Syed Abdul Basit
Senior Project Manager, Consultant, and Public Speaker in Pakistan & Saudi Arabia
Syed Abdul Basit
Senior Project Manager, Consultant, and Public Speaker in Pakistan & Saudi Arabia
Living with a purpose to empower people and bring convenience to their lifestyle through technology.
Syed Abdul Basit is an experienced Project and Product Management professional with 16+ years of technical and commercial experience in designing, developing, managing and scaling innovative digital products, services and ventures. He is currently working with VentureDive as a Senior Project Manager and has expertise in delivering solutions related to DigitalTwin, HealthTech, FinTech, PropTech, and Travel industry.
He has worked with with Founder Institute (world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator) as Director for the Karachi Chapter and coached startups on how to build a scalable product. He is also associated with National Incubation Center Karachi as a Startup Coach and Mentor. Previously, he has worked as a Program Advisor with Microsoft Innovation Center Karachi.
He was awarded as “Product Champion” for Nokia Life and played a key role in launching value-added services for Ufone Pakistan, such as Background Music & Live Cricket Commentary, Collect Call, Voice SMS, and Notify Me. He has also conducted Hackathons with 300 Developers to publish more than 350+ apps for Nokia & Microsoft within a month. Spearheaded more than 35 mobile apps for the B2B & B2C market and mentored 100+ startups across Pakistan.
He has been teaching Technology Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Project Management, Marketing Strategies and Value Innovation, Services Marketing, Telecom Management, Business Ethics, and Organizational Behavior as an Adjunct Faculty at IoBM, NED University of Engineering & Technology, Bahria University, UIT and PAF-KIET. In addition, conducted multiple workshops, seminars, and training sessions on Design Thinking, Lean Startup, Corporate Innovation, and Leadership.
Graduated from PAF-KIET, with a Bachelor in Telecommunications Engineering and did MBA with bi-majors in Marketing & Telecom Management from Institute of Business Management.
Specialties: Consultancy, Digital Transformation Strategy, Product Marketing, Project and Program Management, Data Analytics, and Stakeholder Management.