Ahad Khan

Top Earner

Start-ups

Business Strategy

Go-to-market Strategy

Venture Capital

Brand Strategy

Data Analysis

Market Research

Financial Modeling

Deal Sourcing

Entrepreneurial Finance

Digital Marketing

Strategic Partnerships

Negotiation

Influencer Marketing

Advice

Advertising

Investments

Sales

Public Speaking

Management

Available for hire fromNegotiable

Growth Strategist & Investor

👋 Hi I'm Ahad (he/him), a startup growth strategist, consultant & investor. 🔭 Here to build teams and brands that intersect technical, business and creative worlds to deliver innovative scalable solutions! 👨🏽‍💻 Specialties: Go-to-market strategy development & deployment, digital/content marketing, growth, technology, product innovation, operations, data science, management, global markets, venture capital and anything else required to get from point A to B or move the needle for customers and businesses.

Work History

VP, Growth

BreadlessJan 2021 - Present • 3 yrs 10 mos Premium on-the-go breadless sandwiches made with leafy super greens that empower a health-conscious lifestyle Spearhead strategic vision, acquisition, and development of the QSRs global expansion efforts while building scalable solutions in the following areas: Sales, Marketing, Operations, Logistics & IT Systems, including Delivery Closed $1.1 million capital round -- Led by Kal Valpuri (seed investments include Sweetgreen, Allbirds, and Warby Parker) and followed by Detroit Venture Partners (Dan Gilbert / Quicken Loans family of companies) Location #1 in Downtown Detroit (Q2 2021); Location #2 in Ann Arbor/UofM (Q4 2021)

Early-Stage Investor, Board Member

SKOOPMay 2019 - Present • 5 yrs 6 mos Enterprise-class DOOH (digital out-of-home) software leveraging machine learning and Ai to measure attribution and provide data-driven insights for advertisers (reach of 64 million impressions per month) Led 18 in-house and overseas software engineers in development of initial enterprise advertising management software and mobile app suite (Q3 2019) Raised $450k to date from a diversified network of angels, accelerators and VCs SXSW Top 8 Student Startup in North America; Tech Crunch Disrupt Top Pick; Amazon Web Services Startup Challenge Winner

Various Roles

AK VenturesJun 2017 - Present • 7 yrs 5 mos Angle Investor, Silent Partner and Equity Trader Advisor -- BRITE Bites (CPG); iDashboards (BI Software); MSU Burgess Institute (Incubator/Accelerator) Consultant -- T-Mobile (Telecom); The Dinerstein Companies (Real Estate Developer)

Managing Partner & Investor

Domino'sJul 2018 - Dec 2020 • 2 yrs 6 mos Ann Arbor & East Lansing, Michigan market (6 Top Stores in MI; $10 Million in Yearly Revenue) Initially hired as a marketing consultant to now executing build of new Michigan State University store Perform testing and launch of new restaurant operations technologies with Corporate HQ to roll out nationwide Deliver scalable regional business strategies and marketing campaigns (generated over $1 million in sales) Designed and built cloud HR and Operations solutions to automate/streamline processes (increased application rates by 283%, lowered turnover by 43% and increased operation efficiencies by 27%) Created the largest social media presence of any US market (200,000+ monthly impressions); Featured speaker at 2019 Dominos Marketing Conference

Associate, Marketing Strategy

Altair EngineeringJun 2017 - Aug 2018 • 1 yr 3 mos Scaled Altair's global academic business (110+ accounts worth $25 million) by executing multi-channel campaigns for their enterprise simulation, data analytics and cloud technology Developed automated workflows via HubSpot to nurture clients/leads; executed weekly e-mail blasts to 10,000+ double opt-in subscribers (increased conversion rates by 32%) Planned and oversaw logistics of 50+ conferences, trade fairs, client training/webinars, in-person software support and other client activities ranging in attendance from 10 - 5,000 attendees

Reviews

Exceeds ExpectationsRecommended by clients 1 times.

Ahad has received Kudos for:

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"Ahad knocked it out of the park! He did the entire project in a few hours and delivered exactly what we needed when we needed it. Would work with him again 150%"

Adam A.Pangea.app

Education

Michigan State University

Bachelor's Degree, Finance & Data ScienceSep 2017 - May 2021

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