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Khalil Aleker

Online Media Strategist, Full-time Employee, Social Entrepreneur, Project Management

Headline: Entrepreneur
Work status: Employed Full-Time
Website: http://khalilaleker.com
Next step: Give it 2 years. I will be CEO of a successful company and change my community for the better
Location: Cape Town
Visas: South Africa
Interested in: Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding hot stories, Finding team mates, Getting press, Giving back, Growing my group, Helping friends, Joining a startup, Meeting new people, Participating in a competition, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects, Starting a company
Tags: blogger, community manager, entrepreneur, Project Management, startup finder

FEATURED STARTUP

Salam Business Club

Salam Business Club Salam Business Club

The world's first and largest social business network aimed at the needs of the Arab and Muslim world with a special focus on Islamic Finance and Sharia-compliant services. Has members from over 170 countries worldwide.

  • Startup type: Company
  • Status: Active
  • Stage: Beta

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: Salam Business Club
Position: Online Media Strategist
Time period: May 2009 - Present

Employer: Pearl Star Investments
Position: Co-Founder
Time period: July 2008 - Present
Description: - Co-founder of Pearl Star Investments: Property Investment Company formed in Aug 2008 with 8 members.

Employer: PBT Group – Century City
Position: Project Co-ordinator
Time period: March 2008 - Present
Description: - Coordination and participation in project meetings and workshops
- Maintaining project schedule (MS Project)
- Maintaining project budget and expenses and follow the payment process
- Creating and maintaining project risk list and issues log
- Maintaining project lessons learned log and project change request log
- Coordination of functions as required by Project Manager
- Ensure the application of the Project Management (PM) Administration standards and best practices as per the PBT Methodology;
- Coordinate the organization of Project Progress and other project related issues
- Track and follow up progress against plans on behalf of the Project Manager
- Prepare project presentations; create graphically interesting presentations based on given information
- Assist the Delivery Manager with all functional area related issues across projects.
- Carry out ad hoc project related tasks as agreed with the Delivery Manager.
- Adhoc taking, typing and distributing minutes timeously to relevant stakeholders
- Log, audit, manage & maintain Document Management System
- Log, audit, manage & maintain Metrics Reporting Tool (JIRA)

Employer: One4Kids
Position: Sole Promoter & Distributor
Description: http://www.one4kids.com

Employer: Metropolitan Life – Parc du Cap
Position: Project Co-ordinator
Time period: December 2004 - February 2008
Description: - The administration of the project and all project documentation;
- Coordination and participation in project meetings and workshops
- Taking, typing and distributing minutes timeously to relevant stakeholders
- Maintaining project schedule (MS Project)
- Maintaining project budget and expenses and follow the payment process
- Creating and maintaining project risk list and issues log
- Maintaining project lessons learned log and project change request log
- Coordination of functions as required by Project Manager
- Ensure the application of the Project Management (PM) Administration standards and best practices as per the Metropolitan PM Methodology;
- Coordinate the organization of Project Progress and other project related meetings;
- Track and follow up progress against plans on behalf of the Project Manager;
- Prepare project presentations; create graphically interesting presentations based on given information
- Carry out ad hoc project related tasks as agreed with the Macro Project Manager.
- Provide/administer access to Time Management System
- Manage/Upload documents on the Project Library (Document Management)
- Preparing, coordinating and participating in Project Phase Closeouts
Archiving project documents after Project Close-out

Employer: Metropolitan GTS - Parc du Cap
Position: Project Administrator
Time period: May 2004 - November 2004
Description: - Update and maintain project documents including the MS project plan
- Liase between project stakeholders and keep them informed of project progress
- Supporting the project manager, team and other stakeholders to ensure flow of information and working towards the success of the project
- General office administration
- Maintain project filing
- Maintain research
- Compile all Project Board, Macro Project, Risk Review minutes and Action Feedback Documents within 24 hours of the meeting having taken place or as per negotiation with the Project Manager

Employer: Student Wise – Cape Town
Position: Multiple Student Jobs
Time period: June 2003 - May 2004
Description: - BMW 5-series project launch
- Cell C
- Belarosa Properties
- K fm Radio

INFORMATION

Sports: - Completed a Western Province Cricket Umpiring Course
- Coach of Rylands High Girls Cricket team
Hobbies: Outdoors, Business & Non-fiction books & movies, Nature, Wild Life, Gym, Cricket, Soccer, Socialising, and Computers Games.
Memberships: - Trustee of the Muslim Students’ Association (MSA) of the CAPE

Khalil's Startups (3)

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  • ZuiPrezi

    They are developing a Flash based zooming presentation editor called ZuiPrezi. The company has a close relationship with the Kitchen Budapest media lab from which ZuiPrezi concept came. After the pro...

  • StrictlyHalaal.com

    StrictlyHalaal.com serves as a platform to create awareness in our communities of businesses that support a strictly halaal approach. Halaal is everything which is considered acceptable as prescribed by God (ALLAH) in the Qur'an.

  • Salam Business Club

    The world's first and largest social business network aimed at the needs of the Arab and Muslim world with a special focus on Islamic Finance and Sharia-compliant services. Has members from over 170 countries worldwide.

Khalil is Following (11)

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  • CouchTycoon.net

    The CouchTycoon P2P Venture Market "Create. Invest. Control. Trade." CouchTycoon is a "Prosper" or "Zopa" for start-ups and any other kind of venture.

  • Twitter

    Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?

  • TechCrunch

    TechCrunch is a network of technology-oriented blogs and other web properties.

  • Gist.com

    Gist is an online service that helps you build stronger relationships. By connecting your inbox to the web, you get business-critical information about key people and companies.

Khalil's Contacts (23)

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  • M. Ibnur Rashad B. Zainal Abidin

    Singaporean, 23, Majoring in Nanotechnology at NUS with Minor in Technopreneurship at Stanford

  • Mohammad Asfour

    Jordan GBC Chairman. In love with nature, Mohammad is a believer in the free market, an advocate for green and an agent of change http://about.me/masfour

  • Paul Joseph

    You can read all my stuff and what I do at www.6may86.com

  • Abdullah Bakhach

    I'm a passionate student of innovation and entrepreneurship, always seeking innovative ideas and innovative people ready to get into the game. I love meeting people, traveling, reading and having discussions about various topics.