{"id":6,"date":"2024-11-05T19:30:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T19:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asifahmed.ca\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2025-02-06T13:39:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T13:39:04","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/asifahmed.ca\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Hi! I&#8217;m Asif"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_heading et_pb_heading_0 et_pb_bg_layout_\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h1 class=\"et_pb_module_heading\">A bit more about me<\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_heading et_pb_heading_1 et_pb_bg_layout_\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_heading\">Here is a short bio..<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>I am a passionate and results-driven marketing professional with 20+ years of diverse experience across Asia and North America. I thrive on leveraging data to shape transformative marketing strategies, evident in my track record of achieving a 3% market share gain and $160m increase in brand equity within two years. My expertise in marketing automation delivered a 2% NPS boost and 17% promotion cost savings in just one year.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_image et_pb_image_0 et_animated et-waypoint\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap has-box-shadow-overlay\"><div class=\"box-shadow-overlay\"><\/div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1366\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/asifahmed.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-02-at-7.09.40-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"WhatsApp Image 2025-01-02 at 7.09.40 PM\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asifahmed.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-02-at-7.09.40-PM.jpeg 1366w, https:\/\/asifahmed.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-02-at-7.09.40-PM-1280x1919.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/asifahmed.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-02-at-7.09.40-PM-980x1469.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/asifahmed.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-02-at-7.09.40-PM-480x720.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1366px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-249\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>As a recognized professional in instilling a data-driven marketing culture, I excel in market planning, segmentation, digital analytics, brand strategy, and revenue acceleration. Honored with the highest recognition, Bravo Award at Bell Canada and multiple innovation and excellence awards, I&#8217;ve led managerial roles in Telecom, Banking, Mobile Financial Services, Media, Advertising, and FMCG.<\/p>\n<p>Equipped with a BBA with Magna Cum Laude distinction, a Digital Marketing certification from the University of Toronto, and Business Analytics Specialization from Wharton School Executive Education-University of Pennsylvania, I am eager to contribute my expertise to digitally transforming companies<\/p>\n<p>Fueled by an insatiable curiosity, I am deeply intrigued by the intersection of artificial intelligence in marketing, machine learning and neuromarketing. The evolving landscape of AI presents limitless possibilities for optimizing marketing strategies, while neuromarketing unveils the fascinating realm of understanding consumer behavior at a cognitive level. Eager to delve deeper into these cutting-edge domains, I am committed to harnessing the power of AI to refine targeting, enhance customer experiences, and unravel the nuances of human decision-making.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_pb_button_0 et_pb_bg_layout_light\" href=\"https:\/\/asifahmed.ca\/index.php\/corporate-profile\/\">Explore More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_pb_image et_pb_image_1 et_animated et-waypoint\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap has-box-shadow-overlay\"><div class=\"box-shadow-overlay\"><\/div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2016\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/asifahmed.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-02-at-7.09.39-PM-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"WhatsApp Image 2025-01-02 at 7.09.39 PM (1)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asifahmed.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-02-at-7.09.39-PM-1.jpeg 2016w, https:\/\/asifahmed.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-02-at-7.09.39-PM-1-1280x1300.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/asifahmed.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-02-at-7.09.39-PM-1-980x996.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/asifahmed.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-02-at-7.09.39-PM-1-480x488.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2016px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-248\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_heading et_pb_heading_2 et_pb_bg_layout_\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_module_heading\">Core Competencies: <\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><ul>\n<li>Actionable insights gathering through big data and formulating projects &amp; programs to accelerate marketing and customer strategies.<\/li>\n<li>Data driven long &amp; short term Marketing Strategy Development<\/li>\n<li>Business landscaping and driving changes to accelerate revenue and improve reputation.<\/li>\n<li>Customer Journey Mapping &amp; formulation of Customer Experience Programs like Voice of Customer (VoC), Customer Satisfaction (CSat), Customer Effort Scoring (CES) for quality customer acquisition and reduce churn.<\/li>\n<li>Use of advanced data tools like microstrategy, adobe analytics, hootsuite, hubspot, environics, Yext, RenderSEO, meltwater, google\/facebook analytics and create KPI based scorecards to optimize marketing spending with best ROI.<\/li>\n<li>Media asset development (Website, Chatbots, Social pages, contents etc) with performance KPIs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asifahmed.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asifahmed.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asifahmed.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asifahmed.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asifahmed.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/asifahmed.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":515,"href":"https:\/\/asifahmed.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asifahmed.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}