Mr.Amir Haghbin

Position : Digital Marketing Instructor
Organization : ITRAIN ASIA PTE. LTD.
Qualifications :
Education :

- Multimedia University Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Information Technology Management · (2010 - 2012)

- Azad University Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering -Telecommunications · (2002 - 2007)

Experiences :

Wepool Sdn Bhd (wepool.co), Co-Founder & Advisor (Oct 2014 – Present) 

Wepool Sdn Bhd | wepool.co is a technology-driven digital arm and set up (consulting for) and serving young tech startups, regional tech companies, and integrated marketing agencies in 3 key areas: 

1. Early traction creation for young companies 

2. Digital interactive marketing and branding 

3. Product innovation and app development 

CurrenSeek, Co Founder (Jan 2015 – Present) 

CurrenSeek is a location-based, community-driven currency exchange comparison app that empowers travellers to locate the best exchange rates around them, save up to 30% of their hard-earned travel cash and make informed exchanges. 

Intuitive Asset Sdn Bhd, Founder & Director (October 2013 – Present) 

Intuitive Asset is a MSC Status and Cradle funded tech startup based in KL with a focus of programatically interconnecting social media, mobile devices,sensors, location based services, big data via the API economy to reinvent the wheel of travel industry. 

Cyberview Living Lab Accelerator,Participant (November 2016 - March 2017) 

Cyberview Living Lab Accelerator is a collaborative effort between government, corporates, entrepreneurs and VCs to accelerate and nurture FinTech and IoT focused tech startups. It is a network-driven enabler for startups that aim at transforming the conventional approach to the technology industry (FinTech and IoT) by embracing digital advancement with a scalable business model. 

This initiative was developed to collaboratively promote an open innovation ecosystem to elevate 

Malaysia’s vibrant entrepreneurship to the next level and to propel Cyberjaya in achieving its vision of becoming the leading Global TechHub and recognized as a premier smart city in this region. 

TheExpat.com ,Interim VP Digital Strategy and Growth (February 2015 - December 2016) 

TheExpat.com is an online business founded by expats for expats. A blog resource centre and forum platform, TheExpat.com provides city-specific news, expert advice and resources to expats, covering major cities across Asia including Singapore (first major launch, upcoming), followed by Hong Kong,Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Jakarta, Bangkok—and more upcoming cities! 

Startupbootcamp FinTech, Participant (April 2016 - July 2016) 

Startupbootcamp FinTech is the leading accelerator focused on financial innovation with aim to provide funding, mentorship, office space in Singapore and access to a global network of corporate partners, mentors, investors and VCs, for up to 10 selected FinTech startups across the globe. For over three months, the selected startups collaborate with 400+ mentors, partners,and investors to build world class FinTech products, with the ultimate goal of becoming industry leading companies. CurrenSeek is a participant of Startupbootcamp Fintech Singapore 2016. 

Cloud Hub, Chief Executive Officer (December 2012 - October 2014) 

Cloud Hub is a vendor-neutral cloud consulting firm, which specializes in crafting and delivering disruptive digital strategies aiming to transform oldschool enterprises into the digital world.

Asia Cloud Computing Association Advisor to the Office of the CEO and Founders (January 2012 - December 2013) 

As an advisor, he was responsible for providing technical and policy advice mainly on market evolution and uptake, regulation and policy, best practices,technology and research related to cloud computing. In addition to initiating the Chapter Working Group in the Association, his insights on the legal, policy,and regulatory issues associated with cloud computing were instrumental in the formation, the expansion and the future directions of other Working Groups including the Public Policy and Regulatory as well as the Cloud Assessment Working Groups in this prestigious Association. 

Asia Cloud Computing Association, Industry Analyst (January 2012 – December 2013) 

Az an Industry analyst, Amir was focusing on the impact of emerging trends in the technology sector such as cloud computing, big data, virtualization, the Internet of things (IoT) and ultra high-speed fiber-optic communications on the Asia-Pacific economies, and the policies and practices that the governments across the region should pursue to realise the tremendous benefits of such key trends. His endeavours as the analyst were regularly published internally among the Association’s members in the form of weekly public policy newsletters. He has also made regular contributions to the Association blogs and the view from the boardroom. 

GridMarkets, Technology Consultant (January 2012 - December 2012) 

GridMarkets is "the AirBnB of Compute Capacity" - an exchange for institutions to trade excess CPU capacity with other institutions that have (high)computational needs, especially for grid/distributed/parallel computing, but for as little as one-tenth the cost of commercial Cloud/Grid offerings and 100th the price of capital expenditure. 

IR-MCI ,Radio Planning & Optimization Engineer (December 2007 - December 2009) 

Designed nominal plan of new mobile operator including coverage analysis and issuing site acquisition request (SAR). Contributed on technical site survey (TSS) including antenna location, orientation, tilt and height design.Performed frequency, neighbor planning. Delivered performance monitoring and optimization inclusive of drive test and KPI analysis, antenna and parameter tuning, frequency planning optimization. Prepared and presented many radio optimization and acceptance summary reports for the operator.Supervised and contributed in expat expert release and localization containing knowledge transfer and juniors on job training. 

IR-MCI, GSM Junior Radio Engineer- Internship (April 2007 - October 2007) 

Performed drive test and delivered analysis reports. Delivered KPI analysis report including traffic, setup and drop analysis. Suggested antenna and frequency tuning.

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