Zaahir Syed's Companies

• Morgan Stanley 2007 - New York, New York Manager Develop, implement and manage corporate strategy initiatives for Morgan Stanley U.S. Residential Mortgage Business. - Business Plan Development: Performed comprehensive market study to assess the evolving competitive marketplace in the domestic mortgage industry. Identified best practices and potential strategic opportunities for Morgan Stanley to take advantage of in the near future. Worked with Global Senior Management to develop a consolidated three-year plan incorporating strategic initiatives and revenue projections, to be presented to the Morgan Stanley Board. - Expense Management: Developed metrics and tools to monitor expense deficiencies in the current U.S. Residential Business. Collaborated with Global CAO to identify and quantify initiatives for a potential 30% expense reduction within Travel and Entertainment.

• Microsoft 2005 - 2007 - New York, New York Analyst Managed search media strategy and analytics for all MSN Search automotive clients. Coordinated several internal strategy projects. - Workload Performance Measurement: Conducted performance analysis to assess effectiveness of employee time allocation. Presented scalable and dynamic organizational model forecasting revenue, employee workload, accounts acquired and team size over a three year period to senior management. - Competitive Intelligence Analysis: Managed the analysis of client advertising effectiveness against direct competitors both within MSN and other engines. Collaborated with management, sales and product teams to determine the service level required to produce insightful client recommendations in a timely manner.

• Accenture 2003 - 2005 Consultant Served as an integral part of consulting case teams working with major U.S. and international companies. - Strategic Platform Design: Developed unique technology for leading prime brokerage to consolidate trade data for hedge fund customers. Facilitated discussions with client’s senior management and salesforce to determine customer preferences and effective product release strategy. - Market Data Outsourcing: Conducted cost-benefit analysis of Accenture outsourcing relationship with leading investment bank. Designed benchmarking methodology to assess attractiveness of outsourcing agreement and created implementation/communication plan for senior management.