Faisal Chohan
M.Sc in Computer science from International Islamic University.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://www.BrightSpyre.com |
| Industries: | Computing, Information Technology, Internet |
| Skills: | AJAX, Business, Design, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, HTML / CSS, Languages, Leadership, Management, PHP, Product design, Software Engineering, SQL, Web Development |
| Location: | Islamabad |
| Groups: | Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education: Open |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Growing my group, Meeting new people, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Receiving feedback, Recruiting for my startup |
FEATURED STARTUP
BrightSpyre
BrightSpyre
Largest job site in Islamabad
- Startup type: Company
- Status: Active
- Stage: Growth
FULL BIO
Co-founder of Pakistan’s largest online recruitment portal i.e BrightSpyre.
Throughout his career, he is involved in different projects related to IT, human
resource, event management, financial analysis, project management, organizational
behavior, career resources and conducting surveys. He got the Entrepreneurial and
innovator vision, who works on; successful customer focused products and ideas in
eBusiness domain for local and global markets. Have vision and passion to plan,
develop and market products for contemporary markets. Introduced eRecruitment in
Pakistan and turned it into the reality for Pakistan.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Cogilent Solutions (BrightSpyre), Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Position: | CEO |
| Time period: | December 2005 - November 2008 |
| Description: | Started as a core developer and working at top management position for 4 years
- Developed long term consistent strategy, vision and lead the company in providing innovative products and solutions in the eBusiness markets for local and international. -Played a key role in developing objectives, plans of the company for short term (1 year) and long term (5-10 years). - Panned and maintained key market position in the online recruitment market in Pakistan through BrightSpyre.com and its product extensions. - Created the largest electronic asset in Pakistan with 500,000 registered users of the company's products and services. - Created and managed a satisfied customer base in Pakistan and globally. Worked with long term commitments and extended the relationship with more than 300 clients locally and globally. Worked with UNDP, UNFPA, PTC, PTCL, Ufone, PSEB, TRG and 100+ multinationals for more than 4 years. -Planned & Implemented ISO 9001:2000 certification in the company in Jan 2006. Being one of the 100 companies in Pakistan's IT that achieved this milestone. - Put a foundation for international launch of the products. Got first job board (stanforddaily.personforce.com) in US running in Jan 2007. The job board attracted clientele like Stanford and Harvard. Worked with organizations and industries to launch first IT industry job board. - Developed relationships, partnerships and collaborations with companies like PSEB, Google & Microsoft in Pakistan. - Created multiple revenue streams for the company in the existing products and clients. Maintained a positive revenue growth of the company for consecutive years. - Worked with stakeholders, partners and clients regularly to develop and deliver solutions and products with maximum customer satisfaction. - Created and worked with a core team on long term basis. Created employee oriented policies to have top talent in the team. - Worked towards improving organizational structure and processes in the organization. |
| Employer: | Cogilent Solutions, Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Position: | Core Developer & Product Manager |
| Time period: | December 2001 - November 2005 |
| Description: | Selected proper tools, technologies for the products. Used open source tools for
creating all products in Cogilent solutions - Developed the core technology running behind the BrightSpyre.com, iCMS and other products. - Managed a clientele of local and multinational clients, stakeholders in getting, and prioritizing requirements of the products. - Created and planned proper road map for implementing the user requirements in-to products. - Designed core components according to the requirements. Implemented the core components with the team members, database developers, interface designers and middle-tier developers. - Developed and trained teams for different products and projects in the company. - Worked with products users on optimizing and improving the systems consistently. Worked towards creating patterns and standardizing the products. - Achieved the product & projects implementation goals by efficient planning, complete consistent and efficient design and implementation plans. |
| Employer: | Datels International, Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Position: | Senior Software Engineer |
| Time period: | December 2000 - November 2002 |
| Description: | - Worked as team lead and senior software engineers for various software projects.
Worked in designing and implementing CRM based software and its extensions on Microsoft platforms including ASP & Visual C++. |
| Employer: | Diyatech, Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Position: | Software Engineer |
| Time period: | December 1998 - November 2000 |
| Description: | Started career as a software engineer from Diyatech Pakistan. Worked in teams to
deliver projects on ASP and Java. |
INFORMATION
| Awards: | www.ted.com
TED Fellow, 2009 |
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Intrapreneur - Electronic Communication & Education
I am leading an intrapreneurial team to create innovative ways to communicate and educate our members and the general public to support social entrepreneurship and to generate income to sustain our work at the same time.
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Cathy Ashmore
My passion is expanding the entrepreneurial spirit through support of educational experiences at all levels of our educational system....K-16 and Adult. Join us for National Entrepreneurship Week Movement and bring the message to all nationwide.
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Ayodeji Adewunmi
Online Certified Course on Health Planning from American University of Armenia,pursuing M.B.Ch.B from Obafemi Awolowo University, presently President at RealEstateweb,Nigeria and Curator at Top30Under30,Nigeria.
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Muhammad Niaz
Computer Systems Engineering graduate from GIKI, Pakistan, with MBA from CSU. Currently working as Architect Analyst at Kophes Corp.