stakeholders, increasing recurring attendance rates by 46%.

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  • Established relationships with local and national grantors by leveraging interpersonal communication and defining future growth opportunities, tripling operating budget and adding 300 new volunteer opportunities.

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  • Led a team of 22 military surviving family members on a seven-day service expedition to honor their loved ones’ legacies. Collected and presented solution-based feedback to CEO, improving future execution.

May 2017 – December 2019

DESTIN, FL

UNITED STATES NAVY

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Naval Officer

  • Led a diverse team of 20 Special Operations candidates through a rigorous bomb-disposal program by establishing team norms and creating leadership opportunities, increasing the program pass rate from 40% to 90%.

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  • Developed an online dashboard that determined priorities, prioritized backlogs, and defined a roadmap for short and long-term goals, decreasing staffing needs by 24%.

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  • Directed a 140-person workforce and communicated with executive audiences to improve the planning, process, and execution of a high-priority operation, receiving an organization-wide award as a result.

Languages

English (native)

Urdu / Hindi (Fluent)

Arabic / Spanish (BASIC)

Additional

First-generation American and the first to join the military.

 

Received a specialization in Applied Positive Psychology through online coursework at the University of Pennsylvania.

 

Passionate about endurance sports. Competed in an Ironman Triathlon and a 200-mile bike ride across Texas.

 

Served as a Big Brother while in the Navy, we still maintain our bond three years later.

 

Amateur portrait sketcher and dabble in clay sculpture.

 

Forever in search of the perfect burrito.

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