Asif G.

I am just an individual free-lancer,who is eager to work for a price. To the potential employer, I can offer my best possible services at a reasonable price. Following a first degree in Commerce with Honours in Accountancy under the University of Calcutta, I then completed an M.B.A, specializing in Marketing from the Institute of Modern Management, Calcutta. Apart from this particular degree, I had also done my second Masters in Science - Technology and Innovation Management under the University of Sussex , U.K. From there,I had acquired knowledge in the management of technological innovations in complex products, research methodologies, designing of a case-studies/tools meant to analyse problems, and also to understand the risks associated with various new technologies/products/services and the different commercialisation/marketing strategies of innovation (product, service), new technological development, sustainable technologies, etc. My final year dissertation was based on the barriers that are generally faced by different firms at the time of developing and commercialising a new product and/or service. Academically, I have gained a sound knowledge in marketing and innovation management, at the same time; I did several research-based projects both in India and UK, which have also developed my project management skills. In my last workplace, I was closely involved in the monitoring and analyzing of emerging trends, technologies and market dynamics in the conferencing market, contact centre applications, emerging software services (SaaS & SOA), and market assessment of contact centre business in India & APAC; conducting both Primary & Secondary Research and Financial Analysis; Market Consulting-Sizing, Assessment, Potential, Forecast, Cost Estimation; Competition Mapping-Landscaping, Structure; End User Analysis- Perception Mapping, Need Gap Analysis; Strategic Analysis- Strategy formulation and recommendation; and also handling of various media queries. During my tenure, I had successfully completed several research reports on Hosted Contact Centres (HCC), Assessment of Contact Centre (CC) Market & the CC Application Market (ACD, IVR, CTI, WFM,CM, RTM, etc) in India. Apart from these, I had also worked on different consulting projects for German-based IT Company (TUViT) on IT Security & Quality Market in India and for Microsoft Corporation-Compete-tracker (made competitive analysis slides on major IT companies- Aspect, HP, [login to view URL], Apple India, SAP, Oracle, Novell, Symantec, Nice systems, Avaya, etc). Plus, I also did internal market-engineering reports on Software as a Service (SaaS) market in India, Service-oriented Architecture (SOA) market and Virtualization Market in India as well as several ad-hoc researches on E-learning, 3D & Collaboration Techniques, Mobile Applications Market, Indian Local Search Engine Market, IT Automation in India in India and etc. Therefore, I have mainly specialized in market research, analysis & consulting work. In the last 6 years, I have developed an in-depth skill in various kinds of report(both academic & non-academic) writing.