Saad Salman

Background

About Saad Salman

Founder institute Graduate - Waterloo Toronto Fall 2020 Fundraising I’m a Canadian Born - Pakistani in and out, At an early age, I moved to the beautiful land of Saudi Arabia and fell in love with it! I was attached to the holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia where I quickly made it my home. I served the Global Muslim pilgrims who travel To Perform Umrah on the streets in Makkah since I was only 12 years old! I grew up in hotels and interacting with the annual 10 Million Muslim travellers from over 180 countries. I had a dream and I made it my goal, to be the most reliable, responsible, honest source of support for the Muslims wanting to visit Makkah. I created my tech startups and digitized the umrah process for over sales partners around the world. Through quick adeptness to business skills & grass root experience in Empathizing, Building & Scaling startups from conceptualization to revenue generating. Growth in Defining, Empathizing and Building persona-centric solutions and experiences; With a keen focus on consumer empowerment, personalization & Value-driven branding. Student of life, technology enthusiast and blossomed in hospitality with a demonstrated history of working in the pilgrimage niche of travel & tourism industry. Always sharpening my key skills through: Product development, applying LEAN methodology & Design principles, Go-to Market, Business strategy & modelling, Building high out-put teams, and enabling community engagement. Exposure to modern UX/UI, digital marketing, analytics, business & relationship management tools and latest trends.