Summary

Dr Haider holds a doctorate in business administration and before joining the education sector He worked at Pakistan Institute of Management- Ministry of industries and production, government of Pakistan, as a senior management counsellor. He has also worked in   corporate sector in Chicago-USA for over 10 years. He was the head of marketing and business development for an American merchandiser-wholesaler organization in the Midwest region of USA. He was responsible for developing customer segments primarily in B2B ecosystem. He brings-in a wide spectrum of business practitioner knowledge to the business academia. Before joining FAST –Islamabad, Dr. Haider has worked as a head of GIFT business school and later on as a director school of management, GIFT Business School. GIFT university, Gujranwala. His industry / professional experience includes but is not limited to both public sector and private sector organizations. Among the major work responsibilities and roles, he is experienced in business development, customer analysis & retention, supply chain management including vendor sourcing, procurement and channel partner development. He is also experienced in market strategy analysis & development and NP&BD.

Dr Haider has published research papers in reputed journals in the area of marketing, management and economics.  Since 2015/16, Dr. Haider has worked as an external advisor to PPSC-Punjab public services commission. He is also an affiliate Co-Faculty   / Professor of the Microeconomics of competitiveness Network (MOC) at the Michael Porter’s Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness (ISC) -Harvard Business School-USA. As a research associate with Dr Steven Lin (former University of Chicago professor of economics). Dr Haider has led group discussions on game theory at the postgraduate level at SIUE-southern Illinois University- USA. Dr Haider is proficient in several data analytics software like SMART PLS, AMOS and SPSS.

A Brief Summary of Academic Achievements & Awards:

• Dean’s List BS Economics SIUE USA (1990-1992)
• Dean’s List MBA NUST FIRST SEM (2001)
• Dean’s List PhD/DBA FIRST SEM UKM-Malaysia (2007)
• Research & Teaching Associate award SIUE-USA (1994-96)
• Research Associate award NUST (2001-03)
• Research & Teaching Associate award UKM Malaysia (2008)
• Chaired and moderated Marketing Session-II in an international conference: FifthInternational Conference of Global Academy of Business and Economic Research (2009)
• Member Editorial Staff-PSA University Newsletter-USA
• Member College Democrats-USA,
• Organizer UNO and British Council Workshop in NUST Pakistan Represented Pakistan in APO Symposium on Six Sigma Strategy for Asian Countries
• Designed, developed and successfully launched training
• courses in CRM, Balanced scorecard and customer services for multinationals, private and public-sector organizations in Pakistan
• Attended several American Management Association and Pakistan Institute of management training courses
• PIM Certified Trainer
• Excellent Communication & Leadership Skills.
• Fluent in Speaking, reading and writing of English, Urdu, and Punjabi languages
• Used ERP SOFTWARE (For Wholesale and Distribution Business), MS Office and expert user of SPSS andStructural Equation Modeling Software Smart-PLS, Warp PLS for business and social science research