Saad Arshed

Saad Arshed has a diverse work experience spanning over two decades. Saad is currently the Chief Operating Officer at Xgrid.co since September 2021. Prior to this, they founded and served as the CEO of App2Dev.com, a company that assists startups with product development, growth strategies, and digital technologies from October 2019 to October 2021.

Before App2Dev.com, Saad held the position of Chief Operating Officer at BroadPeak Technologies for six months in 2019. In this role, they managed a team of 130 professionals and played a key role in the strategic and technical development of Edible.com, an e-commerce platform.

From February 2018 to October 2018, Saad worked as a Management Consultant at Graana.com, where they provided guidance on organizational capacity building for launching and scaling ventures. Saad also served as the Founder and Managing Director of Lamudi Pakistan from April 2013 to February 2018, where they were responsible for managing operations, strategy, and P&L for the Pakistan operations.

In 2011, Saad founded and served as CEO of www.evistabpo.com, an organization specializing in new product conceptualization, development, and marketing. Saad also worked as a Marketing Manager at Transworld from July 2009 to May 2011, where they managed a marketing budget and led marketing efforts for the company's internet bandwidth services.

Saad started their career as a Transmission Planning Consultant at CMPak, Pakistan (Zong - China Mobile Pakistan) from April 2006 to July 2007. Saad was responsible for planning the deployment of the metro optical network and managing transmission equipment.

Additionally, Saad has experience working at WorldCALL Broadband Limited, where they served in various roles from August 2002 to April 2006. These roles included Manager Special Projects, Manager NOC, and Executive Engineer New Services and Planning. During this time, they were involved in network operations, project management, and technology analysis.

Saad began their career as an internee at Alcatel-Lucent in 2001.

Overall, Saad Arshed has gained significant experience in leadership, strategy, product development, operations, and marketing throughout their career.

Saad Arshed completed their Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics from Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology between 1998 and 2002. Saad then pursued an MBA in General Management from Lahore University of Management Sciences from 2007 to 2009. In addition to their formal education, Saad Arshed also holds a certification from the American Marketing Association as a Professional Certified Marketer (PCM®), but specific details about the obtaining month and year are not provided.