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Advising startups, Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Getting press, Giving back, Helping friends, Investing in projects, Joining a startup, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Participating in a competition, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting for my startup, Shadowing, Starting a company, Supporting my investments, Trading services
Tags:
brand, consultancy, design, logo, recruitment, web
Schools:
Open University Distance Learning (UK), Oxford Brookes University
WORK EXPERIENCE
Employer:
Open University Society of Entrepreneurs (OUSEN)
Position:
Co-founder
Time period:
January 2008 - Present
Description:
Co-founded OUSEN in January 2008 with Andy Burton to promote entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial learning amongst the OU Community. Responsible for leading OUSEN on business plan competitions as well as providing consultancy to academic researchers and postgraduate students on enterprise and self-employment opportunities. Currently involved as a Co-President.
Employer:
Nargis Cyclone Emergency
Position:
Coordinator of aid
Description:
When Cyclone Nargis stormed through Irrawaddy Division and rest of the Lower Myanmar in May 2008, was involved initially as a coordinator of aid from the UK to cyclone affected areas in Irrawaddy Region. Afterwards responsible for advising social entrepreneurs and aid workers in Myanmar on regeneration and desalinating the soil.
Employer:
askMK TV
Position:
Public Speaking Course Developer
Time period:
July 2008 - September 2008
Description:
Responsible for developing and delivering public speaking courses with the leading local internet television.
Employer:
DesignPot
Position:
Partner and Executive Secretary
Time period:
February 2008 - March 2008
Description:
Co-founded DesignPot in February 2008 with Shwe Thiri Khit to cater for local SMEs and academic community for logo designs, web interface designs and web development consultancy. Responsible for marketing and coordination of designers from continental Europe with relevant projects. Currently involved as a part-time parter.
Employer:
Paung Daw Oo Monastery High School
Position:
Consultant
Time period:
August 2007 - September 2007
Description:
During August and beginning of September 2007, offered pro-bono consultancy services to the monastic high school’s senior committee to achieve sustainability from donations. Successful in creating an independent ‘income generation committee’ and several income generating business activities within the school.
Employer:
PostGradHeroes
Position:
Founder and CEO
Time period:
January 2007 - September 2007
Description:
Created PostGradHeroes in Spring 2007 as a specialist training organisation to offer tailored education and training services to young professionals in the Gulf Region and China. Responsible for marketing and overall management of the business as well as occasional lecturing.
Employer:
Leys News
Position:
Business development manager
Time period:
October 2006 - December 2006
Description:
From October 2006-December 2006, offered a position as a business development manager Leys News. Responsible to achieve an increase the frequency of the paper and promotion of advertisement sales for the newspaper run by a growing social enterprise.
Employer:
ProsperStudent Community Interest Company
Position:
Founder
Time period:
February 2006 - February 2008
Description:
Founded ProsperStudent CIC in February 2006 as a pilot project to experiment the UK Government’s new initiative in creating ‘Community Interest Companies’ (CIC) as a new legal entity. The company’s vision is to end the era of skilled and talented students having to undertake part-time odd jobs during their time at the university. The business operations involved were matching skills of the students with outsourced projects from local SMEs. The operations ended in February 2008 as the project has been successfully completed.
Employer:
Brookes Entrepreneurs
Position:
President
Time period:
September 2005 - February 2007
Description:
Commissioned to set up a student enterprise September 2005 to promote entrepreneurship within Oxford Brookes University and to allow students to learn entrepreneurship by doing whilst at the university. Responsible as a President of the society to set out long term goals and day to day running of the society. Was awarded Enterprise Fellowship in recognition to activities at Brookes Entrepreneurs. Left Brookes Entrepreneurs in February 2007 for the new President to takeover.
Employer:
Various tutorial colleges and summer camps
Position:
Tutor and lecturer
Time period:
April 2005 - April 2008
Description:
From April 2005 to April 2008, worked in several tutoring and lecturing roles for various colleges. Subjects taught for academic qualifications were: Business Studies, Computing, Economics and ICT. Subjects taught beyond academic qualifications were: Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Marketing.
Employer:
MAXAM
Position:
Founder
Time period:
April 2002 - July 2004
Description:
Founded a software development firm in April 2002. Developed databases for medium enterprises in Burma and conducted training courses in programming and computer applications. Being a managing partner, was responsible for overall management of the firm as well as recruitment, marketing and course delivery. Remained as a silent partner when left for the UK for further education in July 2004.
Employer:
Myanmar Egress Ltd
Position:
First visiting lecturer of social entrepreneurship
Time period:
September 2007
Description:
Appointed as the first visiting lecturer of social entrepreneurship in Myanmar in turbulent period of September 2007 amid Saffron Revolution. Responsible for delivering the ideas and concepts of social entrepreneurship and ways in which social entrepreneurship can help eradicate poverty and create prosperity for the country.
EDUCATION
University:
Open University Distance Learning (UK)
Time period:
2007 - 2008
Degree:
Management & Business Research
University:
Oxford Brookes University
Time period:
2003 - 2007
Degree:
Postgraduate and Fellowship Programme in Enterprise
PUBLICATIONS
Articles:
Qatar: The Land of Gulf Entrepreneurs
Books:
Currently writing PostGradHeroes
INFORMATION
Hobbies:
Golf, canoeing, new age literature, self-development issues, music, piano, NLP, languages
Clubs:
OUSEN Open University Society of Entrepreneurs (Vice President)
Brookes Entrepreneurs (ex President)
Oxford Entrepreneurs (ex Oxford Brookes Representative)
Memberships:
Member of Enterprise Educators UK
Associate Institute of Business Consulting
Member of Myanmar Computer Scientist Association
Medicine and Surgery graduate from University of Medicine and Pharmacology 'Gr.T. Popa' with Master's from 'A.I. Cuza' University of Iasi and currently pursuing PhD at The Open University. Worked 6 years as Co-founder & Chief Developer at Grapefruit.
