US PERMANENT RESIDENT

SYED IMTIYAZ MEHDI

1624 Orchard Dr Apt F, Placentia, CA, 92870 | Mobile: +1 818 282 4689 Mobile +1
559 213 7324
E-mail: sm73631c@westpost.net
EDUCATION
Master of Biotechnology and Commerce in Business from Macquarie University, Sydn
ey 2008
Biotechnology
Laboratory Practical Experience:
* Purification and Analysis of His-Tagged Recombinant Protein (Lsm3) involving s
pecific Chromatographic Techniques, Circular Dichroism, and SDS-PAGE etc
* 3D Molecular Graphics.
* Two months Laboratory work involving Protein purification, Separation (2D Gel
Electrophoresis) and Analysis by Mass Spectrometry.
* Genetic Transformation of Trichoderma Reesei.
* Fluorescent labeling and confocal microscopy of fungal cell structures.
Projects Handled:
Pet Protein
1st Part
* Self researched and written project on a given protein (e.g. : Subtilsin, *-Gl
ucoronidase, etc)
* History, Primary Structure, physico-chemical properties, and Methods of Purifi
cation: Techniques used to purify protein when it was initially discovered.
2nd Part
* Techniques used in preparing the protein on an industrial scale and sequence h
omology by using various
Bio-informatics tools
Presentations:
* Bioterrorism
* Codon Optimization
* High throughput protein production for functional proteomics
* Pet Protein project presentation on both 1st and 2nd part.
Commerce
Commerce Skills (Business Subjects)
* Marketing Principles.
* International Business Strategy.
* Strategic Operations Management (Value chain management).
* Knowledge Management & Organizational learning.
* Intellectual property strategy, creation & management.
* Managing Cultural diversity in Business.
* Entrepreneurship
Projects & Presentations:
* Star Alliance (A Value Chain Approach)
* Presentation on the concept of Value Chain
* Cops (Communities of Practices)
* Introduced a new business idea and did presentation on the same
* Indian BPO's: Cultural convergence or divergence
* Unwired (Marketing approach of an Australian company)
* A complete International business project (included all the strategies needed
to start a new International business)
And
Bachelor of Life Sciences, From Osmania University, Hyderabad, AP, India 2006
* In Microbiology, Genetics & Chemistry

EXPERIENCE
Industrial Hygienist, Hygiene Technologies International, INC. Torrance, CA,
USA
* Worked on projects in greater Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Bakersfie
ld and Sacramento, CA.
* Identified and evaluated commercial buildings and residential properties for c
hemical & microbial toxins.
* Performed Industrial Hygiene Surveys, Indoor Air Quality Studies, Microbial Gr
owth Assessment and Exposure Surveys.
* Managed Abatement projects and performed Site Surveillance and Clearance Surv
eys. And prepared reports for the same.
* Successfully completed "Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response" cer
tification.
* Extensively involved and provide advice on successful business development and
marketing strategies.
Business Development Manager, Magnus Advertising & Marketing Pty. Ltd. Sydn
ey, Australia
* Performed. 'business to business' sales to various firms such as Accounting, f
ast food chains, beauticians, Mechanics etc.
* Product sold was advertising at the back of shopping receipts of Australia's b
iggest variety store called Big W .And advertisement on a voucher website called
"whypayfullprice.com.au".
* Managing and increasing the existing clientele via contract renewals and addin
g new clients to the business.
* Provided advice to the clients on marketing strategies. And trained newly recr
uits on the same.
* Successfully achieved weekly targets
Sales Consultant, Wise-Owl.com Sydney, Australia
* Talking to the people interested in share market over the phone.
* Sold membership to the company website containing thorough market research and
advice on investments.
* Provided ongoing support and advice to the clients on stock market investments
.
Customer Service Officer, GE (Consumer Finance America) Hyderabad, AP, India
* Answered about 150 Inbound calls a day.
* Nature of calls included credit card enquiries such as Credit Fraud, Account d
etails, Payment processing, Online Shopping etc.
* Got promoted to "Call Supervisor" in view of Call Quality and performance.
* Was selected as an HR representative for my process, voicing the concerns of p
rocess members to the right authorities.
* Have submitted a successful lean project that was approved by the Black Belt.
The project was an "Excel file", which
TRAINING
* Lean and Six Sigma training.
* Training on managing a team.
* Training on Sales & Marketing
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT IN UNIVERSITY TENURE
* I was the only student throughout the Macquarie University, Sydney and one of
the six across Australia to win a scholarship after a long and difficult short l
isting process.
* The scholarship was to represent the university in a four day intense entrepre
neurial program sponsored by SEEDA (South East England Development Agency) which
was held in Sussex University, UK.
LANGUAGES
Hindi, Urdu, Arabic, Marathi, Telugu and Fluent in English
COMPUTER SKILLS
Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Windows OS
HOBBIES & EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
* Reading articles on genetics, biotechnology & current affairs.
* Snorkeling, scuba diving, hiking, bush walking, fishing, hunting, snowboarding
, Working out in the gymnasium
* Modeled in various fashion shows in Hyderabad, India