Ahsaan Rizvi 360, Street 9, Phase 8, Overseas Sector 5, Bahria Town, Rawalpindi ● ahsaan@gmail.com ● 0323-851-1572

EDUCATION

Duke University, Master of Engineering Management

Durham, NC Dec 2014 GPA: 3.63

National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical (Telecom)

Islamabad, Pakistan Aug 2010 GPA: 3.63

EXPERIENCE

PUBLICATIONS

2012 “Klopfenstein Tapered 2-18 GHz Microstrip Balun,” IEEE (Conference Publications), April 2012, 9th IBCAST, Islamabad, Pg. 359, ISBN 978-1-4577-1928-8

2011 “Reconfigurable RF Front-End for Multi-standard Communication,” Lambert Academic Publishing (LAP) House GmbH & Co. KG 2011, Germany, ISBN 978-3-8443-0426-8

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

DISI Duke, Executive Director Strategy Durham, NC Sep 2013 – Dec 2014 Duke Design for America (DFA), Research Analyst Durham, NC Sep 2013 – Apr 2014 Duke Career Development and Alumni Relations Committee, Member Durham, NC Jan 2014 – May 2014 Global Shapers (World Economic Forum), Hub Shaper Islamabad, Pakistan Apr 2013 – Dec 2013 NUST MCS Editorial Board, Vice President Islamabad, Pakistan Aug 2009 – May 2010

HONORS/ACHIEVEMENTS

2013 Appreciation by CTO, China Mobile Pakistan for professional achievement 2013-14 Recipient of the Fulbright scholarship by the US State Department (~$100,000) for Master’s Degree 2012 Winner Best Startup Idea “Book Snap” in Startup Weekend (Kauffman Foundation) Islamabad, NUST 2009-10 Recipient of NUST Research and Development Fund Award for senior year project 2009 Winner of Conceive, Implement and Compete (CIC) Competition, CTE2C MCS NUST, Rawalpindi

Content Intern, Venture Hive LLC., Miami, FL June 2014 – Aug 2014

Researched and developed ten documents focusing on corporate innovation that got included in Venture Hive entrepreneurial curriculum

Conducted detailed market analysis surveying over 40 venture companies across the US to estimate size for a student loans startup at Venture Hive

RF Engineer (Huawei/Alcatel-Lucent), China Mobile Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan Jan 2012 – Aug 2013

Facilitated planning and optimization of access (Radio Frequency) network of Islamabad and remotes

Led vendor team comprising of five engineers for performance management of over 300 cell sites

Prepared and implemented multiple project plans for Hardware additions and expansion

Handled corporate complaints resolution via liaising with vendor and internal teams

Streamlined various technical procedures for timely execution of project activities resulting in 100% projects completion in the year 2012

Improved telecom network quality of Islamabad by 1% using Frequency/Neighbor/MAIO/Parameter Audit, Worst Cell Analysis, DT Optimization, Traffic balancing, Spectrum Analysis and Benchmarking

Executive Engineer (Huawei), Pak Telecom Mobile Ltd., Islamabad, Pakistan Dec 2010 – Jan 2012

Managed performance of KPI/SLA of nationwide core and signaling network comprising of over 50 switching centers through consistent monitoring

Planned and implemented multiple NSS services and features, nationwide resource expansions and Hardware upgrades including pre/post cutover testing on schedule

Performed trend-forecasting, BoQ (Bill of Quantities) Verification, pre/post cutover analysis, tasks scheduling, fault diagnosis and trouble-shooting of network nodes

Served as an analyst in introduction of APN Agnostic GPRS service in the network that raised the company revenue in data service by 25%

Microwave Design Engineer, RWR Private Ltd., Islamabad, Pakistan Aug 2010 – Dec 2010

Designed and simulated 2-18GHz Balun transformer and Cavity backed Spiral Antenna in HFSSv12